Appendix 2
Derbyshire County Council
Equality Impact Assessment Record
Form 2010
Department
CAYA
Service Area Responsible
Education Improvement Service
Chair of Assessment Group
Chris Tilley
Title of Policy/ Service/
Function
Advisory Service re-alignment
Stage 1. Prioritising what to impact assess
1.1
Why has this policy, service or function been chosen?
The Advisory Service will re-align its service provision to improve
outcomes for children and young people in line with the new multiagency teams. The new teams and structures will be in place from April
2011.
1.2
Why does the policy, service or function exist/ what is its
purpose? Who should benefit?
The re-alignment will support improved outcomes through:
* the development of a teaching, learning and assessment team to
provide expert advice and guidance to schools;
* the alignment of Service leadership with that of the co-located multiagency teams;
* the review of the course and conference training programme for
schools.
The changes will enable schools to provide better support to children
who are underachieving or at risk of underachievement
Stage 2.
Pulling an assessment team together
Name
Mark Emly
Gerry Richardson
Saranjit Shetra
Chris Tilley
Area of expertise/ role
Senior Adviser – SIP lead
Deputy AD – Consultant CPD lead
Deputy AD – QDD lead
Deputy AD –Integrated services lead
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Stage 3.
Scoping of the assessment / identifying likely issues
Service CPD
It is anticipated that a differentiated programme of support and training
will be required to enable existing ‘subject’ consultants to successful
fulfil the role of TLA consultants.
Linkage of the Senior Adviser role to that of the co-located multiagency teams
It is anticipated that communication arrangements will need to be
established to support effective partnership working of senior advisers
and locality leaders.
Review of the course and conference training programme for
schools
It is anticipated that the review of the CPD programme for schools will
need to consider the potential impact of changes on the expertise and
ability of schools to provide effective support to vulnerable groups
including children know to be eligible for free school meals, children in
care and ‘new arrivals’ from Eastern Europe..
Stage 4.
Pulling together all the information
Name of source
Analysis of CAYA locality
working proposals
Annual QDD survey,
subscription rates and
consultation with staff
Advisory Service Course and
Conference programme
Annual Standards and Quality
reports
Education Improvement
Service Annual Plan
Reason for using
To ensure the effective linkages
between the proposals
To ensure that Service provision is
informed by views of schools and staff
To gain understanding of current CPD
provision for schools
To identify the performance of schools
in Derbyshire compared with schools in
similar areas and nationally and
improvement priorities
To identify the improvement priorities of
the Advisory Service
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Stage 5.
5.1
Assessing the impact or effects
What does customer feedback, complaints, and discussions with
stakeholder groups tell you about your service, policy and
function, including which aspects are seen as negative,
inaccessible, unhelpful, difficult to use etc?
Analysis of annual QDD survey indicates that schools have a high
level of satisfaction with the programme provided by the Advisory
Service. The very high rate of subscription to the Advisory Service
also indicates a strong level of satisfaction with the current provision.
Initial discussions with staff indicate a good level of support for the
proposed re-alignment. Whilst the proposed changes to the role of
consultants have been positively received, it is recognised that this
change brings additional training needs for staff.
Reports on the performance of Derbyshire schools indicate that
overall outcomes compare favourably with those from similar LAs
and national outcomes. Improvement priorities include the need to
improve outcomes for underperforming children from vulnerable
groups including children known to be eligible for free schools meals,
children in care and ‘new arrivals’ from Eastern Europe. Reports
advocate the improvement to linkages between the Advisory Service
and local partners as a strategy to strengthen outcomes for
vulnerable groups.
The strategic planning of the Advisory Service indicates a number of
clear priorities for improving children’s outcomes that would be
supported by improving linkages to local multi-agency partnerships.
5.2
What does your information tell you about the effects of the
policy, service or function on the lives of different groups or
communities? Is any of this negative or unwanted?
Groups
Disadvantaged
communities
Effects identified from data/ information
The achievement of children who are known to be
eligible for free school meals and children in care is
significantly lower that that for all children in
Derbyshire.
BME
Whilst the achievement of children from BME groups
is generally good, the gap between the overall
outcomes for ‘new arrivals’ from Eastern Europe and
all children has widened.
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Stage 6. Ways of reducing or removing unwanted effects
What small steps could be taken to achieve improvements? Please
outline the main things that need to be altered to reduce any illegal,
negative and unwanted impact.
The re-focusing of capacity on priority schools and schools causing
concern will prioritise the deployment of advisory support from TLA
consultants, school improvement advisers and resources to schools
with underperforming and vulnerable groups.
The Advisory Service has previously provided schools with information
regarding support for ‘new arrivals’. It is planned to issue updated
guidance to schools in December 2010.
The Advisory Service will support the LA Fostering team in encouraging
headteachers in raising the profile of fostering amongst staff and
parents as a strategy to improve lives of children in care.
Stage 7.
Finding out whether your assessment has identified
what people think needs changing.
The Core Management Team of the Advisory Service will meet with
headteachers during November 2010 to gain feedback of the proposed
changes to multi-agency working. This information will further inform the
proposed AIS re-alignment.
The CMT will continue to meet with ASPECT (TU) reps and staff to
ensure that changes are effective.
The Advisory Service will continue to undertake an annual survey with
schools to support its analysis of QDD and CPD.
The Advisory Service will continue to undertake regular performance
assessments and ensure that the outcomes of the assessments inform
Service Planning.
The Advisory Service will continue to work in partnership with multiagency teams to support the evaluation of the impact of the proposed
changes and the planning and communication of further improvements.
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Stages 8 and 9 Action planning, target setting and monitoring
TARGETS / SUCCESS CRITERIA : Advisory Service to effectively re-align its service provision to improve outcomes for children and
young people in line with the new multi-agency teams. The new teams and structures to be in place from April 2011.
ACTION
Scrutinise CAYA locality working proposals
to ensure that the AIS proposals are
effectively linked
LEAD
RESP
JHi
PARTNER
INPUT
CAYA SMT
RESOURCES
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS/
MILESTONES
QUALITY
ASSURANCE
1 hour
Scrutiny to have
taken place by
August 2010
Outcomes of
scrutiny to inform
AIS re-alignment
proposals
Outcomes of
scrutiny to be
reported to JHi
Scrutinise findings of annual QDD survey
and analysis of subscription rates
CTi
SSh, KRi
2 hours
Scrutiny to have
taken place by
August 2010
Analyse Advisory Service CPD programme
for schools and associated reports to
identify scope and changes to provision
RBi
AJo
3 hours
Analysis to have
taken place by
August 2010
Outcomes of
scrutiny to be
reported to CTi
Discuss proposals with ASPECT (TU) reps
to ensure that they are informed by
outcomes.
JHi
ASPECT
reps
2 hours
Meeting to take
place by September
2010
Scrutiny of notes
of meeting
Discuss proposals with staff to ensure that
they are informed by outcomes.
JHi
staff
2 hours
Meetings to take
place by September
2010
Scrutiny of notes
of meeting
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LEAD
RESP
ACTION
PARTNER
INPUT
RESOURCES
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS/
MILESTONES
QUALITY
ASSURANCE
Brief headteachers regarding the locality
working proposals to gain feedback on the
proposed changes
JHi
CMT
headteacher
s
9 x 30 minutes
Meetings to take
place during
November 2010
Attendance at
meetings
Develop and implement a plan to support
the CPD needs of the Service, particularly
‘subject’ consultants
GRi
EMT
consultants
2 hours develop
plan
7 x 0.5 days
seminars
Plan to be agreed by
end November 2010
Seminars to take
place during spring
and summer 2011
Scrutiny of
consultant CPD
programme
Scrutiny of
evaluations
Develop and implement a plan to support
the development of appropriate
arrangements to secure effective linkages
between Senior Advisers and locality
leaders
CTi
SMT
Locality team
leaders
Senior
Advisers
3 hours develop
plan
Implementation
to be identified
in plan
Plan to be agreed by
end January 2011
Arrangements to be
in place by March
2011
Scrutiny of plan
Scrutiny of
feedback from
locality managers
and Senior
Advisers
RBi, AJo
EMT
2 days
Plan to be in place
by April 2011
Scrutiny of plan
Develop and implement a plan to enable the CTi
Advisory Service to provide access to
effective CPD to improve outcomes for
vulnerable schools and pupils.
Key
JHi
CTi
SSh
KRi
Jim Hickman
Chris Tilley
Saranjit Shetra
Kate Richards
AD
Deputy AD
Deputy AD
Finance Officer
AJo
RBi
GRi
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Amanda Johnson
Roger Bilton
Gerry Richardson
Senior Adviser
School Improvement Adviser
Deputy AD
Step 11. Publishing your assessment
Please indicate below:Your assessment has been signed off for publishing by
Jim Hickman
Your assessment was published on
Medium/ location
DCC email to staff
Date
November 2010
Signed
Date
Added to DCC website February 2011.
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