Policy Briefing for Headteachers 6 September 2013

1. Policy Briefing for Headteachers6 September 2013

2. Welcome to our new Headteachers Adrian Coleman – Mary Elliott School Alan Pearson – New Invention Junior School Andrew Denton – Leamore Primary Elaine Edmunds – Cooper & Jordan Judith Driver – Holy Trinity CE Primary Paula Ward – Shelfield Community Academy Rabia Patel – County Bridge Primary Stella Porter – Lodge Farm JMI School Stuart Cox – Whetstone Field Primary Tom Ashley – Willenhall E-ACT Academy Tony Milovsorov – The Jane Lane School Vicky Stephen – Rosedale CE Infant School

3. New Year, New Faces Jane Doughty – Interim Lead Officer for School Improvement Jane Bonner – Interim Head of Service for School Improvement Pam Mundy & Sue Egersdorff – Interim Improvement Advisers Lesley Wright – advisory support to Special Educational Needs (SEN) team Karen Grandison – Interim Strategic Lead for SEN Isabel Vanderheeren – Strategic Lead for Early Help

4. New Ofsted School Inspection Framework Requirements

5. Ofsted: New framework for inspection of schools Achievement: significance of pupil progress, with increased emphasis on: • most able pupils and disadvantaged pupils; • impact of targeted funding, Pupil Premium and primary school sport funding; • degree of progress from starting points in English and mathematics; • EYFS and KS1 – percentage of children making typical progress or more from identified starting points.

6. Ofsted: New framework for inspection of schools Quality of teaching: emphasis on making sure staff are: • imparting knowledge to ensure pupils are engaged in learning; using imaginative teaching strategies, giving clearly directed support and intervention; • assessing pupils’ learning and progress regularly and accurately, at all Key Stages, including EYFS. Behaviour and Safety - focus on: • pupils’ thirst for knowledge and a love for learning, including in independent, group and whole class work, linked with progress; • attitudes to learning across subjects, years, classes and with different staff; children are safe, feel safe, keep selves and others safe in different situations.

7. Ofsted: New framework for inspection of schools Impact of leadership and management at all levels [including governance]: • middle leadership, including professional development and succession planning; • contribution by headteacher to school improvement; • contribution to improving performance of other schools, if relevant; • closer scrutiny of pay progression; • increased emphasis on strategic role of governing body, including use of data dashboard, pupil premium and school sport funding. Further information: • OnThe Staffroom: HMI presentations from July 2013; updated the ‘Inspection Ready’ documentation; • Ofsted website: tracked changes of Framework, Handbook and Subsidiary Guidance.

8. Pause for talk and feedback • Impact of framework changes....for your school? Across Walsall? • Mutual support? For regular updates and resources, check the staffroom http://the-staffroom.co.uk

9. New Mid-Year Admission Arrangements

10. New Mid-Year Admission arrangements for academic year 2013/14 Making an Application: • Parents can obtain an application form from the School Admissions Team; • Applications can be returned to the School Admissions Team or submitted directly to the preferred school; • All applications which are received by the School Admissions Team will be sent on to the relevant school.

11. New Mid-Year Admission arrangements for academic year 2013/14 Pupil Numbers return: • In order to give accurate information about the availability of places to parents who make an enquiry about midyear admission, schools are asked to provide details of pupil numbers to the School Admissions Team each Monday

12. New Mid-Year Admission arrangements for academic year 2013/14 Application outcomes: • All schools now have to let parents know the outcome of their application and must advise parents of their right of appeal if their application is unsuccessful; • To enable Walsall to maintain the Fair Access Protocol database, ensure pupil tracking and for safeguarding purposes, schools are asked to provide the School Admissions Team with details of every application they receive for midyear admissions and the outcome of each application. Kate Mann (Manager of School Admissions Team) Email: kate.mann@edu.walsall.gov.uk Tel: 01922 686361

13. Changes to the Curriculum and Assessment: KS1-KS4

14. Changes to the Curriculum • Consultation closed.....for core and foundation subjects...KS1-KS4...final version out soon • All schools need to publish their curriculum for all subjects: formative assessment processes and strategies integral to this • Some training and resource implications for Primary and Secondary, based on what is in and what is out.....

15. Changes to the Curriculum: Disapplication • Aspects of the current National Curriculum will be disapplied from September 2013: • English, mathematics and science for pupils in Year 3 and Year 4.....for academic year 2013/2014 • All foundation subjects for pupils in Key Stages 1 and 2.....for academic year 2013/2014 • All subjects for pupils at Key Stages 3 and 4.... Key Stage 3 for academic year 2013/2014 Key Stage 4 for academic years 2013/2014 and 2014/2015

16. Changes to the Curriculum: Disapplication • Must still teach the statutory subjects, but don’t have to follow the Programme of Study (and associated Attainment Targets and Assessment arrangements), unless school chooses to do so • Will enable schools to be prepared for transition to the New Curriculum from September 2014

17. Changes to Assessment structures and practice Continuing... • Statutory tests for KS1 and KS2 • Reporting of Teacher Assessment • GCSEs but with changes to structure and gradings Changes... • National Curriculum levels removed from 2014....future assessment likely to include test results as a scaled score, comparison of pupils to the national cohort by decile and progress of pupils based on prior attainment. • Schools able to develop their own approaches to formative assessment....no prescribed system • Baseline for KS2 comparison may continue to be KS1 test/task.....could be a test for Reception! • New attainment threshold: 85% to be ‘Secondary ready’

18. Early Years Foundation Stage Update

19. Early Years Foundation StageFocus Progress Quality (teaching and learning) Accountability

20. Policy Direction • More Quality Childcare • Workforce development • Professionalism • Standards • More Affordable Childcare • Cost • Role of Local Authority • Two Year Old Education Offer • Building on excellent practice • Better use of schools Role of regional Ofsted Regulation and improvement support

21. Walsall Early Years Improvement Set direction Agree challenge Establish key priorities Increase progress Demonstrate impact Assure quality Benchmark practice Engage and involve people

22. Children and Families Bill – Implications for SEND

23. Children and Families Bill - Vision • Where we are now – bureaucratic, adversarial, time-consuming and fragmented • Where we need to be for children and families – joined up, simple, timely and outcome focused • Parents know what they can reasonably expect from services and providers without having to fight for it • Raise aspirations for children and young people with SEND • For more complex needs, an integrated assessment and a single Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) from birth to 25 • Greater control for young people and their parents over the services they and their family use

24. Children and Families Bill - Key Highlights • SEN duties will apply to all educational settings including academies. • Doing ‘with’ not ‘to’ – involvement of children and young people at the heart of legislation • Streamlined assessment process - integrates education, health and care services, involves CYP and their parents. • New 0-25 EHC Plan, replacing Statements and Learning Difficulty Assessments • Walsall (LA and health) to commission services jointly to meet the needs of CYP with SEN & disabilities. • Walsall services and schools to publish a clear, transparent ‘local offer’ of services for all CYP with SEN, so young people and parents can understand what is available. • New statutory protections for young people aged 16-25 in FE and a stronger focus on preparing for adulthood. • Offer of a personal budget for families and young people with a Plan, extending choice and control over their support.

25. Pause for talk and feedback • What’s working well? .... and we can build on? • Burning issues? For regular updates and resources, check the staffroom http://the-staffroom.co.uk Please keep talking to us – we promise to listen and follow up

26. Proving, improving and learning

27. Vision for school improvement service • Getting to a shared vision • Shaping the way we work to add value to your work • Establishing a core offer • Listening and learning from feedback • Brokering the most effective support • Developing school and systems leadership

28. Next steps after our Children’s Services Ofsted

29. Our Ofsted(s) and our next steps And let’s walk together with pace, with passion, with purpose and in partnership: altogether better together for children.....