Norfolk Governor’s Conference Spring 2011 Children’s Services Leadership Team briefing

1. Norfolk Governor’s Conference Spring 2011 Children’s Services Leadership Team briefing “still”

2. Re-organisation as a result of the “Big Conversation”

3. Big Conversation – what next? • 14th February - County Council decision • 15th Feb to mid March – appointments to new structure • March to end of May – closure of some services e.g. Youth Services and new design for other services • June – most new teams in place • June to August – remaining teams redesigned and new teams formed • September to next March – consultation and implementation of year 2 plans – e.g. SEN changes

4. Big Conversation – what next? • David Orsborne – Head of Integrated Education Advisory Services PREVENTION Traded Targeted Teaching Services E learning Home Education Home Access English Language Support Service Traveller Education Service Traded Teaching and Learning Services Music Service Environment and Outdoor Learning – Holt FSC Educational Visits Whitlingham OEC Study Support Traded Governor support And Leadership Headteacher support Advisers Governor Support Services Health and well Being + STEPS Traded School Leadership and Improvement Services 14 subject, Leadership And improvement Specialists – Guidance, Advice, Consultancy and Training Specialists

5. Big Conversation – what next? • Terry Cook – Head of Educational Achievement, Improvement and Governance INTERVENTION Achievement and Intervention 5 senior + 3 advisers AND The County Headteacher (x6) + The County Teacher Service (x3) Governance Development and Improvement 4 senior + 2 advisers Educational Standards and assessment 2 advisers Attendance team LAC virtual school AND Early Years Team 2 advisers + 10.5 EY Improvement Officers Strategy for the Development of Learning Partnerships 4 senior + 1 adviser AND 14-19 team 7.6 advisers PLUS IACG team

6. Big Conversation – what next? • Richard Snowden - Head of Admissions AND • Chris Hey – Head of Place Planning and ORGANISATION Adviser for school And Early Years Organisation Capital planning And Client Team School and Early Years Place Planning Estates planning and Information team Head of Admissions Admissions Teams

7. “The Education Act 2011”

8. Education Act 2011 • Early Years provision • Powers of search (in schools and FE) • Exclusion • Repeal of duties to − give notice of detention to parents − enter into a behaviour partnership • Abolition of GTC • Requirement to undertake induction • Anonymity for teachers accused of crimes relating to pupils • Training the workforce

9. Education Act 2011 • Participation in international surveys • QCDA and Ofqual • Careers Services • Removal of duties − Removal of all schools' duty to co-operate on well-being and to have regard to CYP Plan − removal of duty to prepare a school profile − removal of duty to appoint a SIP • Admissions − removal of duty on LA to have an admissions forum • School meals

10. Education Act 2011 • New Schools − duty on LA’s to seek proposals for an academy when a new school is required • Governing Bodies − allows for regulations to reduce the number of categories of governor required on the governing body of maintained schools • School inspections − creates a category of schools, to be defined in regulation, that are exempt from routine inspections • Funding schemes − new power to SoS to direct an LA to change any or all of a funding scheme in relation to schools • FE Colleges and YPLA − YPLA is abolished by this bill • Apprenticeships − requirement for SFA to prioritise apprenticeships for 16 -19 year olds, care leavers and disabled young people under 25 or as defined by regulation − SoS becomes the issuing authority for apprenticeships certificates where no other appointed

11. Education Act 2011 • Academies − Don't need a specialism − Provision for 16-19 academies and PRU academies and for these academies to have different characteristics in their funding agreements to academy schools – due to different functions − SoS can make an Academy order for any school that is eligible for intervention − Increases circumstances in which the SoS must consider the impact on maintained schools, from simply an additional (new) school to any academy that would change the pattern of provision – i.e. service a wider age group than previously − Local Authority land and Academies • Alternative Provision Academies Essentially, the Bill provision does three things: 1. It will establish a new type of Academy: the alternative provision Academy 2. It will regulate separately to enable Pupil Referral Units to seek Alternative Provision Academy status 3. It will make Free School status available to alternative provision providers, including new providers that are unable to meet the existing criteria for an Academy

12. “Key Projects”

13. Key Children’s Services Projects • Transforming our services within the new financial environment • The Early Intervention Grant Commissioning priorities • EY and Children’s Centres • Parenting • Services for Disabled children/young carers • “Connexions” • Community planning for Youth • School early intervention • Substance misuse etc.

14. “Implications for NHS changes”

15. NHS Changes GP commissioning Public health responsibilities Local Health and Well-being Board

16. “Improving Attendance – a reminder”

17. “Improving Attendance – a reminder”

18. “School Organisation Planning Issues”

19. School Organisation planning issues 3 year junior schools projects Amalgamations – including all age provision Partnerships to federations Clusters to Trusts Convertor and other academies (next slide) GNDP – for greater Norwich area (last 4 slides)

20. Academies Spring 2011 • Open / City • Victory / Venture / Kings Lynn / Thetford • Martham Primary Wymondham College • Springwood / Cromer / Taverham / Reepham / Diss / Wymondham High / Wayland / +3? • University Technical College • Norwich Free School

21. Joint Core Strategy Produced by Broadland, South Norfolk, Norwich and Norfolk County Council Sets out how housing and job growth targets will be met across the Norwich Policy Area Submitted in 2009 and included a broad-brush view of the potential need for Children’s Services provision given the scale of housing being proposed

22. Main growth points Old Catton, Sprowston, Rackheath and Thorpe St Andrew area - 7,000 houses (rising to 10,000 after 2026) Hethersett – 1,000 houses Cringleford – 1,200 houses Easton/Costessey – 1,000 houses Wymondham – 2,200 houses Long Stratton – 1,800 houses

23. Public Examination November 2010 Examination which looked at the “soundness” of the Strategy. As part of this examination, the Inspector needed to see evidence that potentially affordable and feasible options had been considered for delivering Children’s Services infrastructure.

24. In order to inform this examination… Summer Term 2010, governors invited to work up some possible models of school organisation, which reflected their local knowledge, strategic vision and imaginative thinking.