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Transforming Schools Transforming Sandwell

Melanie Dudley

Director of Transformation

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Context• Population – 290,000

• 11-16 Students – 18,500

• 21 Secondary Schools:– 5 Academies approved or planned– 13 Specialist Extended Schools– 2 Special Schools

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Sandwell – 2 Years ago….• Most deprived West Midlands borough

– Household Incomes less than £25,000– All 24 wards are in worst 40% in England– 11% of the population had never worked– 27% of workforce adults with no qualifications– 46% have qualifications lower than Level 2

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Sandwell now…

• Most improved Metropolitan Authority

• Rising residential population

• Inward migration including young families

• Housing renewal major investment

• Town Centre regeneration underway

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Sandwell in 2020….

“a thriving, sustainable, optimistic and forward-looking community”:

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BSF – Part of a wider investment– BSF – ECM: Primary Capital Programme – Health 2010– Housing Market Renewal and Housing PFI– Regenco (URC) and Town Centre renewal– New Deal for Communities

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Scale of Schools Investment

BSF and Academies:

3 Academy Schools open or in development: £80m

BSF Wave 3 ( 6 Schools rebuilt or remodelled): £120m

Wave 5 ( 10 Schools including 2 academies

rebuilt or remodelled): £170m

£370m

ECM: Primary Capital Programme:Joined-up funding of £7m per annum?

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Our OpportunityFirstly: To create an environment for lifelong learning,

– fit for the 21st century,

– relevant to the need of our citizens, and – capable of giving them the opportunity to achieve their full

potential.

Secondly: To reconfigure our services and our buildings,

– to be inclusive,– dynamic and relevant to the lives of all of our citizens– in support of the socio-economic regeneration of our

neighbourhoods and community well-being

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Transforming Learning• Personalisation of Learning

– Increased 14-19 Pathways– Collaborative working between schools– Workforce Reform

• Extended Schools– Support for families including Child Care– Multi-disciplinary Teams– Building neighbourhood aspiration

• Maximising Inclusion– Shared responsibility for difficult children

• Making ICT work for us

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Making ICT work for us• Building on our strengths

– Broadband Sandwell– The Smethwick Test Bed

• Redefining the school day– Any time any where learning

• Effective Learner Management– Personalised Learning Pathways– Inter-agency collaboration

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Extending the Change Agenda

• Staff: Leadership, Training and CPD• Attitudinal change in Parents other adults and

students– Contributing to ‘the Big Picture’ of renewal– Using ICT as a vehicle for change

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Our advantage

• We want to transform our community and shape Sandwell into a place people want to live, work and socialise