We today sent home a letter from Ofsted informing you of an inspection in school next week. The letter also included the official Ofsted parents questionnaire, the responses of which form a part of the inspection process. Please take the time to complete the questionnaire with your honest view of the school as this is not only useful to the Ofsted process, but also helps us with our ongoing self evaluation. You will no doubt have noticed that TWO questionnaires were sent home tonight - the official one, and the school based one which was copied and ready to go out prior to our inspection notification.. Completing both will earn you extra Brownie points!
I will also be writing to inform you on Monday that Parent Consultations scheduled for next week will be POSTPONED until after half term as, unfortunately, the Ofsted inspection makes the appointment times scheduled for next week unviable. Not only is it unreasonable for me to ask the dedicated teaching team to meet parents until 8.00pm the night before the inspection, during the first day of the inspection many staff are needed to meet with individual inspectors to discuss different aspects of school. These meetings are unable to go ahead if staff are committed to parent consultations. I am also very mindful of the fact that Parent Consultations are a priority for us in school, should be valuable and informative and I want to ensure that when we do offer them, staff are focused on conversations with you alone.
Thank you for your support during the week ahead.
Mrs Bailey
