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Scroll down to see the OFSTED 2006, OFSTED 2009 and CReSTeD 2009 reports:
The College is a new school dedicated to the provision of mainstream education to dyslexic teenagers up to GCSE. The College is the realisation of the vision of Moon Hall School and is a further stage in the development of Burys Court School, which Moon Hall acquired in 2005. The College has pupils in the age range 11 to 16 and is accepting new pupils aged 11- 13 for September 2009.
Burys Court is the junior school to the College. It offers Nursery, Pre-Prep and Preparatory education for children aged 2-11. It provides mainstream "dyslexia friendly" education for the dyslexic pupils who join its Phoenix Dyslexia Centre from age 7 upwards.
Moon Hall School for dyslexic children to age 13 based at Belmont School, Holmbury St Mary continues as before working with Belmont to help re-integrate pupils into mainstream classes for Common Entrance. From now on, however, pupils there will be able to continue with the Moon Hall brand of education, if they wish, by transferring to Moon Hall College at age 13.
Ofsted Report 2006
Ofsted conducted an intensive four day inspection of Moon Hall College and Burys Court from 30th October to 2nd November 2006 and we were pleased that the ambitions in our mission statement are supported by their findings. The following quotes are extracted from the Ofsted Report.
“relationships are very good throughout the school and as a result pupils are becoming confident and self-assured young people”
“pupils are very positive about the school and thoroughly enjoy their education”
“The teaching overall is good. The staff are experienced and many have specialist qualifications related to meeting special educational needs….Because relationships are very good and there is effective and sensitive discipline, lessons run smoothly and often at a brisk pace. Classrooms are orderly and purposeful places, often with a quiet hum of focused learning….Throughout the school teachers generally have high expectations.”
‘Pupil’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is good. The grounds develop pupils’ awareness of the beauty of nature. They are taught to reflect on a range of spiritual and moral issues, and aspects of the human condition, such as care for the environment. There is a very strong emphasis on appropriate social behaviour and pupils report there is almost no bullying.”
To view a full copy of the Ofsted Report click here or you can find it on the Ofsted website at www.ofsted.gov.uk .
Ofsted Report 2009
In March 2009, Ofsted conducted a further two day inspection. We are very pleased that Burys Court and Moon Hall College have been judged to be a good school. We have achieved ‘good’ in all seven of the criteria used to judge years 3-11 in Moon Hall College and Burys Court. The following quotes are extracted from their report.
“Pupils are well prepared for their future choices of school whether they leave at the age of eleven or at 16. Personal, social, and health education is good and there are many enrichment activities and after school clubs.”
“Pupils enjoy their education and this builds confidence and helps develop their self-esteem. Behaviour is good and generally pupils are eager to complete their work and enjoy the responsibility and independent aspects of this. Pupils have a good sense of right and wrong and assemblies, circle time and form sessions all reinforce and develop their understanding in this respect. The school has a positive sense of community and pupils report there is little bullying.”
“Pupils have excellent discussion skills. They demonstrate good social skills and the older children experience a range of work experience opportunities”.
“Provision for the welfare, health and safety of the pupils is good and pupils feel well cared for. The school provides delicious, healthy school lunches, cooked daily by a qualified chef who sources fresh food locally. Fruit and water is provided should pupils want it. Pupils are encouraged to be physically active at break times and the school policy on healthy lifestyles is cross-curricular. This view was confirmed by the children who stated they knew about healthy living through various subjects. They understand about drugs and smoking issues. PE is very important to the children who say that they really enjoy their games lessons, but also the range of extra curricular sports such as Karate, dance, and trampoline that help them to stay fit.”
Overall, Ofsted has consistently rated the school as a good school. However, we felt Ofsted were harsh or unfair in their judgements on some aspects.
They are:
Our objectives as a school: We are a mainstream school which specialises in helping dyslexic children and others who benefit from individual help. We are very clear that our philosophy is to treat each child as an individual. We are not a special school, nor a school with a dyslexia unit. We are a school that is organised so that specialist provision at all levels is woven into the very fabric of the school.
Support for mainstream pupils: We do believe that average and above average pupils are able to have their needs met in our small groups. For example in Maths we have children working well ahead of their chronological age. In a short time and from a small base we have had considerable success in getting children into competitive entry schools, including an academic bursary in one case and an academic scholarship in another. Unlike many larger schools, here each member of staff knows every pupil by name, and we discuss them individually throughout the school week. We know the ability of each pupil and their strengths and weaknesses without having to look at charts of scores. We do not need a photograph of a pupil as a prompt at Parents’ Evenings. We have our charts of results but they were not organised in the way that Ofsted prefers. We are therefore working to establish a system of organising individual records that shows how pupils are doing against national expectations and over time and is acceptable to Ofsted.
For a copy of the report please click HERE.
Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils (CReSTeD)
“Following an inspection in November 2008, Moon Hall College and Burys Court have been approved and registered with CReSTeD. In their report, the inspectors quoting the summary of main findings in the OFSTED report, said that:
“We would fully endorse all these comments with the rider that the teaching is excellent to good. “
For a full copy of the report please click here.
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