Good to Outstanding...

[IguanaTail]

If you are a teacher, and your school moved from Good to Outstanding, what was it, in your opinion, that made the difference?

favourable data over time.

Yep. Only about the data. Nothing that was going on in the school at the time of the visit mattered a single bit.

Data caused by a generally higher ability cohort

(School governor, not teacher)

Being able to explain and justify the data and demonstrate that teaching is tailored to continual improvement.

That's quite depressing. Thanks

Why depressing? If it helps, all of our pupils are significantly behind age expectations (SS) and we still got grade 1 for achievement of pupils because our head could show that they were making better progress than expected for their SEN and that their progress was robustly moderated and targets reset regularly to provide consistent challenge.

It's depressing because I was hoping for thoughts on teaching and learning and/or leadership which led to the improved outcomes.

Aah. I see.

Data is all the government are interested in.