2015 school data collections

David Jack

School and Pupil Statistics

Learning Analysis

Scottish Government

This session:

• Background• Monitoring exercises

– June– August

• Issued guidance for June (August will be similar)• Process (Demo) – Michael Barnes (ScotXed)• September census• Q&A (Panel)

Terms of the commitment

• Maintain teacher numbers at 2014 levels– FTE (not headcount or posts)

– All sectors (incl. ELC)

– 2014 census figure effectively a “floor”

– Measured via 2015 census

• PTR to be at least same as 2014 – All sectors excl. ELC

– Overall PTR (not sectoral)

– 2014 census figure effectively a “ceiling”

– Measured to one decimal place

– Measured via 2015 census

2014 Teacher FTE (excluding ELC)

C

Pupil Teacher Ratio

Z = X2014 ÷ C

2014 pupils (excluding ELC)

X2014

Max pupil growth still maintaining 2014 PTR

X2014 + ? = Z (to 1 d.p)

Scotland

2014 Total Teacher FTE (including ELC)

A=B+C

2014 ELC Teacher FTE

B

2013-14 pupil growth

X2014 – X2013

Monitoring Exercises – how will this data be used

• Appropriately

• To give a sense of the direction of travel

• Prompt discussion and develop understanding

• Make the process – an on-going one rather than a “collection” in the autumn.

Monitoring: June 2015What•Aggregate pupil and teacher numbers•Separately by sector / stage•comments/narrative facility

How•Web form via ProcXed•Checked against 2014 for purpose of prompting discussion and developing understanding.

When•Reference date = 10th June•Submission deadline = 19th June•Deadline for agreement = 26th June

Monitoring: August 2015What•Aggregate pupil and teacher numbers•Separately by sector / stage•comments/narrative facility

How•Web form via ProcXed•Checked against 2014 for purpose of prompting discussion and developing understanding.

When•Reference date = 19th August•Submission deadline = 26th August•Deadline for Agreement = 28th August

Issued Guidance for June (August will be similar)

Issued Guidance continued……

June Process – Demo

Michael Barnes

ScotXed

Scottish Government

Census: September 2015

• Detailed information on individual teachers by post:– GTCS number, school, gender, d.o.b, ethnicity, subject, FTE,

Grade, Status etc.• Summary information on support staff either at school level or at

local authority level (for centrally employed staff).• Pupil Census and Staff FTE pay collected at the same time

• SEEMiS individual return key fields

• Reference date = 16th September• Submission deadline = 13th October

What

How

When

What do we use the teacher census for?

• Produce online publications and detailed supplementary tables

• Monitoring of key measures and commitments • Support policy development process and

ministerial decisions• Links with pupil census• Teacher workforce planning and pay• Ad hoc requests

Questions?

Linking teachers to funding

David Jack

School and Pupil Statistics

Learning Analysis

Scottish Government

This session:

•Introduction

•Breakout sessions

•Feedback

Introduction

•We need to develop a way to identify how money received through political initiatives is spent by LAs.

•Scottish Attainment Challenge backed by a new Attainment Scotland of £100m over the next four years.

•Glasgow, Dundee, Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire, Clackmannanshire and North Lanarkshire are the first beneficiaries of the fund.

Why is this important for September Census?

• Teachers recruited and funded through the Attainment Challenge Fund must be additional to the teachers required by a local authority to meet their commitment to maintaining teacher numbers.

• Therefore Authorities will need to be clear about the additional teachers funded through the Attainment Challenge Fund.

• SG December Statistical Bulletin will report based on all teacher FTE of GTCS registered teachers in complement.

Breakout session (Questions to consider)

• This September – what is best way to record and send info on teachers who are employed using Attainment Challenge funding?

• Next year and beyond – what is the best way to do this?

Feedback from breakout sessions