HMI
Abigail Birch
Active in published reports from Oct 2015 to Jul 2017.
Inspections
47
As lead
43
91% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
2
Schools & FE 44 · Other 3
Grades given vs. national, last 5 years
No overall grades yet. Report-card inspections are graded per area, shown below.
Inspections by year
Writing style
From 35 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Abigail Birch's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 85% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +5
- Length
- +56%
- Next steps
- 3.3
- per report
- Hedged
- 8%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Teaching & assessment 100%Leadership & governance 100%Progress & outcomes 94%Curriculum 87%Maths 85%Reading & phonics 74%Parents & families 66%Behaviour 64%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
16 to 19 study programmes1
Early years10
Leadership and management18
Outcomes15
Personal development, behaviour and welfare18
Sixth form3
Teaching, learning and assessment17
All inspections (47)
- Coxlease School13 Jul 2017 ·Other independent special school· Hampshire· very positive tone· Abigail Birch, Jane EdwardsOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Requires improvement
- Inspection
- Requires improvement
- Good
- Good
- Inspection
- Good
- Good
- Bradfields Academy8 Mar 2017 ·Academy special converter· Medway· very positive tone· Abigail Birch, Andrew Hogarth, Elizabeth Morrison +1Outstanding
- Good
- Report
- Mulberry Baird Primary19 Jan 2017 ·Academy sponsor led· East Sussex· mixed tone· Abigail Birch, Cassie Buchanan, Sue Reid +1Inadequate
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Ark Blacklands Primary Academy2 Nov 2016 ·Academy sponsor led· East Sussex· very positive tone· Abigail Birch, Angela O’Hara, Martin GarrattOutstanding
- Good
- Good
- Good
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- Good
- Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Good
- Requires improvement
- Good
- Short inspection
- Heron Park Primary Academy11 May 2016 ·Academy sponsor led· East Sussex· mostly positive tone· Abigail Birch, Lesley Fisher, Mark ColeRequires improvement
- Good
- Requires improvement
- Good
- Good
- Report
- Good
- Good
- Good
- Sir Henry Fermor Church of England Primary School8 Oct 2015 ·Voluntary aided school· East Sussex· mixed tone· Caroline Dulon, Abigail Birch, Roger FenwickRequires improvement
- Report
- Monitoring visit
- Inspection
- Inspection
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