Strategic Engagement Meeting

1. Strategic Engagement Meeting welkom Thursday 13 October 2011 benvenuti 환영합니다 Welcome! ยินดีต้อนรับ croeso Καλός ήλθατε خوشآمدید bienvenue Department of Children’s Services

2. Children’s Services • Important to have services back with the Council • Unanimous political support • Final piece of jigsaw for integrated services • Providing a strategic vision for education in the District

3. Wider Change • Change in legislation and policy in the context of economic recession • Impact of national developments for us in Bradford • Key issues facing us in Bradford

4. Housing Policy Reform NHS Changes Sebastian James Review Wolf Report Education Bill Localism Professor Eileen Munroe Free Schools Welfare Benefits Reform Teather Review Budget Cuts New Inspection Frameworks Ministerial Task Force HE/FE Funding Reform Academies Graham Allen Report The Local Authority

5. Challenges • Budget pressures - Staffing restructures - Service re-design • Impact of economic downturn on families • Places planning • Education attainment levels

6. Children’s Trust and Every Child Matters • Revocation of statutory requirement for Children’s Trust • ECM  VALUES AND PRINCIPLES REMAIN THE SAME

7. 3 Key Priorities • Improving educational outcomes: Every child and young person is enabled to learn and develop in order to achieve their full potential • Protecting vulnerable children and young people in the District • Minimising the adverse effects of childhood poverty in order to reduce inequalities in the District

8. The DfE will:“give Local Authorities a strong strategic role as champions for parents, families and vulnerable pupils” What does that mean for Bradford? Bradford Primary School’s Partnership “Aim: By 2016, to become the best Local Authority primary sector in the UK based on pupil achievement between ages 5 and 11.” Bradford Secondary Heads ‘The Bradford Partnership’ “Our collective achievement will be measured by the success of the weakest students and the opportunities for the strongest students to excel.”

9. How will we do it? • Collective responsibility • Maximising opportunities • Clear strategic direction • Strong leadership • Maintaining a child centred/student focussed approach at all times

10. Structure for Children’s Services Post July 2011 Strategic Director Kath Tunstall Deputy Director Cindy Peek David Yates - Education, Employment & Training Ian Smart - BSF Assistant Director Children’s Specialist Services Julie Jenkins Assistant Director Education / School Improvement Sue Colman Assistant Director Access / Inclusion Post vacant Tony Johnson – Music Service Mark Chambers – Learning & Curriculum Patricia Elcock – School Governance & Workforce Development Phil Weston – School Effectiveness Tony Sinkinson – School Organisation & Place Planning Wendell James – Customer Services Bill Turner - SEN Service Mike Vigurs - Behaviour Support Service Paul Nicklin - Education Psychology Jani Rashid - Diversity and Cohesion Tom Redfern - Outdoor Education Jennifer Philpott - Health and Wellbeing Anne Manns - Early Years Paul Hill – Safeguarding Paul O’Hara – Youth Offending Team Graham Hutton – Youth Service Lal Saki – Resources & Prevention Mel John-Ross – Social Work Services

11. Key data and strategic planning

12. Foundation Stage results 2011 – Teacher Assessment Good Level of Development (78+ points and 6+ PSE & CLL) • National comparisons will not be available until October 2011 • Bradford’s improvement has continued and in 2011 the target for the ‘good level of development’ measure was met • Whilst we’ve met the target for 2011 we are still not closing the gap to national performance fast enough. Are our expectations high enough and what more do we need to do to close the gaps?

13. KS1 Level 2b+ • Continuing flat profile or slight increase. • Need to rapidly accelerate improvements in attainment to close on the gap to national figures • Whilst the FSP profile continues to improve, why aren’t our KS1 results showing a similar improvement? What actions do we need to take to accelerate progress in KS1?

14. Key Stage 2 results 2011 – Statistical First Release (SFR) 2 August 2011

15. Key Stage 2 results 2011 – Statistical First Release (SFR) 2 August 2011

16. Key Stage 2 results 2011 – Statistical First Release (SFR) 2 August 2011 • 30 of the District’s primary schools recorded their best ever results in 2011

17. Key Stage 2 – two levels of progress • The progress made by children in KS2 is encouraging, and particularly so in English • If we are to close the attainment gap then we need to have 2 levels progress that is greater than the national average; with a target to increase the number of children achieving 3 levels progress

18. Key Stage 4 results 2011 – results sourced from schools 25 August 2011 5+ A*-C in all subjects • Indications show that Bradford’s minimum result should be 77.5% - a 5.6 percentage point (pp) increase on 2010

19. Key Stage 4 results 2011 – results sourced from schools 25 August 2011 5+ A*-C including English and maths • Results are unvalidated and await remarks and disapplication of students • Minimum result will be 46.7% - at least a 2.3 percentage point (pp) increase on 2010 • Over half of Bradford’s secondary schools (15) have recorded their best ever results • In this measure, compared to 5+ A*-C in all subjects, the gap to national is closing too slowly. Significant and rapid improvements in students’ performance in GCSEs in English and maths are needed

20. Key Stage 4 GCSE English % A*-C results 2011

21. Key Stage 4 GCSE maths % A*-C results 2011

22. Key Stage 4 English and maths %A*-C results 2011

23. Priorities • “Our collective achievement will be measured by the success of the weakest students and the opportunities for the strongest students to excel” Bradford Partnership of Secondary Schools • All Bradford schools are judged ‘good’ or better by Ofsted. By when? What will Bradford’s Education Improvement Strategy look like if it is to ensure that we achieve this? • Accelerating improvements in educational attainment - this is a key priority in the current Children and Young People’s Plan. • Narrowing the gap between vulnerable and disadvantaged children and their peers remains a significant challenge for the district – with a particularly focus on further accelerating the progress of all Pakistani pupils; reversing the increasing attainment gap between those pupils receiving free school meals and those not; and improving the dreadfully low attainment of white pupils on FSM. Are you using the range of data tools on BSO which allow single school, group and authority level analysis of data? • Ensure all primary and secondary schools are above the new National Floor Standards. • Partnership working at all levels - so that school-to-school working plays a significant role in achieving our aspirations for all of the District’s schools to be high achieving and rapidly improving.

24. Improving educational outcomes Leadership for Learning Language for Learning Powerful Learning Key Goals Early Learning Strategy 0-5 All children reading at age 6 Targeted Closing the gap Targeted Schools at risk Partnership working All schools will be good schools Demography

25. Education Services Review Governance – Transformation (Phase 4) Council Executive Bradford District Partnership Board Children’s Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee Education Improvement Strategic Board Children’s Trust Board Area Committees Education Improvement Programme Group School’s Forum Corporate Change Programme Education Improvement Priority Themes Task and Finish Project 1 Task and Finish Project 2 Task and Finish Project 3 Task and Finish Project 4 Task and Finish project 5 V1.0

26. Task and Finish Groups Review EMA and Learning and Curriculum Team Finalise the Education Improvement Strategy and develop the Action Plans for the priorities Develop school organisation plan Develop the role and expertise of governors Develop Communications Strategy Outdoor Learning review Maintenance Task Working with schools on developing partnerships Monitoring, challenge and intervention Support Service design, restructure and delivery mechanisms Key Tasks for 2011 -12 Set targets for monitoring improvement

27. New Ofsted Framework

28. Primary Heads

29. Secondary Heads

30. The Local Authority working with schools

31. Intervention and Challenge Service Focus for the Intervention and Challenge Service in the next two terms • A continuing commitment to meet the Local Authorities statutory responsibilities to monitor, challenge, support and, where necessary, intervene in schools SECONDARY SCHOOLS – Achievement Officers working with eight schools whilst the Bradford Partnership builds its capacity. PRIMARY SCHOOLS – • Desktop risk analysis for all schools of the information and performance data that is available. This is the main mechanism for monitoring Priority 3 & 4 schools. In a few cases Achievement Officers will visit P3&4 schools to further investigate any issues that are arising • In addition Priority 2 schools receive a single visit to enable us to “know our schools” • Priority 1 schools are receiving an enhanced package of MCIS, including support for governors to carry out headteacher performance management.

32. Current offer to primary and secondary schools Focus for the Intervention and Challenge Service in the next two terms 2. Support for the development of school-to- school partnership working If we’re going to see a ‘step change’ in the outcomes achieved by schools then we believe that in the future we must make full use of the significant expertise and capacity in Bradford’s schools So the service is allocating time to support the development of partnership working to fully exploit school-to-school support • Development of a traded service We believe that the service offers a group of well qualified and experienced school improvement professionals who know Bradford schools, the context that you work in and the priorities for schools, collaboratives and the District

33. Learning & Curriculum Delivery Team Primary Secondary Curriculum ICT Bradford Learning Network EMA Specialist Programmes (ECC, ECaR, NQT….) Courses DeskA service focussed on delivering intervention, support and training identified as a priority by you, our client.

34. Primary & Curriculum ICT

35. Bradford Learning Network

36. Secondary Team (1)

37. Secondary Team (2)

38. Innovation Centres

39. Ethnic Minority Achievement • A personalised audit of your school's provision for EAL learners with recommendations which will meet both the needs of the school and the requirements of OFSTED • A whole school language development programme focusing on EAL but benefiting all learners • Training for teaching and non teaching staff on working with EAL learners both in workshops and in the classroom • The demonstration of resources and strategies which meet the needs of EAL learners and accelerate their achievement • Assessing, targeting and tracking systems for EAL learners • Developing effective school and community relationships • Support to put systems & training in place for New Arrivals including; Induction; Assessment; Early Days Withdrawal & In-class Language Support • Innovative speaking and listening strategies using cameras and film • Bespoke residency packages to work alongside Senior Leadership Teams • Development of language across the curriculum for advanced bilingual learners • Provision of parental engagement in school • Development of AfL approaches including Consolidating Partners in Numeracy; Peer Assessment; • Establishment of Early Morning Reading Groups and guided reading

40. Courses Desk & NQTs A full CPD programme for 2011/12 On Bradford Schools Online at https://schools.educationbradford.com/Schools/CMSPage.aspx?mid=1593. Internal & external tutors including Karen Ardley, Carol Satterthwaite and Jason Bangbala. Highlight:- NQT conference 22 November Valley Parade. "Ofsted Reviewed" July course was fully booked, the November course is fully booked so we are repeating this again on 18 January. Places are still available. If you require any further information about any of our courses, please contact Amanda Wright on 01274 385740 or amanda.wright@bradford.gov.uk High quality induction for your NQTs:- Quality assurance visit to assess the effectiveness of the school’s induction programme Training for new NQT mentors: • Statutory regulations, roles and responsibilities and assessment procedures Training for NQTs: • Professional values and practice • Transition to Performance Management Require further information please contact Mike Garside on michael.garside@bradford.gov.uk

41. Goals Challenging & changing classroom practice Improving the quality of teaching Improving the quality of learning Continuous improvement Accelerating achievement Innovation The needs of the individual client The needs of the institutional client

42. Strategies Partnership – client focussed strategies that lead to evidenced impact Empowerment – of the individual teacher, learner and manager Collaboration – facilitated with and between clients; shared aspirations Leadership – looking to step up to system leadership, learner driven leadership, digital champions Change agency – Never settling, always researching and challenging the status quo – looking to action research and practice transfer through communities of practice Example – capably delivering, practice and preach, develop but also create systems to share 21st Century – Communicators, technologies, interaction, pedagogies,

43. Other services The School Governance & Workforce Development Team • Comprehensive range of services to schools and governing bodies • Training and development • Advice and consultancy • Clerking service • Governing Body Audits • Governors Conference – 11 May 2012 The Music & Arts Service • Provides support services to schools – all information can be found on Bradford Schools Online The Combined Service Brochure can also be found on Bradford Schools Online under CPD & Workforce Reform Development

44. Future Meetings