May 2014 – Maria Dawes: Head of School Effectiveness

SGA ConferenceSchool Effectiveness update CONFIDENTIAL May 2014 – Maria Dawes: Head of School Effectiveness

Surrey schools performance – Ofsted Surrey – published inspections to May 2014, National/South-East to 31 December 2013 (latest published stats from Ofsted) • COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE

The foundation for improvement has been laid • 110 Focused Support Schools are receiving intensive monitoring • Proactive response to summer 2013 results and other changing school circumstances – since September an additional 13 schools have joined the FSS programme • Strengthening leadership:since April 2013 twenty three head teachers have been replaced and stronger leadership put in place • Support to 40 new head teachers • Amendments to the strategy in place for 2014/15 COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE

Moving to good • Ofsted • Schools that have been judged to require improvement will be subject to regular monitoring and a full section 5 reinspection within a maximum period of two years. • If at that inspection the school is still judged to require improvement, there will be further monitoring and another full section 5 inspection within two years. • This gives a school up to four years to move from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘good’. • Surrey • Focus Support Schools are expected to a secure ‘Good’ in two years. • Where schools are not making reasonable progress for two terms additional intervention and action taken including use of statutory powers when necessary Footer

Schools that require improvement • Three types of schools • schools that have a persistent history of being judged to be satisfactory • schools on a journey of improvement that have not yet consolidated recent improvement • schools with a previously ‘good’ judgement that have performed inconsistently Footer

Surrey Primary Schools – what are the key issues when schools are not yet good • Leadership that is not strong enough to drive improvements rapidly • Staff turbulence and turnover – particularly at leadership level • Underdeveloped middle leaders • Monitoring by leadership not yet well enough developed • Inconsistent progress across and within year groups – despite high attainment in some cases • Underachievement of some groups particularly disadvantaged pupils • Underdeveloped understanding of assessment by leaders and teachers • Insufficient challenge because expectations by teachers too low in some cases • COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE

How are we addressing this • Focused Support Schools – half-termly challenge and dedicated support particularly for leaders • 35 LLEs deployed • Surrey Leadership Strategy – focused support for senior and middle leaders • Governor training • Data and assessment training by experienced ex HMI associate • No Child Left Behind – Everyone’s Responsibility • Partnership with Teaching Schools and National Support Schools • Where schools are not making reasonable progress for two terms additional intervention and action taken including use of statutory powers when necessary • Brokering support for our most vulnerable schools Footer

Impact • Underperforming schools and those with leadership concerns identified and support, intervention and challenge put in place promptly • Priorities for school improvement agreed, understood and supported by schools – a culture for improvement in place • Feedback from schools strong • 23 changes in leadership • Governance improving through high quality training and expert governors • 13 schools judged RI in Autumn 12 expected to be inspected this term – all but one expected to show significant improvements • Ofsted identify strong improvements in RI schools Footer

Brokering a self-supporting school system • Total Support Package • L/ship support (LLE/NLE) Evaluation & QA ITP / OTP Teaching & Learning

Working in partnership to secure improvements NCTL ‘In Surrey the local authority works in a 3-way partnership with Babcock Education and the best schools in the county’ Charlie Taylor, Chief Executive of the NCTL, speech to North of England Education Conference, 17 January 2014 Ofsted ‘The local authority has delegated its support for the school to South Farnham Teaching School to support the leadership of the school, in particular with developing whole-school tracking & assessment systems which are used in every classroom, the quality of subject leadership and the quality of teaching. As a result the school is keen to maintain its partnership with the Teaching School and this will ensure that the capacity to embed improvement is sustained in future.’ (S5 8/10/13) • COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE

Brokering Support for our most vulnerable schools • The Government’s expectation is that academy status, with the support of a strong sponsor, is the best way of securing lasting improvement for schools that are judged to be inadequate or that are significantly underperforming. • Currently there are 14 sponsored academies in Surrey with another 4 under conversion Footer

Multi-academy Trusts - Surrey Footer

Supporting vulnerable schools broker a sponsor arrangement Footer

Developing a sustainable partnership? • Vision and Values • Systems • Culture • Evaluation Footer

No Child Left Behind – Everyone's Responsibility • A relentless focus on raising the the achievement of disadvantaged pupils by creating a culture of no excuses and high expectations in all our schools and settings and providing challenge, support and guidance to all those who work in them. • Funded intervention training • Audits • Primary Vision Conference • Matching schools to working together • Links between phases including EYFS • Challenging Targets

Moving forward 2014/15 • The priorities for the coming year are to: • embed the strategy rigorously, monitoring and challenging schools: • continueto focus on leadership and management but with a clear focus on the improvement of teaching • develop further the partnership work particularly with the Teaching Schools and Multi-Academy Trusts • reducing the gap between disadvantaged groups and other groups – No Child Left Behind COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE

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May 2014 – Maria Dawes: Head of School Effectiveness