HEADTEACHERS’ UPDATES
th February 2013
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AGENDA
• Be The Best You can Be – Olympic legacy programme
• Private Fostering – the statutory obligations for
schools
• HCC’s E-Market
• Music – Update from Ofsted
• General Ofsted Update
• HfL Update
• Changes to NQT funding
• National College of School Leadership and TDA update
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Be The Best You can Be –
Olympic legacy programme
Tim McLachlan
21st Century Legacy
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Private Fostering – the statutory
obligations for schools
Chris Cooper, June White
Friends and Family Service
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HCC’s E-Market
Irtiza Qureshi
Senior Policy Officer
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Hertfordshire County Council’s
Trading With Schools eMarket
• A single and consistent point of access for browsing all traded
services available from HCC
• Ability to request and negotiate particular services online
• Ability to purchase services online
• Appropriate contractual arrangements in place when
purchasing services/ products
• Ability to view purchasing history
• Ability to rate services/ products purchased and provide
feedback
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Music – Update from Ofsted
James Dickinson
Head of Hertfordshire Music Service
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Music Education Hub Core &
Extension Roles:
1
Ensure that every child aged 5-18 has the opportunity to learn a
musical instrument (other than voice) through whole-class
ensemble teaching programmes ideally for a year (but for a
minimum of a term) of weekly tuition on the same instrument.
2
Provide opportunities to play in ensembles and to perform from an
early stage.
3
Ensure that clear progression routes are available and affordable
to all young people.
4
Develop a singing strategy to ensure that every pupil sings
regularly and that choirs and other vocal ensembles are available
in the area.
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Music Education Hub Core &
Extension Roles (contd.):
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Offer CPD to school staff, particularly in supporting schools to deliver
music in the curriculum.
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Provide an instrument loan service with discounts or free provision for
those on low incomes.
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Provide access to large scale and / or high quality music experiences for
pupils, working with professional musicians and / or venues. This may
include undertaking work to publicise the opportunities available to
schools, parents/carers and students.
www.hertsmusicservice.org.uk
Hertfordshire Music Service, the Lead Partner for the Hertfordshire Music
Education Hub
james.dickinson@hertfordshire.gov.uk 01438 843079
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Music Subject Inspections:
Ofsted has been giving considerable thought about how it can best
follow up the findings of the 2012 reports (‘Wider still, and wider’ and
‘Sound Partnerships’)
Ofsted has also been thinking about how inspectors can best monitor the
early impact of the music hubs, which began operating on 1
September…so, between January 2013 and July 2013, Ofsted is going
to make a series of short subject visits in music that will be sharply
focussed on the effectiveness of music subject leadership by subject and
senior leaders in schools, and the extent to which the leadership of the
local music hub is supporting and augmenting musical teaching and
learning in that school.
Hertfordshire Music Service – How can we help?
www.hertsmusicservice.org.uk
Schools area with full Ofsted statements, links to both 2012 subject
reports, guidance on how to respond and contact details for further
support.
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Music Subject Inspections (Contd):
Our current work is key. We already trade and work with 77% of
primary schools and 86% of secondary schools which in the new world
of music hubs is substantial.
The data survey, being submitted to the Arts Council / DfE also
provides evidence of excellent work being undertaken by Hertfordshire
Schools.
(its not too late to provide your data – see the schools area on our website)
A School Music Plan. Articulating existing provision within the context
of a simple school-wide music plan is key and enabling partner
organisation’s work to be reflected in it.
Contact us for any musical query:
EAST AREA: Rebecca Hughes 01438
351138 eastareaschools@hertfordshire.gov.uk
WEST AREA: Angela Gilby 01727
860941 westareaschools@hertfordshire.gov.uk
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HfL Update
Gillian Cawley
Assistant Director Standards and
School Effectiveness
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Thank you!
453 schools bought a share in HfL!
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Development of Governance
• Shadow Board been established since November 2012
• Nominations for full Board underway:
– Can be anyone on a Gov Body of a shareholding
school
– Nominations close on Friday 1st March 2013
• Elections 18th – 29th March
• Important body which will govern school improvement
and business services
• Please do exercise your vote – service users need to
have their voices heard
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What does this mean for schools?
• Improvements in accountability, responsiveness and
sustainability of services
• Short term:
– Contracts with SSE will move to new company, so
please sign up to services as usual
– Renting space at Robertson House, so core location
will not change
– New MD to be recruited in March
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General Ofsted Update
Patrick McAteer
Head of Achievement - Primary
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Overview of Inspections Autumn Term
Most recent grade
Total number of inspections
across all phases – 56
1 ESC
42 Primary
(incl. nursery schools)
10 Secondary
3 Special
Previous
grade
1
2
1
3
2
2
1
13
3
3
1
12
15
3
2
1
4
Improved
29%
Same
57%
Declined
14%
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Emerging Issues
• Achievement – RoL, school’s own tracking
• Quality of Teaching and Learning – pace, challenge,
marking and feedback
• Behaviour and Safety – generally very strong areas
• Leadership and Management – performance
management, governors
• Websites and Parent View
• Pupil Premium/ Year 7 catch Up
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National College of School
Leadership and TDA update
Marina Breeze
Head of Achievement - Strategic
Partnership
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National College and Teaching
Agency Merger
• Teaching Agency and National College to merge on 31st
March 2013
• A single agency, focussed on promoting high-quality teaching
and school leadership.
• Best schools, best leaders and best teachers to lead
improvement of the capability of the school workforce.
• Includes teacher training, CPD, school improvement, tackling
underperformance and developing system leaders
• Teaching Schools and Academy chains at the heart of these
changes, with outstanding head teachers working to create
the best school system in the world
• Mr Gove wants 500 teaching schools across the country
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Teaching Schools
• Hertfordshire has 4 teaching schools – 2 primary and 2 secondary
• 2 more applications awaiting verification in March
• The Big 6 –
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train new entrants to the profession
lead peer-to-peer professional and leadership development
identify and develop leadership potential
provide support for other schools
designate and broker specialist leaders of education (SLEs)
– Research and development
• Next application round (cohort 4) opens 13 September 2013, closes
18 October 2013
• Cohort 4 is the last planned application round
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School to school support workforce
in Herts
• SSE working in partnership with National College has secured
£180,000 for Hertfordshire schools
• 16 National Leaders of Education –current application round
closes 22nd March
• 28 Local Leaders of Education
• 3 National Leaders of Governance (40 HLGs)
• Specialist Leaders of Education – appointed and deployed by
Teaching Schools
http://education.gov.uk/nationalcollege/index/professionaldevelo
pment/application-round-dates.htm
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Funding for NQT Induction
• Teaching Schools, as well as Local Authorities, can act as the
appropriate body to monitor and quality assure NQT
induction.
• Funding for NQT statutory induction, currently included in
local government revenue funding, will move into the DSG
• From April 2013 Local Authorities will no longer receive any
funding to support the induction of NQTs.
• Appropriate bodies, providing NQT services, will need to
introduce charges for all NQTs registered for, or part way
through, induction on April 1st 2013.
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Funding for NQT Induction
• Hertfordshire Local Authority is a recognised appropriate body
providing NQT registration, monitoring and assessment
services for schools.
• An average of 800 NQTs are recruited by the LA each year of
which over 10% (approximately 90) require support from the
LA.
• From September 2013 the service will be charged at £350 per
NQT
• Hertfordshire schools and academies will continue to be able
to access our NQT training courses.
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