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Briefing by Paul Roberts Senior School Improvement Adviser

Briefing by Paul Roberts Senior School Improvement Adviser. May 14 th 2007. Messages from the Regional Secondary Strategy Managers’ Meeting. April 24 th – 26 th 2007. What are we about?.

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Briefing by Paul Roberts Senior School Improvement Adviser

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  1. Briefing by Paul RobertsSenior School Improvement Adviser May 14th 2007

  2. Messages from the Regional Secondary Strategy Managers’ Meeting April 24th – 26th 2007

  3. What are we about? Raising standards of achievement and rates of progression for children and young people in all phases and settings through personalising learning with a particular focus on the core subjects and early years.

  4. How do we do it? By working nationally, regionally and locally: • To improve and personalise the quality of teaching and learning • To increase the effectiveness of the management and leadership of schools and early years settings • To increase the effectiveness of the Local Authorities’ strategic leadership

  5. What is the focus and intended outcome of every action we take? • To raise achievement in the core subjects and improve rates of progression for all pupils 0 – 19 • To tackle underperformance at pupil, school and LA level and thereby close the attainment gap for identified underachieving groups • To develop expertise and capacity in the workforce (at LA and school strategic level: senior LA staff and school leaders; at classroom and setting level: subject leaders, teachers and support staff)

  6. What’s the context in which we are doing this work? • The National Strategies’ recent developments and achievements • The system-wide challenge in terms of standards for all pupils & rates of progression • The attainment gaps: boys; poverty; ethnic minority groups • The imperative to demonstrate impact • Progression, ECM, Teaching and learning 2020

  7. SNS priorities 07/08 • Improving core subject attainment at KS3 • Improving rates of progression of all pupil groups • Improving 5+ A*-C inc English and maths • Effective wave 1, 2 and 3 interventions to improve attainment of underperforming groups • Improving attendance and behaviour, reducing exclusions • Reducing the number of schools causing concern • Leadership and management of school improvement

  8. Main Programme Plans 1 0-19 Big Hitter UTI Plans • English • Maths • Behaviour & Attendance • Schools causing concern • Gifted &Talented • Ethnic Minority Achievement • Special Educational Needs A focus on underachieving groups

  9. Sampling the plans Two secondary extracts: • English: Aims, termly priorities and intended impact (please see your pack) • Schools causing concern: The case for the plan and targeted activity

  10. Activity to review extracts from the English and SCC plans • What are the implications of the termly priorities for providing support, including consultancy, to your schools to achieve the intended impact? • What are the implications of the Schools Causing Concern (SCC) plan for the coordination of support? • What support might the LA expect from the NS regional team?

  11. 14-19 DevelopmentsMessages from Functional Skills Support Programme May 8th - 9th 2007

  12. 14-19 Education and Skills White Paper Feb 2005 The Leitch Report (Dec 2006) The vision key documents 14-19 Implementation Plan (Dec 2005)

  13. Main features of 14-19 reform • Retention of GCSE and A level • Strengthened core - functional skills • Strengthened Key Stage 3 • New Diplomas • Age 16 no longer a fixed point • Flexibility • Personalisation

  14. Update • 14-19 Gateway process completed and schools now know if they have been successful • Functional Skills pilot now 3 years for English, Maths and ICT – national roll out 2010 • Pilot will not only be in Gateway schools and schools should now know if they are part of QCA pilot • LA to organise the 2 day training for all pilot centres in June and further training in October and February • Learning and Skills Network (LSN) trainers working alongside LA consultants • Training focused on preparing schools for starting FS in September 2007

  15. Update • 14-19 Education and Skills White Paper: ‘schools, colleges and training providers in each area to decide together how they will deliver the full range of 14-19 options’ • Functional Skills is the first part of this reform • Strategy Manager to look at how teachers of English, Maths and ICT work together to deliver Functional Skills • Development of applied learning across the school – delivering English, Maths and ICT within a context

  16. SNS Support for 2007-8 • LA consultants to support pilot schools to implement Functional Skills • Working with English, Maths and ICT departments to adapt schemes of work • Teaching and learning materials and guidance available in September • SNS working with SSAT to ensure that schools who are starting Diplomas in 2008 get same message on functional skills • 14-19/Functional skills will be part of all SNS meetings

  17. Future CPD Sessions in Functional Skills - English • Familiarisation • Context to identify where functional skills fits in – Digital Switchover. What is the English in this task? • Confirming Understanding – designing a lesson plan

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