summer term governor briefing 17 and 18 june 2013 department of children’s services
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Summer Term
Governor Briefing
17 and 18 June
2013
Department of Children’s Services
Education and SchoolsUpdate
Summer Term Governor Briefing
Monday 17 June Tuesday 18 June
George McQueen Paul Makin Assistant Director Assistant Director,
Access and Inclusion Education/School Improvement
Department of Children’s Services
What Determines Timing of an Inspection
• Where the proportion of children who attend a good or better school, pupil referral unit and/or alternative provision is lower than that found nationally.
• Where there is a higher than average number of schools in an Ofsted formal category of concern and/or there are indicators that progress of such schools is not securing rapid improvement.
• Where there is a higher than average proportion of schools that have not been judged to be good by Ofsted.
OFSTED Inspection of LAs
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What Determines the Timing of an Inspection – cont’d
• Where attainment levels across the local authority are lower than that found nationally and/or where the trend of improvement is weak.
• Where rates of progress, relative to starting point, are lower than that found nationally and/or where the trend of improvement is weak.
• Where the volume of qualifying complaints to Ofsted about schools in a local authority area is a matter of concern.
• Where the Secretary of State requires an inspection of local authority school improvement functions.
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What will be Inspected?• The effectiveness of corporate and strategic leadership of
school improvement.
• The clarity and transparency of policy and strategy for supporting schools’ and other providers’ improvement, and how clearly the local authority has defined its monitoring, challenge, support and intervention roles.
• The extent to which the local authority knows schools and other providers, their performance and the standards they achieve and how effectively support is focussed on areas of greatest need.
• The effectiveness of the local authority’s identification of, and intervention in, underperforming schools, including, where applicable, the use of formal powers available to the local authority.
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Focused inspections
• Inspections of groups of schools in LAs• 15 schools over 5 days (over two weeks)• In normal window of inspection• Normal notice period• 30 telephone interviews with other schools• LAs not notified of which schools are being contacted• LA notified via OFSTED press release• Norfolk – 26 inspected, 6 went into SM
OFSTED Inspections of Bradford Schools % of pupils in schools that are good or better
Aug 2012 May 2013
Primary 64.7% 80.9%
Secondary 27.8% 47.5%
Department of Children’s Services
• Language for Learning
• Leadership for Learning
• Powerful Learning
• Early Learning
Department of Children’s Services
• Reading Strategy
• Closing the Gap
• Raising Aspirations
Department of Children’s Services
Partnership Working
Monday 17 June
Phil Weston, Head, Bradford Achievement Service
and Elizabeth Lawley, Head, St John’s CE Primary
Tuesday 18 June
Paul Makin, Assistant Director,
Department of Children’s Services
Partnership Working
• The Bradford Partnership• Bradford Primary Improvement Partnership• District Achievement Partnership• Nursery Partnership
…. to name but a few
Department of Children’s Services
Governor Area Briefing
June 2013
SEN Services – Bill Turner
SEN Funding
Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) £461m
Schools Block
£375m
Early Years Block £37m
High Needs Block £48m
Proposals have funding implications for the following:
• Special schools• DSPs, ARCs and Resourced Nurseries• PRUs• Primary Behaviour Centres• The District’s wider AP strategy, including the BACs• Post 16 high needs provision in FE settings• Centrally managed high needs provision, including
EY’s, VI and HI, and outreach activities• Education in Hospital provision• Out of authority placements
Mainstream School SEN funding
Notional 5.5% of school budget
SEN formula
<=£6000
High Needs
Block Plus element
Element 1
Element 2 Element 3
High Needs Block
Lump sum per place£10k special - £8k PRU
ORAWPU + SEN formula
~£4000 + £6000
Pupil Need element
Premises element
Place
Plus
3.6.1 Equivalent funding for specialist settings under place-plus
For Specialist settings for high needs pupils and students,
for the purposes of improving choice and quality, as well as
avoiding potential perverse financial incentives, we want to
ensure that funding is arranged in an equivalent manner to
mainstream settings
Equivalent Funding
FUNDING CATEGORIES, BANDS & AMOUNTS
Range 1
Range 2
Range 3 Range 4
Range 5 Range 6 Range 7
PRIMARY NEEDDelegated Place
Funding
Band A (16.5-21.5
hours)
Band B (22-27 hours)
Band C (27.5-34.5
hours)
Band D (35+ hours)
Additional Funding £0 £1,000 £3,152 £4,830 £7,524 £10,970 £14,617 £24,018
Mainstream Autism & SLCN SLCN ASD ASD+ ASD++
Mainstream MLD/SLD/PMLD MLD MLD+ SLD PMLD SLD+ PMLD+ PMLD++
Mainstream PD PD PD+ PD++
Mainstream HI/VI HI/VI HI+/VI+
Mainstream BESD BESD BESD+ BESD++
Teachers per class of 12 1.85 2.31 3.00 3.00 3.00 LSA's per class of 12 1.85
2.31 3.00 6.00 12.00
Points
Mainstream funding is within colour coded Bands (mainly range 4)
Special School funding is determined by actual Primary Need
Training Update
Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Training for School Leaders and Governors:
• Friday 21 June 10.00am – 12.00 noon• Monday 24 June 1.00pm – 3.00 pm• Wednesday 26 June 1.00pm – 3.00pm• Friday 28 June 10.00am – 12.00 noon• Monday 1 July 1.00pm – 3.00 pm• Tuesday 2 July 10.00am – 12.00 midday• Friday 5 July 10.00 am – 12.00 midday• Monday 8 July 1.00pm – 3.00 pm
Governor Training Programme
2013-14 prospectus being developed
Suggestions for training topics?
Timing and venues for training?
Additional suggestions to
School governor service by 30 June 13
Questions