TBAP

Charlie TaylorCEO, NCTL

11th May 2015

Government reform principlesThere are two principles to the Government reform:

To give more autonomy to schools

To raise standards

AutonomyAcademies Act – half of secondary

schools and 8% of primary schools are academies

Reduced the role of local authority through academies and direct funding

Allowed new schools to open independent of local government – free schools

Reduce guidance – 60k fewer pagesTeacher pay de-regulatedNo mandatory national curriculum

for academies or free schools

Free Schools400 free schools under last

government230,000 school places500 new free schools this

parliamentAP free schools:Derby PrideStone Soup LearnsCity of Peterborough AcademyFamily School

AutonomyReduce teacher workloadRemove levelsAllow academy chains to expandSchool Direct – give schools a

greater role in teacher trainingEmploy unqualified teachers

Raise StandardsNew National CurriculumNew GCSEsResults based on pupils’ first attempt

at examRaising floor standards to 65%

primary and 40% secondary Making Ofsted inspection more

rigorous and only 4 judgementsSkills test more difficult

Raise StandardsMaking teachers easier to dismiss,

but anonymityChanging teacher regulationMaking phonics teaching mandatoryUsing international comparisonsMore evidence based teaching –

Education Endowment FundTeaching SchoolsLinear A levels

What the Government has stoppedDoing Continuous Professional

Development (CPD)Sending emails – now only 1 per

termRegulating teachers’ payMandatory qualifications for new

headsLots of ring fenced funding – school

sports, behaviour and attendance partnerships, school specialism

Challenge for a new Government

School funding – fair funding with tighter budgets

Academies vs maintained schoolsRole of OfstedRole of local authorities in SEN and

APUnderperforming areas of the

countryGetting enough teachers in some

subjects