Dear Parents and Guardians
I was telephoned this morning by the Independent Schools Inspectorate and was informed that the school will be visited next week for the first part of a formal inspection. They will return to school for a more in-depth inspection on 8th March which will last for three days. Our last inspection took place in 2006 and you can read the findings here.
I am sorry that the ISI request for you to complete a questionnaire comes on the back of our own request. We received an 80% return from families on our survey. If ISI can get near that figure for their questionnaire they will be delighted!
The instructions for completing the survey seem straightforward but if you do have difficulty please email Sue Bond in the office (sbond@shiplake.org.uk) and we will arrange for a hard copy to emailed/posted to you.
Yours sincerely
Gregg Davies
Headmaster
Dear Parent or Guardian,
Inspection of Shiplake College starting on 09 Feb 2010
Your child’s school is soon to be inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate as part of the programme of regular inspections required by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
The inspection team, which will be led by Mrs J. Marsland, invites all parents to complete a confidential questionnaire as part of the process. The questionnaire is available for you to complete online at http://surveys.isi.net . The unique code for your school’s inspection is [available on email or from me - Charly] and you will need to enter this to begin. The online questionnaire closes on the Sunday night before the inspection begins to allow the results to be collated, so please complete the questionnaire as soon as possible.
The completed questionnaires provide a valuable source of information for the inspection team and are designed to allow you to make detailed comments for the reporting inspector should you wish. Using the online system ensures that we are able to analyse and process feedback from parents quickly so that inspectors are aware of the parents’ views before the inspection begins. If however, you are unable to access the online version then you may request a copy of the questionnaire from the school and return it to the school in a sealed envelope, addressed to the Reporting Inspector.
The school will not see the completed questionnaires or know of any individual responses, though general findings will be shared.
Thank you for your contribution to the forthcoming inspection.
Yours sincerely,
Durell Barnes
Independent Schools Inspectorate
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