We are delighted that The National College for School Leadership have designated Malmesbury School as a National Support School. This is official recognition of the track record of outstanding support provided by Malmesbury School to other local Schools.
We are very pleased that the work the staff and governors have been doing at Malmesbury for some years now has been recognised at a national level. In May 2012 under the new Ofsted Inspection framework Malmesbury School was described by Ofsted Inspectors as ‘Outstanding’ in all categories.
This designation comes in conjunction with our Headteacher, Tim Gilson being appointed as a National Leader of Education and acknowledges the outstanding leadership of Malmesbury School by Governors and leaders at all levels. There are 96 headteachers appointed to the role of National Leader of Education (NLE) in the latest recruitment round and there are now about 800 NLEs across the country.
Headteacher Tim Gilson said ‘It is really fantastic that Malmesbury School has been given this National status as an Outstanding School. We really look forward to expanding our work in supporting other local schools. It is in recognition of the exceptional quality of our staff and their capacity to work with other schools.’
Charlie Taylor, Chief Executive of the National College for Teaching and Leadership, said: “School-to-school support is having a growing impact and the results speak for themselves with benefits for both the schools being supported and those providing the support.”
Many in the National Leaders of Education/ National Support Schools scheme see improvements in exam results at both the support and client schools with progress achieved in excess of the improvements nationally.