Creating Value In Schools
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The Regional Improvement in Standards and Excellence (RISE) team has grown from 20 to 65 advisers, meaning they now have capacity to work with 200 schools. The RISE advisers will target ‘stuck’ schools and broker support for them, though they also have a ‘universal’ remit to support all schools to share effective practice and encourage collaboration. Consultations on accountability and Ofsted have closed with results to be shared in the summer.
The Rise teams will work with schools eligible for targeted intervention, which is:
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What are stuck schools? Stuck schools are defined as a school that was graded Requires Improvement or equivalent at its most recent Ofsted inspection, and was also graded below Good at its previous inspection and is still within the same structure. |
The RISE teams also have a remit to work with all schools – the ‘universal service’. They have four national priorities:
For the universal service, RISE teams will:
Advisers will engage with the school and its responsible body to consider the school’s specific needs. They may arrange for a ‘high-quality organisation’ to work with the school – this could be a high-performing trust, for example. RISE teams can use their funds to support this.
Ofsted will monitor improvement progress, with RISE teams reviewing engagement with the intervention.
No doubt we will learn more about the breakdown of responsibilities between Ofsted and the RISE advisers in due course, as well as more about the intervention support on offer.
See RISE advisers for a full list of those appointed so far. They all have experience of improving schools; the majority are from multi-academy trusts.
The two consultations around accountability and Ofsted closed on 28 April. Findings from the consultation are expected in the summer – potentially June.
Ofsted changes are due to come in in the autumn (i.e. not necessarily September), though there has been a call to slow down the process from a group of people and unions, including Professor Julia Waters, the sister of Ruth Perry. You can download their open letter from the ASCL website.
Keep an eye out for further updates…
