After the public consulation which was in favour of retaining the current 3 tier education system, the consultants recommendation to the council was to change to a 2 tier system. However, this afternoon the County Council voted to retain the … Continue reading
Went to the summer fayre at Watling Lower School today. The fayre was from 11am to 2pm and the weather was really hot. We all had a great time. There were gocarts, a large 6 person trampoline, bouncy castle as … Continue reading
The school’s Ofsted results were sent home today. The school achieved a 2, good overall, with 20 of the 26 graded scoring a 2 (good). During the summing up, the inspectors commented that it was a school to be really … Continue reading
The school’s Ofsted inspection has occured over the last 2 days. The inspection went well, a credit to all the work done at the school. The report should be published in 2 to 3 weeks.
I visisted the ICT suite again this afternoon to look at some reported problems. When I visited the Friday before half term, I confirmed my plan to deploy the Maths-Whizz software onto all of the computers. As this was only … Continue reading
I went into the school this afternoon to resolve the outstanding issues in the ICT suite. As expected the problems were mainly related to the Linux server (the server that I don’t support or have access to). There was a … Continue reading
I found out today that there have been problems in the ICT suite since my visit on 30th September. Needless to say, until the head made me aware of the list of issues I hadn’t been told. It’s extremely frustrating … Continue reading
During a visit to the school today, I converted the computer suite across to using the new network account. This account is set with a mandatory profile, so that the machines will remain as they have been configured. This should … Continue reading
The school is on a major recruitment drive for the PSA. At last night’s poorly attended Annual General Meeting, the existing PSA officers all stood down. There was only one person who expressed a desire to become a PSA officer. … Continue reading
The school have subscribed to a shopping portal. They get a percentage of all transactions through it. It is at www.itallhelps.com/watling. Hopefully it will raise some useful funds.
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