Ofsted have today released a report on the performance of Isle of Wight Partnership and rated them ‘Good’.
The Isle of Wight Partnership is involved with training teachers through its Graduate Teacher Programme and currently work with six secondary schools and 21 primary schools on the Island.
The report reveals the partnership has accounted for a third of all newly qualified teachers employed on the Isle of Wight since it started training them 11 years.
“Challenging circumstances”
Ofsted recognise that the partnership is operating in “challenging circumstances” as several partnership secondary schools have been graded as inadequate at their most recent Ofsted inspections.
The inspection for Isle of Wight Partnership took place on 29th April 2013.
Key strengths
Inspectors said the key strengths of the employment-based partnership are:
- the high reputation that the ITE partnership has with trainees, former trainees, schools and school leaders, because its trainees are very well prepared for teaching
- the preparation of trainees to meet the needs of schools in challenging circumstances on the Isle of Wight
- the strategic planning and pursuit of excellence by leadership and management that result in trainees’ capacity to meet the specific needs of local schools well and their good overall preparation for teaching
- the coherence and complementary nature of high-quality primary central and school-based training, particularly in phonics, reading, writing and mathematics, that prepares trainees to teach these areas well.
- the high quality central training offered to secondary trainees that prepares them for school experience well.
Dominic Coughlin, Director, Isle of Wight Partnership says,
“This report acknowledges the hard work and commitment of all those involved in the training of teachers across the partnership. I am very grateful to colleagues for their terrific commitment to developing great teachers.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank all colleagues, schools and teachers who were involved in the inspection.”
