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Governors’ Annual Conference Saturday 15 March 2014
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2009 Children’s services were subject to statutory intervention under Section 479 of the Education Act 1996 for educational underperformance. An independently chaired Performance Improvement Board was established to oversee progress and an action plan drawn up.
2010 Ofsted recognised the improvement made, judging children’s services to be ‘performing well’. As a result of the progress made and the capacity to improve further, Government intervention was removed in November 2010.
2011 Ofsted confirmed that services were continuing to ‘perform well’.
2012 We successfully worked through a major organisational transformation programme, modernising the way we interact with schools and work with them to create a sustainable and effective model of school to school improvement.
2013 Ofsted visit MK in February as part of a Good Practice Survey of School Improvement Services. August 2013 - outcomes improve at most key stages and for the first time GCSE performance exceeds the national average.
Our journey 2009-2013
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Pupil and teacher numbers
Pupil Numbers 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014*
Nursery Schools 103 147 136 153 136 127
Primary Schools 21,511 21,902 22,457 23,181 23,808 24,777
Special Schools 618 616 599 613 654 703
Secondary Schools 16,220 16,737 17,020 17,202 17,486 17,614
Alternative Provision 189 202 223 177 174 174
Total 38,641 39,604 40,435 41,326 42,258 43,395* provisional
School Workforce *2009 2010 2011 2012 **2013 2014
No. of Teachers n/a 2740 2792 2833 n/a n/a
Total Headcount n/a 7378 7319 7401 n/a n/a
Data Source: •School and AP Census 2009 – 2014•School Workforce Census 2010 – 2012
Notes: * School Workforce Census not collected in 2009 ** School Workforce for academies for 2013 not yet released by DfE2014 SWC – November 2014
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Education spend
Gross Dedicated Schools Grant £’000s
2009/10: 156,354
2010/11: 165,628
2011/12: 196,405 *
2012/13: 200,525
2013/14: 208,182
Total: 927,094
* Standards Funds added to DSG
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Key Stage 2 results
Closing the Gap – difference between disadvantaged pupils and the rest for Key Stage 2 tests
2012 2013
MK 17 15
England 19 18
•For 2013 MK is placed 1st in the rankings against statistical neighbours and all SE local authorities
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GCSE results
5+ GCSEs at grades A*-C, including English and Maths
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
MK 48.0 51.5 52.1 58.5 61.3
ENGLAND AVERAGE
49.8 53.5 59.0 59.4 59.2
5+GCSEs A*-C, incl. English and maths – 5 year trend
Performance above national average for the first time ever
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Not in Education, Employment or Training
5.9% 5.8% 5.8% 5.8%
5.1%4.7%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
8.0%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
England Milton KeynesAdjusted NEET Performance,
MK v all-England, 2008-9 to 2013-14
Context: Cohort size for persons of academic ages 16 to 18 over this period is approximately 11,500. 5.0% equates to 575 persons
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MK Schools Ofsted judgements
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Key challenges ahead
Sustaining success in a fast changing environment Improving the number of schools judged good or better by Ofsted Sustaining the improvement for pupils with SEN across the key stages Closing the gap for Pupil Premium and specific minority heritage groups Improving the progress of Children Looked After at all Key Stages
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School Governors’ Annual Conference
Dr Brent Davies
Leading the strategically focused school
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Governors ~ Rethinking our Strategic Role
Professor Brent Davies Cert.Ed., B.A., M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
www.brentdavies.co.uk
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So the urgent drives out the important; the future goes largely unexplored; and the capacity to act, rather than the capacity to think and imagine becomes the sole
measure for leadership.
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We are all prisoners of our past.
It is hard to think of things except in the way we have always thought of them.
But that solves no problems and seldom changes anything.
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Define:
1. Values
2. Set of Beliefs
3. Core Purposes
4. Rights and Responsibilities
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Policy Approval
Policy Generation
Policy Evaluation
Policy Implementation
Policy Administration
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Model A
Governors
Headteacher
Staff
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Model B
Staff
GovernorsSenior
LeadershipTeam
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Backward Looking Organisations
Opinion
Reasons
Explanations
Being Right
Looking Good
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Forward Looking Organisations
ResultsAction
OpportunitiesPossibilities
Relationships
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Governors ~ Leadership Tasks
Creating energyBuilding capacityMeeting & minimising crisisExtending the visionSecuring the environmentSeeking and charting improvementValuing Staff
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Working together
Team and task groupsPolicy and business itemsStrategic and operational groupsDelegating and reporting backConcentrate on the big picturePolitics!
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Strategic Role
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Futures Thinking
Operational Target Setting
Futures Thinking
Strategy
Action Planning/Target Setting
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THE SIGMOID CURVE
A
B
Handy, 1994 p51
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What is Strategy?
1. Direction setting
2. Broader view
3. Medium-to long-term
4. Template
5. Perspective ~ strategic thinking
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Strategic Processes
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Analysis: BCG MATRIX
STAR PROBLEM CHILD
CASH COW DOG
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Articulation processes
Oral
Written
Structural
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Strategic Approaches
Strategic Planning
Emergent Strategy
Strategic Intent
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Strategic Planning
Rational
Linear
Predictable
Definable
Who does what, when and how.
Map the stages and outcomes.
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Emergent Strategy
Evaluate current practice.
What lessons have been learnt?
What could be implemented in the future?
Incorporating successful ideas into more formal strategic frameworks.
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Strategic Intents
Know what you want to do – but not how
to do it yet! So build strategic understanding and capacity first.
For example: create a high expectation
and success culture.
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Strategic Intents
Create a high expectation and
success culture.
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INTENT CAPABILITY-BUILDING MEASURES
Create a high expectation and success culture
i. define successii. celebrate successiii. communicate targetsiv. no failure culture – personal bestv. find something for each child to
succeed atvi. staff training to ensure the school
reinforces the positivevii. establish time period for activities and
review date
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Developing Strategic Intent
Articulate
Build
Create
Define
1 Strategic Intent
2 ImagesMetaphorsExperiences
3 DialogueCognitive MapShared Understanding
4 Strategic PerspectiveOutcomesFormal Plans
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Governors Personal Skills
i. Look at yourself ii. Be clear about your own passion
iii. Working with People
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iv. Courage: see it ~ do something about it
v. Create a common understanding
vi. Connect to the heart as well as the head
Vii. Be mindful of the political landscape
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Political Creatures
AWARE
FOX OWL (Clever) (Wise)
CLOSED OPEN
DONKEY SHEEP(Inept) (Naïve)
UNAWARE
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Political Animals
AWARE
Game Playing Clued Up
CLOSED OPEN
Head Down Start
UNAWARE
[Where do the new staff end up?]
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viii. Create and sustain energy & momentum
ix. Meet & minimising crisis
x. Set appropriate expectations and be consistent
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xi. Chart improvement and
celebrate success
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Exercise
Rethink how you as a governing body want to
work together in the future.
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Leading the Strategically Focused School. (2nd Edition)
by Brent Davies
ISBN 978-1-84920-809-3
Sage Publications
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School Governors’ Annual Conference
Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.20
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School Governors’ Annual Conference
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School Governors’ Annual Conference
Dr Elizabeth Sidwell
Working effectively within your school to raise standards
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Dr. Elizabeth Sidwell CBESchools Commissioner
2011 - 2013
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School Governors’ Annual Conference
Questions to the Panel
Panel Members:• Gail Tolley – Chair• Professor Brent Davies• Dr Elizabeth Sidwell
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Children and Families
Annual Governors’ Conference
15 March 2014