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The achievement judgement is based on 3 years of data AND what is seen in pupils' work on site through scrutiny of pupils' books, discussions with them and through lesson observations where judgements on attainment and progress are made. There is guidance to inspectors on judging attainment and progress which states that if the evidence on site through scrutiny of the pupils' work and attainment seen by inspectors is different to what might be suggested by the data, then the on-site evidence should take precedence. You can see this guidance at this link: http://ofsted.eu/resources/supplementary-guidance-and-resources-for-inspectors If your school was judged to be satisfactory, then the data AND the on site evidence, which is pretty comprehensive, would have pointed to satisfactory also. Independent schools, overseas schools and other schools that don't do national tests for whatever reason can be judged on achievement as seen in pupils' work and in lessons and through assessments made by the school. All independent schools are inspected either by Ofsted or another body. Data is a starting point for inspections, and the pre-inspection briefing will make reference to the data, but it is only a starting point. This is illustrated in the fact that numerous schools that have low attainment have been judged to be good overall. However, the new framework makes it difficult for schools below the floor to reach above a satisfactory judgement.
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