Ofsted Inspector
Ross Macdonald
Active in published reports from Jun 2016 to Jun 2019.
Inspections
37
As lead
1
3% of visits
Last 12 months
0
Remits
1
Schools & FE 37
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 37 reports, each compared with reports of the same type that got the same grade. Language only: it says nothing about the judgements themselves.
Ross Macdonald's reports read in line with others with the same grade (warmer than 68% of inspectors).
more criticaltypicalwarmer
- Tone vs peers
- +1
- Length
- −1%
- Next steps
- 3.6
- per report
- Hedged
- 7%
- of sentences
Topics that come up most in their reports
Leadership & governance 100%Progress & outcomes 100%Teaching & assessment 100%Behaviour 95%Curriculum 95%Maths 57%Reading & phonics 54%Staff development 38%
Area grades (report cards and judgements)
16 to 19 study programmes12
Early years16
Leadership and management36
Outcomes36
Personal development, behaviour and welfare36
Teaching, learning and assessment36
All inspections (37)
- Caroline Haslett Primary School26 Jun 2019 ·Community school· Milton Keynes· very positive tone· Deborah Gordon, Graham Marshall, Ross MacdonaldOutstanding
- Leatherhead Trinity School and Nursery12 Jun 2019 ·Voluntary controlled school· Surrey· positive tone· Sue Child, Clementina Aina, Ross Macdonald +1Good
- Good
- Mabel Prichard School22 May 2019 ·Community special school· Oxfordshire· very positive tone· Linda Jacobs, Ross MacdonaldGood
- Woodeaton Manor School15 May 2019 ·Foundation special school· Oxfordshire· very positive tone· Janis Rogers, Ross MacdonaldGood
- Inadequate
- Requires improvement
- Wallands Community Primary and Nursery School14 Feb 2019 ·Community school· East Sussex· mostly positive tone· Linda Taylor, Kirstine Boon, Ross MacdonaldRequires improvement
- Abbeys Primary School30 Jan 2019 ·Community school· Milton Keynes· very positive tone· Deborah Gordon, Kevin Burrell, Ross MacdonaldGood
- Chiltern Wood School9 Jan 2019 ·Community special school· Buckinghamshire· very positive tone· Janis Rogers, Hilary Goddard, Ross MacdonaldGood
- William Cobbett Primary School12 Jul 2018 ·Community school· Surrey· very positive tone· Claire Prince, Dylan Davies, Ross MacdonaldGood
- Reculver Church of England Primary School4 Jul 2018 ·Academy sponsor led· Kent· very positive tone· Harry Ingham, Keith Pullen, Ross MacdonaldOutstanding
- Crestwood Community School27 Jun 2018 ·Community school· Hampshire· very positive tone· Matthew Newberry, Catherine Davies, Christopher Doherty +2Good
- Requires improvement
- Good
- Portsdown Primary School23 May 2018 ·Community school· Portsmouth· very positive tone· Rob Crompton, Krista Dawkins, Ross MacdonaldGood
- Oxted School16 May 2018 ·Academy converter· Surrey· mostly positive tone· Seamus Murphy, Peter Swan, Philip Storey +2Requires improvement
- King Alfred's10 May 2018 ·Academy converter· Oxfordshire· positive tone· Catherine Old, Jane Cartwright, Ross Macdonald +2Requires improvement
- Outstanding
- Outstanding
- The Littlehampton Academy25 Apr 2018 ·Academy sponsor led· West Sussex· mostly positive tone· Kathryn Moles, Anne Turner, Keith Pailthorpe +2Requires improvement
- Leigh Academy Longfield18 Apr 2018 ·Academy sponsor led· Kent· very positive tone· Susan Willman, Pat Slonecki, Peter Swan +1Good
- Steyning CofE Primary School22 Mar 2018 ·Voluntary controlled school· West Sussex· very positive tone· Maxine McDonald-Taylor, Amanda Gard, Ross MacdonaldGood
- Inadequate
- Good
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- Requires improvement
- Requires improvement
- Good
- Drayton Green Primary School1 Feb 2018 ·Community school· Ealing· very positive tone· Tim McLoughlin, Nicholas Cornell, Ross MacdonaldGood
- Grey Court School11 Jan 2018 ·Academy converter· Richmond upon Thames· very positive tone· Sam Hainey, James Whiting, Jane Fletcher +2Outstanding
- Cornwallis Academy29 Nov 2017 ·Academy sponsor led· Kent· positive tone· Christopher Lee, Alan Powell, Frederick Valletta +3Good
- Elm Grove Primary School13 Sept 2017 ·Community school· Brighton and Hove· very positive tone· Luisa Gould, James Munt, Mark Cole +2Good
- The Oxford Academy29 Sept 2016 ·Academy sponsor led· Oxfordshire· positive tone· Kathryn Moles, Debbie Godfrey-Phaure, Mark Duke +2Good
- Good
- Outstanding
- Cornfield School, Littlehampton23 Jun 2016 ·Community special school· West Sussex· very positive tone· Julie Sackett, Ross MacdonaldGood
- Fitzharrys School8 Jun 2016 ·Community school· Oxfordshire· positive tone· Matthew Newberry, Kathryn Moles, Ross MacdonaldGood
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