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Ideas for questions to ask the Head Master

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Can you have a copy of the Ofsted or ISC inspection report if you do not already have one?

What is the average class size?

What are the exam results like?

What are the computer and Internet facilities like, are they monitored?

Do the students have access to the net in class or out of school hours?

Does the school have staff training or inset days for staff, do they allow staff to go on courses?

What is the ratio of teachers to pupils?

What is the turnover of staff?

What are the departmental spend budgets?

What special projects are currently on the go?

What are the learning support facilities like?

How is the school coping with the new A level system?

What doe the head feel about the current A level marking problems you've heard about in the press?

How involved are parents with the school?

What are facilities like for parents to contact students? Email, Phone etc.

What are the school's religious traditions?

How are pupils selected during the admissions process?

Is there automatic promotion from the Junior School to the Senior?

Is the school a feeder school to another school?

Where do majority of pupils come from, and what is the breakdown?

Where do pupils go on to? How many go to University? Where?

Do any pupils go on to Oxford or Cambridge?

What is the careers advice like?

How good is the health care? Are the students monitored or assessed regularly?

What are the present numbers in the school?

What is the pastoral care like, who is responsible to whom, and are problems spotted early?

What activities are on offer? What activities are on offer at the weekends?

How long has the Head been at the school?

What is the Head's attitude to discipline? Drugs? Stealing? Bad language?

What does the school do about bullying?

How many people have been expelled, excluded or suspended in the last two years?

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