Governor AreaBriefings

9 and 10 November 2015

Department of Children’s Services

Results of the Summer 2015 ExaminationsPhil WestonHead of the Bradford Achievement Service

Early Years Foundation Stage – final data

• Good Level of DevelopmentBradford up 7% points to 62%National up 6% points to 66%Gap narrowed from 5 to 4% pointsBradford ranked 122nd / 151 LAs – up 5 places2016 target is 69% (567 more children)

Year 1 Phonics – final data

• Phonics Screening CheckBradford up 3% points to 74%National up 3% points to 77%Gap remains unchanged at 3% pointsBradford ranked 117th / 150 LAs – same as 20142016 target is 78% (315 more children)

Key Stage 1 – final data

• Age related expectations (L2b+) - Reading Bradford up 3% points to 77% National up 1% points to 82% Gap narrowed from 7 to 5% points Bradford ranked 139th / 150 LAs – up 7 places 2016 target is 85% (636 more children)

• Age related expectations (L2b+) - Writing Bradford up 5% points to 68% National up 2% points to 72% Gap narrowed from 7 to 4% points Bradford ranked 123rd / 150 LAs – up 18 places 2016 target is 75% (557 more children)

Key Stage 1 – final data

• Age related expectations (L2b+) - Maths Bradford up 4% points to 77% National up 2% points to 82% Gap closed from 7 to 5% points Bradford ranked 137th / 150 LAs – up 10 places 2016 target is 83% (477 more children)

• The proportion of Bradford children achieving above the age related expectation (L3+) continues to be low and well behind the national figures

Key Stage 2 – unvalidated data

• L4+ - reading/writing/maths combined Bradford up 1% points to 74% National up 2% points to 80% Gap widened from 5 to 6% points Bradford ranked 144th / 150 LAs – up 3 places

• Age related expectations (L4b+) – r/w/m combined Bradford up 2% points to 61% National up 2% points to 69% Gap unchanged at 8% points Bradford ranked 144th / 150 LAs – up 7 places 2016 target is 71% (720 more children)

Key Stage 2 – unvalidated data • Expected progress (2 levels progress) - Reading

Bradford remains at 89% National remains at 91% Gap unchanged at 2% points Bradford ranked 123rd / 150 LAs – up 3 places 2016 target is 91% (144 more children)

• Expected progress (2 levels progress) - Writing Bradford up 1% point to 94% National up 1% point to 94% No gap Bradford ranked 71st / 150 LAs – up 8 places 2016 target is 95% (72 more children)

Key Stage 2 – unvalidated data • Expected progress (2 levels progress) - Maths

Bradford up 1% point to 89% National remains at 90% Gap narrowed from 2 to 1% points Bradford ranked 96th / 150 LAs – up 18 places 2016 target is 91% (144 more children)

• Based on provisional data, the indications are that the number of schools below the Floor Standard will reduce from 23 to 14.

Key Stage 4 – unvalidated data • 5+ A* to C GCSEs including English and maths

Bradford up 0.6% point to 44.6% National down 0.6% point to 52.8% Gap narrowed from 9.4 to 8.2% points Bradford is the 44th most improved LA Bradford ranked 148th / 151 LAs – up 1 place 2016 target has been set, using the new Progress 8,

measure at ‘exceeding -0.2’

• Based on provisional data, the indications are that the number of schools below the Floor Standard will increase from 10 to 12.

Key Stage 5 – unvalidated data

• Level 3 Average Points per Entry Bradford up by 5.1 points to 209.0 National up by 0.2 of a point to 214.8 Gap narrowed from 10.7 to 5.8 points Bradford is the 9th most improved LA Bradford ranked 97th / 150 LAs – up 38 places 2016 target is for Bradford to narrow the gap for Level 2 and

Level 3 outcomes for 19 year olds to be at the median value for our statistical neighbours or better.

Headteacher & Executive Headteacher recruitment - the Governors roleSara Rawnsley – Recruitment and Retention Lead

World Class Leaders for Bradford Schools

System Leadership

Already in Bradford there are 5 National Leaders of Education and 19 Local Leaders of Education. There are also a number of good school leaders without accreditation who are looking for the next challenges in their career.

Not a Deficit Model“The inspirational executive headteacher and head of school combine very well to develop the leadership skills of staff both within the school and in local schools.”

Ofsted 2014Pipworth Primary School 2014

Recruitment and Retention

The Best Leaders for Bradford Children

An opportunity

• To be a leading edge school• To improve outcomes for more children• To attract world class leaders• To develop young leaders• To contribute to the wider success of the

Bradford District

How Can Governors Achieve This?

• Talk to us before going straight to advert. • Listen to expert advice• Keep an open mind• Talk to other school leaders• Make an informed decision

The Bradford Education CovenantCllr Susan Hinchcliffe – Lead Member for Education, Skills and Culture (Monday)Cllr Nussrat Mohammed - Executive Assistant Education, Skills and Culture(Tuesday)

Current Consultation:

• Ends 18th November

• Reduced funding and power of local authority over schools

• The proposed Bradford Education Covenant sets out what we can all do to improve education.

The Local Authority Pledges to…• keep schools and education a top priority • challenge and support schools to rapidly improve • make better use of top schools and headteachers by spreading their

best practice• recruit, retain and develop high quality teachers and headteachers • work with national government to provide enough school places • strongly support families and children in the early years to ensure all

children are school ready• work closely with businesses to get young people ready for work and life • make full use of the district's unique cultural and creative learning

opportunities for young people.

The Covenant is asking for the following support:

• Parents – access a nursery place; read to your young child every day; support your child's education in every way possible on a daily basis

• Young people – take responsibility for your own education by making the most of all learning opportunities – take control of your future

• Schools – take part in active partnerships and share resources and expertise with each other to drive forward improvements; take rapid action to maintain the highest standards in all areas of school life; support students in pursuing career opportunities

Support requested from other areas• Businesses and employers – get involved with Industrial

Centres of Excellence or Bradford Pathways; establish links with local schools; encourage your staff to be reading volunteers or school governors

• Local people – contribute to young people's clubs and activities in the community; be reading volunteers or school governors

• Government – provide sufficient funding for school places; provide funding and support for our district's education improvement drive; support us to attract more top teachers and headteachers

Governor Covenant• Work together with other schools in partnership• Challenge poor leadership and teaching and act

quickly to improve it• Work with communities to improve community

engagement with schools• Keep up to date with Continuing Professional

Development• Others?

What is needed from Governors?

• Support

• Commitment

Send your views on the Bradford Education Covenant to school.improvement@bradford.gov.uk by 18 November 2015

Bradford LA response to its Ofsted School Improvement Inspection

Phil WestonHead of the Bradford Achievement Service

Timeline

•15 to 19 June Inspection of Bradford’s LASI

•16 July Draft report received

•21 August Final report published

•28 September LA’s Action Plan sent to Ofsted

•26 October Response to the LA’s Action Plan received from Nick Hudson, Ofsted’s Regional Director

The Action Plan consists of:•An introduction, reference to the New Deal for Bradford District, a position statement, and our aspirations for the future •The main plan, broken down into 9 key themes, each with a senior lead officer

School Improvement Strategy – Judith Kirk LA Intervention in Schools - Michael Jameson School Improvement Governance Arrangements – Phil Weston School Performance Risk Assessment – Judith Kirk Use of Performance and Management Information – Linda Mason Quality of School Leadership & School-to-School Support – Yasmin Umarji LA Staff Performance – Lynn Donohue Value for Money of Post 16 provision – Phil Hunter Baseline and Comparator Work – Sara Morrissey

The Action Plan consists of:•A set of key performance indicators (KPIs) with deadlines for delivery

Further Development of the Plan:•A reporting schedule for KPIs linked to EISB meetings•Each key theme now has a Project Plan with lead officers to oversee each of the main actions•RAG rating schedule for tracking the delivery of the key actions and the impact of those actions – time-lined to feed reports into EISB and Overview & Scrutiny Committee

Nick Hudson’s letter:•The plan is succinct, clear and specific. ‘Key Planning Themes’ and actions within the plan link directly and successfully to all areas identified as in need of improvement following the inspection. •The overarching position statement at the front of the plan identifies helpfully the current position of school performance in Bradford •The first section also describes the way that improvement is to be monitored and evaluated through the Education Improvement Strategic Board (EISB) •Each Key Theme has a ‘lead manager’ to oversee the implementation of the work within that theme

Nick Hudson’s letter:•Timescales for completion are ambitious but given the aspiration to improve rapidly appear to be manageable •The plan is supported by a set of appropriate key performance indicators at the back of the plan and some measurable targets threaded through the plan which should help you to track the impact of your actions•Overall, the plan appears to be a useful tool to drive the required improvements with suitable referencing of the resources required to implement the plan

Nick Hudson has offered constructive comments for further improvement:•Certain actions within the plan do not provide sufficient detail of the monitoring process•less secure arrangements for elected members to monitor and challenge •although there is reference to the role of Elected Members in underpinning actions, it is not clear how Elected Members as a discrete group will hold senior leaders, both boards and partners to account robustly for their work•whilst it is commendable that targets are usually measurable, there are no baselines of current performance or comparison to the national average so it is hard for elected members to know whether targets are challenging enough

Next Steps:•We have sharpened the monitoring arrangements to make sure that it is explicit about how and when elected members will be able to track progress and be clear about whether progress is sufficient.•All KPIs have been baselined (with Bradford’s current data) and set against the national and statistical neighbour averages•The revised plan is about to be sent back to Nick Hudson•At the same time a simplified version of the plan will be published – as is required by Ofsted

In case you’re worried about the delivery of the actions!

…. that continued the day after the inspection

Assessment - Life without

Levels

Wahid ZamanHeadteacher of Lapage

Primary School

Department of Children’s Services

Governor Service Updates

Department of Children’s Services

Two Year Old Offer• Schools taking two year olds do not have to register this separately

with Ofsted if the provision is delivered directly by the school and at least one child attending the early years provision must be a pupil of the school. It will then be inspected as part of the main school inspection

• Maintained schools can run a nursery for children aged 2-4 years old, and can lower their age ranges by up to two years without having to follow a formal statutory process however there is still a need to consult. The children will be classed as pupils included on the school’s register of pupils

• Any schools interested in providing places for funded two year olds can contact Kay.holden@bradford.gov.uk for further advice

Funding is now in schools (including academies) and must be spent on making additional and sustainable improvements to the provision of PE and sport for the benefit of all pupils to encourage the development of healthy, active lifestyles.This does not include:•employing coaches or specialist teachers to cover  (PPA) arrangements - these should come out of schools’ core staffing budgets•teaching the minimum requirements of the national curriculum PE programmes of study - including those specified for swimming

Maintained schools, including those that convert to academies, must publish information about their use of the premium on their website by 4 April 2016. 

Primary PE and Sports Premium

Governor Training

Places available on:Effective Financial Governance on 24 November at 6.30pm at Future House

NCTL RAISEonline Primary and Secondary Workshops on 25 November at 6pm at the Mercure Bankfield

Data Dashboard/School Performance Tables on 30 November at 6.30pm at Future House

New Address and Contact DetailsThe School Governor Service is moving to:-

Margaret McMillan TowerPrinces WayBradford BD1 1NN

During the week commencing 7 December New Telephone Number 01274 439400 (already in use)

Open discussion

Opportunity to:•Share Good Practice•Ask questions about any Briefing Note Items•Identify topics for future sessions

Dates of Next Briefings

Monday 14 March 6.30-8pm Bradford

OrTuesday 15 March 6.30-8pm

Keighley