The pupils have been great, we've all worked hard, the SLT have been out and about during every lesson, pupils have said good things about the school, the lessons have gone the way we said they would go, and the inspectors have been, been impressed, and gone.
We have a Good School, with some Outstanding features! Not bad for a school that yesterday was in the category of Serious Weaknesses. The pupils have been asking if the school was going to be closed, because that was a real possibility, if we had gone into Special Measures. However, our understanding of the school was seen to be Outstanding, as is our capacity to continue to improve, and teaching and learning is good. Results are satisfactory, but progress is good (I think).
The head read out the letter from the inspectors - he started by telling us that we were no longer in a "category", and finished by saying that we are Good. Both announcements got a round of applause, and at the end I felt a tingle of happiness. It's such a relief not to have Ofsted hanging over us any more!
We're celebrating!
(Normal service resumes ... tomorrow?!)
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Well done! The (Acting) Heads of Departments deserve a round of applause! A box of biscuits for the kids would go done well as a wee reward! Perhaps not - as no doubt somebody would suffer an allergy or it would be seen as a bribe and not a reward! Mind you, the bacon rolls I used to get the staff in my Department for hitting targets went down well for a while, and then it was --can i get an egg roll, or a sausage roll, or a black pudding roll or a cake and by then the gift horse was being looked in the mouth!! Christmas was especially good with the Bucks Fizz!
Hope the kids are good tomorrow and until the end of term!
Sleep well!
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