Statutory Inspection of Angican and Methodist Schoos (SIAMS) An Evauation Schedue for Schoos and Inspectors Apri 2018 www.churchofengand.org/education
Evauation Schedue Contents Introduction... 1 Strand 1: Vision and Leadership... 2 Strand 2 : Wisdom, Knowedge and Skis... 5 Strand 3: Character Deveopment: Hope, Aspiration and Courageous Advocacy... 7 Strand 4: Community and Living We Together... 9 Strand 5: Dignity and Respect... 11 Strand 6: The impact of coective worship... 13 Strand 7: The effectiveness of reigious education... 15 Ineffective as a Church schoo... 17 Reporting... 18 Gossary... 19 Links to supporting documents Reigious Education in Church of Engand Schoos: A Statement of Entitement Church of Engand Vision for Education: Deepy Christian, Serving the Common Good Methodist Appendix The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018
Evauation Schedue Introduction by Nige Genders, Chief Education Officer, Church of Engand The Church of Engand has set out a bod Church of Engand Vision for Education that is deepy Christian, serving the common good. Our purpose in education is to enabe the chidren, young peope and communities we serve to fourish as they experience education for wisdom, hope, community and dignity and discover ife in a its funess which Jesus offers. externa review which enabes continued deveopment. This new framework focuses unashamedy on vision, with the hope that it wi aow governing bodies to pace more of an emphasis on their purpose in education, ensuring that the schoo s Christian vision impacts in ways which enabe the whoe schoo community to fourish. This nationa vision is offered for Angican and Methodist schoos to engage with as they articuate their purpose in education and shape their own vision as a schoo with Christian character. Over the years, SIAMS has sought to provide Church schoos with a too for effective sef-evauation and a process of Revd Nige Genders Chief Education Officer, Church of Engand The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 1
Evauation Schedue Inspectors wi grade the schoo on the foowing question: How effective is the schoo s distinctive Christian vision, estabished and promoted by eadership at a eves, in enabing pupis and aduts to fourish? This question is expored through the foowing seven strands. Strand1: Vision and Leadership In considering the vision and eadership of a Methodist schoo, particuar attention shoud be paid to MA1 and MA2 of the Methodist character appendix. In this strand the foowing must be expored: How we the schoo has deveoped and impemented an incusive and distinctive Christian vision, monitoring its impact to ensure the schoo s origina foundation is maintained. How we the schoo ives out that Christian vision in reationships and partnerships with key stakehoders. In deveoping vision and eadership in a Church schoo, the schoo must evauate: a) To what extent is the schoo s vision and its associated vaues grounded in a cear theoogy firmy rooted in a Christian narrative? To what extent do eaders show awareness and understanding of current thinking in Church schoo education? b) To what extent does the schoo s Christian vision shape schoo poicies and Church schoo deveopment pans? How is priority given to coective worship and to reigious education (RE)? c) How we do eaders ensure that the schoo s forma partnerships are supported, sustained and informed by the schoo s Christian vision and associated vaues? This incudes how we schoo eaders work with the oca diocese/circuit and churches. d) How we do eaders ensure that a staff members at a eves are supported in the deveopment of their understanding of the schoo as a Church schoo? How we are future Church schoo eaders prepared and supported through professiona deveopment eading to improved practice? e) How we do governors ensure that a robust and continuous sef-evauation process is in pace that invoves the schoo community in evauating their effectiveness as a Church schoo? f) Have the recommendations from the previous SIAMS inspection been addressed and brought about positive outcomes for pupis? The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 2
Evauation Schedue Strand1: Grade Descriptors In a Good Church schoo which enabes pupis and aduts to fourish... The eaders have deveoped a Christian vision that refects its oca context. The schoo s poicies on admissions demonstraby refect its Christian vision by being wecoming to pupis with disabiities and earning difficuties, and by being incusive of different faiths and of pupis from diverse backgrounds. Leaders, incuding governors, expain how bibica teaching roots the schoo s vision giving it coherence, reevance and sustainabiity. Governors articuate the schoo s vision with passion and practica iustration. The schoo uses its vision to shape deveopment pans and schoo poicies. Leaders expain how the schoo s vision informs both the choice of, and reationships with, a range of oca, nationa and goba educationa partners. Leaders are aware of current deveopments and debates in Church schoo education and this informs their practice. Leaders ensure that worship ceebrates difference and encourages respect and dignity. It raises aspirations. Worship engages creativey with the schoo s Christian vision and associated vaues showing respect for and giving dignity to a wherever they may be on their spiritua journey. Worship is an important way in which pupis are invited to refect upon the schoo s vision and associated vaues. It is a time when they refect on significant oca, nationa and internationa events. Refecting the Church of Engand Statement of Entitement reigious education (RE) is we resourced. Leaders ensure that: sufficient dedicated curricuum time is given to RE; RE eaders and teachers have access to reguar high quaity professiona deveopment; RE continuing professiona deveopment (CPD) is appropriate, funded and monitored; and RE eaders have opportunities to monitor RE essons. In secondary schoos, the schoo seeks to empoy speciaist RE teachers. Where reevant, a pupis foow a recognised, externay accredited and appropriate RE quaification at KS4. Leaders ensure that the distinctivey Christian nature of its vision is maintained, remains discernibe and is effectivey appied within any muti-academy trust (MAT) or federation partnerships into which it enters. Many MAT poicies may be adopted but key poices are adapted to refect the schoo s vision. Schoo to schoo partnerships refect ethica choices in ine with the schoo s vision. A distinctive feature of the schoo is that it understands itsef as a partner with the oca church and diocese/methodist community. Leaders are proactive in seeking and maintaining mutuay beneficia partnerships with the oca church and diocese/methodist community. A staff members and governors have opportunities to deveop their understanding of Church schoo education. Effective use is made of diocesan/methodist schoos and nationa training events and eaders can demonstrate how this has ed to improved practice. Leaders ensure that senior and midde eaders have reguar opportunities to deveop their knowedge and understanding of strategic Church schoo eadership and this has demonstrabe impact on pupi earning. Leaders and governors ensure that there is an ongoing process in pace that evauates the effectiveness of the schoo as a Church schoo. This is based on evidence and anaysis, incude most groups in the schoo community and inform schoo improvement. Since the previous denominationa inspection governors/academy directors wi have ensured that the recommendations from the previous inspection report have been addressed over time to the educationa benefit of the pupis. They maintain the schoo s origina foundation by ensuring that the schoo is engaged with diocesan and nationa/methodist schoos initiatives and can expain how the schoo has deveoped as a Church schoo since the previous denominationa inspection. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 3
Evauation Schedue Exceent These descriptors shoud be seen and used as a guide. They are not exhaustive of exempary practice. Requires Improvement It is better than Good. For exampe: It is not yet Good. Leaders effectivey demonstrate how the impact of the schoo s vision hoisticay infuses and shapes the strategic and operationa direction of the schoo. This eads to innovative and imaginative practice that, in the judgement of the inspector, heps pupis transform their ives. The schoo uses its invovement in any MAT, federation or schoo to schoo partnerships to introduce innovative practice that refects the schoo s vision. The schoo is innovative and ethica in adopting an admissions poicy (in accordance with it Trust deed) that ensures that the schoo popuation both refects its oca community and promotes its Christian character by seeking to give opportunity to a and supporting incusion and diversity. Leaders ensure that the reationship between the schoo, church and diocese is supportive and sustainabe, enhancing the earning of both pupis and the congregation. It is a ink that is widey acknowedged and vaued by a members of the schoo community. The schoo may be used by the diocese/methodist Church as a centre of exceence. In an exceent Church schoo, effective induction and professiona deveopment is prioritised for a staff and governors. This has ed to innovative practice working with the church and other schoos ocay, regionay and nationay. Governors have estabished systems for monitoring and evauation that invove the whoe schoo community and are, in the judgement of the inspector, exceptionay rigorous and effective. Governors have deveoped the schoo as a Church schoo through reguar engagement with the oca diocese/methodist Academies and Schoos Trust (MAST) and as a resut often ead innovation ocay. The schoo has a successfu record of deveoping future Church schoo eaders. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 4
Evauation Schedue Strand 2: Wisdom, Knowedge and Skis In considering wisdom, knowedge and skis in the context of a Methodist schoo, particuar attention shoud be paid to M4 and M5 of the Methodist character appendix. In this strand the foowing must be expored: How we the schoo s staff and eaders appy their Christian vision to ensure curricuum and extra curricuar opportunities meet the academic and spiritua needs of a earners. In deveoping wisdom, knowedge and skis in a Church schoo, the schoo must evauate: a) How effective is the schoo at meeting the academic needs of a pupis through the curricuum? How effective is the schoo in identifying and supporting those who are more vunerabe and who may have additiona earning and persona needs? b) How we does the schoo support a pupis in their spiritua deveopment, enabing a pupis to fourish? Strand 2: Grade Descriptors In a Good Church schoo which enabes pupis and aduts to fourish... The schoo has a broad and baanced curricuum which is shaped by its Christian vision and a recognition that each pupi is a unique individua. This ensures the rounded deveopment of the whoe chid through academic achievement and spiritua deveopment. Leaders use ethica arguments to justify making bod curricuum decisions to ensure pupis experience an exciting and reevant curricuum that enabes them to fourish. Based on nationa assessments* avaiabe at the time of the inspection, progress information provided by the schoo, and considering context and recent cohorts, the schoo is at east cose to nationa averages in progress statistics. This incudes pupis with specia educationa needs and disabiity (SEND) and the most abe. As a priority, the schoo is enabing its vunerabe pupis, incuding those with earning difficuties, to fourish academicay. The schoo has a cear and secure understanding of spiritua deveopment that is distinguishabe from socia, mora and cutura deveopment and is shared by staff. Progressivey deeper opportunities exist across the curricuum which enabe pupis to deveop curiosity through questioning that heps them expore and articuate spiritua and ethica issues. Pupis vaue earning and enjoy questioning, istening and responding creativey across a range of subjects. * Such data may be accessed on Department for Education (DfE) comparison tabes, Fisher Famiy Trust (FFT) Aspire suppied by the diocese or the schoo, or from the Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) provided by the schoo. Data wi be used to shape questions that wi expore how the schoo s vision is being used to enabe pupis of a abiities to fourish. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 5
Evauation Schedue Exceent These descriptors shoud be seen and used as a guide. They are not exhaustive of exempary practice. Requires Improvement It is better than Good. For exampe: It is not yet Good. Through reference to innovation, informed by the schoo s Christian vision, eaders show how the curricuum is taiored to meet the needs of a pupis the schoo serves. They make bod ethica arguments for the incusion and support of vunerabe pupis, incuding those with earning difficuties inked to the schoo s vision that enabe a to fourish. Aspects of the curricuum refect a pedagogica approach that activey enabes pupis to refect and expore the spiritua and ethica dimensions of a subjects. Considering context and cohorts, academic progress is above average for a groups of pupis and there is itte difference between the progress of those who are disadvantaged and those that are not. The schoo community appies its own understanding of spiritua deveopment so that teachers have the confidence and abiity to move beyond panned opportunities to make the most of questions raised by the curiosity of pupis and opportunities that occur spontaneousy across the curricuum. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 6
Evauation Schedue Strand 3: Character Deveopment: Hope, Aspiration and Courageous Advocacy In considering character deveopment in the context of a Methodist schoo, particuar attention shoud be paid to MA3 and MA4 of the Methodist character appendix. In this strand the foowing must be expored: How we the schoo s Christian vision supports the character and mora deveopment of a pupis, giving them aspiration for themseves and hope for the communities of which they are a part. How we the schoo s Christian vision inspires the whoe schoo community to engage in socia action and to be courageous advocates for change in their oca, nationa and goba communities In deveoping character, the schoo must evauate: a) To what extent does your schoo s vision and its associated vaues deveop aspiration in a pupis, giving them resiience to cope we when things are difficut and the perseverance to overcome barriers to their own earning and to make positive choices? b) Do eaders make sure a pupis have curricuum opportunities to ook beyond themseves, ask big questions and think gobay about ife and deveop an understanding of disadvantage, deprivation and the expoitation of the natura word? How effectivey has the schoo expored and engaged in diocesan and other goba companion/word church inks? c) How we does the schoo community connect its ethica and charitabe activities to the schoo s vision and associated vaues? Do eaders provide opportunities for a pupis to engage in socia action and to understand how they can chaenge injustice? Strand 3: Grade Descriptors In a Good Church schoo which enabes pupis and aduts to fourish... There is a demonstrabe cuture of aspiring to be the best you can be: the person God created you to be. Pupis say how the schoo s Christian vision and associated vaues hep them to make positive choices about how they ive and behave. Pupis say how the schoo s Christian vision and associated vaues supports them in their earning. Leaders ensure that there are opportunities across the schoo curricuum to expore many big questions about ife and to discuss and deveop pupis understanding of disadvantage, deprivation and the expoitation of the natura word. Leaders demonstrate how spending decisions (where possibe), fundraising, charity partnerships and socia action projects refect the schoo s Christian vision. A demonstrabe feature of the schoo is the way in which it encourages its pupis to think gobay, as appropriate to context, exporing the companion inks that exist between the oca diocese/word Church and schoos internationay. Pupis tak about ways to chaenge injustice and inequaity and take advantage of curricuar and extracurricuar activities to engage in socia action projects. This goes beyond a sense of compassion to a concern for justice. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 7
Evauation Schedue Exceent These descriptors shoud be seen and used as a guide. They are not exhaustive of exempary practice. Requires Improvement It is better than Good. For exampe: It is not yet Good. Pupis expain how the schoo s vaues give them confidence to isten, question, expore and chaenge themseves in pursuit of their earning. Leaders use creativity and innovation to provide quaity opportunities for pupis to expore situations of injustice and inequaity so opening pupis horizons, giving them a concern for others. This is often a practica expression of the schoo s partnership with the oca church community. The schoo community has estabished mutuay beneficia goba partnership inks to schoos in different parts of the word that are highy vaued by aduts and pupis aike. Pupis are articuate advocates of change, chaenging injustice and inequaity. They have reguar opportunities to engage in socia action projects which pupis themseves have identified to address issues of disadvantage, deprivation and the expoitation of the natura word. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 8
Evauation Schedue Strand 4: Community and Living We Together In considering community and iving we together in the context of a Methodist schoo, particuar attention shoud be paid to MA3 and MA6 of the Methodist character appendix. In this strand the foowing must be expored: How we the schoo s Christian vision promotes socia and cutura deveopment through the practice of forgiveness and reconciiation that encourages good menta heath, and enabes a to fourish and ive we together. a) To what extent does your schoo s Christian vision and associated vaues underpin reationships at a eves in the schoo community, enabing pupis to disagree we and to practice forgiveness and reconciiation? Is this refected in the schoo s behaviour, excusion and attendance poicies? In creating a community where a ive we together, the schoo must evauate: b) How we do eaders ensure there is support for good menta heath in chidren and aduts and a sense of beonging that embraces and ceebrates difference? Strand 4: Grade Descriptors In a Good Church schoo which enabes pupis and aduts to fourish... Pupis are observed to behave we and reationships between a members of the schoo community are generay supportive. This is ceary attributed to the schoo s vision and associated vaues by many. The schoo behaviour poicy and other reated poicies coherenty refect the schoo s Christian vision. Pupis have the opportunity to seek forgiveness and reconciiation and this is refected in the schoo s behaviour, excusion and attendance poicy and practice. When conficts do arise, these are deat with in a way which refects the articuated Christian vision and associated vaues of the schoo. There are panned curricuum opportunities to expore different points of view and pupis are given the skis they need to disagree we and to ive with contradictory convictions. The schoo has in pace effective systems for the eary identification of issues connected to menta heath and webeing. Poicies support pupis with menta heath difficuties making use of expert advice as needed. Pupis and aduts fee confident to express their views and concerns and say they are istened to and are given opportunities to participate in schoo decisions. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 9
Evauation Schedue Exceent These descriptors shoud be seen and used as a guide. They are not exhaustive of exempary practice. Requires Improvement It is better than Good. For exampe: It is not yet Good. The schoo is recognised by the wider community as a centre of reconciiation and support. It is a pace where pupis are given and take second chances. Pupis wi tak about forgiveness and reconciiation as a worthy way of iving. Aduts tak of support they have received from the church schoo community. Leaders ensure that poicies for staff webeing refect the schoo s Christian vision and make sure that a staff are treated with dignity and respect. Staff and pupis report a cuture of care and encouragement, a sense of hope. Amost a staff speak readiy of tangibe ways in which they have been supported by practica and compassionate care. They fee ooked after and attribute this to the vision of the schoo. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 10
Evauation Schedue Strand 5: Dignity and Respect In considering dignity and respect in the context of a Methodist schoo, particuar attention shoud be paid to MA5 and MA6 of the Methodist character appendix. In this strand the foowing must be expored: How we the schoo s Christian vision creates an environment that embraces difference where a pupis, whatever their background or abiity, can fourish because a are treated with dignity and respect. In creating a schoo environment buit on dignity and respect, the schoo must evauate: a) How we does your schoo s Christian vision and associated vaues uphod dignity and vaue a God s Chidren*, ensuring through its poicy and practice the protection of a members of the schoo community? b) How we does the whoe curricuum provides opportunities for a pupis to understand, respect and ceebrate difference and diversity? c) Does the schoo have an approach to reationships and sex education (RSE) that ensures chidren are abe to cherish themseves and others as unique and wonderfuy made, and to form heathy reationships where they respect and offer dignity to others. (From 2020 onward) * See Vauing A God s Chidren. Strand 5: Grade Descriptors In a Good Church schoo which enabes pupis and aduts to fourish... There is a demonstrabe cuture where a members of the schoo community, whatever their background, disabiity, ethnicity, gender, identity, earning difficuty, nationaity, reigion, or sexua orientation are wecomed and treated with dignity and respect as peope created in the image of God. Leaders are successfu in ensuring that a curricuum areas encourage a respect for difference, diversity and ways of iving. Pupis say that they fee safe to express their views without being made fun of in a cuture of mutua respect. Pupis show respect for difference and staff wi chaenge any prejudicia behaviour and anguage, for exampe that which is racist, homophobic, biphobic, transphobic, sexist or denigrates pupis on grounds of abiity or disabiity. There are effective procedures in pace to ensure that pupis are protected from a types of buying and that any incidents that do occur are deat with effectivey and are appropriatey recorded. These poicies are up to date, reguary reviewed and evauated. The schoo offers age appropriate and coherent reationships and sex education that refects the schoo s Christian vision and supports pupis to form heathy reationships. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 11
Evauation Schedue Exceent These descriptors shoud be seen and used as a guide. They are not exhaustive of exempary practice. Requires Improvement It is better than Good. For exampe: It is not yet Good. Leaders ensure that any barriers to incusion that might imit the ife chances of pupis are significanty reduced. Pupis tak of the schoo being a hospitabe community where they are encouraged to fufi their potentia. Refecting the schoo s Christian vision, poicies are successfu in preventing rather than just reacting to incidents of prejudicia behaviour creating a cuture where pupis whatever their background, disabiity, ethnicity, gender, identity, earning difficuty, nationaity, reigion, or sexua orientation are comfortabe as the person God made them to be. Pupis take a ead in chaenging prejudicia behaviour and anguage. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 12
Evauation Schedue Strand 6: The impact of coective worship In a Church schoo coective worship shoud be incusive, invitationa and inspiring. In considering the impact of coective worship in a Methodist schoo, particuar attention shoud be paid to MA1 and MA7 of the Methodist character appendix. In this strand the foowing must be expored: The ways in which coective worship is an expression of the schoo s Christian vision. In deveoping coective worship that is incusive, invitationa and inspiring the schoo community needs to evauate the extent to which worship: a) Offers the opportunity, without compusion, to a pupis and aduts to grow spirituay through experiences of prayer, stiness, worship and refection b) Enabes a pupis and aduts to appreciate that Christians worship in different ways, for exampe using music, sience, story, prayer, refection, the varied iturgica and other traditions of Angican/Methodist worship, festivas and, where appropriate, the Eucharist. c) Heps pupis and aduts to appreciate the reevance of faith in today s word, to encounter the teachings of Jesus and the Bibe and to deveop their understanding of the Christian beief in the trinitarian nature of God and its anguage. d) Enabes pupis as we as aduts to engage in the panning, eading and evauation of coective worship in ways that ead to improving practice. Leaders of worship, incuding cergy, have access to reguar training. e) Encourages oca church community partnerships to support the schoo effectivey in deveoping its provision for coective worship. Strand 6: Grade Descriptors In a Good Church schoo which enabes pupis and aduts to fourish... Worship is invitationa offering everyone the opportunity to engage whist aowing the freedom for those of other faiths and none to be present with integrity. A those who wish to be so are activey engaged in worship. Prayer is a natura and vaued part of the cuture of the schoo. It is not compusory or forced. A those who wish to do so wi have reguar opportunities to pray and refect. Pupis tak about the vaue of prayer and refection both in forma and informa contexts and how being sti and refective in their own ives can be hepfu. As appropriate to context, pupis speak of their persona use of prayer and refection. Pupis recognise that worship provides meaningfu opportunities to contribute to their spiritua deveopment. Statutory obigations are met in context. Worship is creative and pupis tak about how it often inspires them to action. It has variety, for exampe, invoving music and iturgy, sience, story and refection and, where appropriate, the Eucharist. Most staff and pupis tak about how worship causes them to refect on their behaviour, vaues and attitudes. Worship ensures pupis deveop an appreciation of the variety of eements and styes found in the diversity of iturgica and other traditions of the wordwide Angican/Methodist Church and its diversity of expression within the UK. Worship provokes thoughtfu and respectfu responses from pupis. They are aware of the centra importance of the Eucharist/Communion to Christian worship. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 13
Evauation Schedue Panning for coective worship ensures that pupis have opportunities to encounter the teachings of Jesus and expore the reevance of his teaching in today s word. Pupis tak about the meaning of the different eements of Christian worship incuding beief in the trinitarian nature of God. An effective shared approach to panning aows appropriate opportunities for pupis to gather, engage and respond. The panning, monitoring and evauation of coective worship invoves a range of members of the community. Pupis are activey invoved in this process, often taking a consutative roe. Most eaders of worship, incuding cergy, have access to reguar training. The oca church community is reguary invoved in coective worship, providing practica support and encouragement. Exceent These descriptors shoud be seen and used as a guide. They are not exhaustive of exempary practice. Requires Improvement It is better than Good. For exampe: It is not yet Good. The schoo community recognises and vaues worship as the heartbeat of the schoo. Pupis and aduts tak with enthusiasm about worship and expain how it infuences their ives, both in and out of schoo. Schoo eaders work proactivey with the oca church community or diocese who provide innovative and appropriate support for coective worship. Pupis take a considerabe ead in the deveopment of worship within the schoo. Staff are we supported to ead engaging tutor group and cassroom worship. Pupis articuate an informed and evauative understanding of the vaue and use of prayer and refection. There are varied and interactive prayer and refection activities on offer to a pupis which they find hepfu and supportive. Pupis are enabed to engage with the Eucharist in creative and innovative ways, and this ensures a range of age and context appropriate opportunities for pupis to expore the Eucharist in ways that respect the integrity of the pupis. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 14
Evauation Schedue Strand 7: The effectiveness of reigious education In a Church of Engand or Methodist schoo, reigious education (RE) shoud be non-confessiona and is considered an academic subject. Inspectors wi consider the expectations of the ocay agreed syabus in VC schoos and academies that were former VC schoos. In considering the effectiveness of reigious education in a Methodist schoo, particuar attention shoud be paid to MA1 and MA4 of the Methodist character appendix. In this strand the foowing must be expored: How effective the schoo is in ensuring pupis fourish through the provision of high quaity reigious education refecting the Church of Engand Statement of Entitement. How effective the schoo is in ensuring that reigious education expresses the schoo s Christian vision. In deveoping effective reigious education, a schoo must evauate the extent to which: a) Through effective curricuum panning, RE provision refects the Church of Engand Statement of Entitement, or Methodist equivaent, deveops reigious iteracy and meets statutory obigations. ii. iii. through the exporation of core theoogica concepts using an approach that criticay engages with text? How we does RE hep pupis consider the impact and connection that Christianity has on Britain s cutura heritage and the ives of peope wordwide? How we does RE enabe a pupis to deveop knowedge and understanding of other major word reigions and word views and their impact on society and cuture? How we does RE give pupis a safe space to criticay refect on their own reigious, spiritua and/or phiosophica convictions? b) Do teachers share effective practice ocay and regionay and engage in professiona deveopment? Does RE have in pace rigorous systems of assessment? i. How we does RE hep pupis to know about and understand Christianity as a iving word faith VA ONLY c) How effective is RE teaching and earning in the schoo? Strand 7: Grade Descriptors In a Good Church schoo which enabes pupis and aduts to fourish... Curricuum panning for RE is effective, refecting a good baance between theoogy, phiosophy and human science. Pupis are abe to engage with reigious text and theoogica ideas. They have deveoped age appropriate skis of enquiry, critica anaysis and interpretation. In this way we-constructed and coherent RE provision resuts in pupis who give an age appropriate thoughtfu account of Christianity as a iving and diverse faith with some reference to theoogica concepts. Pupis demonstrate an informed and respectfu understanding of a range of reigions and wordviews. RE essons provide a safe space for pupis to discuss reigious, spiritua and/or phiosophica ideas. Pupis expain ways in which their thinking has been chaenged. Statutory obigations are met and RE is argey in ine with the Church of Engand Statement of Entitement. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 15
Evauation Schedue The schoo eader of RE has put in pace systems for assessment that resut in teachers and pupis being abe to gauge progress and attainment in RE. Assessment informs panning, securing accurate chaenge and supporting pupis to gain a cear understanding of how to make progress. Good practice is shared within the schoo and with other schoos through invovement with oca, nationa and regiona groups. The schoo eader for RE has reguar opportunities to share new ideas and pedagogy so ensuring that a staff teaching RE do so with confidence and to a high standard. VA ONLY RE teaching and earning is consistenty graded good through reguar schoo monitoring (verified at inspection). Based on the data avaiabe at the time of the inspection, considering context and recent cohorts, pupis make good progress against oca expectations (KS1-3) and nationa averages for GCSE. This incudes pupis with SEND and the most abe. As a priority, the schoo is enabing its vunerabe pupis, incuding those with earning difficuties, to fourish academicay in RE. Exceent These descriptors shoud be seen and used as a guide. They are not exhaustive of exempary practice. Requires Improvement It is better than Good. For exampe: It is not yet Good. Pupis are inspired by RE and recognise it as a chaenging but safe space to expore their own and others reigious, spiritua and phiosophica convictions criticay and responsiby. Pupis confidenty give age appropriate theoogicay, phiosophicay and socioogicay informed accounts of Christianity and other reigious traditions. Pupis have significant opportunities to engage in diaogue with a range of reigions and wordviews. They give age appropriate evauative accounts of the continuing roe of reigion in contemporary British and goba society. RE eaders in the schoo are recognised as activey invoved in eading innovation within schoo/academy structures and at oca, regiona, or even nationa eve. VA ONLY RE teaching and earning is consistenty graded good with a high proportion that is better than good through reguar schoo monitoring (verified at inspection). Based on the data avaiabe at the time of the inspection, considering context and recent cohorts, attainment and progress for a pupis is above or at east in ine with other core/comparabe subjects within the schoo, ocay and nationay (nationa expectations at GCSE). This incudes pupis with SEND and the most abe. As a priority, the schoo is enabing its vunerabe pupis, incuding those with earning difficuties, to fourish academicay in RE. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 16
Evauation Schedue Ineffective as a Church schoo If, in the judgment of the inspector, the schoo has not maintained its distinctive Christian foundation and is ineffective in more than one of the categories beow, it is ikey that the schoo wi be judged to be ineffective as a Church schoo. This judgement wi be discussed (see separate guidance) with the diocese and wi be agreed by the appointed critica reader. For a schoo in a MAT an Ineffective as a Church schoo judgement wi trigger a recommendation that the nature and appropriateness of the MAT s support for the distinctive nature of the schoo shoud be reviewed by the diocese. 1. The schoo s eaders have faied to estabish and sustain a Christian vision for the schoo that has sufficient regard to the schoo s origina foundation and to promoting behaviour and reationships based on dignity and equaity. 2. The schoo s eaders have not estabished systems to ensure effective Church schoo governance incuding a system that monitors the distinctiveness and effectiveness of the schoo s Christian vision. 3. The schoo s eaders have not taken sufficient notice of the advice provided by the oca diocese in ine with nationa guidance, incuding in particuar Reigious Education in Church of Engand Schoos: A Statement of Entitement and Vauing A God s Chidren. 4. The schoo s eaders have faied to ensure that coective worship refects the schoo s distinctive foundation or funding agreement. 5. The schoo s eaders have faied to ensure that the provision of reigious education in the schoo refects the schoo s foundation or funding agreement. 6. The overa quaity of education and its outcomes does not meet the needs of many pupis and has itte regard for the needs of vunerabe pupis incuding those with earning difficuties and there is itte or no evidence that this is improving in any consistent way. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 17
Evauation Schedue Reporting If Ofsted has judged a schoo to be requiring improvement or inadequate within the tweve months preceding the SIAMS inspection it is unikey that the schoo wi receive a judgement of more than one grade higher in the SIAMS inspection. If both coective worship and reigious education are requiring improvement it is unikey that the schoo coud be good overa. If eaders, incuding governors, cannot articuate how bibica teaching roots the schoo s vision, giving it coherence, reevance and sustainabiity the schoo coud not be good overa. In the case of a joint schoo, inspected under the SIAMS framework, it wi not be possibe for the schoo to achieve a grading of good or better if it does not equay refect the ethos of each of the reigious bodies of its trust deed. So, for exampe, a joint Methodist/Angican schoo must show that it refects both Methodist and Angican inspection priorities. The inspector wi award one grade for the schoo. They wi then in a schoos aso give a grade specific to the impact of coective worship. In VA schoos and former VA schoos ony an additiona grade wi be given specificay for the effectiveness of RE. The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 18
Evauation Schedue Gossary Schoo s vision The schoo s Christian vision and associated Christian vaues. The schoo s vision shoud be specific to the schoo s particuar context and foundation. It shoud aso have regard to the Church of Engand Vision for Education and/or Methodist principes as we as any diocesan vision for education. Leaders A those invoved in the strategic deveopment and impementation of the schoo s progress as a Church schoo incuding the headteacher, the senior eaders of the schoo, the midde eaders, schoo governors/academy directors/ federation executives and MAT eaders incuding CEOs. Whoe schoo community Pupis, a schoo eaders (see above), staff (incuding a support staff), parents and a those in the oca community invoved in the schoo. Loca church community The oca Angican church connected to the schoo, other oca churches and the diocese. In the case of the Methodist Church, the oca Methodist church, other oca churches and the circuit. If the oca church connected to the schoo is unabe or unwiing to offer the support required by the schoo, it is the responsibiity of the schoo to make sure it seeks support from the diocese or wider Methodist community. Forma partners May incude the diocese/circuit, the oca church and deanery, a muti-academy trust, a federation of schoos, schoo to schoo reationships (incuding with schoos in other countries), eary years settings, oca authority and chidren s services, chid and adoescent menta heath services (CAMHS). Governors Where governors is used in this document it refers to the governing body of the schoo and incudes academy directors and members. The grade descriptors The grade descriptor for 'Good' describes what is expected of most Church schoos. The 'Exceent' exempar seeks to describe exceptiona practice in addition to the expectations of 'Good'. 'Requires Improvement' is described as practice that is 'not yet Good'. These descriptors are not exhaustive and inspectors wi use their professiona judgement. Theoogy In the context of RE, conversations about foundationa beiefs within reigions and wordviews; examining the key ideas or concepts in reigions and beief systems.* Phiosophy In the context of RE, conversations about thinking, reasoning and making judgements: investigating the nature of knowedge, reaity and moraity and the way in which we reason about them.* Human science In the context of RE, conversations about the human dimension of reigions and beiefs: enquiry into the ived and diverse reaity of reigions and beiefs in the word today.* Reigious iteracy The abiity to hod age appropriate informed conversations about reigion and beief Church schoo Church of Engand, Methodist or joint Church of Engand and Methodist/Roman Cathoic schoos and academies. Informa partners The oca community, incuding parents. Companion inks Officia internationa diocese to diocese companion inks within the Angican Communion as we as other overseas schoos inks, inter-diocesan inks and inter-regiona inks. * These definitions are taken from the Baanced RE project deveoped and written by Jane Chipperton (Diocese of St Abans), Giian Georgiou (Diocese of Lincon), Oivia Seymour (Diocese of York) and Kathryn Wright (Diocese of Norwich). The Nationa Society (Church of Engand and Church in Waes) for the Promotion of Education 2018 Page 19
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