Official Complaint to Ofsted
On Monday 6th November 2006 at 7:25am, Ofsted was copied into a written e-mail complaint about Moseley School's appalling results - a mere 15% of pupils passed five GCSE subjects including English and Maths.
Later in the day at 3:14pm, Ofsted responded:
Thank you for your email.
I have forwarded your email to our Midlands Education Division, for information only, as I am unsure how you wish Ofsted to respond.
Please contact us again if your email requires a further response.
An hour later at 4:34pm, Ofsted's Midlands Helpline and Complaints Team responded:
Thank you for your email.
Ofsted cannot comment on these exam results, as that is not within our remit as an organisation. However, I am glad that you found the report from the last inspection of the school useful.
I regret to inform you that Ofsted has no legal power to investigate individual concerns about schools or pupils. Ofsted's primary function in relation to schools is to arrange for them to be inspected at set intervals. The purpose of inspection is to identify a school's strengths and weaknesses, so that it may improve the quality of
education provided and the attainment of its pupils. Inspections are currently carried out on a three-year cycle, and, although there are circumstances when they might take place outside this cycle (for example, where a school is found to require special measures), Ofsted cannot normally initiate an inspection in response to concerns raised by members of the public. Moseley School was last inspected in November 2004. To fulfil the cycle, the next inspection would take place before July 2008.
Why is this important?
This must be significant because Ian Kershaw, Eversheds and Peter Clarke conveniently decided to ignore this legitimate and open written complaint to Ofsted to intervene in a large secondary school that had been failings its pupils for decades. Instead they focus on alleged events at Moseley School from 2007 onwards, thereby giving a completely misleading picture.
Ian Kershaw, Evershed and Peter Clarke also neglect to mention some other significant events that took place in relation to Moseley School.
- For example when David Cameron visited Balsall Heath in May 2007, concerned parents and governors of Moseley School met him and told him about Moseley School's disastrous results. Guess what advice David Cameron gave? To find out, a Member of Parliament should ask David Cameron: 'What should a Governing Body do if school results are as low as 15%?'
- A public meeting was organised in Digbeth, Birmingham in August 2007, in response to Moseley School's disastrous 2006 results. This event was attended by concerned parents from all over the city to voice their frustration at low academic standards in the city.
- A meeting was then organised on 28th January 2008 at 4pm between four community leaders including a parent governor from Moseley School and Tony Howell, Jackie Hughes and Nargis Rashid.
Thank you for your email confirming that members of Birmingham Comunity Empowerment Network will attend a meeting on 28th January 2008 at 4.00 p.m. with myself and my colleagues Sylvia McNamara, Jackie Hughes and Nargis Rashid.
The meeting will take place here in the Council House Extension, Margaret Street, in Room 190 (1st floor). If you report your arrival to Reception you will be escorted up to the meeting room. I look forward to seeing colleagues (if you can let me know who will be coming prior to the meeting that would be helpful) on the 28th.
Regards
Tony
Ian Kershaw, Evershed and Peter Clarke did not interview former Moseley School governors and decided to omit these significant events in order to portray Moseley School governors in an unfavourable light and give credence to the Trojan Hoax letter.