Catholic School Inspections

Sometimes there are issues when appointing a Lead Inspector to a school inspection. Briefing meeting Top Inspectorate Person (TiP): ‘I want you to lead the Catholic School Inspection of St John Wall Catholic School and …’ Fingered Lead Inspector (FLI): ‘Hold up there. Do you mean the one in Handsworth, in Birmingham, the one where over 50 different languages are spoken in the school community by pupils and staff? The St John Wall? That one?’ TiP: ‘Yes.’ FLI: ‘Why me?’ TiP: ‘Y

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Diocesan RE Leaders Meeting: – Inspections: Lessons to Learn Zoom Conference Record of Meeting 29th February 2024. 13.49hr – 16.03hr Chair: Beryl from Accounts Secretary: Angela from resources Logistics and Communications: Michael from Site Services Welcome from chair. Welcome to this Zoom Conference all you Heads of RE, representing every Catholic school in the archdiocese, apart from those schools who have not nominated anyone. My name is Beryl Snodgrass, a fairly high-

In addition to Ofsted intrusions, Catholic schools and other religious schools, endure their own peculiar form of inspection. They must measure up to whatever criteria their faith or Church leaders determine makes their type of school unique. Like their non-religious counterpart, these reports are beset with difficulties about the standard of writing and the quality of the content. For instance, here is an example of an opening paragraph in a key section of a Catholic school

Poor Ofsted is in trouble again, amongst other things, for using numbers to articulate intricate and complex judgements about schools that simple readers will understand. Anything claiming to be simple always turns out to be anything but. The current outcry over number grades has led to a renewed cry for the removal of Ofsted and its inspection trauma. While they are at it, these reformers could also add to their list of agencies to be removed because they too inspect: the h