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RBCS have created a self-evaluation cycle to help identify
how good a school we are; what our strengths are; what our
weaknesses are; and how we can improve. The views of students,
staff, both teaching and non-teaching, and parents are sought.
A staff professional development day was set aside to gain
the views of all staff, with time for staff to complete
a questionnaire individually and to meet in groups containing
teachers from a variety of departments and non-teaching
staff.
The views of pupils are gained through "focus weeks", a
week per term in which the focus of the school's self-evaluation
is on one year group. The emphasis is on the students, not
on the observation of staff with a team of four staff looking
at the academic, the pastoral and the co-curricular. During
the week each student within the year group completes a
questionnaire with a follow up meeting of the year group
council; four pupils are shadowed for half a day and their
books are looked at.
Parents completed a questionnaire, the organisation, distribution
and analysis being carried out by Kirkland Rowell, an educational
marketing research company.
An important part of the process is reporting back. Each
report back focuses on the top five things the school does
well and the five things in which the school could do better.
- Each staff meeting includes a 15 minute slot for 'self-evaluation
feedback'.
- Pupils receive feedback via year-group assemblies.
- Parents receive feedback via the Headmaster's end of
term letters.
SMT meets to examine feedback from the self-evaluation
cycle and to set targets for the coming year, ensuring the
self-evaluation process directly influences the future development
of the school.
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