WELCOME Education Directors’ Briefing

1. WELCOMEEducation Directors’ Briefing 25thSeptember 2015

2. Employability in Schools Strategy Head teachers Briefing September 2015 Cllr Sam Webster Portfolio Holder for Schools

3. Barriers to Young People in Nottingham Developing Employability Skills • Raising Aspirations of Young People • Working with Schools – Impartial Careers Advice and Guidance and Work Experience • Employer Engagement • Post 16 Transition

4. The Nottingham Vision • Priority One – Ensure that all young people have had 10 contacts with employers by the time they leave full-time education, through participation in a co-ordinated Employability and Careers Advice programme. • Priority Two - To increase the numbers of employers engaging with schools and supporting young people in developing the skills they need for the workplace.

5. What are we askingschools to do? • Nottingham City Council would like every primary, secondary and special school in the City to get involved in delivering activities which support the development of their pupils’ employability skills. • We would encourage a Senior Manager to make contact with Aspire to discuss the range of support and opportunities available to them.

6. ASPIRE ASHREEN Seethal Business Engagement Adviser

7. What is ASPIRE? • Education Business PARTNERSHIP in Nottingham • FUNDED by Nottingham City Council and DELIVERED by Futures Advice, Skills and Employment

8. AIMS • RAISE aspirations and attainment • IMPROVE employability skills • DEVELOP enterprise capabilities • ENHANCE work-related learning • STRENGTHEN employer engagement • WIDEN access to post-16 career options

9. WHO is it aimed at? • PRIMARY and SECONDARY schools in Nottingham City • Local and national EMPLOYERS of all sizes and sectors • DELIVERY partners • Education and employer GROUPS

10. CONTEXT • ALIGNED with: • OFSTED Inspection Handbook • Careers Inspiration Agenda • D2N2 Employability Framework

11. HOW can ASPIRE help? • Employability DIAGNOSTIC • Local LMI • Delivery of Activity • Employer Engagement • CEIAG

12. What do we need from you? • Engagement • Commitment • Meaningful outcomes • Sustainability • Open to change • Partnership

13. QUESTIONS ASHREEN Seethal ashreen.seethal@futuresadvice.co.uk 0115 9601546 07540560403

14. Ofsted update David Anstead

15. Updates • Transition – CTF/Common Transfer Day/Week Pat and Sarah Fielding • Safeguarding network Pat and Sarah Fielding • EIB update and action plans Pat and Sarah Fielding • Maths Bally Atwal • School Improvement Advisers -developments and progress so farPat and Sarah Fielding • Alternative provision Pat and Sarah Fielding • Attendance Pathway Karen McAndrew/David Hughes

16. Safeguarding • DSL network-update 12th November • ADSL initiative

17. Strategic Alliance (EIB) • 3 strands of work: transition / recruitment / mathematics. • Establish strategic planning group • Publish action plan • ACTIVITY MILESTONES WHEN LEAD IMPACT EVALUATION RESOURCE • Mathematics; • Curriculum development – curriculum continuum • Transition – Y5,6, 7, and 8 • Data developments • Rationalise city wide CPD • Subject knowledge • Interventions and vulnerable groups • Assessment • Mastery, fluency and depth • The non specialist • Training for MAST / SLE – subject leadership • Child focused activities – maths challenge days / booster sessions / G and T

18. School Improvement Advisors • The team • Purpose and intentions • Deployments to schools and academies • Special schools coming on line • Scorecards and personalised letters • Feedback so far

21. Notes: Headline Indicators Rate of Improvement – is based upon the average year-on-year change in expected progress levels 2014 to 2015 Floor Standard – is based upon expected Floor Standard for 2015

22. Coasting - is based upon the schools performance against the released ‘Coasting Schools’ definition: • A ‘coasting’ primary school will be one that: • Had less than 85 per cent of children achieving level 4, in each year between 2014, 2015 and 2016*, had below average proportions of pupils making expected progress in reading and writing and maths between Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 • *2016 data has been based on 2015 scores, so if a school has been flagged as coasting it will be based on if a school does not improve upon its 2015 scores

23. Attendance – is based upon current attendance being above 94% and school showing year-on-year improvements • Closing the Gap – is based upon the latest two year gaps between school disadvantaged pupils and national non-disadvantaged pupils • Attainment – is based upon the schools 2015 score for pupils achieving RWM L4+ compared to a score of 70% • Gauges • PROGRESS – is based upon the school average expected progress score for 2015 compared to national • OUTCOMES – is based upon the schools score for pupils achieving RWM L4+ compared to national • RWM Gap to 85% – is based upon the gap between schools 2015 RWM L4+ score to 85%, compared to the LA and national gap

24. Charts • Expected vs. Actual Progress – is comparing a schools expected proportion of pupils making expected progress in 2015 (based upon prior attainment) to the schools actual proportions of pupils making expected progress. The ‘LA Best’ school is the one which has the largest positive gap between its expected and actual scores, the ‘LA Worst’ school is one which had the largest negative gap between its expected and actual scores. • Attainment – is based upon the schools proportion of pupils achieving at least level 4 in the combined tests (or teacher assessments) of Reading, Writing and Maths compared to national. • Progress – is based upon the schools proportion of pupils making at least 2 levels of progress between KS1 and KS2 compared to national

25. Closing the Gap – is based upon the gap between schools disadvantaged pupils compared to national non-disadvantaged pupils, for attainment or progress

26. Alternative Provision Review • AP review component parts; • Consultants’ brief • Methodology • Overview of current system-inc Ed Psychs, BST, in house capacity • Cost implications-additional and specialist funding • Strengths of the current approach-EYFS-KS4, alternative and specialist provision • Analysing current leadership and partnership • Volume of permex / numbers accessing AP and specialist provision • Inequitable access to provision and funding • Financial sustainability • Coherence of external support • Ways forward-devolving funds, collaborative working • KEEP IT FREE - 14th October a.m. – developing the structure and the strategy

27. AOB • Reminder  - DBS checks on all staff • POET- changes to the EHCP • Ofsted training - David Anstead-5th Oct • Structures – what next?

28. Education Directors Briefing for School and Academy Leaders • Education Welfare update • Attendance Pathway • Karen McAndrew – Service Manager • David Hughes – Legal Intervention Officer

29. Education Welfare Service Update • The Education Welfare Service is part of the Education Directorate • Team update • Referrals are allocated centrally • Persistent Absence criteria

30. Penalty Notices & Prosecution • The Common Attendance Protocol • The Local Code of Conduct

31. The Referral Pathway • The online EWS referral • http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/nottinghamschools/ewsform

34. Contact Details • Education Welfare Specialists: • Elaine Parker – elaine.parker@nottinghamcity.gov.uk8765820 • Tina Stuart – tina.stuart@nottinghamcity.gov.uk 8762134 • admin.educationwelfare@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

35. The next Education Directors’ Briefing • is Friday 27th November 2015 • 8.30am start until 10.00am • at Nottingham Racecourse