Management Information Sheet

Sir Michael Wilshaw HMCI, in a speech on 24^th February 2012, said that: "The good head thinks carefully about how to prepare for an inspection by ensuring the website is up-to-date with information on school evaluation, development planning, the school timetable, etc."

From September 2012 regulations no longer require schools to publish a prospectus. Instead, schools will be required to publish key information online.

A new inspection Framework will be in place as from September 2012. (Click here to see the new Inspection Handbook) Among the changes, schools will have less notice than previously of an inspection and inspectors will be directed to seek information from the school's website in order to develop an initial picture of the school's academic performance.

What are the minimum 'key' information areas to publish online and what is meant by 'details'? (Click here to see information on the DfE website)

This will include for all schools:

	details of the school's pupil premium allocation and plans to spend it in the current year; and, for the previous year, a statement of how the money was spent and the impact that it had on educational attainment of those pupils at the school in respect of whom grant funding was allocated;
	details of the school's curriculum, content and approach, by academic year and by subject (including details of GCSE options and other qualifications offered at Key Stage 4 (for secondary schools), and approach to phonic and reading schemes (for primary schools));
	where applicable, details or links to the school's admission arrangements, including its selection and oversubscription criteria, published admission number and the school's process for applications through the local authority ;
	details of the school's policies on behaviour, charging and SEN and disability provision;
	links to the school's Ofsted reports and DfE School Performance Tables and details of the school's latest Key Stage 2 and/or Key Stage 4 attainment and progress measures as presented in the School Performance Tables;
	a statement of the school's ethos and values.

All schools will need to ensure that they continue to comply with any separate requirements that apply in respect of developing specific policies and communicating them.

The intention to require schools to publish key information online, alongside information published by the Department and Ofsted, will enable parents to compare schools more effectively. Schools may have to provide a hard copy of the information if requested by parents but that can be as simple as a printout of part of the website. Schools will, of course, be free to continue to market themselves through a printed prospectus if they so wish.

For advice and support on School Websites, please contact:

Jill Duman: 01603 307785 jill.duman@norfolk.gov.uk

For advice on the new Ofsted inspection Framework, please contact:

Mary Jane Edwards: 01603 303311 mary-jane.edwards@norfolk.gov.uk