Ofsted Verdict - Grange Technology College ‘Outstanding'
Grange Technology College was inspected by Ofsted on 29th November 2007 - almost four years since our last inspection. We received the final report on Monday 10 December. The report is very pleasing in all respects.
The following are extracts from the report:
- ‘Grange is an outstanding school'
- 'Teaching is excellent and students respond with an enthusiasm and enjoyment for learning'
- ‘Care, guidance and support are of the highest quality'
- 'Students enjoy being at school, they work well together and attendance is good'
- ‘Provision in the sixth form is outstanding'
- 'Students are set very challenging targets and the system for monitoring their progress is excellent and used well'
- ‘Leadership and management of the school are outstanding'
- 'Achievement is Outstanding'
- 'Girls and boys make significantly better progress than students in similar schools. Students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities make outstanding progress'
- ‘Personal development and well-being are good. Behaviour in and out of lessons is good and students treat each other with respect'
- ‘There is a continuous drive for improvement and an outstanding capacity to improve further'
- 'Teachers and students have very good working relationships that encourage learning'
- ‘Information and communication technology (ICT) is used well to enhance learning and students have very good access to computers in and out of lessons'
- ‘The Headteacher is constantly striving to achieve excellence and is supported well by a highly effective senior team'
I am delighted with this excellent Ofsted report. It recognises the outstanding work of students, staff, parents, governors and the local community.
It is because we all work so well together with a relentless focus on raising standards that we have achieved this "outstanding" report. We are building on the progress made by the school over a number of years which is based on the work done by a very large number of staff, parents and community members. For me, one of most heartening parts of the report was that we have "outstanding potential" to carry on improving further. This is the challenge now facing the school.
Bradford should be proud of its young people, the progress they make and also of many local schools who are successful in raising standards.
The full report is available HERE.
P Burluraux
Headteacher
11 Dec. 07
