Derbyshire
County Council
Welcome
Children and Younger
Adults Department
Derbyshire Governor
Strategic Briefing
Autumn 2014
Programme
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County Council
Children and Younger
Adults Department
Approx
Welcome and introduction
6.30pm
6.35pm
LA Briefing:
budget and policy update and implications for schools
Ian Thomas
Strategic Director for Children and
Younger Adults
6.50pm
School performance review and Journey to Excellence
update
Kathryn Boulton
Assistant Director – Children and
Younger Adults
7.05pm
Ofsted – September 2014 update
Russ Barr
Deputy Assistant Director
Schools & Learning (Secondary)
7.25pm
Short Break
7.35pm
Governor Perspective: Creating a Shared School Vision
A chance to learn about how one Derbyshire school has set
about establishing a shared vision and the impact this has had.
Also time for you to discuss this important aspect of governance
and exchange ideas on making it succeed.
8.25pm
Closing remarks
Sarah Armitage
Chair of Governors at Richardson
Endowed Primary School
Matthew Crawford
Headteacher
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Children and Younger
Adults Department
Ian Thomas
Strategic Director
Children and Younger Adults
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County Council
The Wicked Issue
Children and Younger
Adults Department
 The wicked issue facing us all is the
impact on our children’s education when
cuts in LA grant mean that support for
children and families outside the
classroom could disappear by 2018.
This will result in increased disruption in
school and chronic behavioural issues,
resulting in poor educational outcomes.
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The Wicked Issue
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Adults Department
 The schools block will remain relatively
stable at circa £500m whilst LA funding
is cut to £350m. If we pool resources,
we could build sufficient capacity
between us to maintain existing levels of
support, albeit delivered in a potentially
different way, with schools jointly
accountable with the LA. Discuss…….
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Journey to Excellence
Children and Younger
Adults Department
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Progress
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Established sense of urgency
Established shared vision – All schools good or better by 2017
Secondary Chairs/ Headteacher summit
Established school improvement forum
Developed principles and vision
Peer Challenge review
Enhanced school improvement challenge and support model
Revised schools concern protocol
Teaching school development
Pupil Premium conference/strategy
Building on strengths – systems leadership
SEND reforms – support and aspiration – Local Offer/ Education
Health Care Plans (EHCPs)
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2014 Outcomes
Children and Younger
Adults Department
 EYFS – improved by 12% from 50% to
62% compared to current indicative
national average of 60%
 Key Stage 1 – all key measures
improved and above national average
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2014 Outcomes – KS2
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Adults Department
L4+
Subject
2013
2014
National Average (NA)
GPS
73.5
77.5
76
Reading
87.9
89.3
89
Writing TA
85.6
86.9
85
Mathematics
86.5
87
86
RWM
77.9
80
79
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2014 Outcomes – KS2
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County Council
Children and Younger
Adults Department
L5+
Subject
2013
2014
National Average
GPS
46.9
52.1
52
46
52.2
50
34.2
36.7
33
43
44.3
42
23.3
26
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Reading
Writing TA
Mathematics
RWM
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2014 Outcomes – KS2
% Making Expected Progress
Children and Younger
Adults Department
Subject
2013
2014
National Average
Reading
87.2
91
91
Writing TA
91.3
92
93
Mathematics
86.7
89
89
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2014 Outcomes – KS4
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Children and Younger
Adults Department
2013
2014
England 2013
5+EM
59.1
56.7
59.2
EBacc
18.2
20.0
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3LP English
65
67.5
70.4
4LP English
25.9
28.3
30.9
3LP Maths
70
67.1
70.8
4LP Maths
28.3
27.6
32.5
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2014 Outcomes – KS5
Children and Younger
Adults Department
 Average Point Score (APS) increased
by 7.9 points to 798.8 (2013 NA 724.3)
 APS per entry increased by 4.1 points to
212.6 (2013 NA 213.7)
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School Outcomes
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Adults Department
% Good or Better Schools
Spring 2014
Autumn 2014
National Average
Autumn 2014
Primary
77
81
81
Secondary
40
40
71
Special
80
80
87 (at 31/3/14)
% Pupils in Good or Better Schools
Spring 2014
Autumn 2014
National Average
Autumn 2014
Primary
76
77
81
Secondary
41
45
75
Special
81
81
89 (at 31/3/14)
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Adults Department
Onwards and Upwards
 Further Research of other LA practice
 Build on school to school support – communicating good
practice
 Develop revised strategy
 Additional school improvement funding to schools
 Supporting schools in responding to national changes of
curriculum and assessment
 Quality assure associate model
 Learning in Derbyshire website
 Leadership development
 Governor support and development
 Further develop Teaching School alliances
 Derbyshire Secondary Challenge
 Special Educational Needs and Disability reforms
 Proactive alternatives to exclusion
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Thank you
and
Questions
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Russ Barr
Deputy Assistant Director
School Improvement
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Governors Strategic Briefings
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Adults Department
Ofsted Update
October 2014
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Aims
Children and Younger
Adults Department
To provide an update on
Ofsted messages
To share recent changes in
key documents
To clarify and explore the
current areas of focus
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Key Changes Sept 2014
Children and Younger
Adults Department
 Ofsted has significantly reduced the amount of
guidance it publishes for inspectors, schools
and other stakeholders
 There are now just 3 guidance documents
 Inspectors will use this new guidance for the
inspection of maintained schools and
academies from September 2014
 Many elements of previous guidance have
been subsumed into the new documents
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Key Changes
Children and Younger
Adults Department
 The revised School inspection handbook
 No fundamental change to inspection methodology
 Introduction of separate graded judgements for early
years and sixth-form provision
 Greater focus on the quality of the school’s curriculum to
ensure that it is appropriately broad and balanced to
help prepare young people for life in modern Britain
 Revised guidance to support inspectors in making
judgements following the phased removal of National
Curriculum levels from September 2014.
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Key Changes 2014
Children and Younger
Adults Department
 No more interim assessment letters.
 No longer recording a grade on
evidence forms on the quality of
teaching observed during visits to
lessons.
 Clear guidance to inspectors on the
duties and responsibilities of school
governors.
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How well schools prepare pupils for
life in modern Britain
Children and Younger
Adults Department
 The recent inspections in Birmingham have raised
issues that have implications for inspection. These are
reflected in the School inspection handbook.
 Inspectors will look more closely at how well schools
prepare pupils for life in modern Britain by considering:
- the role of governors
- the organisation and quality of the curriculum, including
for R.E. and the promotion of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social
and cultural development
- arrangements for the safeguarding of pupils
- how the school complies with the Equalities Act 2010.
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Governance
Children and Younger
Adults Department
 Inspectors should consider whether governors:
 understand the boundaries of their role as governors
 ensure that they and the school promote tolerance and
respect for people of all faiths (or those of no faith),
cultures and lifestyle
 support and help, through their words, actions and
influence within the school and more widely in the
community, to prepare children and young people
positively for life in modern Britain
 are transparent and accountable, in terms of recruitment
of staff, governance structures, attendance of meetings,
and contact with parents and carers.
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External review of
governance
 Inspectors can recommend an external review of
governance alone or in addition to an external use of the
pupil premium.
 Where governance is deemed to be ineffective,
inspectors should include an external review of
governance in their recommendations for improvement.
 The cover letter sent to schools with the final report will
state if an external review or reviews has been
recommended. Information about the aims of the review
and the next steps will be included in the letter.
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Curriculum
Children and Younger
Adults Department
 Inspectors should consider how well leaders and
managers ensure that the curriculum:
 is broad and balanced, complies with legislation and
provides a wide range of subjects, preparing pupils for
the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of
later life in modern Britain
 actively promote fundamental British values
 promotes tolerance and respect for people of all faiths,
cultures and lifestyle
 promotes pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural
development
 includes a balanced approach to the teaching of R.E.
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Safeguarding, SMSC, RE and
collective worship
Children and Younger
Adults Department
 Inspectors should consider:
 the effectiveness of the school’s approach to keeping
pupils safe from the dangers of radicalisation and
extremism
 how each aspect of spiritual, moral, social and cultural
(SMSC) development is defined by indicators that
include reference to how well the school is promoting
fundamental British values
 implications for schools with or without a designated
religious character.
 Equalities
 How mindful the school is of its duty to comply with the
Equalities Act 2010, particularly in relation to protected
characteristics.
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Safeguarding
Children and Younger
Adults Department
Inspectors should consider the effectiveness of
safeguarding practice as part of the judgment on leadership
and management:
 Safer recruitment practice – Prohibition Checks
 Staff awareness of specific safeguarding issues e.g.
FGM, radicalisation, sexual exploitation
 Evidence of illegal exclusions and inappropriate parttime provision
 Continued focus on e-safety
 Referrals made to children’s social care – case studies
and records will be evaluated
 Behaviour ‘units’ and off-site provision.
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Leadership and
management
Inspectors should consider:
 information about the curriculum
 how the curriculum is designed to respond to
the particular needs of pupils and ensure that
they meet their potential
 the accuracy of assessment
 role of governors in checking the rigour of
assessment procedures.
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How well schools use pupil
premium funding
Children and Younger
Adults Department
For the financial year 2014-2015, the pupil premium funding that
schools receive has increased.
 It has risen substantially for primary pupils to £1,300 per pupil
 Eligible secondary school pupils are awarded £935
 It has almost doubled for looked-after children to £1900
 It is now higher for CLA than FSM pupils.
The key messages about changes are presented in relation to:
 disadvantaged pupils
 closing gaps in achievement
 school website statement
 use of funding
 external review of the use of pupil premium.
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Disadvantaged pupils
Children and Younger
Adults Department
The School inspection handbook refers to the term
‘disadvantaged pupils’. This refers only to those pupils for
whom the pupil premium provides support. These are pupils
who:
 were registered as eligible for free school meals at any
point in the last 6 years (FSM)
 have been looked after for 1 day or more (CLA)
 were adopted from care on or after 30 December 2005,
or left care under either a special guardianship order or
a child arrangement order (CLA)
 The term ‘disadvantaged pupils’ does not refer to those
who receive support through the service premium.
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Closing the Gaps
Children and Younger
Adults Department
Inspectors will consider how well the school is closing the
gaps in achievement between disadvantaged pupils and
other pupils nationally.
This will include a consideration of:
 past attainment
 current attainment
 progress of disadvantaged pupils.
 The 2014 RAISEonline summary report will include a
new section on closing the gaps. This will show a threeyear trend for the key gaps which will show the extent to
which they are closing.
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Information about the school’s
use of pupil premium funding
Children and Younger
Adults Department
 Inspectors must consider information on the school’s website
to inform their preparation for inspection. This includes the
school’s statement on the use of the pupil premium. It is up to
schools to decide how best to use the pupil premium.
Inspectors will take into account the school’s own evaluations
of the extent to which the funding has had a positive impact on
pupils’ achievements, as well as their own evidence to inform
their judgements.
External review of the use of the pupil premium
 If an inspection report identifies specific issues regarding the
provision for disadvantaged pupils, inspectors should
recommend an external review of the school’s use of the pupil
premium. If a school has undertaken an external use of the
pupil premium since its previous section 5 inspection, the
report should be made available to inspectors at the start of
the inspection.
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Judgements
Children and Younger
Adults Department
Early Years and Sixth Form
 the introduction of a numerical grade
 the early years and sixth-form grades may be higher or
lower than the overall effectiveness grade
 inspectors will write sections in the report which
summarise the key findings and explain the
effectiveness grade, including any variations with the
grade for overall effectiveness
 the early years and sixth-form provision grades may not
determine, but could influence, the key judgements
 in sixth-form provision, inspectors must take account of
whether the school meets the 16-19 interim minimum
standards specified by the DfE, noting the impact this is
likely to have on sixth-form effectiveness.
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The quality of teaching
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Adults Department
Inspectors should not grade
teaching in individual visits to
lessons
Inspectors should not expect to see
any particular style of teaching,
assessment or marking
Feedback to teachers following
visits to lessons will not include any
grade for teaching.
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Key Changes
Children and Younger
Adults Department
The most-able pupils
 There in an increased number of references in the
School inspection handbook to the most-able pupils.
 Particular references are to teaching and achievement,
and in the grade descriptors for overall effectiveness.
This emphasises the importance of the quality of support
and challenge for this group of pupils.
How well schools prepare pupils for education,
employment or training
 Careers guidance.
 Meeting the needs of all vulnerable groups of pupils.
 Supporting families of the most-able pupils from
deprived backgrounds
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Break
please use this opportunity to
make contact with other
governors
Schools and Learning
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Sarah Armitage
Chair of Governors
Richardson Endowed Primary School
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Close
Children and Younger
Adults Department
Thank you for your work to improve
outcomes for Derbyshire school children
and for attending the briefing this evening
Please remember to complete the
evaluation form which can be found at
the back of your briefing pack.