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Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:17 am
by pippi
Upper Schools:
Code: Select all
Chiltern Hills Academy 137280 27/02/2013 Good
The Grange School 110488 01/12/2011 Good
Cressex Community School 110500 24/10/2012 Requires Improvement
The Wye Valley School 110508 10/01/2013 Inadequate
St Michael's Catholic School 110516 24/10/2013 Good
The Misbourne School 110490 26/11/2013 Good
The Aylesbury Vale Academy 135879 16/11/2011 Satisfactory
Buckingham School 110484 11/12/2013 Requires Improvement
Burnham Park E-ACT Academy 137864 28/01/2014 Requires Improvement
The Mandeville School 110497 08/10/2013 Inadequate
Highcrest Academy 136858 19/11/2013 Requires Improvement
Princes Risborough 137372 08/05/2013 Requires Improvement
John Colet School 137261 21/01/2014 Requires Improvement
Holmer Green Senior School 138058 16/01/2014 Requires Improvement
Burnham Park E-ACT Academy 137864 28/01/2014 Requires Improvement
The Beaconsfield School 110505 10/11/2010 Satisfactory
Sir William Ramsay School 137256 03/07/2012 Good
Amersham School 110509 02/03/2011 Good
The Chalfonts Community College 137215 20/11/2013 Good
Waddesdon Church of England School 110534 19/09/2006 Outstanding
Great Marlow School 136964 18/04/2013 Good
The Cottesloe School 110533 10/10/2012 Requires Improvement
Grammar Schools:
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John Hampden Grammar School 110485 20/05/2008 Outstanding
Burnham Grammar School 137564 22/11/2012 Good
Aylesbury High School 136846 21/06/2012 Outstanding
Dr Challoner's High School 137219 29/05/2012 Outstanding
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School 110496 18/05/2011 Good
Chesham Grammar School 137091 28/03/2014 Outstanding
Aylesbury Grammar School 110511 26/07/2202 Outstanding
Royal Latin School 110512 06/05/2009 Outstanding
Wycombe High School 136723 27/06/2012 Outstanding
Dr Challoner's Grammar School 110514 12/11/2007 Outstanding
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School 136781 27/06/2012 Outstanding
Beaconsfield High School 110528 02/05/2007 Outstanding
..... a huge tribute to all the staff who I know have worked absolutely tirelessly to maintain the selective secondary school system in Bucks since it was established in... er, scratches head ... 1946 or 1947 ...?
Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:28 am
by kittymum
Alternatively it's far easier to be outstanding when your school roll is full and parents are very happy to give quite sizeable donations. Your pupils are all above average and in general from involved, engaged, largely middle class families. Compared to upper schools where many don't have full rolls, have a much more diverse range of students with a more complex range of needs (sen and eal) and have to students coming to them working on levels of anything from 1 to 6!
Yes the grammars are fab but considering how the cards are stacked in their favour they blooming well should be! We have some amazing upper schools such as Great Marlow and should celebrate them!
Wouldn't it be nice to send all of our children to outstanding schools together rather then split up friendships etc based on an arbitrary 75 mins of testing when they are 10?
Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:33 am
by kittymum
pippi wrote:Upper Schools:
Code: Select all
Chiltern Hills Academy 137280 27/02/2013 Good
The Grange School 110488 01/12/2011 Good
Cressex Community School 110500 24/10/2012 Requires Improvement
The Wye Valley School 110508 10/01/2013 Inadequate
St Michael's Catholic School 110516 24/10/2013 Good
The Misbourne School 110490 26/11/2013 Good
The Aylesbury Vale Academy 135879 16/11/2011 Satisfactory
Buckingham School 110484 11/12/2013 Requires Improvement
Burnham Park E-ACT Academy 137864 28/01/2014 Requires Improvement
The Mandeville School 110497 08/10/2013 Inadequate
Highcrest Academy 136858 19/11/2013 Requires Improvement
Princes Risborough 137372 08/05/2013 Requires Improvement
John Colet School 137261 21/01/2014 Requires Improvement
Holmer Green Senior School 138058 16/01/2014 Requires Improvement
Burnham Park E-ACT Academy 137864 28/01/2014 Requires Improvement
The Beaconsfield School 110505 10/11/2010 Satisfactory
Sir William Ramsay School 137256 03/07/2012 Good
Amersham School 110509 02/03/2011 Good
The Chalfonts Community College 137215 20/11/2013 Good
Waddesdon Church of England School 110534 19/09/2006 Outstanding
Great Marlow School 136964 18/04/2013 Good
The Cottesloe School 110533 10/10/2012 Requires Improvement
Grammar Schools:
Code: Select all
John Hampden Grammar School 110485 20/05/2008 Outstanding
Burnham Grammar School 137564 22/11/2012 Good
Aylesbury High School 136846 21/06/2012 Outstanding
Dr Challoner's High School 137219 29/05/2012 Outstanding
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School 110496 18/05/2011 Good
Chesham Grammar School 137091 28/03/2014 Outstanding
Aylesbury Grammar School 110511 26/07/2202 Outstanding
Royal Latin School 110512 06/05/2009 Outstanding
Wycombe High School 136723 27/06/2012 Outstanding
Dr Challoner's Grammar School 110514 12/11/2007 Outstanding
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School 136781 27/06/2012 Outstanding
Beaconsfield High School 110528 02/05/2007 Outstanding
..... a huge tribute to all the staff who I know have worked absolutely tirelessly to maintain the selective secondary school system in Bucks since it was established in... er, scratches head ... 1946 or 1947 ...?
(that last bit was meant to be sarcastic. I think the system stinks)
Sorry in my huffiness missed the sarcasm
my bad! Yes it does stink!
Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:57 pm
by Lillie
This is an interesting but shocking comparison. Bucks CC education dept should hang its head in shame at this roll call. It repeatedly says of its selective education system how it provides a first-class education in all its schools. How the secondary selection process allocates the right school for the right child, blah, blah blah. This quite clearly shows it doesn't.
The fact is the majority of Bucks state school children are allotted a school that either requires improvement or is inadequate (with one or two exceptions in the upper school list). The majority of Bucks school children do not qualify for the outstanding grammar schools and it seems the new selection process is making it even harder for them to qualify with all the educational tourism going on (talked about in other threads).
How can a county (or anyone) be happy that the majority of its secondary school age children are at schools that require improvement or are inadequate?
This list should be given to the journalist who wrote that biased article in The Observer a few weeks back which claimed the new style test "thwarted pushy parents" and see what they make of it.
Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:00 pm
by anotherdad
Lillie wrote:This is an interesting but shocking comparison. Bucks CC education dept should hang its head in shame at this roll call. It repeatedly says of its selective education system how it provides a first-class education in all its schools. How the secondary selection process allocates the right school for the right child, blah, blah blah. This quite clearly shows it doesn't.
The fact is the majority of Bucks state school children are allotted a school that either requires improvement or is inadequate (with one or two exceptions in the upper school list). The majority of Bucks school children do not qualify for the outstanding grammar schools and it seems the new selection process is making it even harder for them to qualify with all the educational tourism going on (talked about in other threads).
How can a county (or anyone) be happy that the majority of its secondary school age children are at schools that require improvement or are inadequate?
I agree Lillie, although I would add that there are a lot of older judgements in the GS list, and only one under the new inspection framework. Generally speaking, the better the outcome, the longer the interval to next inspection. Some of those GSs have gone many years without inspection and still hold their last judgement. It's quite possible that under the new framework, some of those judgements would not be as glowing. However, the list would still show a "better" general picture than that of the other list.
Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:55 pm
by Guest55
Yes - Ofsted changed dramatically in September 2012 - how many of the GS have been inspected since then?
You cannot compare an 'old' outstanding to the new measure especially as some of these old inspections were 'reduced' tariff which meant no teaching was seen!
How is Bucks CC responsible? Many of these Upper schools are Academies so they don't have to let anyone from the LA through their doors; in the days when they were LA schools most of them were 'good'.
Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:50 pm
by Lillie
I take your point, Guest55, in that the most of the upper schools are now academies and not directly reporting to the CC.
I take umbrage, however, at the council continually propagating the myth that the selection process is defensible and in the best interests of all the county's children.
To quote from the head teachers' manual:
"The object of the selection exercise is to place every pupil in a school that is well matched to their learning needs recognising that Buckinghamshire provides a first class education in all types of secondary school".
First class education in all types of secondary school? Not as shown by this list.
Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:57 pm
by Guest55
Lillie - so what do you think the LA can do? These Uppers chose to become Academies and cut off contact and they have not improved ... in fact a number have got worse.
Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:33 pm
by Lillie
This is the stance the council has always taken. It has not changed its wording since these schools became academies. The council has always defended the system. But It should stop putting out unfounded statements about how his system is for the benefit of all the children when it clearly isn't.
Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:07 pm
by Guest55
Lillie - the booklet would have been written some time before these schools were inspected ...
'Requires improvement' = satisfactory, it is not an Ofsted category of concern. Only two are in special measures which, I admit, is two too many but things often improve rapidly in these circumstances.
I do wonder if some of the GS would get outstanding if they were inspected again now.