{"id":3832,"date":"2015-02-06T15:35:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=3832"},"modified":"2015-02-06T15:35:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T15:35:47","slug":"eastern-high-school-in-highly-critical-estyn-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/06\/eastern-high-school-in-highly-critical-estyn-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern High school in highly critical Estyn report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_3864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3864\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ah_easternhigh_web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"   wp-image-3864 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ah_easternhigh_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"   wp-image-3864 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ah_easternhigh_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Eastern High School in Rumney<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nLeaders of Eastern High School have committed to improvement after the publication of a highly critical report from the education watchdog Estyn.<br \/>\nBased on their visit to the school in December last year, the Estyn Report concludes that all aspects of the school were unsatisfactory \u2014 the lowest rating available.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.estyn.gov.uk\/english\/provider\/6814076\/\">The report<\/a> published on Friday found that more than two-thirds of the teaching at the school was \u201cnot good enough\u201d and its safeguarding arrangements gave \u201cserious cause for concern.\u201d<br \/>\nIt is also critical of the planning of the school after it was formed from the merger of Rumney and Llanrumney High Schools.<br \/>\nThe report states: \u201cThe initial planning for Eastern High School did not take enough account of the performance data and information available from Llanrumney High School and Rumney High School.<br \/>\n\u201cAs a result, the vision for the school is too general and not focused clearly enough on the very specific needs of the pupils or the community.<br \/>\nThis has contributed to the school failing to create a positive ethos and a productive learning environment.\u201d<br \/>\nThe school also highlights concerns over bullying at the school, the report says: \u201cThe school is not an inclusive environment for all pupils to feel safe and learn. \u201cIncidents of bullying and inappropriate behaviour are frequent and not dealt with consistently.\u201d<br \/>\nSince the Estyn inspection the school has been led by acting Head teacher Armando Di-Finizio who replaced Head teacher, Karen Gittins. Ms Gittins who had been appointed in May 2013 left the school after the inspection in December.<br \/>\nAddressing the issues raised by Estyn, Acting Head teacher Armando Di-Finizio said: \u201cThis report represents the school as it was at the beginning of December and much has been done since to ensure our pupils are safe when in our care and are receiving a good education.<br \/>\n\u201cWe accept the findings of the report and that is why, immediately after the inspection, we took steps to firstly address matters of urgency and secondly to develop a well thought out plan to improve the school.<br \/>\n\u201cAlthough it is early days and there is a lot of hard work still to be done, since the beginning of this term both staff and students have commented that the school \u2018feels different\u2019.<br \/>\nThere is a definite improvement in behaviour both in and out of the classroom and levels of attendance are beginning to improve.\u201d Cardiff Council had begun statutory intervention in the school before the inspection took place and says there has been a rapid programme of improvement since December.<br \/>\nPrior to the inspection the school had also been closed over reports of legionella bacteria.<br \/>\nSpeaking in response to the report, Cabinet Member for Education and Skills, Cllr Julia Magill said: \u201cI fully accept Estyn\u2019s findings which confirm a wide range of issues that had already led the local authority to intervene in the running of the school in the Autumn of 2014. I am encouraged by the progress that the school has already made since the inspection.<br \/>\nEveryone involved is clear that there remains much to be done. Estyn will carry out regular monitoring visits to ensure that rapid progress continues to be made.\u201d<br \/>\nShe continued: \u201cWe will continue the hard work to implement significant and lasting improvements that will provide the standard of education the children and young people of Eastern High school deserve in order for them to reach their potential.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is time to put the past behind us now. The school has faced some significant challenges, but the steps that have already been taken mean that pupils and parents can be confident that there has already been change for the better and that we are all determined to make sure that there is further rapid improvement, including securing better results for young people sitting their GCSE\u2019s this year.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWe will continue to work with parents and pupils to make sure that they feel engaged in the improvement programme through further parent meetings and regular communications from the school.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Leaders of Eastern High School have committed to improvement after the publication of a highly critical report from the education watchdog Estyn. Based on their visit to the school in December last year, the Estyn Report concludes that all aspects of the school were unsatisfactory \u2014 the lowest rating available. The report published on Friday found that more than two-thirds of the teaching at the school was \u201cnot good enough\u201d and its safeguarding arrangements gave \u201cserious cause for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":3947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2286,1291,2287,2288,2289,2290,290,2291,339],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-armando-di-finizio","tag-cardiff-2","tag-eastern-high","tag-estyn","tag-karen-gittens","tag-report","tag-schools","tag-unsatisfactory","tag-wales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eastern High school in highly critical Estyn report - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/06\/eastern-high-school-in-highly-critical-estyn-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eastern High school in highly critical Estyn report - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; Leaders of Eastern High School have committed to improvement after the publication of a highly critical report from the education watchdog Estyn. 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