Issue - meetings

Report ED15045

The Portfolio Holder introduced a report that provided an update of recent Ofsted and school improvement activity across the Borough.  Since October 2014, there had been Ofsted Inspections of Blenheim Primary School, The Glebe School and Riverside School.  In their Ofsted Inspections, Blenheim Primary had been rated as ‘Good’ and The Glebe School had been rated as ‘Outstanding’.  The result of the Ofsted Inspection of Riverside School had not yet been published.  There had been an Ofsted monitoring visit of Burwood School on 23^rd October 2014.

A meeting had recently been held with the Regional Schools Inspector who had responsibility for academies across South East region.  The initial priority of the Regional Schools Inspector would be to drive school improvement in those open academies whose performance was in the bottom 10% of the region.  Following discussion around academies in the Borough, the Regional Schools Inspector and the Local Authority would work closely to ensure that any concerns with academies in the Borough were highlighted and that action taken to address any issues was reported.

In response to a question from a Member, the Head of Schools, Early Years Commissioning and Quality Assurance confirmed that Ravens Wood School, which had been rated as ‘Requires Improvement’ in June 2013, had recently received an Ofsted monitoring visit and that the Regional Schools Inspector had responsibility to ensure that issues identified at the school continued to be addressed.

RESOLVED that recent Ofsted and school improvement activity in the Borough be noted.