Good Practice - Case Study
 Summercroft
Junior School
School No: 213
From Weakness to Strength
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Date:
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February
2004
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Subject Coverage:
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ICT
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Key Stages:
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KS2
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Contact Details:
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Ann Bard
Deputy headteacher/ICT Coordinator
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 Summercroft
Junior School is a two-form entry school in Bishop’s
Stortford with 240 children on role, who transfer mainly from Summercroft
Infants on the same site.
In January 2001 an OfSTED team visited the school and carried out a
four-day inspection. Many strengths in teaching and learning were identified,
but amongst areas deemed unsatisfactory was the ICT provision. The teaching
and delivery of ICT was acknowledged to be satisfactory, but a lack of
computers, coupled with the children’s unsatisfactory attainment,
made the overall judgement unsatisfactory. As a result of this inspection
the school was identified as having serious weaknesses.
Two years of close scrutiny by County, a change
of Headteacher and a lot of hard work followed. In January 2003 we were
revisited by OfSTED and amongst many other improvements, ICT was judged
to be good, and exceeding national expectations. What follows is how we
made it possible.
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