There can be a considerable impact on the working conditions of teaching and support staff.
Hi Vickie First of all don't panic.I know its hard not too,but my son's school is 1 1/2 into a special measures process and it really isn't the end of the world.  Special measures is a status applied by regulators of public services in Britain to providers who fall short of acceptable standards. Monitor is responsible for putting NHS foundation trusts into special measures, while the NHS Trust Development Authority is responsible for other NHS trusts. This action is normally triggered by a Care Quality Commission inspection. This guidance sets out the judgements Ofsted inspectors make and report on during monitoring inspections of schools subject to special measures.  I imagine it would be different with each school so I'd ask your school what their notice to improve period was and go from there. Schools are not easily closed down & often a significant change of leadership will happen before that's considered (if that is your concern at all). kelly s(331) and Ali (32) like this. Now I think the government are very close to withdrawing funding so it will have to close. It could be different if it is not a free school though. It must be a difficult time for you, particularly if you live in an area where there is a pressure on school places so I hope it all turns out OK. I was a failing headteacher. Going into special measures can be a particular kind of hell, as one previously successful head discovered – and now recalls for School Leadership Today in this groundbreaking series. The names have been kept secret to protect the innocent… and the guilty For schools in special measures, the first Ofsted monitoring inspection usually takes place between four and six months after the date of the original inspection. Where a school’s safeguarding arrangements have been judged to be inadequate, however, it is likely to take place much sooner than this. Teachers working in special measures or notice to improve schools are not only expected to cope with this but may often have lots of extra work, which the head teacher or local authority believe will result in the school being removed from a category of concern. Can anyone help what happens when a school goes into special measures and shows. My child school was put in special measures sep they came back few weeks ago and have put on the report no improvements have been made! Now I think the government are very close to withdrawing funding so it will have to close. It could be different if it is not a free school though. It must be a difficult time for you, particularly if you live in an area where there is a pressure on school places so I hope it all turns out OK. A 1/2 AL AIC Schools in special measures in England and Wales When a school goes into special measures there can be a considerable impact on the working conditions of teaching and support staff. This factsheet looks at why a school is placed in special measures and addresses the key concerns of its staff. A Her Majesty’s Inspectorate (HMI) team will conduct their first monitoring visit within four to six months of the school being judged as requiring special measures.The HMI report may, depending on what progress has been made, recommend that the school be taken out of Getting out of Special Measures is possibly the most demanding challenge teachers, and particularly headteachers, can face, says Iain Erskin. Between 2001 and 2003, I found myself leading a school out of Special Measures. I took on the school six months into the process and, what is more, volunteered to do it! On the final visit, the HMI in charge brought with him the inspector who had put theschool into Special Measures. Progress was significant and it was a lovely thought to ask the original inspector back so she could see how the school had been transformed.
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