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Is this the most damning Kent OFSTED Report ever? Furness School
Furness School in Swanley is a special school which provides for boarding and day students who have behavioural, social and emotional difficulties. It has just 77 pupils, mostly boys, including 14 in boarding accommodation (one female) on site. All students have a statement of special educational needs and most students have previously experienced significant disruption to their education due to exclusion or non-attendance. Certainly Furness is a challenging school, but one that requires the highest standards for its children, many of whom have had seriously disrupted lives so far, and desperately need the stable education that other similar schools in Kent appear to be able to provide.
Kent County Council recognised there were problems back in February, and the headteacher was removed. However, in such a serious situation the consequences of losing the school figurehead need to be carefully managed, and insufficient thought appears to have been given to handling the fallout. KCC also removed the school governing body at the time, but did not follow the rules in doing so, and they were reinstated, only to be removed a second time - this time properly. The school was closed for three days in February, reportedly as it was out of control, and partially closed again later in the month. Since then KCC has been running the school directly using an interim leadership team and support from county officials. However, three months later, on May 15th and 16th, two of Her Majesty's Inspectors carried out an OFSTED Inspection which has produced the damning report published last week.
In particular this condemns the interim management and leadership of the school installed by KCC, including the following comments:.........
Swanley and District Primary Schools
Entries on this page include the OFSTED Grade for each Primary School updated twice a year, also recording change from previous Inspection result, together with some other relevant information below. It is worth using the search engine on the Home Page to pick up other references to individual schools.
You will find advice on Primary school Admissions and Appeals here.
You can read the full Report on each Primary School at OFSTED. Each school is awarded a main Grade: Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement (previously Satisfactory), and Inadequate (two sub categories - A school that has serious weaknesses is inadequate overall and requires significant improvement but leadership and management are judged to be Grade 3 or better - A school that requires special measures is one where the school is failing to give its pupils an acceptable standard of education and the school’s leaders, managers or governors have not demonstrated that they have the capacity to secure the necessary improvement in the school). Each Report carries a brief description of the school before justifying its decision in more detail. If a school is in Special Measures or Serious Weaknesses, the results of further monitoring visits are noted.
A majority of the schools that have previously had a 'Good' or 'Outstanding' assessment are given a Short Inspection (known as Section 8). These are indicated by 'Good (S). These will be confirmed in their assessment grade. However for some of these schools, the Inspection Team may consider that there are concerns, or in the case of a Good school, grounds for raising the Grade and this can only be done by a full Section Five Grade. These are recorded for example as 'Outstanding (SC) or 'Good (SR).
You will find an analysis of oversubscription and vacancies for Swanley and District Primary Places for September 2019 Allocations here, 2018 here, for 2017 here, and for 2016 here.
You will find a commercial site providing a comprehensive analysis of different 11 Plus exams, preparation and appeals at 11 Plus Exams.
Reports on Inspections between between September 2018 and July 2019 are in the first table, followed by other tables containing older ones.
(A) Indicates the school is an Academy (2017 onwards)
SWANLEY & DISTRICT PRIMARY SCHOOL
OFSTED REPORTS Sep 2019 - Feb 2020
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Downsview | Good (SC) | Jan 20 |
Section 5
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St Paul's CofE | Good (S) | Jan 20 | No change |
SWANLEY & DISTRICT PRIMARY SCHOOL
OFSTED REPORTS Sep 18 - Jul 19
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Crockenhill | Good (S) | Mar 19 | No change |
Horizon (A) | Good | Nov 18 | No change |
SWANLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL
OFSTED REPORTS 2017-18
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
High Firs | Good | Feb 18 | No change |
Hextable | Good | Mar 18 | No change |
Horizon (A) | Good (SR) | Feb 18 | No change |
SWANLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL
OFSTED REPORTS 2016-7
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Downsview Community | Good | July 16 | No change |
St Bartholomew's Catholic | Good | Jan 17 | No change |
St Mary's CofE VA | Good | Apr 17 | Up one |
SWANLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2015-6 |
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
St Paul's CofE | Good | May 16 | Up one |
SWANLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2014-15 |
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
St Mary's CofE | Requires Improvement | Apr 15 | No change |
SWANLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL OFSTED REPORTS 2013-14 |
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School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
Hextable | Good | Dec 13 | Up one |
High Firs | Good | Jul 14 | up one |
Horizon | Good | Sep 13 | 1st Academy Insp |
St Paul's CofE | Requires Improvement | Jan 14 | Down one |
School |
OFSTED Grade |
Date | Change |
High Firs | Requires Improvement | Sep 12 | No change |
St Mary's CofE | Requires Improvement | May 13 | Down one |
Pre September 2012 Reports
School | Grade | Date | Further Information |
Downsview Community Primary | Special Measures | Nov 2010 |
Satisfactory Prog Nov 2011 see below |
Downsview Community Primary | Good | Mar 2012 | see above |
Hextable Primary | Satisfactory | May 2012 | |
Horizon Primary | Satisfactory | Sep 2010 |