Focus on Every Child Matters in the SEF primary

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Focus on Every Child Matters in the SEF (primary)
School Effectiveness Service Promoting
Achievement in Schools

• How good is it?

Carmen Markham
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Documentation

• Criteria for ECM linked to each section of the
  SEF
• Evaluation matrix for the 5 outcomes of ECM

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Common Inspection Framework, 2005

• This continues to cover the 4 areas identified in
  the 1996 Education Act.
• Quality of education
• Educational standards
• Leadership and management
• Spiritual, moral, social and cultural
  development.

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Inspections must now also cover.

• The contribution of the institution to the five
  outcomes of Every Child Matters
• Being healthy
• Staying safe
• Enjoying and achieving
• Making a productive contribution to the community
• Enjoying economic well being

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What does this mean for schools in relation to
the SEF?

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..but first some SEF ground rules

• Ensure that you answer the questions on the SEF
• Be evaluative in every section
• Avoid lists as they are usually a barrier to
  evaluation
• Refer to evidence in your evaluation
• Ask the question so what? after non evaluative
  statements.

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SEF section 4

• This section does clearly relate to the 5
  outcomes but is broader as it includes SMSC.
• Usually this is the weakest section of the SEF as
  it is not evaluative but a list of actions.
• Use this section to clearly evaluate the quality
  of the provision against each outcome and
• use the other sections of the SEF to develop and
  exemplify.
• ECM must be seen as touching every aspect of
  school life.

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Evaluating how well learners adopt safe practices