Has Ofsted really gone off School Data?

Has Ofsted really gone off School Data?

The new Ofsted framework states that inspections will not examine any internal school data. But, in practice, what does this mean for schools? What have staff said? Feedback from Staff who have gone through the new framework stated that conversations were not data-centred but did assume you had a good working knowledge of the external data for your school. Data was discussed as an informer to the team’s approach, not as the sword of Damocles it has been. Context was investigated in thorough detail, giving us a chance to tell our story. DAN MORROW - CEO, Woodland Academies Trust However, when you read on, you see that the external data does inform what the deep dives look to see... Instead, the deep dives commenced with immediate observations of staff through learning walks (all accompanied by phase/subject leads) and through hearing children read: the year one children who had not reached GLD, the year twos who had not secured the phonics-screening check, and the...
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Key Stage 2 Rankings

On 13 December 2018 the DfE released the results per school for the KS2 SATs and Teacher Assessments. Would you like to know where your school is in relation to other schools? We have created an analysis for the main measures, showing the percentile ranking for these measures: A "1" indicates that your school is in the top 1% of all schools in England (excluding special schools).A "100" indicates that your schools is in the bottom 1%. This analysis enables you to: Locate your school percentile.Find out how close you were to the top and bottom 10% or 20%.Give you additional evidence to help set your targets for the forthcoming year. Why should I be interested in my school's ranking? Ofsted's Inspection Data Summary report is the document which Ofsted inspectors will read before coming to your school. It highlights: The top 10% and the bottom 10% for any particular year. This is indicated by the percentiles 1 to 10, and 91 to 100.The top 20% and the...
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