Swale District Governor

Briefing

Autumn 2016

Welcome

Agenda 1. Outline of the meeting- Lorraine Monkhouse. Area

Governance Officer, East Kent.

2. Linda Pickles SIA- introduction to School

Improvement arrangements and district data within

Kent

3. Marisa White- Area Education Officer

4. The Kent Governor Association updates

5. In The News- General updates from Lorraine

Monkhouse

6. Governor Questions/Newsworthy Items

7. Close

Polite Reminders !

• Housekeeping

• Paper free !

• Have you signed the register?

• List at least two actions that you will complete following

this discussion.

• Please complete the online evaluations

(direct to you via email)

East Kent Update

SIA Linda Pickles

2016 Outcomes

In 2016, the new more challenging national

curriculum was assessed, following its

introduction in 2014.

Because of the changes, figures for 2016

are not comparable to those for earlier

years.

2016 Floor Standard The floor standard is the minimum standard for pupil attainment and /

or progress that the government expects schools to meet. To be above

the floor, the school needs to meet either the attainment or all of the

progress elements.

at least 65% of pupils meet the expected standard in English

reading, English writing and mathematics;

or

the school achieves sufficient progress scores in all three subjects.

At least -5 in English reading, -5 in mathematics and -7 in English

writing.

NB: No school will be confirmed as being below the floor until

December 2016 when schools’ performance tables are published

Early Years Foundation Stage The Early Years Foundation Stage results for Kent have improved again, at 74.8%. This continues a very good

upward trend, placing Kent above the national average.

69

73 75

60

66 69

2014 2015 2016

% achieving a Good Level of Development

Kent National

EYFS – Area/District

% reaching a Good Level of Development

(GLD)

National 69.3

Kent 74.8

East Kent 73.1 (+0.9)

Canterbury 75.6 (+2.0)

Swale 73.4 (+1.4)

Thanet 70.6 (-0.5)

Year 1 Phonics

Kent has continued to improve outcomes

in Phonics in 2016.

81.6% of pupils met the expected

standard, compared with 80.5% nationally.

Kent has improved outcomes in phonics

by 7.4% since 2014. This compares

favourably with the national improvement

rate of 6.5%.

Phonics – Area/District

% reaching the expected standard

National 80.5

Kent 81.6

East Kent 79.8 (+2.8)

Canterbury 82.4 (+4.3)

Swale 79.8 (+0.7)

Thanet 77.5 (+3.9)

Key Stage 1 Attainment

Kent has also performed above the national average

for every indicator at Key Stage 1.

% reaching

or exceeding

the expected standard

English Reading

English Writing

Mathematics

National 74.0 65.5 72.6

Kent 78.2 71.3 77.5

Key Stage 1 – Area/District

% reaching

or exceeding

the expected standard

English Reading

English Writing

Mathematics

National 74.0 65.5 72.6

Kent 78.2 71.3 77.5

East Kent 76.3 69.5 75.4

Canterbury 77.8 71.9 76.7

Swale 76.2 70.1 76.1

Thanet 75.0 66.7 73.6

Key Stage 2 Attainment

Kent performed above or in line with the national

average for all indicators.

% reaching

or

exceeding

the

expected

standard

R, W, M

combined

English

Reading

English

Writing

Grammar,

Punctuation

and Spelling

Mathematics

National 53.0 66.0 74.0 72.0 70.0

Kent 58.1 69.2 80.0 72.5 71.3

Key Stage 2 Attainment

Kent vs Statistical Neighbours

% Pupils Achieving

Expected

Standard - RWM

A Higher Standard -

RWM

Expected Standard -

Reading Test

A High Score - Reading

Test

Expected Standard - Grammar,

Punctuation, Spelling Test

A High Score - Grammar,

Punctuation, Spelling Test

Expected Standard - Maths Test

A High Score - Maths Test

Average Scaled Score - Reading

Test

Average Scaled Score -

Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling Test

Average Scaled Score - Maths Test

Kent 58 6 69 21 72 22 71 17 103 104 103

East Sussex 50 3 65 19 67 18 65 13 103 103 102

Essex 55 6 67 19 74 23 71 17 103 104 103

Lancashire 53 5 64 17 72 20 69 16 102 104 103

Northamptonshire 47 4 63 17 70 19 66 13 102 103 102

Nottinghamshire 52 5 64 17 72 21 70 15 102 104 103

Staffordshire 51 5 66 18 72 21 68 15 103 104 103

Swindon 44 2 65 18 72 24 69 15 102 104 103

Warwickshire 57 8 69 23 74 25 71 18 103 105 103

West Sussex 44 2 64 20 67 19 63 13 102 103 102

Worcestershire 47 5 64 18 66 18 64 14 102 103 102

National 53 5 66 19 72 23 70 17 103 104 103

Kent's Ranked Position (1=top, 11=bottom)

1 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 1

School Improvement Allocation

Good + schools - 3 visits (1.5 days)

RI or potential RI - 8 visits (4 days)

SCC or potential

SCC - 9 visits (18 days)

Academies/

Free Schools - 2 visits

Area Improvement Advisers

Area Senior Improvement Adviser

Linda Pickles

Improvement Advisers

Christine Wilson; Helena Evans; Jayne True; Richard

Epps and Tammy Mitchell

Area Governance Officer

Lorraine Monkhouse

Early Years Advisers (County wide)

Polly Sharman SIA; Alison Floyd and Sandy Wheeler IAs

Marisa White AEO

Review of 2016-20 KCP

• Previous Plan forecasting accuracy was as follows:

– Year R: Swale 0.7% Kent overall 0.1%

– Year 7: Swale -0.8% Kent overall 0.0%

• Primary forecasts accurately estimated the number of

Year R pupils

• Secondary forecasts accurately estimated the number of

Year 7 pupils

• Target surplus capacity between 5% and 7%

Commissioning Plan and general updates

Commissioning Plan 2017-21

• Total Primary school rolls forecast are expected to

increase from 12,724 in 2016-17 to 13,187 in 2020-21

– A surplus of 6.3% Primary school places is forecast from

2020-21 across the district

• Total Secondary school rolls are expected to increase

from 7,662 in 2016-17 to 9,083 in 2022-23

– A deficit of 4.1% Secondary school places is forecast from

2020-21 across the district

• New housing developments are proposed for the district

– 14,000 dwelling over the Plan period up to 2031

– Modification of the Swale Local Plan has increased the

proposed number of dwellings per annum to 830

– The forecasts do not take account of pupil product from

proposed strategic housing developments

School Commissioning

• The demand from new housing will be met through

commissioning expansion of some existing

schools where feasible and commissioning new

school provision

• New schools will be Free Schools commissioned

either through a competition route or the Free

School application route

• Information about commissioning education

provision can be found at:

– https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-

children/schools/education-provision

School Commissioning : Primary

Planning

Groups

Sittingbourne

North

Halfway and

Minster

Eastchurch and

Warden Bay Faversham

By 2017-18 1FE at Minster-

in-Sheppey PS

1FE at Bysing

Wood PS

By 2018-19 1FE at Regis

Manor PS

By 2019-20 1FE new

provision

• There are now 48 primary schools in the 13 planning groups across the district following the amalgamation of Murston I and J schools and the establishment of Sunny Bank Primary School

• Continued pressure on Sheppey • Permanent 1FE expansion of Minster-in-Sheppey 2017-18 • New provision on East of Island 2019-20

• Pressure and new housing in Faversham • 1FE expansion of Bysing Wood 2017-18

• Continued pressure in North Sittingbourne • Proposed 1FE expansion of Regis Manor 2018-19

School Commissioning : Primary • New primary provision and expansion of some existing schools will be

required in the longer term to meet demand from the larger strategic

housing sites should they go forward

– It has been agreed that a site for a new all through school will be provided on the

North West Sittingbourne development (Quinton Road)

– A site for a Primary school has been requested on the Wises Road development in

Sittingbourne

– A site for a Primary school on the Rushenden development has been secured

– If all the proposed developments in Faversham proceed new provision will be

commissioned which could be on the Abbey School site

– Expansion of existing schools

• Sunny Bank Primary School

• Teynham Parochial Primary School

Planning

Groups

Sittingbourne

East

Sittingbourne

North

Sittingbourne

East Teynham

Queenborough

Rushenden Faversham

2020-21

to

2022-23

0.5 FE at

Sunny Bank

PS

2FE new

provision at

Quinton

Road

1FE (of 2FE)

new

provision

Wises Lane

1FE

expansion of

Teynham PS

1FE (of 2FE)

new provision

1FE

(Abbey)

School Commissioning : Secondary

2FE at Sittingbourne

Community College

4FE new provision in

Sittingbourne

• Pressure on Year 7 places in Sittingbourne was mitigated by Sittingbourne Community College accepting a bulge class

• The majority of the deficit forecast for the Swale district is in Sittingbourne.

• Permanent 2FE expansion of Sittingbourne Community College from 2017

• Discussions taking place with the developers of the proposed large housing development in North West Sittingbourne (Quinton Road) on having early access to the agreed school site, in order to commission a new all through provision for Primary and Secondary aged children

School Commissioning : Special

• Increasing number of children and young people

having to travel off of the island to a school that

can meet their needs

• KCC is working with the EFA (site search) and

potential sponsors

• Special Free School providing 120 places for both

Primary (KS2) and Secondary aged pupils

• Behaviour and Learning

by 2017-18 by 2018-19 by 2019-20 2020–21 to

2022-23)

120 place Special

School on Sheppey

General updates : School Complaints

• KCC’s model complaints policy for maintained

schools has now been revised in the light of the

DfE’s 2016 guidance and is available on kelsi:

http://www.kelsi.org.uk/school-

management/complaints

• We have also added a guidance document to help

schools manage the growing issue of parents and

others raising complaints via social networking

sites

General updates – Health & Safety

• Head teachers are deemed to be the site duty holder under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and therefore have a legal duty to comply with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 and the Legionnaires' disease. The control of legionella bacteria in water systems – Approved code of practice and guidance. KCC has produced Policy and Procedures to help our community and VC schools to fulfil this responsibility.

• In order to help schools and ensure they are familiar with the statutory requirements and KCC’s Policy and Procedures in relation to Asbestos and Water Hygiene management, all Head Teachers of community and VC schools and their deputies are required to attend training. More detail of the training to be offered will be coming out in the autumn term and we will be writing out to schools shortly with more information. Please do not delegate this to your site managers.

KGA

Kent Governors’

Association

KGA Chair DEBORAH BRUCE

deborahjbruce@aol.com

Notes for District Governor Briefings

• Next KGA Assembly 7-9 pm Monday 17 October,

Oakwood House, Maidstone: Please book via CPD

Online. All governors welcome.

• KGA are monitoring governor vacancies. Please

ensure your clerk is keeping records up to date.

• Remember to look at the DfE Timelines for

mandatory and advisory actions

DfE have launched a consultation ‘Schools that work for everyone’. It seeks views on the expansion of grammar schools and admission restrictions for faith schools. Deadline for response is 12 December.

KGA seeks information about what governors want from the KGA as it revises its constitution and activities in the light of the changing educational landscape. Please tell your KGA Executive Member your opinions or email the chair deborahjbruce@aol.com

If your district does not have an Executive Member, please appoint one!

• KCC Clerking Service SLA has been revised. Note that

your clerk will not longer be paid to attend governor

training sessions other than 2 Clerks Briefings. You

may wish to consider payment from the school if you

require your clerk to attend additional sessions. SLA

also now limits meeting length to 2 hours within

standard fee structure.

• FFT have launched a new KS2 Self-Evaluation

Dashboard. This is in addition to the FFT Governor

Dashboard. Governors will need to arrange access

with their HT. Free training via webinar is available,

see FFT Aspire website.

Secondary Schools’ Update

2016 Outcomes

• Significant changes to national performance

measures in 2016

• Key performance measures are:

- Progress 8

- A*-C in both English and maths combined

- Grade C or above in the EBacc

- Attainment 8

2016 Outcomes

• The DfE intends to publish schools’ Progress 8

data on 13th October 2016 (provisional date)

• Overall in Kent, standards have risen in the old

measure of 5A*-C including English and maths

• Trends have also improved in A*- C English; A*-C

maths; and C+ in the EBacc

Outcomes 2016 (2015)

All 2016 figures are provisional and unvalidated:

• 5 A*-C inc EM 60.8% (57.3%)

• A*-C in both English and maths 63.1% (59.8%)

• C+ in the EBacc 29.9% (26.5%)

Priorities for Secondary Governors

Ofsted focus:

• Most able; disadvantaged; able disadvantaged

• Effectiveness of 16-19 programmes, including destinations and independent advice and guidance

• Website compliance – especially SEND policy; Pupil Premium impact statement; adherence to 2010 Equalities Act

• Inspectors will consider governors’ development and how they improve their performance

Ofsted updates

Ofsted : Changes for 2016/7

The website must now show:

• pupil premium strategy (including rationale and

evaluation) and the PE and sport premium

• the statutory sharing with parents of curriculum

information (so the lead inspector can start to assess the

breadth and balance of the school’s curriculum and

whether it is likely to promote preparation for and an

appreciation of life in modern Britain),

• the special educational needs (SEN) information report,

• the presence and suitability of the safeguarding

guidance, and information about the promotion of

equality of opportunity and other information for parents

Ofsted : Changes for 2016/7

• In the initial phone call, inspectors will now request confirmation of the governance structure of the academy with reference, particularly for multi-academy trusts, to the range of functions delegated to local governing bodies or other committees. This should match the scheme of delegation.

• The handbook now says as many governors as possible should meet inspectors and attend feedback. Meetings with governors: “Inspectors will always seek to meet those responsible for governance during the inspection. This will usually include maintained school governors or academy trustees and sponsors (including sponsor representatives, where they exist). Where there is a trust board and LGB, both will be interviewed.

• The views of staff and pupils will now be gathered on line. This should be completed by 11.00 am on the first (or only) inspection day

• Schools causing concern: “Maintained schools and pupil referral units that are judged to be causing concern will be subject to an academy order. The Secretary of State has a duty to make an academy order for all maintained schools and PRUs judged to have serious weaknesses and for those that require special measures.

Ofsted: Changes for 2016/7

• Early years will no longer be reported separately if there are less than 5 pupils in the cohort

• Key change to the overall effectiveness of governors wording:

“The effectiveness of governors in discharging

their core statutory functions and how committed

they are to their own development as governors in

order to improve their performance.”

• This raises the importance of the role of lead governor for training.

• Governors’ responsibilities for the pupil premium includes the year 7 catch-up funding (Paragraph 148)

Ofsted : Changes for 2016/7

• References to “gaps” between disadvantaged and other pupils in the school are all changed to refer to “differences” between disadvantaged and other pupils nationally

• The reflects the fact that national data this year will no longer identify in-school gaps but the differences in performance between disadvantaged pupils in the school and pupils nationally with similar starting points.

• In English, inspectors will now: “Consider the impact of the teaching of literacy on outcomes across the curriculum”

• In Maths, inspectors will now: ‘Consider the impact of pupils’ mathematical knowledge, understanding and skills on outcomes across the curriculum”

• Inspectors will hear able and low attainers read.

Ofsted : Changes for 2016/7

• The outcomes judgement will now be made on

achievement across the curriculum

• The references to in school gaps for SEND are

removed as judgements are now against national

• Inspectors will consider progress of all

disadvantaged groups with an emphasis on the

most able.

• The term expected progress is removed

These are big changes!

Edubase – National Database of Governors

• Under section 538 of the Education Act 1996, maintained school governing

bodies will be under a duty to provide the information required on Edubase from

September 2016, and keep it up to date as those involved in governance

change. DfE do not hold information on maintained school governors and so

cannot pre-populate these fields. The fields are already live for governing bodies

that wish to populate them in advance of the duty coming into force in

September. DfE will update the Governance handbook on the constitution of

maintained schools governing bodies to reflect this new requirement

• This governance data that is not publically available will be encrypted within the

system and access will be restricted to a small number of users who need it to

fulfil their official responsibilities. The email address of the chair of the board will

be made available to regional schools commissioner offices on request where

they need direct contact with the chair. Subject to successful pilots, DfE will also

use the email address to send to chairs information about the issues that

national performance data suggests the board needs to address with its senior

leadership team.

Edubase Information to be collected:

• For all maintained school governors, and academy trustees, members and local governors, the

data DfE will collect in Edubase and make publicly available is:

• full name (including title)

• appointing body (eg board, foundation, parents etc)

• date of appointment

• date term of office ends / ended if in last year

• for maintained schools whether they are the chair of governors or a member of the governing

body, and for academies whether they are a trust member, a trustee, the chair of trustees, or a

local governor on a local governing body

• In addition, for all these individuals DfE will collect within Edubase, but not publish, a range of

information to help us to identify specific individuals:

• postcode

• date of birth

• previous names

• nationality

• direct email address for chair

• When collecting information from governors and trustees please make them aware that you will

be sharing this information with DfE, and also explain the reasons why the information is being

collected and the purpose to which it will be used. This can be added to a Governing Body

Code of Conduct.

In the News, Governor’s Discussion

Points and Networking

• Clerk’s Briefings

• DfE Guidance

– Timelines for schools: mandatory and useful information

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mandatory-and- useful-timelines-information-for-

schools

– Primary school accountability in 2016:A technical guide for primary maintained schools,

academies and free schools

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/549568/Primary_

school_accountability_in_2016.pdf

– Keeping Children Safe in Education

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2

• KCC model complaints policy

http://www.kelsi.org.uk/school-management/complaints

www.kentcpdonline.org.uk

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Contact information

Central Office contact –

leadershipgovernancecentral@kent.gov.uk

03000 417979

Area Governance Officer- East Kent

Lorraine.Monkhouse@kent.gov.uk

03000 414510