Summer Term Governor Briefing 17 and 18 June 2013

1. Summer Term Governor Briefing 17 and 18 June 2013 Department of Children’s Services

2. Education and Schools Update Summer Term Governor Briefing Monday 17 June Tuesday 18 June George McQueen Paul Makin Assistant DirectorAssistant Director, Access and Inclusion Education/School Improvement Department of Children’s Services

3. OFSTED Inspection of LAs What Determines Timing of an Inspection • Where the proportion of children who attend a good or better school, pupil referral unit and/or alternative provision is lower than that found nationally. • Where there is a higher than average number of schools in an Ofsted formal category of concern and/or there are indicators that progress of such schools is not securing rapid improvement. • Where there is a higher than average proportion of schools that have not been judged to be good by Ofsted. Department of Children’s Services

4. What Determines the Timing of an Inspection – cont’d • Where attainment levels across the local authority are lower than that found nationally and/or where the trend of improvement is weak. • Where rates of progress, relative to starting point, are lower than that found nationally and/or where the trend of improvement is weak. • Where the volume of qualifying complaints to Ofsted about schools in a local authority area is a matter of concern. • Where the Secretary of State requires an inspection of local authority school improvement functions. Department of Children’s Services

5. What will be Inspected? • The effectiveness of corporate and strategic leadership of school improvement. • The clarity and transparency of policy and strategy for supporting schools’ and other providers’ improvement, and how clearly the local authority has defined its monitoring, challenge, support and intervention roles. • The extent to which the local authority knows schools and other providers, their performance and the standards they achieve and how effectively support is focussed on areas of greatest need. • The effectiveness of the local authority’s identification of, and intervention in, underperforming schools, including, where applicable, the use of formal powers available to the local authority. Department of Children’s Services

6. Focused inspections Inspections of groups of schools in LAs 15 schools over 5 days (over two weeks) In normal window of inspection Normal notice period 30 telephone interviews with other schools LAs not notified of which schools are being contacted LA notified via OFSTED press release Norfolk – 26 inspected, 6 went into SM

7. OFSTED Inspections of Bradford Schools% of pupils in schools that are good or better Department of Children’s Services

9. Language for Learning • Leadership for Learning • Powerful Learning • Early Learning Department of Children’s Services

10. Reading Strategy • Closing the Gap • Raising Aspirations Department of Children’s Services

11. Partnership Working Monday 17 June Phil Weston,Head, Bradford Achievement Service and Elizabeth Lawley, Head, St John’s CE Primary Tuesday 18 June Paul Makin, Assistant Director, Department of Children’s Services

12. Partnership Working • The Bradford Partnership • Bradford Primary Improvement Partnership • District Achievement Partnership • Nursery Partnership …. to name but a few Department of Children’s Services

13. Governor Area Briefing June 2013 SEN Funding SEN Services – Bill Turner

16. Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) £461m Schools Block £375m Early Years Block £37m High Needs Block £48m

17. Proposals have funding implications for the following: Special schools DSPs, ARCs and Resourced Nurseries PRUs Primary Behaviour Centres The District’s wider AP strategy, including the BACs Post 16 high needs provision in FE settings Centrally managed high needs provision, including EY’s, VI and HI, and outreach activities Education in Hospital provision Out of authority placements

18. Mainstream School SEN funding Element 1 Notional 5.5% of school budget SEN formula <=£6000 High Needs Block Plus element Element 2 Element 3

19. High Needs Block Lump sum per place £10k special - £8k PRU OR AWPU + SEN formula ~£4000 + £6000 Place Pupil Need element Plus Premises element

20. 3.6.1 Equivalent funding for specialist settings under place-plus For Specialist settings for high needs pupils and students, for the purposes of improving choice and quality, as well as avoiding potential perverse financial incentives, we want to ensure that funding is arranged in an equivalent manner to mainstream settings

21. Equivalent Funding

23. Training Update Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Training for School Leaders and Governors: • Friday 21 June                        10.00am – 12.00 noon • Monday 24 June                        1.00pm – 3.00 pm • Wednesday 26 June                  1.00pm – 3.00pm • Friday 28 June                         10.00am – 12.00 noon • Monday 1 July                          1.00pm – 3.00 pm • Tuesday 2 July                        10.00am – 12.00 midday • Friday 5 July                            10.00 am – 12.00 midday • Monday 8 July                           1.00pm – 3.00 pm

24. Governor Training Programme 2013-14 prospectus being developed Suggestions for training topics? Timing and venues for training? Additional suggestions to School governor service by 30 June 13

25. Questions