Ofsted Inspection & publishing of Reports

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Inspection was over 6 weeks ago, no report available yet from school or Ofsted website. Previous inspection was RI, I would be amazed if it got higher than that this time too.

Ofsted website seems to say they will be published within 28 working days at the maximum, which has passed. I assume school has some right to appeal, are there any timescales that have to be stuck to?

The school can ask for voluntary donations to cover the cost of a qualified instructor/lifesaver and any other additional costs they incur.

However, this should be relatively small as there is no transport involved. If they own the pool, it will be fearsomely expensive to run so the payments made by other users should cover this. School
Looks have closed over the last 30 years and only about 750 exist now. The school should not be paying much for the upkeep of the pool if it is professionally run but you could be asked for a donation to cover their share. If they generate money, this could be nothing! Very many schools ask for donations for swimming to help with costs. It is not a funded activity but is on the PE curriculum.

The Governors should review policies on a regular basis. It is all set out for them! Lots are every 2 years. Charging and Remissions may be more frequent than that - can't remember. I think in the grand scheme of things, getting through the next Ofsted visit is a priority.

School pools!...

Although the charging policy say they will ask parents for donations for swimming, the letters out actually specify it is a charge for staffing which definitely isn't allowed. I haven't and won't raise the swimming with the school as tbh, there is very little take up in KS2 since the introduction of the charge so they are probably left with a short-fall. Not too concerned as the MAT described the school as "sitting on pots of money." Charging policy was only amended in the summer but they have updated a couple of policies already.