The very long overdue OFSTED inspection finally took place on Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 May and I was immensely proud of the way the children behaved throughout. Thank you to all parents who visited Parent View and made your feelings known, the inspector went through the responses with me and these responses have provided the school leadership and the IEB with a really good indicator of what aspects of school life you would like to see improved and what aspects you felt were working well. If there are any burning issues you feel you would like to talk about please do come and see me, I would be only too happy to chat to you.
Unfortunately we do not have a grade to share with you yet. The inspection was in line with our expectations but our report will not be published until late in the summer term. OFSTED have a rigorous quality assurance process and this means reports take time to produce.
In the meantime the priorities in our development plan will continue to be addressed. Next term our focus will be on developing high quality guided reading, implementing a new system for tracking children’s progress, addressing some children’s poor learning behaviours , increasing the challenge in maths lessons and improving presentation in books to name a few!
I would also like to thank the amazing staff at Beechwood for their hard work and dedication to the school and the IEB members who have gone above and beyond to ensure Beechwood is on the path to success.
Thank you, Miss Curtis