Headteacher’s Termly Report to
Governing Body
The information contained in the Headteacher’s Reports should not refer to individual pupil or staff by name (other than the staff responsibilities
section)
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Benchmarking Data
Results and trends in performance compared with national averages, similar providers and
previous attainments (over a three year) period to include:
Primary:
Secondary:
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Benchmarking Data
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% Free School Meals (over 3 years)
% Special Educational Needs (over 3 years)
KS3 Main Indicators data/benchmarking: % achieving
L5+
KS3 Non-core Subjects data/benchmarking: %
achieving L5+
KS3 Family position with regard to school
performance L5+ Core
KS3 family position with regard to school performance
L5+ Non-core
KS3 - % L5+ Reading, Writing and Mathematics
KS3 data/benchmarking: % achieving L6+
KS3 data/benchmarking: % achieving L7+
KS4 data benchmarking – main indicators
KS4 Family comparisons
KS4 comparisons against modelled expected
performance, based on FSM eligibility
Standards of groups of learners (over a three year)
Primary
Secondary
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 Boys v girls who achieved the expected level at the end
of KS3
 Boys v girls at end of KS4
 FSM pupils that achieved the expected level at the end
of each key stage (KS3 & KS4)
 SEN pupils that achieved the expected level at the end
of each key stage (KS3 and KS4)
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Benchmarking Data
% Free School Meals (over 3 years)
% Special Educational Needs (over 3 years)
% Average Baseline Score
% Pupils that attained the expected stage in relation
to their age
Foundation Phase Benchmarking: % achieving
Outcome 5+
Foundation Phase family position with regard to
school performance (O5+)
Foundation Phase benchmarking: % achieving
Outcome 6+
KS2 data/benchmarking: % achieving L4+
KS2 family position with regard to school performance
(L4+)
KS2 data/benchmarking: % achieving L5+
KS - % L4+ Reading, Writing and Mathematics
Boys v girls who achieved expected level at the end of
KS1/FP
Boys v girls who achieved expected level at the end of
KS2
FSM pupils that achieved the expected level at the end
of each Key Stage
SEN pupils that achieved the expected level at the end
of each Key Stage
EAL Pupils
LAC Pupils
Latecomers
Achievement and progress in learning:
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Benchmarking Data
Benchmarking Data
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Primary
Secondary:
 Pupil progress in attainment at the end of KS1/KS2
 Pupil progress in attainment at the end of KS1/KS2 –
number of levels
 Pupil progress in attainment at the end of KS3/KS$
 pupil progress in attainment at the end of KS3/KS4 –
number of levels
Skills:
Primary:
Secondary:
 % Pupils achieving O5+ at the end of FP, not including
SEN pupils and latecomers
 % Pupils achieving L4+ at the end of KS2, not including
SEN pupils and latecomers
 % Pupils (whole school) in each colour group
 % Pupils in each year who achieved a standardised
score of 95+
 Progress of pupils who have received Catch Up or
Intervention programme support
 % Pupils achieving L2+ at the end of KS1, not including
SEN pupils and latecomers
 % pupils achieving Grade C+ at the end of KS4, not
including SEN pupils and latecomers
 % Pupils (whole school) in each colour group
 % pupils in each year who achieved a standardised
score of 95+
 progress made by pupils who have received Catch up
or intervention programme support
Welsh Language
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Benchmarking Data
Linguistic context of school
% Pupils who achieved the expected level in the Welsh elements (FP and KS2)
% Attendance against school, family and LA.
Attendance
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% Attendance against school, family and LA targets.
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Attach the Target Setting Form completed by 31st December and agreed by the LA in line with the
‘Welsh Government Regulations about reporting school and pupil information: September 2011’.
Progress being made by pupils in each year group in comparison with end of key stage targets, age
related expectations, FFT estimates etc.
Comments on progress towards meeting targets.
Progress on school Self-evaluation
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Termly update on the progress of the self-evaluation
Attach self-evaluation report with updates/amendments.
Review of progress towards targets
on the School Development Plan
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Progress achieved last term including detailed description of progress against ‘current term
plans’ from the previous HT report, and any additional progress in areas not previously
planned/reported.
Plans for the current term including required impact/outcome
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Attach School Categorisation/Core Visit Report
Target Setting
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School categorisation / LA Core
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Visits (1 and 2)
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Date of visit
Focus of visit
Recommendations / Outcomes
Post Estyn Inspection Plan (if
applicable)
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Name of activity or progress
Description of progress made and any additional progress in areas not previously
planned/reported.
Quality Assurance
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Name of activity/progress e.g. parents/carers questionnaires, Governor Involvement, School
Council minutes, minutes of staff meetings etc.
Description of progress made including any additional progress in areas not previously
planned/reported.
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Moderation / Assessments
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Description / purpose of monitoring activity (e.g. lesson observations, planning, work scrutiny,
moderation with clusters or family of schools etc.)
Date activity undertaken
Outcome / implication of activity
Policies and Procedures
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Attach any policies that have been developed/reviewed
Policy name
Date produced/reviewed
Action required (e.g. for adoption/approval/information)
Pupil data
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Numbers on roll since last PLASC and for the terms since and predicted following two terms
Part time and full time pupils
Year Group breakdown by Years and Total pupil numbers
Admission numbers / issues
Attendance
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SEN / ALN
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Attendance figures over the past 6 terms including:
 Actual % Present and against Annual LA target
 Authorised absences (girls, boys and total)
 Unauthorised absences (girls, boys and total)
 Evaluation of attendance
 No of pupils in attendance bands (- 80%, 80%-84.99%, 85%-89.99%, 90%-94.99% and 95%+)
 Action taken to address pupils with less than 80% attendance (e, g penalty notices)
No of children on
 (a) School Action
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 (b) School Action Plus
 (c) Statements
 Provision and progress of SEN/ALN/MAT (individual pupils must NOT be referred to by name)
 Organisation of SEN provision and deployment of staff and any updates since last report.
Pupil Voice
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School Council activities
Eco Council activities
Pupil Voice inclusion
Transition Planning
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Details of any activities undertaken to aid transition
Other Curriculum Developments
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Details of activities relating to e.g. Healthy Schools, Local Projects etc.
Community Links
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School activities, visitors, update from PTA etc.
Staffing Responsibilities (Autumn
term only)
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Responsibilities for curriculum and non-curriculum staff including:
 year
 class
 medium
 teacher name
 number of pupils
 number of boys
 number of girls.
Staff Development
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Whole school INSET and Individual Professional Development (related to SDP priorities)
detailing:
 Topic
 Number of staff
 Outcome / impact on learners
 Funding mechanism (e.g. PDG, SEN, school budget etc.)
Performance Management (PM)
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Progress of Headteacher’s PM
Total number of teaching staff requiring statutory PM
% of statutory teaching staff PM’s completed.
number of non-teaching PM staff
% of non-teaching PMs completed
Mid Term review conducted
PM / Pay Review Reports submitted to LA/Finance (Yes/No)
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Staff absences
The following details for the past 6 terms.
 Total number of staff
 Total number of days absent
 Total number of staff absent
 All Return to Work Interviews completed
 Information reported to Local Authority Education/Learning Services HR
 Any narrative by way of explanation drawing attending to patterns of absences as appropriate –
this should not however identify individual staff members.
Staff Changes
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Staffing change
Implication change has had.
School finances
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Attach full termly budget report
Detail formula funding for the year
Anticipated net expenditure at 31 March
Variance for the year
Reserves at the start of the year
Reserves at the end of the year
Pupil deprivation grant spend
SEN funding expenditure
SEN actual delegated funding
SEN details of delegated funding expenditure including Teachers £, Tas £, Equipment/Materials
£
Additional resource panel funding (FTE and £)
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Safeguarding / Child Protection
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No of temporary exclusions (full days lost) and comments
No of racial incidents (no or perpetrators) and comments
Bullying – total no of bullying incidents during the previous term
Bullying - type of bullying, no of incidents, was matter resolved and any comments for each
category i.e. racial, homophobic, sexual, appearance, disability, ability, gender, cyber, other.
Child Protection – no of cases referred to Social Services, no of physical interventions, time
spent on dealing with child protection issues.
Update on child protection staff training.
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No of complaints received last term against the school/staff
No of above complaints resolved at Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3
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Complaints
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Health and Safety / Buildings and
Premises
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Partnership working and
stakeholder involvement
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No of incidents that staff have had to deal with e.g. verbal/physical abuse from parents etc.
Outcomes/procedural changes arising from complaints e.g. change in policy
Issues or concerns including:
 fire drills
 emergency working plans / shelter exercise
 health and safety audits / risk assessments
 no of accidents/incidents recorded
 no of accidents/incidents reported to LA and HSE
 significant works needing remedial action
 Outcome and implications of above issues.
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Detail local/comprehensive school links, community links, staff and pupil successes, special
events, significant visits, residential and foreign visits etc. occurred last term
description / purpose
date
outcome / implication
Details of any forthcoming visits or planned activities including approval and risk assessments
Parents evening
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Forthcoming events – save the
dates!
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Details of any forthcoming events.
Attachments
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School self-evaluation report
Autumn target setting report
School categorisation / core visit reports
Termly budget report
date of parents evening breakdown of attendance by:
 class
 number within the year
 number of parents/carers present
 % attendance
 overall school total