Interesting stuff today about parental complaints. This is a huge problem and will continue to get worse. It is now commonplace to be verbally abused, shouted at, blamed for students poor behaviour. Needs to come to an end.
Not posted in a while. I am completely and utterly fed up with absolutely awful parents enabling their children’s terrible behaviour. It is an epidemic.
Help needed! When looking at suspension rates for FSM do you take the # of suspensions for FSM and divide by the total number of students on roll or just the total number of FSM students? DfE has FSM rate of 16.02% for 2021-22
DfE Suspension rates. Really interesting for behaviour leads to compare your figures to. Spring term 2021/22 secondary schools rate 4.88%. By year group: 7=3.82%; 8=5.73; 9=6.52; 10=6.70; 11=5.44. Clear that suspensions going up everywhere
Ofsted experience P2. AP absolutely massive. Who is out and why. They will talk about risk. How do you minimise this? Who contacts them, is their attendance accurate? What are views of parents? Are they on the approved provider list? Are they coming back into…
So, a recent ofsted experience. Some tips for pastoral leads. Behaviour and attendance. Make sure you have your exact data including how many suspensions for FSM / PP students. What % of the cohort have been suspended. Show what you do in reintegration meetings eg what support
A huge one. How many of part-time TTS and why. How do you know they are safe? Do you use the Attend framework? Show minutes of meetings with parents and show you have engaged them in process.