Governors’ Annual Report 2013/2014
This is the Governors Annual Report for the school year 2013/2014 containing information on
Governors meetings held during this period. A summary is also included of meetings held in
the most recent months as we have found from feedback from yourselves that you have
found this information of interest. The meeting to discuss this will be held at Ysgol San Siôr on
8/2/15 at 7.30pm.
Chair of Governor is Canon John Nice, Rectory, Church Walks, Llandudno
Clerk is Mrs Linda Jones c/o Ysgol San Sior, Church Walks Llandudno
The following represented the Board of Governors
NAME
Rev. Prebendary
J. Nice (Chair)
REPRESENTS
Foundation
TERM
As long
as in post
Ms Julie Harvey
Foundation
Ms Sandra Bell
Foundation
Mrs Rosalind
Harrison
Mrs. S Breeze
Foundation
Mrs Denise
Horswood
Mrs Sandra
Davies
Mrs Elly Thomas
Foundation
Sept.
2016
Sept.
2016
Sept.
2016
Sept.
2016
Sept.
2016
Mrs Janet
Haworth
Mr I K Jones
(Headteacher)
Mrs Einir Wyn
Williams
Conwy County
Council
San Sior
Lisa Jones
Teacher
Councillor Terry
Dewar
Vacancy
Mrs Linda
Parsons Jones
Clerk to the
Governors
Foundation
CONTACT
01492 876624
John.nice2@btopenworld.com
Rectory, Church Walks, Llandudno
Foundation
Parent Governor
Conwy Local
Education
Authority
San Sior
Llandudno Town
Council
Non-teacher
governor
Sept.
2015
Sept.
2017
Whilst in
post
N/A
Whilst in
post
Sept.
2018
Whilst in
post
01492 878149
admin@santsior.conwy.sch.uk
Contact address Ysgol San Sior,
Church Walks, Llandudno LL30 2HL
Also invited to meetings in an advisory capacity is the Diocesan Director of Education:
Revd. Robert Townsend (Diocesan Director of Education)
The next election for Parent Governors will be before the end of this academic year.
Meetings:
11th April 2013
 Literacy initiatives such as Pie Corbett. Literacy Action Plan Evaluation
 Mental maths sessions
 Ipads in the curriculum
 Welsh developments to improve standards
 Generation Green Makeover – solar panels LED lights
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Eco issues – green flag awarded, Recycling Initiative Award
Chicken initiative set up Wyau San Siôr
Admission Appeal
Staffing
International link with New Zealand
Eucharist
Re-affiliation to Heartstart
Budget
Other items: communication with Governors by email / San Siôr Has Talent Evening,
Governing Register of Business Interests forms completed
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10th July, 2013
 Schol Deelopment Plan Review
 Head’s Vision for the school shared
 Parent & Pupil Feedback questionnaire and report discussion
 Art, Craft and Design Evaluation Report
 Performance of pupils at end of Foundation Phase / Jey Stage 2
 Literacy and Numeracy Framework
 Welsh dimension to the school
 Planning Application for solar panels
 Eco issues – Awarded Welsh Water Authority Eco Challenge Award, eggs sold to
Bodnant
 Budget
9th October, 2013
 Headteacher report on standards and Value Added performance
 Comparative National Reading & Numeracy Report
 INCERTS and FFT data and discussion
 Other items: school bullying council, NSPCC, Messy Church
22nd January 2014
 School premises and damp
 Staffing
 Attendance
 School Development Plan
 Catch up literacy and provision
 Literacy and Numeracy Framework
7th May, 2014
 Attendance discussion and targets
 Update to school targets
 Handbook for Governors
14th May, 2014
 Prospectus
 Pay, performance management, health and safety, homework policy
 Governors Business Interests
 Parents questionnaires report
 Governor’s Handbook
9th July, 2014
 School premises
 Standards and monitoring
 Staffing
 Attendance and new targets
 Links with community / church
 Governor training
 Standards and performance
1st October, 2014
 Premises and concern re outside surfaces
 School categorisation
 Staffing :retirement and appointments
The prospectus was updated and placed online. In line with the changes to the Welsh
Curriculum and to the Foundation Phase, policies will be reviewed. The school targets were
reviewed by the governors with teachers offering reports on progress made.
Links with the Community
Father John continues to visit the school to lead Collective Worship and the Eucharist.
Parishioners are also invited to attend the Eucharist service and parents are invited to the
services. Head of Foundation Phase has created a Community Focus Group with meetings
arranged with Community Police Officers considering San Siôr’s role in the community. Wyau
San Sior is an enterprise created by the school to sell eggs from the school’s flock of hens.
The school has linked with Bodnant Welsh Food Centre to sell its eggs and more recently
chutney. It is hoped that the school will soon sell its honey here also as wella s VConwy
Honey Fair. We are the only school in Wales able to sell eggs to shops, and following the
school’s appearance on BBC Countryfile and S4C Ffermio we have been approached by
schools across the breadth of Britain asking for advice and or opportunities to visit the school
to see the school’s Eco dimension first hand. School won Community Education Awards:
Green Schools Sustainability Project Award 2014 and was awarded Best Primary Enterprise
in Wales by Welsh Assembly Government.
School has established a Twitter account for the school and currently has 380+ followers
The school has also continued links with the community by visiting residential homes in the
area at Christmas time to sing carols and also at the Victoria Precinct and shops in the town
as well as other organisations eg Lions of Llandudno. The school maintains a strong link with
Pensychnant Conservation Centre in Conwy. A good link has been established between Year
4 and Llandrillo College. Community Beat Officers have also been invited to have school
dinners at the school and join the children when they go canoeing at Llyn Geirionydd. The
Nursery class regularly invite Fire Officers to talk to the class and the school children visit the
Fire Station in Llandudno. The Salvation Army also visit the school each year.
Ysgol San Sior is classed as a Category 4 school where English is used predominantly but
with a significant use of Welsh during the school day. The school is working hard to ensure
that the children may leave the school with a greater fluency in Welsh. If children wanted to
attend a Welsh medium secondary school such as Creuddyn there are programmes in place
allowing them to spend a day release April- May followed by 5 intensive weeks
Sport
Mrs L Jones offers a netball club at the school. Shane Cartwright continues to offer football
training sessions at the school each week. Football activities are also offered by the Deputy
during lunch times. The children in year 5 and 6 may have opportunities of mountain biking,
hill walking and canoeing using the facilities offered at Nant Bwlch yr Haearn and / or at Rhyd
Ddu; while pupils in Year 3 participate in outdoor activities in Pentrellyncymer and Year 4
sport activities in Glanllyn
Attendance 2013/14
Attendances
Authorised absences
Unauthorised absences
Possible Attendance
Including
Approved Educational Activity
Lates before reg closed
Session %
s
79197 94.15
4690 5.58
233 0.28
84120
1061
264
1.26
0.31
Lates after reg closed
Unexplained absences
43
112
0.05
0.13
Education Welfare Officers visit the school regularly to scrutinize the attendance figures.
Each term Education Welfare Officers visit the school to scrutinise the attendance figures.
Parents whose children have an attendance figure lower than 85% are contacted. The school
has endeavoured to reduce lateness at the school with late pupils arriving at the main door to
the school only and are registered here by the secretary. Parents of children who have an
unexplained absence are contacted via text on the day.
Holiday absences are allowed if children have an attendance rate of >90%
The Governors have decided that unless an attendance target of 95% is achieved by the
send of the current academic year then it may withdraw authorised absences for holidays. Cu
The school admission policy has been amended
As can be seen from the following tables comparing the school with LEA and Wales results
the school is performing well. KS2 results were disappointing and this can be attributed to the
significant gender gap in that particular cohort in 2011. The school this year is looking at
different ways of closing the gender gap. However the school is looking at ways of increasing
the number of children attaining Level 3 at KS1 and Level 5 at KS2.
School comparative information: National Curriculum Assessments 2011 with
benchmarking
Key Stage 1
Percentage of boys, girls, and pupils achieving at least the expected level (Level 2+):
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Consistently good LO5+ performance for all performance indicators during the last 2
years and particularly for PSD.
Few significant gender differences in 2014.
Good comparative performance against the family schools for LO5+ performance
indicators in 2014.
Good outcomes for FSM pupils in 2013.
Comparatively lower LO6+ outcomes in 2014.
Proportionately lower outcomes for boys in LO6+ PSD in 2014.
Key Stage 2
Percentage of boys, girls, and pupils achieving at least the expected level (Level 4+):
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Consistently good L4+ performance for maths and science during the last 3 years.
Improved L5+ results in 2014.
Lower outcomes in L4+ English (& consequently the CSI) in 2014.
Comparatively lower L4+ outcomes in writing in 2014.
Below median benchmarking for all core subjects at L5+ during the last 2 years.
Proportionately lower boys’ outcomes in English in 2014.
Enclosed is the final budget 2013/14. The school is well resourced and the school aims to
spend all funds on the children’s education limiting the carry over to less than 5% of the total
budget. During 2003-14 the carry over was 1.54% of the total budget. .
The school heavily subsidises the music lessons and the whole music budget is spent on
peripatetic teachers with parents making a donation £36 each term. During 2011-12 the
governors were not paid travelling or subsistence expenses.
Children are taught in separate year groups at the school with a maximum of 30 pupils in
each year group. Provision is made for children with Additional Learning Needs and More
Able and Talented pupils through careful differentiation of classwork as well as other
initiatives both during and after school. A Nurture Group has also been set up to raise self
esteem among some groups of pupils as well as Catch Up sessions to improve reading
fluency.
The school has worked hard to ensure that there is a Welsh ethos to the school day. Welsh
is taught as a second language with the aim of teaching 25% of the curriculum through the
medium of Welsh. A significant portion of the day (over 50%) is conducted in Welsh in the
Foundation Phase while only Welsh is initially spoken to the children on the playground and
around the school. Welsh should always be the language of communication when the children
greet the teachers and vice versa.
Additional Learning Needs Report - Miss L Lewis
During the 2013 – 2014 academic year, the work involved in implementing the Code
of Practice continued at Ysgol San Sior. The Additional Learning Needs Co-ordinator
(ALNCO) for the year was Miss Lindsey Lewis. The designated Governor for
Additional Learning Needs, (ALN), elected by the school Governing body was Mrs
Sandra Davies. Miss Amanda Etches carried out the role of Learning Support Teacher
to assist pupils with additional literacy needs. Work has continued on the
implementation of the revised code of practice and the ALNCO has attended various
courses and frequently meets with ALNCOs from the catchment area as part of a
PLC.
Pupils with learning difficulties continue with the Daily Diary for Reading and
Spelling and a small number of pupils continue with their mathematical diary. The
Catch-Up programme is used with children who have a small deficit between their
reading and chronological age in order to close the gap. Literacy withdrawal sessions
are carried out on a weekly basis for those children with specific literacy difficulties.
A number of pupils who attend Ysgol San Sior receive speech and language therapy
and Individual Communication Plans (ICPs) are implemented in school, very often by
TA staff.
The ALNCO has ensured liaison with parents – at review meetings – and other
professionals in respect of children with ALN and advised and supported staff
ensuring that appropriate Individual Education Plans are in place. All relevant
background information about individual children with ALN is collected, recorded
and updated as needed. The help of external agencies was occasionally sought in
order to satisfy the needs of some pupils. The consultation model allows for
collaborative working with the Educational Psychology Services.The guidelines for
recognising learning difficulties, strategies for developing, assessing and monitoring
progress and guidelines for implementing the Code of Practice drawn up by the
ALNCO have been followed. All pupils gained access to a wide and balanced
curriculum via the provision of differentiated materials in all subject areas.
Special Educational Needs List July 2014
School Action
Nursery
Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
3
3
4
2
2
1
School Action
Plus
2
3
6
4
3
5
4
2
School Action
Plus Contract
Statement
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
School Holiday Dates and Staff Training Days
2014-2021
The dates are subject to Ministerial change each
We had a carry over of just 0.03% to 2014/15. We try and aim for a carry over of 3%