is therefore not fully effective. As a result, learners do not have sufficient knowledge or understanding of religions nor of respect between diverse faith communities. Links with the Christian values Effective use is made of a Religious education has of the school and spiritual, moral, social range of routine monitoring and modest links to some aspects of the and cultural development are intrinsic evaluation procedures that accurately Christian values but these are school’s to the religious education curriculum identify strengths and focus on raising not made explicit and are not and they have a significant impact on standards that lead to improvement in consistently identified in teachers’ learners. pupil performance. planning. Rigorous and extensive The subject leader effectively There is regular monitoring of monitoring and evaluation results in communicates expectations to senior some aspects of religious education well focused action plans that leaders, governors and staff about and self-evaluation is broadly accurate demonstrably lead to improvement. improvement in teaching and learning in identifying priorities for improvement in religious education and is well that offer adequate challenge. informed on current developments in religious education. Subject leadership has the The subject leader is aware of highest level of subject expertise and current developments in religious the vision to realise ambitious education and incorporates some of expectations and improvement. these in his/her practice. SIAMS grade descriptors: Leadership & Management OUTSTANDING GOOD SATISFACTORY INADEQUATE The effectiveness of leadership and Leaders consistently and Leaders articulate and promote Leaders provide a concerted management may be inadequate if confidently articulate, live out and a vision based on distinctively Christian approach to the distinctiveness and more than one of the following promote a vision rooted in distinctively values. effectiveness of the school as a church apply: Christian values. school although this is not driven by a clearly developed Christian vision. One or more of the aspects from for in the ‘Focus development’ last inspection report have not been Leaders readily articulate the Leaders clearly describe the Leaders have some awareness addressed in a way that has brought impact of explicit Christian values on impact of Christian values on the of the impact of distinctively Christian
is therefore not fully effective. As a result, learners do not have sufficient knowledge or understanding of religions nor of respect between diverse faith communities. Links with the Christian values of the school and spiritual, moral, social and cultural development are intrinsic to the religious education curriculum and they have a significant impact on learners. Effective use is made of a range of routine monitoring and evaluation procedures that accurately identify strengths and focus on raising standards that lead to improvement in pupil performance. Religious education has modest links to some aspects of the school’s Christian values but these are not made explicit and are not consistently identified in teachers’ planning. Rigorous and extensive monitoring and evaluation results in well focused action plans that demonstrably lead to improvement. The subject leader effectively communicates expectations to senior leaders, governors and staff about improvement in teaching and learning in religious education and is well informed on current developments in religious education. There is regular monitoring of some aspects of religious education and self-evaluation is broadly accurate in identifying priorities for improvement that offer adequate challenge. Subject leadership has the highest level of subject expertise and the vision to realise ambitious expectations and improvement. The subject leader is aware of current developments in religious education and incorporates some of these in his/her practice. SIAMS grade descriptors: Leadership & Management OUTSTANDING GOOD SATISFACTORY INADEQUATE Leaders consistently and confidently articulate, live out and promote a vision rooted in distinctively Christian values. Leaders articulate and promote a vision based on distinctively Christian values. Leaders provide a concerted approach to the distinctiveness and effectiveness of the school as a church school although this is not driven by a clearly developed Christian vision. The effectiveness of leadership and management may be inadequate if more than one of the following apply: One or more of the aspects from ‘Focus for development’ in the last inspection report have not been addressed in a way that has brought Leaders readily articulate the impact of explicit Christian values on Leaders clearly describe the impact of Christian values on the Leaders have some awareness of the impact of distinctively Christian