Journey to Excellence

1. Journey to Excellence Governor Strategic Briefings Spring 2014 Kathryn Boulton, Assistant Director, Schools and Learning

2. Outline • Drivers for change • Leadership opportunities and challenge • Self-improving school system • Next steps

3. Why? • Evolving role of local authority (LA) • Autonomy and accountability • Expectations • Shifting landscape • Opportunities and Challenges

4. Primary • EYFS – 50% reached good level of development compared to 52% nationally • KS1 – All above national average • KS2 – Attainment all above national average – Progress – 1% point below national average • Gaps – CiC widening – SEND widening – FSM narrowed by 7%

5. Percentage of Primary Schools by Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Judgement

6. Percentage of Primary School Pupils Attending Good or Better Schools

7. Secondary • 5+EM – in line with national average at 59.1% • 3LP – Maths in line with national average (70%) and 4.5% improvement • 3LP – English below national average at 65% (70.47%) – improvement of 1.2% • Gaps – CiC attainment above national average and gap narrowed – SEND attainment in line with national average – FSM narrowing

8. Percentage of Secondary Schools by Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Judgement

9. Percentage of Secondary School Pupils Attending Good or Better Schools

10. Percentage of Special Schools by Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Judgement 10

11. Percentage of Special School Pupils Attending Good or Better Schools 11

12. Percentage of Support Centres by Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Judgement 12

13. Percentage of Support Centre Pupils Attending Good or Better Schools 13

14. In Derbyshire, Excellence Means: • All our schools and settings judged to be good or better by 2017 • All our learners achieve above that expected nationally • There are no gaps in progress for learners with DSEN, who are looked after, who are eligible for free school meals or are from an ethnic minority group • All teaching across our schools and settings is at least good with a high proportion of outstanding

15. In Derbyshire, Excellence Means: cont’d • Maintain attendance levels across our schools and settings above the national average • Maintain persistence absence levels across our schools and settings so that they remain below the national average • There are no incidences of permanent exclusions • There are fewer incidences of fixed term exclusions than the national average

16. Leadership Opportunities and Challenge • Shared moral purpose • Collective responsibility • Complex • Adaptive leadership • Focus on learning, teaching and leadership • Strengths-based • Resilient • Schools as partners • Moving beyond compliance with Ofsted

17. Accelerating our Journey to Excellence Through a Self-improving School System • LA role: • Statutory – champion for all children • Hold strategic big picture • Quality Assurance • Intervene where concerns • Commissioner/broker • Enabling infrastructure

18. Accelerating our Journey cont’d • Systems leadership • Partnerships • Collective responsibility • Challenge – LA to school and school to school • Forensic use of data • Sharing excellence in learning, teaching and leadership • Identifying and Growing Talent

19. What it Might Look Like…. • Diversity of models – no one size fits all • Cluster working • Partnerships and collaborations • Teaching schools • System leaders – NLGs/NLEs/LLEs/DLEs • Leadership support and development – includes Governors • CPD

20. Next Steps • Evolving QDD, developing a model with every school having a LA link adviser including use of associates - greater involvement of Governors • Website development • Developing traded services model • Consultant support • Research other models • Establish joint steering group • Hold development workshops in summer term • Re-designed strategy and model