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Stonehill’s good report THE QUALITY of teaching at Stonehill school has improved say Ofsted, who have rated the school “Good” in all areas: a step up from the “Satisfactory” rating it achieved in 2010. Ofsted inspectors visited the school in February. Head Teacher Alan Monks said: “We are delighted with the judgements that Ofsted have made. We moved from being satisfactory under the old framework to good under the new more rigorous framework. It was a gruelling process with the inspectors watching thirty two lessons over two days, speaking to children, staff and governors as they considered their findings on the quality of education at this school. “The most important thing to us is that they recognised the significant improvement in teaching at Stonehill since the last inspection. This is having a really positive effect on children’s achievement. Of particular note was also the inspectors’ very positive comments about the young people who come to this school and the way in which “they treat adults and each other with respect”. The Ofsted report states: • pupils behaviour around school and in almost all lessons is polite, personable and sensible. Pupils are keen to learn. • the development of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural skills is good. The school is a harmonious com-
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munity based on a clear and explicit moral framework. • the headteacher is very committed to driving forward improvements • the school holds staff to account for the quality of their teaching and the results that they achieve through a rigorous performance management system. Teachers only receive pay increases if the pupils that they teach are making good progress • not enough teaching is consistently good or outstanding • lessons are not always planned Continued on page 2
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