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Herts for Learning Ltd Herts for Learning Ltd Hertfordshires School Company A reflection on our first year and future plans For the HCC Education, Enterprise and Skills panel Presented by Jan Paine Managing Director 15 th September 2014 Slide 2 Herts for Learning Ltd Thank you Slide 3 Herts for Learning Ltd Herts for Learning (HfL) Herts for Learning Ltd is a not for profit company owned by Hertfordshire schools and the local authority. Providing improvement and business services, it is dedicated to improving standards of education in Hertfordshire and beyond. Slide 4 Herts for Learning Ltd The Board Slide 5 Herts for Learning Ltd What services do we provide? Slide 6 Herts for Learning Ltd Core funding : Traded income 5million : 15million Slide 7 Herts for Learning Ltd What do we do on behalf of HCC? Deliver the contract commissioned by the council to deliver its statutory school improvement functions Monitor, challenge, support and occasionally intervene to help schools to improve Ensure the three strands of the Hertfordshire School Improvement Strategy are delivered Every school good or better in every district Close gaps Reduce geographical differences Influence, motivate, provide services, invest in new services that meet customer needs and promote the common good across all schools Slide 8 Herts for Learning Ltd What do we do on behalf of schools and settings? Support improvement agendas Provide a one stop shop for traded services Invest in new services and products that meet customer needs Act as coordinator of cross phase and county wide projects Act as a conduit for good practice Promote and re-invest in the common good across all schools Slide 9 Herts for Learning Ltd What will success look like? 1.All Hertfordshire schools good or better A good school for every child in every district 2.A positive LA inspection outcome 2.Capability and capacity to deliver high quality services - there when schools and the council need them so being financially secure is important 3.Contributing to the common good locally co-producing services with our shareholders - schools and the council 4.Coordinating activity, maximising combined resources 5.Contributing to research and evidence based practice Slide 10 Herts for Learning Ltd Business finance cycle Slide 11 Herts for Learning Ltd 13/14 Customer wish list included Assessment target setting & performance Parenting project New Curriculum training & materials Apple support & Behaviour for Learning Business manager service Sharing Best Practice Narrowing Gaps Pupil Premium Coaching Service Herts for Learning Ltd Slide 12 Parent2Parent Slide 13 Herts for Learning Ltd Exchanging Excellence 7 th July Hertfordshire Development Centre, Stevenage Slide 14 Herts for Learning Ltd 2013-14 financial outcomes Profit & taxation Operating profit before tax 788,929 Taxation189,666 Profit for the financial year 599,263 Reserves Called up share capital 15,700 Profit and loss account 599,263 TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS 614,963 Slide 15 Herts for Learning Ltd Ofsted - % of special schools good and outstanding - most recent inspection Slide 16 Herts for Learning Ltd A good start both financially and in school inspection outcomes Slide 17 Herts for Learning Ltd 2014-15 investment priorities Recruitment Executive coaching service Subscription materials on web site Business managers service Parent2Parent Exchanging Excellence Closing Gaps phase 2 New Exchanging Excellence themes WWB, English and more research based work Lead in Herts Investment in HfL staff Slide 18 Herts for Learning Ltd An increasingly growing need and a focus in 2014-15 Teacher Recruitment Slide 19 Herts for Learning Ltd Our first campaign Feb 2014 Slide 20 Herts for Learning Ltd The quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers Barber,M. Chijioke, C. Mourshead,M 2007 How the worlds most improved school systems keep getting better.