CHURCH IN WALES

PREPARING FOR GWELLA

DIOCESES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR

Neville Norcross11th February, 2014

Today’s Overview

The new schedule

• Key Questions

• Grades

• Evaluation Statements - Inspectors must evaluate

Estyn Judgements

•Excellent - Many strengths, including significant examples of sector-leading practice •Good - Many strengths and no important areas requiring significant improvement •Adequate - Strengths outweigh areas for improvement •Unsatisfactory - Important areas for improvement outweigh strengths

The new schedule (2)

• Supporting Evidence – inspectors may take account of

• Grade Descriptors

• Summary Judgement

Key Questions• Christian character

• RE and Christian character

• Worship

• Religious Education

• Leadership and Management

The Framework Appendices

• PIC

• Report Format

• JRF

• Parents’ Questionnaire

School Governors Sacked

School Praised in Church Inspection

• Voluntary Controlled Schools

• The teaching of Christianity

www.christianvalues4schools.co.uk

Distinctively Christian Worship

www.artistrising.com

Hope Everlasting

The Tree of Wisdom Bryony (8)What my picture means is some people have not anything, like electricity, or nice places to live. They have rubbish, not clean places and not a good place to live at all. The tree is the tree of wisdom, and the girl is trying to get the boy to the good side. I have drawn it like this because it meant a lot to me.

Question to ask:

LEADERSHIP

• Is there a clear vision/mission for the school as a church school?

• Does everyone know what it is?

• Are there effective ways of evaluating the impact of the Christian character of the school?

• Are there effective strategies for improvement?

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

From ‘good’ to ‘outstanding’

KEY ISSUES IN RE

• The quality of teaching

• Assessment procedures

• Challenging tasks

• Balance of ‘learning about’ and ‘learning from’

What is the impact of worship on the school community

• Distinctively Christian

• Focus on prayer

• The Trinity???

• Planning and evaluation

What have we done?

What have we done?

Where’s the evidence?

Where’s the evidence?

Self-Evaluation

What’s been the result?

What’s been the result?

Reporting on academic achievement

Possible report statements

• The Christian ethos within xxx school promotes an exceptional level of pastoral care which enables pupils to make good progress and achieve academic standards that are above expected levels.

• The school’s core values permeate all aspects of school life and are the foundation of the undoubted success in raising both standards and progress, which are now broadly in line with national averages

What does ‘outstanding’ look like?

Working with report paragraphs?

QUESTIONS?