Kingswood Partnership

Wokingham 14-19 PartnershipFriday, 6th June, 2008

David TurrellHeadteacher of The Sir Bernard Lovell Schooland Joint Chair of The Kingswood Partnership

Context

Collaborative Diploma Delivery

Quality Assurance and Kingswood Partnership Quality Assurance Framework

Focus for the day

THE KINGSWOOD PARTNERSHIP

Incorporating 14 – 19 Education at:

Downend School : The Grange SchoolHanham High School : Kingsfield School

Mangotsfield School : The Sir Bernard Lovell School and

City of Bristol College - Soundwell Centre

Kingswood Partnership

Kingswood Partnership

• individual level• institutional level• partnership level

Kingswood Partnership

Kingswood Partnership

Construction Creative and

MediaEngineering Society, Health and

DevelopmentIT

THE KINGSWOOD PARTNERSHIP Employers Training Providers Other FE Providers Higher Education

Public ServicesSport & Leisure Retail Travel & Tourism

Humanities Languages Science

2008

2010

Land-based & Environment

Manufacturing Hair & Beauty Business Admin & Finance

Hospitality & Catering

2009

The Kingswood Partnership Diploma Delivery Groups

A Partnership core team:• 14 - 19 Co-ordinator • Assistant 14 - 19 Co-ordinator • Business Links Development Manager • Two Offsite Student Support Managers• Director of E-Learning

+ Administration/Finance/Data/E-Network support

Kingswood Partnership

• Management structure• An agreed three year development plan • Annual subscriptions/Fees structure• Quality Assurance framework• Common Post 16 timetable/single specifications• Common Post 16

applications/assessment/reporting/guidance systems

• Shared database/website/prospectus• Common calendar e.g. Professional Learning

Days/parents’ evenings • Extra-curricular activities

Summary

Level 1/2 Diploma

KS3

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Generic and Personal

Development Curriculum

Principal Learning

Additional/ Specialist Learning

National Curriculum

Curriculum Framework

Curriculum Framework

Pre-Diploma and Diploma

Work

Level 1 Diploma allocated 420 guided learning hours

Collaborative Diploma Delivery

ChooseX1 Science course

Choice of Languages

Level 2 Courses studies all day on Tuesday Choose X1 subject from the following additional subjects (see guidance handbook)

Single Science +D&T GCSE

Or

Double ScienceAward

OrApplied Science

For your 1st Language, choose from either the 1st or 2nd language you have studied in year 9

Art Subjects: Art & Design Media Studies Music Performing Arts

(performance)

Foreign Languages:Spanish, Italian, French & German

Humanities: History Geography Psychology Philosophy & Ethics

Information TechnologyTechnology

Food System & Control Textiles (Art) Textiles (Technology)

Sport

Extended/ after school (optional). In addition to the above options, students may choose to study one of the following subjects: Information Technology (CIDA) Or Music (BTEC) Or Product & Design (GCSE)

Art & Design

Business

Construction (at City of Bristol College)

Design Technology

Engineering (at Downend School)

Fashion

Health & Care

Humanities: X2 GCSE’s from :

History, Geography, Philosophy & Ethics, Sociology

Information Technology

Media Studies

Music

Performing Arts (performance)

Level 1 courses Salon Services Construction Motor Vehicles Care

These Level 1 courses held at City of Bristol College 9-1pm on Tuesday. Students will return to school for lunch followed by their Vocational Studies (BTEC). The day will end at 4.30pm

Year 10 2007- 2008The Sir Bernard Lovell School

Half day Half day 1 Day

En Ma MFL PE Sci

Additional Learning/ Specialist Learning

Personal Development

Curriculum/Generic Learning

Principal Learning

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(BTEC course?)Double ScienceApplied Science

Collaborative Diploma Delivery

September 2007

September 2008

Column 1

Science

Column 2

Principal Learning

Column 3

Additional or Specialist Learning

Choose ONE Science course These courses are studied all day on Wednesday.Choose ONE course from the list below

Pleases express your interest in ONE course from the following list (following the options evening, further guidance and help in making a choice from this column will be given to all students)

Single Science with Design & Technology(Restraint Materials)= 2 GCSEsOrDouble Science Award= 2 GCSEsOrApplied Science=2 GCSEsorTriple Science= 3 GCSEs(This course may be available within the Kingswood Partnership to students gaining L6+ in their Science SAT examinations – in order to complete this course, students may be required to attend additional twilight sessions each week)

Business Diploma (BTEC)Construction and the Built Environment Diploma (City of Bristol College)Engineering Diploma (Downend and Mangotsfield Schools)Creative and Media DiplomaChoose from :Art and DesignOrDesign and TechnologyOrMulti-MediaorPerforming Arts and MediaHumanities (GCSE) – choose any 2 from History, Geography, Philosophy & Ethics or Sociology Information Technology DiplomaPublic Services Diploma (BTEC)Society, Health and Development Diploma Sport Diploma (BTEC)

Children’s Care, Learning and Development (BTEC Certificate)Geography (GCSE)History (GCSE)Sociology (GCSE)Psychology (GCSE)Art & Design (BTEC Certificate)Media Studies (BTEC Certificate)Music ( BTEC Certificate)Performing Arts (BTEC Certificate)Photography (GCSE)Product Design (GCSE)Food Technology (GCSE)Textiles Technology (GCSE)Textiles Art (GCSE)Information Technology (BTEC Certificate)Business Studies (BTEC Certificate)Foreign Language courses (CBLC)Japanese, Mandarin, Russian or Spanish availableConstruction and the Built Environment courses:A range of Specialist Construction courses are available at City of Bristol CollegeEngineering courses:A range of Specialist Engineering courses are available at Downend and Mangotsfield schools

Kingswood Partnership

Quality Assurance

QA

Quality Assurance andThe Kingswood Partnership Quality Assurance Framework

Quality Assurance

ChallengeHow can a collaborative partnership assure high and comparable standards of teaching and learning across different centres as a student entitlement?

Requires• a Quality Assurance process which will enable quality to be

measured in a way which strengthens collaboration, improves practice, celebrates best practice and is client focussed

• a robust framework for enhancing and assuring quality across 7 Partnership Centres which can be externally verified and which will link to a range of internal and external evaluative processes

QA

Some Common Quality Models

• client satisfaction model• process management model• results driven model• personal development model• value driven model

Quality Assurance

The European Foundation for Quality Management Model

Policy and Strategy

Partnership and Resources

People

Leadership ProcessesKey

Performance Results

Customer Results

SocietyResults

PeopleResults

Criteria for Quality Management © EFQM (2002)

How do the Partnership’s Personnel and resources achieve improved results in performance for stakeholders and the wider community?

What is the role of leaders in shaping the quality policy and strategy?

What are the QA processes that will enable improved results?

Quality Assurance

QA

Quality systems which are:

• relevant and manageable• student focussed• transparent• evidence-based

and which invest in staff

Quality Assurance

The essential components for the framework

Quality Standards

for verification

CriteriaBy which quality is judged

Assurance Systemswhich establish how quality is judged

Quality Assurance

A quality framework may have a number of key purposes, for example

• to provide an overview of elements of quality

• a reference framework

• a checklist

• an instrument to enhance quality

• a normative framework of how to work with quality

Quality Assurance

QA

Quality PrinciplesA set of quality principles underpin the framework:• there is public, explicit commitment to quality• there is continuous improvement of outcomes and methods• outcomes are student focussed• the Partnership leadership enables contributions from all

within the organisations• common, continued professional learning for all staff is

promoted

Essential that the quality principles are adopted and modelled by all within the Partnership Centres.

Quality Assurance

QA

high quality education for all

student entitlement

values stakeholders’ participation in self evaluation process

rigorous approach to improving and sustaining standards

Quality Assurance

Framework ContentsPrinciples, including Communication Principles

Framework Strands• Learning and Teaching• Assessment• Achievement• Retention • Leadership and Management• Shared Professional Learning

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QA

QA

Procedures and Checklists e.g.• Induction• Health and Safety• Student Welfare• Employers• Complaints

All procedures underpin the quality of the student experience and are essential, particularly for assuring quality in multi-institutional provision

Quality Assurance

An example from the QA Framework:

Leadership and Management

Example

Criteria• leadership is focussed on raising standards and promoting

the well being of learners• there is good capacity for the Partnership to improve

through succession planning• Partnership teams have full representation from all

institutions. They meet regularly and all participate fully in the decision making process for the benefit of the Partnership

Quality Assurance

Leadership and Management

Standard• The Partnership has a common effective Quality Assurance

system in place

Process• schools provide the Partnership Quality Assurance team with

a summary of the Self-Evaluation Form (SEF), Section 6, City of Bristol College to provide their equivalent document

• members of the Partnership Quality Assurance team have interviews with the Head and 2/3 staff in each institution to assess the Leadership and Management of 14-19 across the Partnership.

Quality Assurance

An example from the QA Framework: Achievement Strand

StandardAchievement and progress by students taught wholly or partly at another institution should match or better their progress in their Home Centres

Criteria• Comparative data indicates at least matched progress

with home Centres• Partnership Centres use value added nationally

recognised measures required to judge student progress

Quality Assurance

• this team is responsible to the Kingswood Partnership Executive • members make a commitment to participate fully in all the team

meetings and activities• the maximum expected duration of membership of the team is a

period of two years• team members agree to operate according to the Kingswood

Partnership Quality Assurance Framework and agree to follow the standards set in Kingswood Partnership’s Communication Policy and Strategy

• team members undertake to respect confidentiality of data and to take account of data protection regulations

• each team member has a responsibility to report back on the Quality Assurance processes to the senior leadership in each individual institution

• team members will have the opportunity to participate in training and professional learning activities

Cross Partnership Quality Assurance Team Terms of Reference

Quality Assurance Cycle

Next steps

• student entitlements, guaranteed by QA Framework, shared widely with students and parents

• QA Framework common standards tested and revised; ensure fit for purpose, realistic yet aspirational

• QA Framework must interlink with other, wider QA processes• development work in QA undertaken with Partnership’s

employer community• substantial level of coaching and support to be provided for

the Partnership’s QA team• external validation for the QA Framework to be sought

Quality Assurance

Dates of Future Learning Visits

Wednesday, 11th June, 2008Wednesday, 9th July, 2008

Kingswood Partnership

Useful links

www.sblonline.org.uk

and

www.kingswoodpartnership.org.uk

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