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OFSTED are putting Safeguarding our children on a par with Attainment for the first time. Source: BECTA safetynet 19 Nov 2009:
Last week Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, wrote in her new newsletter for Directors of Children's Services that there has been much positive feedback on the new school inspection arrangements.
However, she also wrote that some misunderstanding seems to have developed about judgements on pupils' attainment and safeguarding. Attainment is not a limiting judgement on the overall effectiveness grade for the school. Pupils' learning and progress are of prime importance and while it is true that more weight is now given to attainment, the new evaluation schedule requires inspectors to take account of all three aspects of attainment, progress and learning when reaching a judgement about pupils' overall achievement. Achievement, not attainment, remains the prime focus of the inspection.
A full article about the new arrangements, in particular the judgements about attainment, achievement and safeguarding, will appear in the December issue of Ofsted News, which will be published shortly.