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Annex The areas for improvement identified during the inspection which took place in May 2010 � Raise students’ attainment and achievement by: maintaining consistently high expectations of students’ performance training staff on using data effectively to monitor the progress of students and to plan appropriate learning activities utilising effectively a range of partnerships to help raise attainment and improve teaching and learning. � Improve the quality of teaching and learning by: making sure that the whole-school focus is consistently upon the quality of delivery in the classroom providing regular opportunities for staff to share ideas and to observe each other teach focusing the monitoring and evaluation of lessons more sharply on what teachers need to do to improve ensuring students receive their ICT entitlement to support their learning and independent study. � Improve behaviour, through the consistent and rigorous application of the school’s classroom management procedures, so that learning is not impeded. � Raise attendance by: identifying early those at risk of poor attendance planning enjoyable and relevant learning opportunities which encourage students to attend school. � Improve outcomes in the sixth form by: providing a suitable curriculum that meets the academic needs of all students making full use of local partnerships to enhance the quality of provision.
Special measures: monitoring of Hainault Forest High School Report from the first monitoring inspection on 18–19 November 2010 Evidence Inspectors observed the school’s work, scrutinised documents and spoke with the executive headteacher, associate headteacher, staff, groups of students, the Chair of the Governing Body, a representative from the local authority and the School Improvement Partner. Context Since the last inspection, the school has formed a partnership with a successful local school. The headteacher from that school has become the executive headteacher at Hainault Forest. An associate headteacher has been seconded from the partner school to take day-to-day charge of the running of Hainault Forest. The local authority has seconded two of its staff to the school’s senior leadership team. The size of the sixth form has increased to 120 students. The pastoral structure is now based on single-age year groups rather than mixed-age groups. Pupils’ achievement and the extent to which they enjoy their learning Students say they are enjoying their learning more. Contributory factors are that activities are better organised and fewer lessons are taught by short-term temporary staff. Expectations of pace in lessons have improved, but expectations do not always convey well enough the quality of work needed from all students or provide sufficient challenge, especially for higher attainers. The school’s records and inspection evidence show that the proportion of lessons in which students make inadequate progress has fallen, but there are still too many occasions when students do not achieve their potential. There remain, however, lessons in which students make at least good progress because of the strength of the teaching. The 2010 results show a rise in the proportion of students gaining five GCSE grades A* to C including English and mathematics, a reflection of the school’s speedy actions following the last inspection. Nevertheless, attainment at Key Stage 4 fell in some subjects. There are signs that attainment at Key Stage 3 in the core subjects of English, mathematics and science improved in 2010. However, achievement in the sixth form fell across the range of courses. The school’s data for current students use finer gradations at Key Stage 4 to identify attainment near borderlines more easily. Although the accuracy of these assessments is an area for development, there are indications that Year 11 students are on track to improve attainment, motivated by early entry for GCSE and a subsequent chance to re-sit. The closer match of Year 10 courses to students’ needs
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