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A new type of school report card is being trialed in Camden, north London, which could lead to changes in the forthcoming national report card set to replace recent one-word judgments. The pilot report card has been developed to allow bespoke searches by parents anywhere inside the M25 with descriptions, pictures, data and an Ofsted report embedded within the site. The school’s “Our school in 100 words” chapter features a description of values and strengths, and is followed by a section of “Our school in 10 photos”, which offer more detail on the facilities and activities available to pupils.
Complete with official statistics outside of Ofsted reports, such as key stage 2 Sats results for primary schools and GCSE results for secondary schools, there is also information available for parents who want to investigate how each school fares compared to the local and national average. The report card will include data on absence and schools will also have to show approaches to learning, wellbeing, anti-bullying policies and how they support pupils with special educational needs.
The report card project has been implemented by Camden Learning, a partnership between local schools and the council, chaired by Dame Christine Gilbert, formerly England’s chief inspector of schools, who from her perspective believes ministers and Ofsted should learn from the Camden project, as well as similar work under way in Sheffield and Milton Keynes. A public consultation on what Ofsted’s report card should look like is scheduled to begin early next year.
Marcus Goddard, a parent who chairs his school’s board and will soon begin the search for a secondary school for his child, said about the Camden report card: “I haven’t taken the time to read the Ofsted reports. I think I would read the report cards, largely because of the way they’ve been formatted.” Meanwhile, Shabnam Eslambolchi, head of the PTA and mother to a child attending Camden’s Gospel Oak Primary School, said she liked the way it combined descriptions, photos and charts to give her insight into a school’s ethos and community
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