Julie Fisher Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Children’s Services, Surrey County Council Surrey Governor’s Association Spring Conference 14 May 2016

Significant challenges  Increasing demands  Financial pressures and reducing budgets across the public sector  Legislative and national policy changes and decisions  Ensuring the right support at the right time for all children

Ambitions – and our programme of change Children and young people will be happy, healthy, safe and confident in their future Deliver our Children’s Improvement Plan Further develop and strengthen the county’s approach to prevention and early help Transform services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities Redefine the County Council’s role in education and skills So that:  we deal with problems earlier so children and families can live better more independent lives  we provide the right support at the right time, and we provide it in Surrey – so we send fewer children out of the county  whatever support we provide people have a better experience of our work with them

Shaping our overall education system (Educational Excellence Everywhere ) Ensuring high performance and inclusivity Safeguarding all our children Three key issues we can only tackle together

The shape of Surrey’s education system The Council’s response to Educational Excellence has been guided by the following principles: Support choice Protect small and rural schools Ensure effective and local accountability Champion an inclusive education system Work with the DfE in the best interests of Surrey’s communities, their schools and children

The Council’s future role and responsibilities Strategic role - represent communities, engage schools and work with the regional schools commissioner (RSC) around: -Safeguarding -SEND -educational achievement of vulnerable children -championing the needs of families and communities Specific responsibilities -Safeguarding – inc. ensuring schools discharge their responsibilities -SEND and LAC provision -Ensure provision of sufficient of school places – early years, childcare, schools and FE - Admissions - Home-to-school transport

Ensuring high performance and inclusivity Key areas of work: Developing self sustaining models of school improvement Ensuring rapidly improved outcomes for all vulnerable groups Transforming the SEND system Ensuring provision of sufficient school places and overseeing admissions

Safeguarding all children Key areas of work: Ensuring consistently good social work practice Extending the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) “front door” for safeguarding concerns Developing a coherent and co-ordinated Early Help system

Strengths to build upon  High attainment levels across all key stages  Every School a Good School – 92% of schools good or outstanding  High levels of participation among young people  Proven track record on restorative justice  A strong apprenticeship offer  The Arts Council have recently recognised the potential to establish a Cultural Education Partnership in Surrey

Julie Fisher Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Children’s Services