Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system School improvement services for the 21 st century A Bedford Borough response to the white paper

Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system “The key question now is how to help each school to do better day by day its core job of teaching… …with firm foundations in place across the country, taking the next step requires improvement support to be based on a deeper understanding of the needs of each school and of what will be effective in generating improvement.”

Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system School / teachers School / teachers School/ teachers School/ teachers National Strategies LA-based National Strategies’ consultancy Current national model National Strategies and LA centred Schools/ Teachers Local clusters/ Ad hoc links and partnerships/ ASTs/ Working groups etc.

Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system centralised 4 de-centralised multi-centred and multi- connected

Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system “Every school improving: delivering a new model of school improvement, strong accountability and rapid intervention when it is needed” Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21 st century schools system

Where schools require rapid intervention, we will use: A risk-based approach as exemplified in our schools causing concern documentation Opportunities to federate Appropriate statutory powers

Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system The new role of the SIP: The White Paper signals a significant shift in the way in which SIPs will in future work with schools and local authorities, providing challenge and advice to the governing body and head teacher about improving the school’s outcomes. Support schools to improve ECM outcomes for all children Broker school improvement support Make decisions about school specialist status Sign off school improvement plans, triggering improvement funding for some schools Act as the primary intermediary between schools and their local authority Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21 st century school system Timetable for action

Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system Organisation and deployment of SIPs in Bedford Borough: Gain a deep understanding of their schools Work shoulder to shoulder with heads and governing bodies Identify the key barriers which prevent all pupils from achieving their potential Broker from a menu of local and national support and programmes using the expertise of the local authority consultants Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21 st century school system Timetable for action

Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system Every Local Authority has been asked to produce a response to the DCSF now DFE in respect of World Class Primary Programme

Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system World Class Primary Programme

Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system The WCPP is targeted at improving standards at Key Stage 2. Although the Borough Year 5 and 6 children are in Middle schools deemed secondary, our response has based on the targeting of the programme across all of Key Stage 2, regardless of the school’s designation.

Your child, your schools, our future: building a 21st century schools system Clearly identify underperformance - segmentation Clearly identify a differentiated approach – link to segmentation Match the strategy and resources to the schools In essence……………

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