8/9/2019 Letter to Parents - Ofsted - 23 March 2009

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23 March2009

Dear parents / carers

As many if not all of you will be aware Ofsted undertook an inspection of DebenHigh School on the 4th – 5th March 2009. The report of the inspection is enclosedwith this letter. Overall the school is considered by the Ofsted inspection team toprovide a satisfactory level of education.

  The process of undertaking an inspection requires that the Headteacher, MrCawley, submits a detailed self-evaluation of many aspects of the school asrequired by Ofsted. I am very pleased to say that the Ofsted inspection teamhaving completed their review agreed with the ratings of all the major categoriesand the overall assessment of the school in the self-evaluation. In addition therewas also general agreement of the strengths of the school and those areas that

provide opportunities for improvement. As these were recognised by the school aspart of its self-evaluation many initiatives have already been put into place atvarious times since September. These were noted by the inspection team alongwith a general view that it was evident there has been much positive change sinceSeptember.

I would like to thank those you that took the time to complete and return the Ofstedquestionnaire. Whilst the questionnaires are absolutely confidential the inspectionteam did make known some of the general themes. We are very pleased that manyof you also recognise the positive change in the school since September.

I would like you to join me in thanking the Headteacher, Mr Cawley, the seniorleadership team and all of the staff and pupils at the school for the effort they putinto preparing for the inspection.

  The governing body is very pleased to note that the inspectors have alsorecognised the big difference that our new Headteacher has made to the schoolsince joining in September. We therefore would like to publicly thank Mr Cawley forwhat has been achieved so far. We look forward to continuing to work with him, thesenior leadership team, staff and pupils as we build on what has been achieved sofar.

Finally, I also hope that you will continue to support and work with the school. Weall have a part to play in raising expectations, attainment, progress and toachieving the vision for Deben High School and transforming learning in Felixstowe.

Kind regards,

 Tim BrennanChair of Governors