ASHELA TRIAD PROGRAMME EVALUATION ASHELA TRIAD PROGRAMME 2016

ASHE/LA TRIAD PROGRAMME EVALUATION ASHE/LA TRIAD PROGRAMME 2016 EVALUATION and PHASE TWO 27 November 2015

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Vision • OBJECTIVE Getting all Essex secondary schools to Good or better by eliminating disadvantage • STRATEGY School-to-School Self-Led Improvement • TACTICS ASHE/LA TRIAD Professional Review Model 3

TRIAD Programme Aims TRIAD PROGRAMME • To establish a whole school approach for improved outcomes • To establish a "culture of reflective challenge" as distinct from a "culture of sharing" • To encourage honest, challenging and professional dialogue to improve outcomes • TRIAD report confidential to the schools involved • Host headteacher determines the audience for the report 4

The TRIAD Programme This project is designed to : 1. encourage school leaders to work together to review and further improve their schools 2. provide school leaders with an insight into how Ofsted inspects 3. HMI , NLEs and SECs will support the evaluation in each school – challenge, critique and support the write up 4. Principles of: Host – HT 1 Lead – HT 2 Team – HT 3 HMI Host – HT 2 Lead – HT 3 Team – HT 1 NLE openness reflection constructive criticism accurate feedback Host – HT 3 Lead – HT 1 Team – HT 2 NLE 5

In your school consider: What are the most obvious areas for improvement in your school? What actions have been taken to resolve them? Which areas would you like the school-toschool review to examine?

Where are we now? WATCHSTED TABLES as at Friday 23/09/16 7

PERCENTAGE OF GOOD OR OUTSTANDING SCHOOLS 8

PERCENTAGE OF PUPILS ATTENDING GOOD OR OUTSTANDING SCHOOLS 9

Essex Ofsted Judgements Since the start of the academic year 2015/16 • • 1 Good school inspected and moved from Good to Outstanding 1 Outstanding school inspected and moved from Outstanding to Good 7 Requires Improvement schools inspected and moved from Requires Improvement to Good 4 Good schools inspected and remained Good 1 Inadequate school inspected and moved from Inadequate to Requires Improvement 1 school inspected for the first time and judged Good 1 school inspected for the first time and judged Inadequate THANKS TO EXCELLENT SCHOOL LEADERSHIP ALL ESSEX SCHOOLS INVOLVED IN THE TRIAD PROGRAMME AND INSPECTED DURING THE PROCESS WERE JUDGED GOOD 10

Personal Experience Mark Farmer (Moulsham High School) Involved in the original Ofsted Triad pilot in the 2014/15 academic year Continued involvement in the ASHE/LA/Ofsted Triad Programme in the 2015/16 academic year 11

Feedback WHAT WENT WELL (Summary) 1. Supportive and challenging opportunity with experienced colleagues 2. Invaluable experience to have external heads help identify the focus for the review 3. Excellent CPD from department reviews (Science) 4. Action points from the review now being implemented 5. Created good external links for heads, senior leaders and department staff 6. Moderating current practice and sharing interesting practice 7. Constructive feedback 8. Reviewed a problematic area in a balanced and supportive way 12

Feedback EVEN BETTER IF (Summary) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Facilitator helpful for the first TRIAD review Group schools by similar focus Directory of facilitator expertise Pre-meeting to discuss the focus is vital Private open discussion between the heads without facilitator or SEC Involve wider leadership team not just the head Consider a common format for the review report List of review foci (not the report) covered by the TRIADs Minimum of two hours for the two reviewers to discuss their thoughts 13

Next Steps NEXT STEPS 1. Please contact me simon. thompson@ashe-essex. com by Friday 30 th September if you wish to be involved in the 2016/2017 TRIAD Programme. Please state if you wish to remain in the same TRIAD group. 2. Please state if you need a facilitator. 3. Financial support for the next TRIAD not finally confirmed but under discussion with the LA. 14

School Improvement Suggestions for other ASHE/LA led Essex school improvement initiatives 15