Calling school governors: what happens after an Ofsted?

[Wigeon]

The school at which I am a governor is being Ofsted-ed today and tomorrow. What are the rules on what the school can tell the governing body about the outcome, before the full report is published?

Neither of the governors who were interviewed today by the inspectors can go to the feedback meeting (because of unavoidable work commitments), and the school are saying they can't tell anyone at all on the governing body what the outcome is, even though we have a full governors meeting on Modnay (ie before the report publication but after the inspection). The Ofsted inspection framework documents from this September doesn't go into this much detail.

Anyone?

Glad you got there wigeon I was wondering how you had got on. I think it's so important for governors to hear the inspector's feedback first hand.

Never heard of a school not immediately sharing the result with staff.

See twitter

mobile.twitter.com/mcladingbowl/status/530637835037319168

Oh wow, drowned girl, that's very kind of you! How interesting. But aaargh, I can't pass on the tweet as it links to this thread, which would then totally out me! How can I get round that? Even if I just email Cladingbowl's tweet, anyone Twitter-literate could easily find the whole conversation, and therefore this thread. Any ideas?

So the Education Act 2005 has no relevance according to the SIP, nor does the very clear wording in the inspection framework guidance. As you say there is a massive amount of inconsistency in what actually happens up and down England.
Need to be careful about what I say in terms of when and where I heard Sir Michael say it. I think that he answered a question around this at the 2012 National Governors Association conference. Feedback to governors is mentioned in the speech but not in the detail you want. Sorry wish I could be more specific.

Wigeon, why not mail Mike Cladingbowl directly? Or contact him by via twitter?

admisson, yes that does seem to be the cases. My jaw dropped when the SIP said that the Ofsted handbook was only guidance, was not statutory or a legal requirement, and no one had to follow it. I literally said sarcastically 'well, naively I thought that Ofsted inspectors were expected to follow the Ofsted handbook published only a couple of months ago' and she said something like 'well, they don't have to'!

DrownedGirl - I was kind of hoping to find an external authorative source that didn't link to either my Mnet name or to my real name, because I don't want it to look like I have going around stirring and trying to undermine what I was told by both the SIP and the lead inspector in front of the Head. Even though they are both WRONG!

But tbh this is feeling like the straw that is going to break the camel's back - it has been a total uphill struggle to contribute as a governor to this school, because I think the Head and Deputy see the governing body at best as an irritant that gets in the way, takes up their time and has to be tolerated, not an invaluable source of support and help in improving the school (which is what I'd like to be!) So I am on the point of resigning anyway.

I am still v grateful for everyone's views here!