So I need some help, especially from prospective parents who are waiting to see if they get RHS as their first choice next month… On Thursday whilst walking past ABC I met quite a few upset parents. It seems as if 1. both reception class teachers have resigned midway through the year, 2. the head ha...
Morning all! Ok so can someone explain the following to me re the results on the recent league tables. How is it that with all the discussion on this thread and the other on private tutoring around KS2 time, why is it that some of the local Balham Schools have seen their results fall from the previo...
oh dear, so it seems as if my gut feeling on this may actually be right, no sense of responsibility/accountability forthcoming...seems that Ofsted did understand the culture at GB level after all!! You should keep that blog article for the next time Ofsted do a visit, I am sure they will be most imp...
Papinian, you are spot on (again!) Unfortunately, what we will witness now is a lot of excuses (very reactive) and nothing about why standards were allowed to fall in such a way- let us be clear you do not slide from Good to Needing Improvement unless there are major failings, so why were the schoo...
And no mention of the thousands and thousands of pounds raised by the parents during all those extra curricular activities that we have read so much about above, fancy that
The post is clearly someone who has absorbed too much Halloween Cheer, take no notice, complete troll, have they nothing better to do so early in the morning!!
Balhamite, yes they do change their minds, as friends of ours have done between applying and school start date (>9months), and I know of families who have moved out of the area during that period too.
Papinian, you are spot on (again!) Unfortunately, what we will witness now is a lot of excuses (very reactive) and nothing about why standards were allowed to fall in such a way- let us be clear you do not slide from Good to Needing Improvement unless there are major failings, so why were the school...
Hi, Re Ravenstone, have you had a look at the "Parent Views" section on the Ofsted website, they have had 80+ responses this year and I found some of the answers very interesting... As for their Ofsted report, best to wait till it is officially published as there are, as always, very diffe...
