School improvement after inspection?: school and LEA responses

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Notes on Contributors......Page 7
1. Introduction......Page 10
A NATIONAL OVERVIEW......Page 12
CASE STUDIES......Page 13
SCHOOLS\' RESPONSES: TOWARDS A CRITIQUE OF INSPECTION......Page 16
REINSPECTION AND BEYOND......Page 19
Notes......Page 21
INTRODUCTION......Page 22
STAGES OF INSPECTION......Page 23
SCHOOLS\' RESPONSES TO OFSTED......Page 25
SLOWED DOWN OR SPEEDED UP?......Page 28
TENSIONS IN INSPECTION: ACCOUNTABILITY OR DEVELOPMENT?......Page 29
CONCLUSIONS......Page 31
Notes......Page 33
INTRODUCTION......Page 34
GOVERNING BODIES – A NEW ROLE?......Page 44
INTRODUCTION......Page 46
SETTING TARGETS FOR ACTION......Page 47
A SOURCE OF EXPERTISE AND SUPPORT: WORKING TOGETHER TO EFFECT IMPROVEMENT......Page 49
ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FACING LEAs......Page 52
THE LEA AND THE POST-INSPECTION PHASE......Page 53
INTRODUCTION......Page 60
PREPARING FOR THE INSPECTION......Page 61
INVOLVING THE LEA......Page 63
USING THE INSPECTION REPORT......Page 64
MONITORING PROGRESS......Page 65
CHANGING THE CULTURE – TOWARDS A MORE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH......Page 66
SELF-EVALUATION AND MONITORING......Page 67
DEVELOPING COLLABORATIVE TEAMS......Page 68
IN CONCLUSION......Page 69
BEFORE THE INSPECTION......Page 71
AFTER THE INSPECTION......Page 72
THE FUTURE......Page 84
CONCLUSION......Page 85
BACKGROUND OF THE SCHOOL: UXBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL......Page 86
BEFORE THE 1994 INSPECTION......Page 87
THE INSPECTION: NOVEMBER 1994......Page 88
FOLLOWING THE 1994 INSPECTION......Page 89
ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE 1994......Page 90
CONCLUSION......Page 93
8. Raising standards and raising morale: a case study of change......Page 95
BEFORE THE INSPECTION......Page 96
IMMEDIATE POST-OFSTED PERIOD......Page 97
ACTION PLAN......Page 98
THE PROCESS – IMPLEMENTING THE ACTION PLAN......Page 99
HEADTEACHER MONITORING......Page 100
THE LEA READING PROJECT......Page 102
MOVING ON......Page 103
REFLECTIONS......Page 104
INTRODUCTION......Page 106
THE INVESTIGATION......Page 107
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KEY ISSUES ONE YEAR AFTER INSPECTION......Page 108
THE SCHOOLS\' RESPONSE TO THE INSPECTION FINDINGS......Page 109
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INSPECTION RECOMMENDATIONS......Page 111
THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 112
RESPONSES TO INSPECTION – THE DECOUPLING OF DISCOURSES......Page 113
MAKING THE BEST OF INSPECTION FEEDBACK......Page 117
MOVING THE SCHOOL FORWARD AFTER INSPECTION......Page 118
INTRODUCTION......Page 119
A POLITICISED BACKGROUND......Page 120
QUESTIONING THE RATIONALE FOR THE OFSTED INSPECTION PROCESS......Page 123
METHODOLOGY......Page 124
FINDINGS......Page 127
MATURE REFLECTIONS......Page 132
ASSESSING THE ASSESSORS......Page 133
CONCLUSIONS......Page 134
11. School improvement or school control? Teachers\' views on the long-term value of inspection......Page 135
THE EVIDENCE BASE......Page 136
CASE-STUDY INVESTIGATIONS......Page 137
GENERALISED FINDINGS......Page 145
CONCLUSION......Page 147
BACKGROUND......Page 149
OFSTED REQUIREMENTS: PAST AND PRESENT UNCERTAINTIES......Page 151
FINDINGS......Page 154
Notes......Page 160
INTRODUCTION......Page 162
THE OFSTED REGULATIONS......Page 163
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REGISTERED INSPECTOR......Page 164
APPROACHING REINSPECTION: SOME CONSIDERATIONS......Page 166
PLANNING FOR ACTION......Page 175
THE PUSH TO IMPROVE – INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MECHANISMS......Page 177
INSPECTION: COST AND CONTROL?......Page 181
TOWARDS SELF-ASSESSMENT......Page 183
References......Page 186
Subject index......Page 191