Suggsi Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 I have just taken over looking after our school website and I'm not sure what should be on it. Mostly what HAS to be on it Any help great fully received Suggsi xx
Steve21 Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 There's a huge list you should get from your council/LEA etc as it's all Ofsted based requirements. Might want to check with your SLT etc as they should receive a list through Examples: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-maintained-schools-must-publish-online Steve 3
Jawloms Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 What @Steve21 said for what needs to be on there, other than that your best bet is to look at other peoples and pinch their ideas. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery after all!
uu2 Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 This is the best information I know of: Your school website | Clerk to Governors
Ketlane Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Out of interest - how long can a maintained school get away with a website which only says "We are rebuilding the website: check back soon" or words to that effect?
Steve21 Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 (edited) Out of interest - how long can a maintained school get away with a website which only says "We are rebuilding the website: check back soon" or words to that effect? Not at all from my understanding. "No under-construction pages" is one of the items on our councils check list for Ofsted etc, as I had it on one and was told to remove it/update it (Edit - I guess it's more fussy if it's one of the check items from Ofsted, e.g. you couldn't have exam results as Under Construction, but if you wanted a list of pc names and that was under construction not as big an issue I guess) Steve Edited October 25, 2015 by Steve21
sparkeh Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 Out of interest - how long can a maintained school get away with a website which only says "We are rebuilding the website: check back soon" or words to that effect? You can't. Websites a big deal now, as an Osted inspector told us "I can't stress enough how important it is to make sure your website is compliant else you are in trouble" At the very least schools should stick up the statutory info no matter how it looks so you are compliant.
Ketlane Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 You can't. Websites a big deal now, as an Osted inspector told us "I can't stress enough how important it is to make sure your website is compliant else you are in trouble" At the very least schools should stick up the statutory info no matter how it looks so you are compliant. So this is not so good then:.... Sandy Lane Primary School - Sandy Lane
sparkeh Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 So this is not so good then:.... Sandy Lane Primary School - Sandy Lane Not so good. I would worry if I worked there
Steve21 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 So this is not so good then:.... Sandy Lane Primary School - Sandy Lane Nope pretty much a fail on every point they ask for Steve
Love_Sausage Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 In a letter from Michael Wilshaw to Nicky Morgan on no-notice inspections: "Sixteen schools were selected for a no-notice inspection (either solely orpartly) due to concerns about the curriculum This included 11 schools chosen primarily because they were failing in their legal duty to publish their curriculum plans on their website. "
sparkeh Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 In a letter from Michael Wilshaw to Nicky Morgan on no-notice inspections: "Sixteen schools were selected for a no-notice inspection (either solely orpartly) due to concerns about the curriculum This included 11 schools chosen primarily because they were failing in their legal duty to publish their curriculum plans on their website. " Can you give me a source for that? There are some people who need to read this...
Steve21 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Can you give me a source for that? There are some people who need to read this... http://www.clerktogovernors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014.09.26_Ofsted_report_2014-original-version-published-in-September.pdf Benedicts website isn't working for their original link Irony This inspection was conducted at no notice following non-compliance with the statutory requirement to provide parents with detailed information about the school curriculum on the school website Steve 1
Love_Sausage Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofsted-advice-note-no-notice-school-inspections That's the gov.uk site for Michael Wilshaw's letter. Our Deputy Head was on an Ofsted prep course a few weeks ago at which the school website was highlighted as now being the first checkbox on the inspection page when a visit is planned. We had a meeting straight after to make sure we had absolutely everything covered as set out in the guidance mentioned above. Follow the Clerk to Governors page, you can't go wrong - the hard part is getting the information prised from the people who need to give you it. Edited October 26, 2015 by Love_Sausage 1
sparkeh Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 the hard part is getting the information prised from the people who need to give you it. You ain't kidding!
SovietRussia Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 So this is not so good then:.... Sandy Lane Primary School - Sandy Lane But it is NEW and EXCITING.
Ketlane Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Quick disclaimer - not my website although I have a (rather distant) interest....
JordanT91 Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 I think I already know the answer to this but here we go. On the Government guidance page posted earlier it says schools must publish KS2 and KS4 results: percentage of pupils who achieved level 4 or above in reading, writing and maths percentage of pupils who have improved by 2 or more levels in reading, writing and maths between key stage 1 (KS1) and KS2 percentage of pupils who achieved level 5 or above in reading and writing percentage of pupils who achieved level 5 or above in maths percentage of pupils who achieved a C or above in GCSEs (or equivalent) in 5 or more subjects, including English and maths percentage of pupils who achieved the English Baccalaureate percentage of pupils who have achieved at least the minimum expected levels of progress in English and maths between KS2 and KS4 We are a special school. I'm not sure the exact figures but I would suspect most of our pupils will not leave school with one or two GCSE above a C or D. A lot probably wouldn't even be entered for GCSEs. One of our students recently left after getting an A or B grade in A-level maths and it was a very big deal for the school, it doesn't happen very often at all. I'm not sure how our pupils do with KS2 results. Compared to even the worst mainstream school our results would look very bad. You would hope that most people would recognise that special schools are extremely difficult to compare to even other special schools, never mind mainstream schools. We do not publish any results on our website. I've had a look at the websites of some other special schools within 20 miles of us and I can't find any mention of results on their websites either. Is it necessary for special schools to publish these results on their website?
Steve21 Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 If it's a maintained school yes (non-maintained are different), same rules otherwise. Steve
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