The Hertfordshire Headteacher Updates Summer Term 2015

1. The Hertfordshire Headteacher UpdatesSummer Term 2015

2. The Hertfordshire Headteacher UpdatesSummer Term 2015 Ofsted and Department for Education Update Marcus Cooper Senior Education Manager for Hertfordshire

3. Ofsted UpdateCurrent foci

4. Ofsted UpdateSchool leaders’ views on the impact of inspection The impact survey 2013/14 • Nearly nine out of 10 school leaders (88%) reported that they had made changes to their school as a result of inspection. • Most leaders (81%) said that inspection helped them to improve by providing an accurate analysis of their strengths and weaknesses. • A large majority of leaders (79%) had found inspection helpful in confirming that they were taking the right actions. • Around seven out of 10 school leaders (73%) agreed that the inspection report would help their school to improve. • Over half of school leaders (56%) identified that ongoing professional dialogue with inspectors was the most useful aspect of the inspection process.

5. Ofsted UpdateGood practice examples • Improving relations with parents to raise achievement and improve attendance of Traveller pupils • Improving Traveller children uptake in the EYFS • Raising aspirations and retaining Roma pupils at Key Stage 2 • Raising aspirations and retaining Roma pupils at Key Stage 4

7. The Conservative Manifesto The manifesto includes the following: • We will ensure there is a good primary school place fro your child, with zero tolerance of failure. • Open at least 500 additional free schools, resulting in 270,000 new school places. • New powers to force coasting schools to accept new leadership. • If children do not reach the required standards in their exams at the end of primary school they will resit them at the start of secondary school. • Continue to provide the pupil premium, protected at current rates. • Free school meals for infants. • An additional 17,500 maths and physics teachers will be trained within the next 5 years.

8. DfE Update The Education and Adoption Bill “Legislation will be brought forward to improve schools and give every child the best start in life, with new powers to take over failing and coasting schools and create more academies.” The purpose of the Bill is to: • Give all children the best possible start in life. • Strengthen our intervention powers in failing maintained schools. It will be clear that the solution for inadequate schools is to become a sponsored academy. It will also give us powers to intervene in coasting schools and will allow us to require action from those schools which have not seen pupils make sufficient progress. • Introduce measures that will enable us to deliver regional adoption agencies

9. DfE Update The Education and Adoption Bill The main benefits of the Bill would be: For schools • Speeding up intervention in failing schools and being clear that these inadequate schools will become sponsored academies. • Creating new power to academise coasting schools.

10. DfE Update The Education and Adoption Bill Coasting schools • We do not know yet as a statutory definition is to be prepared and published within regulations to be made under the primary legislation. • When a school is recognised as coasting, a notice to improve will be issued (a warning notice). The warning notice will specify a period of time within which improvement must be achieved and further steps can be taken by the Secretary of State if progress is insufficient to take the school out of the coasting category. • There is already a regime of warning notices which are currently under local authority control – usually followed by the passing of control of the school to an Interim Executive Board ("IEB"). At that time, the Governing Body loses control and responsibility for the school.

11. DfE Update The Education and Adoption Bill The main elements of the Bill are: • The Bill would give Regional Schools Commissioners powers to bring in leadership support from other excellent schools and heads, and would speed up the process of turning schools into academies. • An inadequate Ofsted judgement would usually lead to a school being converted into an academy, and barriers would be removed to ensure swift progress towards conversion. • It would make schools that meet a new coasting definition, having shown a prolonged period of mediocre performance and insufficient pupil progress, eligible for academisation. • A coasting definition will be set out in due course according to a number of factors.

12. DfE Update The Childcare Bill “Measures will be brought forward to help working people by greatly increasing the provision of free childcare.” The purpose of the Bill is to: • Help support working people from the start of their family life. • Deliver on the Government’s election manifesto commitment of giving families where all parents are working an entitlement to 30 hours a week of free childcare for their three- and four-year olds for 38 weeks of the year (equivalent of the school year).

13. Implications for Hertfordshire

14. DfE Update Counselling in schools: a blueprint for the future Includes guidance on the following: • The current situation • Future expectations for school based counselling • How can counselling help children and young people • Whole school context • Counselling in practice in schools

15. DfE UpdateProgress 8 Includes guidance on: • How Attainment 8 and Progress 8 will be measured in 2016 and 2017 • Published information in the performance tables and RAISEonline from 2016 • Progress from the end of Key Stage 2

16. Data protection guidance for young people who are adopted ‘The CP file and other sensitive information about the child’s past should be returned to the LA once the child is adopted.  The child has a new identity and the information about the child’s past should not follow the child to his next school.’ DfE

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18. The Hertfordshire Headteacher UpdatesSummer Term 2015 Children’s Services Strategic Plan 2015-2018 Shaping the Future Jenny Coles - Director of Children’s Services Andrew Simmons – Deputy Director for Children’s Services

19. Children’s Services Strategic Plan 2015-1018 Our vision Hertfordshire gives every child the opportunity to thrive: • In their families • In their schools • In their communities

21. Our challenges in Education and Skills • To increase the supply of school places to meet the demand • To develop special educational needs provision to meet changing needs with constrained funding • To continue to improve attainment and the quality of schools, early education and Children Centres in partnership with Herts for Learning • To work with the Further Education and schools sectors to make closer links with employers.

22. Strategic Projects School Place Expansion Project • Forecast the demand for school places in each area. • Negotiate with existing schools to expand where necessary. • Make representations to district and borough councils to ensure sufficient sites are allocated. • Negotiate with housing developers for new sites and funding. • Ensure the delivery of an adequate number of school places.

23. Strategic Projects School Improvement Strategy • Support and challenge schools to achieve of maintain a good or better outstanding Ofsted grade. • Develop the role and capacity of schools to share good practice. • Improve intelligence and early alerts. • Increase the focus on accelerating the progress of pupils with low prior attainment. • Promote the use of data analysis and tracking. • Develop and share best practice in accelerating the progress of underachieving groups. • Invest in targeted projects. • Support a cross cutting recruitment drive for teachers and school leaders.

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25. The Hertfordshire Headteacher UpdatesSummer Term 2015 Asbestos Management in Schools James Ottery Health & Safety Manager

26. Managing Asbestos in Hertfordshire 1. HCC Asbestos Policy and Guidance 2. Asbestos ‘management survey’ data; 3. Site specific asbestos management plan; 4. Permission to work procedure; 5. Effective communication to staff and contractors; 6. Regular inspection of asbestos left in situ and review of asbestos management; 7. Trained staff https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asbestos-management-in-schools--2

27. Management Survey

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29. The Hertfordshire Headteacher UpdatesSummer Term 2015 The Importance and Improvement of Governance Working Together to Make a Difference! Kathy Dunnett Governance Officer National Leader of Governance and Vice Chair Hertfordshire Association of School Governors Mike Scandrett Chair of Hertfordshire Association of School Governors

30. The Importance of Governance • Giving that alternative opinion and an opportunity to reflect • Sharing the burden • Giving that “extra eye” • Different skills, knowledge • Challenge and support- getting that balance right

31. The Importance of Governance • Training on a range of governance and school issues • Clerking- not just a minute taker but trained on statutory responsibilities, giving clarity on regulations. • Chairs Service • Helpdesk for you • Governor recruitment • Traded LAS- any leadership position • External reviews- current research in pay and performance, support and challenge • HASG

32. The Importance of Governance Hertfordshire Association of School Governors What do we do now? • Celebrating Governance Award What do we want to do? • Joint presentations - Heads and Governors • Joint training on specialist areas- NGA facilitation, Heads and Governors

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34. The Hertfordshire Headteacher UpdatesSummer Term 2015 HALO Team Matt Turmaine/Charmaine Goddard (Ware) Phillipa Scott/Denise Hodgson (Stevenage) Matt Turmaine (Bushey) Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness

35. The Definition of Child Sexual Exploitation • 'Sexual exploitation of children and young people under 18 involves exploitative situations, contexts and relationships where young people (or a third person or persons) receive ‘something’ (e.g. food, accommodation, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, affection, gifts, money) as a result of them performing, and/or another or others performing on them, sexual activities. • Child sexual exploitation can occur through the use of technology without the child’s immediate recognition; for example being persuaded to post sexual images on the Internet/mobile phones without immediate payment or gain. • In all cases, those exploiting the child/young person have power over them by virtue of their age, gender, intellect, physical strength and/or economic or other resources. Violence, coercion and intimidation are common, involvement in exploitative relationships being characterised in the main by the child or young person’s limited availability of choice resulting from their social/economic and/or emotional vulnerability.'

36. Awareness – what is Child Sexual Exploitation? Under 18 years of age ‘Receiving something’ food, alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, accommodation, gifts etc Sexual activities for that person or another including online

37. Signs and Vulnerabilities • Missing from home or care • Absent from school • Living in a chaotic or dysfunctional household • History of abuse • Gang association • Receipt of gifts from unknown sources • Drug / alcohol misuse • Repeat sexually-transmitted infections, pregnancy and terminations • Physical injuries • Evidence of sexual bullying and/or vulnerability through the internet and/or social networking sites • Poor mental health / self harm / thoughts of or attempts at suicide • Involvement in offending ie shoplifting • Recruiting others into exploitative situations

38. Possible Impacts • Every aspect of a child/young person’s life • Physical health • Mental health • Education and training • Family relationships • Friends and social relationships • Behavioral changes • Unable to trust or engage with professionals

39. Advice and Referrals to Children’s Services & the Police • If you would like advice contact the Practitioner Consultation Line (TAS) 01438 737511 • If you would like to make a referral to Children’s Services you should contact the CSC 0300 123 4043 • If abuse is clear – immediate referral to the Police on 101 • Investigate if threshold is reached • Give advice • Gather information – GP/School/Police etc • Share information • Support the child

40. “Say Something If You See Something”

41. Joint Campaign • Joint Police / Council campaign • Advice to taxi’s companies, hotels and the leisure industry • Bespoke packs and posters have been developed and are available

42. Useful Links & Publications • Herts Safeguarding Children Board website:- www.hertssafeguarding.org.uk • Safeguarding Children Abused Through Sexual Exploitation policy in HSCB Safeguarding procedures:- http://hertsscb.proceduresonline.com/chapters/p_chil_exploitation.html • Working Together 2015:- http://www.workingtogetheronline.co.uk/ • HSCB online training courses booking system:- http://www.hertsdirect.org/actweb/WDC/sseo/template_001.cfm?pageID=47&template=courseListing

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44. The Hertfordshire Headteacher UpdatesSummer Term 2015 Debbie Orton Head of Integrated Services for Learning DSPL Update

45. Shaping the future for SEND in Hertfordshire • New SEND Strategy 2015-18 to be published by September – what we want to achieve and what we will do • DSPL - the framework for partners to work together to develop the local offer and improve outcomes

46. Where are we now? • Local schools, parents and services working together to improve/re-shape provision • Better understanding of local needs, resources, gaps and pressures • A range of developments in the early years, special schools, behaviour support, autism, post 16 • More children and young people with SEND are now educated in their local area • Resources have been able to be reinvested in local schools/settings

47. SEND Strategy: Key Themes

48. What do we want to achieve? 1. All schools, settings and services provide quality provision that meets the needs of children and young people 2. Short and long term outcomes for children and young people are improved 3. Communication between parents, children and young people and schools and settings is good 4. Resources are managed through a transparent approach that is fair, meets needs and achieves best VfM 5. The LA works with stakeholders using co-production to improve service planning, design, delivery and review

49. Priority Workstreams Autism • Consider findings of the review • Develop and implement an action plan Behaviour and Alternative Provision • Refresh Behaviour Strategy and publish guidance • Complete evaluation of the 3 secondary behaviour/AP pilots • Support roll out of local primary and secondary commissioning models in other areas • Explore further opportunities for flexible provision (egN.Herts Alternative Solutions) • Roll out Hertfordshire Steps

50. Units, Bases and Support Services • Consider recommendations from the SpLD review and develop an action plan • Evaluate special school outreach and implement actions arising • Review other bases, units, outreach and support services Special Schools • Review areas of relative under-use and areas for development • Identify further ways in which special schools can share expertise with mainstream schools • Further develop strategic work across mainstream and special sectors