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Governance School Improvement Network Meeting
SummerTerm 2018
Welcome
Today’s agenda
• Introducing our new Assistant Director
• SEMH
• Governors’ role in tackling disadvantage
• Careers education update
• GDPR Reminders
• Governor Updates
Introducing Judith Kirk: Assistant Director, Education and Skills
SEMH Featuring Compass Buzz
Achievement UnlockedGovernors’ Role in Tackling the Disadvantaged
Gap May 2018
Content
• NY Outcomes for Disadvantaged learners
• Features of outstanding schools
• Table top discussion
“Disadvantaged pupils refers to those pupils who attract government pupil premium funding:
• pupils claiming free school meals at any point in the last six years and • pupils in care or who left care through adoption or another formal
route.
Ofsted School inspection handbook (August 2017 page23, footnote 41)
Ofsted Definition: “Disadvantaged”
North Yorkshire – Disadvantaged learners – Early Years
FSM
6 E
YFSP
-G
LD
% GLD 2015 2016 2017
NY Not FSM6 69.0 72.0 74.2
NY FSM6 46.8 52.5 53.2
NY FSM6 Gap 22.2 19.5 21
National Not FSM Eligible 69.0 72 73
National FSM Eligible 51.0 54.0 57.0
National FSM Eligible Gap 18.0 18.0 16.0
North Yorkshire – Disadvantaged Learners – KS 2 RWM Expected +
RWM GAP
NY Disadvantaged 38.8
NY Other Pupils 64.2
NY Attainment Gap 25.4
National Disadvantaged 48
National Other Pupils 68
National Attainment Gap 20
LA Ranking 136 out of 152 (Disadvantaged Attainment)
North Yorkshire – KS4 Attainment 8 Gap
2016
NY Gap 15.1
National Gap 12.3
LA Ranking 95/152
2017
NY Gap 16.6
National Gap 12.8
LA Ranking 135/152
Ongoing Challenges
For NY disadvantaged learners
• Too much variation in attainment
and progress across our schools
• Disproportionally represented in
absence and exclusions
What have we learnt from
Achievement Unlocked
• North Yorkshire schools
• London , Essex and Suffolk schoolvisit Jan 18
to inform our strategies to improve outcomes for disadvantaged learners in North Yorkshire?
http://cyps.northyorks.gov.uk/raising-achievement-vulnerable-learners
Schools - Primary
Rosendale Research School
Springfield Junior School
St Eugene de Mazenod CatholicPrimary School
Lyons Hall Primary School
Schools – Secondary
Burnt Mill Academy Harlow
TBAP Alternative Provision
Harris Academy South Norwood
Visionary Leadership
High focus on literacy, language and vocabulary
High Expectations For ALL pupils irrespective of
background
The Right
People!
ReflectiveSolution focused
Modelling!!!
Prof Becky Francis, Director, Institute of Education
Grouping Study
Most useful feature:
“The positivity and the can-do approach … and that we can make a difference’’
Feedback from North Yorkshire senior leaders
Ofsted and the governing
body
Outstanding Judgement (Leadership and Management)
Leaders and governors focus on consistently improving outcomes for all
pupils, but especially for disadvantaged pupils. They are uncompromising
in their ambition.
The school’s actions have secured substantial improvement in progress for
disadvantaged pupils. Progress is rising across the curriculum, including in
English and mathematics.
Outcomes – Disadvantaged pupils
190 Inspectors should talk to leaders about the quality of teaching, behaviour and the design and delivery of the curriculum to examine why there may be underperformance for some pupils. Where there is an identifiable shortfall in progress or attainment of disadvantaged children or in wider evidence, inspectors should consider:
• the adequacy of the core provision and approaches that have an impact on all children
• identified needs of the child, e.g. SEND, and how these are met, and
• any additional provision that may appropriately be made on the basis of family
economic or social disadvantage.
Your Pupil Premium Strategy
What strategies are governors
using to ensure school leaders are
• Creating a culture of high expectation and aspiration for disadvantaged learners
• Providing access to high quality core provision
• Identifying and tackling barriers
that need to be addressed?
Discussion 1
Discussion 2
What governor activities could inform the annual review of your pupil premium strategy and its impact?
Possible Activities
• Joining learning walks and work scrutiny
• Review of data – performance, attendance, engagement
• Talking with pupils/staff
Finding Schools to Visit
• Pupil premium award winning schools http://www.pupilpremiumawards.co.uk
• Compare school performance
https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/find-a-school-in-england
• EEF Families of Schools Databasehttps://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/tools/families-of-schools-database
Key Questions for Governors
National Careers Strategy Update for GovernorsMay 2018
Informed by ‘Good Career Guidance’ benchmarks (Gatsby, 2014)
1.A stable careers programme
2.Learning from career and labour market information
3.Addressing the needs of each pupil
4.Linking curriculum learning to careers
5.Encounters with employers and employees
6.Experiences of workplaces
7.Encounters with further and higher education
8.Personal guidance
Key Actions for Schools/Colleges
Statutory guidance for schools(DfE, January 2018)
• Legal requirements (‘must’) and
detailed advice (‘should’) on all 8
Gatsby benchmarks
• Covers the duties to secure access to
independent careers guidance and
to provide access for providers of
technical education and
apprenticeships (inc sample policy)
• Careers Leader – name and contact
details on school’s website by September 2018
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-
guidance-provision-for-young-people-in-schools
What is the governing body expected to do?
• provide clear advice to the headteacher on which to base a strategy for careers which meets the legal requirements and is in line with the Gatsby benchmarks and the statutory guidance
• ensure arrangements are in place to allow a range of education and training providers access to all pupils in years 8-13, and that a policy statement setting out these arrangements is published
(Technical and Further Education Act 2017-
effective from January 2018)
Roles in schools
Role What Who
Link governor Advocate for careers
Support and challenge
Senior leader Overall responsibility for
careers, line manager for
careers leader
Assistant head or deputy head
Careers leader Day-to-day leadership and
management
Middle leader
Teacher, careers adviser,
Other professional
Careers administrator More routine organisation and
administration
Support staff
Quality assurance for career guidance
Criteria for good career guidance in schools and colleges
• Compass tool (and Tracker & Gatsby toolkits)Online self-review
• The Quality in Careers Standard*external assessment and accreditation(*being aligned to Gatsby benchmarks)
Standards for information, advice and guidance services
• matrix standard
Professional qualifications for Careers Advisers and Careers leaders
• Qualification in Career Guidance
• Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development
NY Careers Enterprise Adviser Network
59 schools already signed up and working with 44 enterprise advisers
Guidance and Support in North Yorkshire
For Careers Leaders
Implementing the 2018 Statutory Careers Guidance: for School Careers Guidance Leaders - SI-0718-T004 (10 Jul 2018 13:30 -16:00), Lakeside , Sand Hutton
For Headteachers
21st June, Headteacher Network, Pavilions of Harrogate
Sir John Holman – adviser to DFE and author of Gatsby benchmarks
Karleen Dowden Careers Enterprise Company - Regional Lead
For Deputy Headteachers
20th June, Deputy Headteacher Network, Ripon Spa Hotel
Karleen Dowden Careers Enterprise Company - Regional Lead
Training
http://cyps.northyorks.gov.uk/careers-guidance
How ready is your school?
Careers Strategy
Readiness Checker
Any Questions
GDPR Reminders
• Your schools all need to be actively making plans to be complaint with the new regulations by May half term, or as soon as possible afterwards. Governors should be monitoring this implementation.
• Governors should be given school email addresses for electronic discussion of school issues.
• Governors should review what they have stored at home on their computers, etc.
GDPR Reminders
The Governor Database has been upgraded ready for September, with sections for:
• Meeting Calendar
• Documents
• Governor Details
What you will see
Governor Updates
• The role of the staff governor
• Feedback from health checks and reviews
• SEND consultation update
• Team updates
• GB end of year evaluations
The Role of the Staff Governor
• New reference paper on the website
• Included in your pack
Feedback from Health Checks and Reviews of Governance
No running themes this year
Standards seem to be higher, and a good clerk is critical to this.
Governor induction is patchy with some excellent examples, but some schools still have it on their “do next year” list.
Governor monitoring is slowly becoming more systematic, but there is still confusion about what, why, how, how often?
Some schools with local clerks still make little provision for:
• Performance management
• Training
Strategic leadership is weaker than
accountability
LA Governors
• We have now finished the migration from the old political appointees to the new nomination system;
• Some LA Governors appointed under the new system will be coming to the end of their term of office.
• If you need a NEW LA Governor, use the application system as now.
• If your LA Governor is happy to be re-nominated, we have already performed due diligence, so please contact Governor Support and we will streamline the re-appointment system.
Team Updates
Governor Network Meetings
From September, we will run network meetings twice a year rather than three times per year.
• Autumn – November, in the second half of the autumn term
• Spring/Summer – May/June, before your final GB meeting of the year.
• Both sets of meetings will have a single booking rather than the separate workshop booking.
• Timings will be from 5:30 to 8 pm, with a 15 minute refreshment break.
• Every meeting will still have at least one workshop and plenty of discussion
The Strategic Plan for SEND Education Provision -update
• Subject to democratic process public consultation will take place in May and June 2018
• Specific meetings in local areas for head teachers
• Specific meetings for identified groups
• Parent/carer meetings in all localities
• Children/young people focus groups
• Consultation will be at
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/current-consultations
The Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan
A. Ensuring a continuum of
SEND provision across the
County
B. Robust and local governance,
accountability decision making
and supportC. Re-shaping High Needs
Budget
Governor Training
Reminder of upcoming dates this term
Next Year’s dates
Meeting your needs
Governor Training
Venue Course Code Date
Raising
Achievement and
Pupil Premium
Strategy –
Governor Training
Session
The Downe Arms
Hotel, Wykeham
SI-0319-T030 12.3.2019
Parsonage, Escrick SI-0319-T031 19.3.2019
Pavilions of
Harrogate
SI-0319-T032 26.3.2019
The Rendezvous
Hotel, Skipton
SI-0419-T002 2.4.2019
Governor Training
Meeting your needs – table exercise
Knowing what we have already planned, what further training topics would you as governors like to see available?
Close
Thank you
Evaluation forms
Any last questions?
For support, call 01609 798 864 and ask for one of the team