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Joint Consultation on School-Level Indicators to Measure Well-Being
Dated: 08/10/2008
Joint Consultation on School-Level Indicators to Measure Well-Being
The Department for Children, Schools and Families and Ofsted today launched a consultation on a proposed set of school level indicators which will recognise and reward schools for their contribution to pupil well-being.
Schools already contribute to the well-being of children in many ways, for example by providing a safe environment in which bullying is not tolerated; by teaching children about healthy eating and the risks of drug and alcohol abuse; and by helping to develop children’s self esteem and social skills. Today’s consultation will help achieve the ambition at the heart of the Children’s Plan for schools to play a key role in the wider development of young people, alongside their core mission of helping all children to realise their full educational potential.
The consultation will seek feedback on a standardised set of school-level indicators to be used by schools themselves and by Ofsted in evaluating a school’s contribution to the well-being of its pupils. We are consulting on a combination of measures including quantitative data already available, such as the school’s overall attendance rate and the take-up of school lunches; and the perceptions of pupils and parents about how well the school promotes well-being. Pupils and parents will be asked, for example, whether the school encourages physical activity; whether pupils feel safe at school; and whether the school deals effectively with bullying.
All of the quantitative information is already collected by schools and many schools already carry out surveys of parents and pupils. The consultation paper recognises that data from the indicators will require interpretation, for example; to take account of the area in which schools are located and the contribution made by other services. The consultation paper is also clear that schools will not be held to account for outcomes over which they have little or no influence such as levels of obesity in schools or teenage pregnancy rates.
Subject to the consultation, the plan is for the indicators to be used by Ofsted in its school inspection arrangements from 2009.
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