Support, Challenge and Collaboration Conference Thursday 2nd July 2015

Welcome and Housekeeping Introductions Fire exits, toilets, refreshments, lunch etc. Workshops located in… Apologies from National College For a copy of this presentation – please email me: headteacher@brompton-on-swale.n-yorks.sch.uk

Alliance Update Now live on the website Core Offer 2015/16 Memorandum of Understanding 2015/17 (a two-year sign-up)

Alliance Update The management and administration team grows Band 5, 15 hours per week - Administrator to be appointed £33k LA Improvement Partnership Funding 60 ‘pre-paid’ SLE Days Grahame Shepherd – developing leadership capacity at all levels across the north of the LA Brenda Higgins – leading SLEs and PSTs (Peer Support Teachers) for the 2015/16 academic year Kate Williamson – developing our model of ‘Partnership School Review’ alongside colleagues from all clusters within the Alliance. A number of ‘pre-paid’ reviews

Alliance Update Executive Board – Quality Assurance Meeting They considered: Evaluations from network meeting and CPD events Partnership School participation School to School Support work 50 Partnership School annual evaluations (only 3 missing – thank you!) Some facts, evaluations and considerations…

No. of schools represented Alliance Update Network Group No. of Attendees No. of schools represented Early Years Foundation Stage 62 32 English 16 13 Mathematics 18 12 Modern Foreign Languages 24 15 Science 21 14 SENCO 43 Writing Moderation Admin and Business Managers 22 Chair of Governors’ 27 No Network Group’s evaluation rated less than 94% good or better – most were 100%

Alliance Update – CPD Facts! ‘Headteacher Challenge Groups’ provided a new and flexible way of challenging our leaders. 31 headteachers took part – 100% who returned an evaluation said they would continue working in this way next year, either with the same or different colleagues. 18 New HLTAs have been trained and have passed their assessment – 100% pass rate so far! 16 middle leaders completed their National Professional Qualification for Middle Leadership

Alliance Update – CPD Facts! 19 NQTs took part in the Alliance’s NQT Programme 18 RQTs took part in the Alliance’s RQT Programme 118 colleagues were trained by Target Tracker across 39 schools as part of the Assessment Working Party’s solution to ‘Life without Levels’ 62 teaching assistants from 20 schools attended the TA development sessions

Alliance Update School to School Support 11/12 SLEs have been deployed either to support schools or to lead aspects of our CPD programme. In total 76 days of support has been provided. 9 PSTs have all been utilised to provide demonstration lessons. In total, 31 visits to PSTs have been completed, many observations being watched by a number of teachers.

Alliance Update School to School Support The Alliance has provided support for 7 schools via the ‘School to School Support Fund’ (for schools with an Requires Improvement judgement for Overall Effectiveness). Of these schools: 1 moved into a category 1 stayed at ‘Requires Improvement’ 2 moved to ‘Good’ 1 is awaiting publication of the report 2 are awaiting inspection

Future Plans – School Evaluations Earlier dates, full schedule produced for the whole year and avoid changing them Secondary Involvement Better use of data to inform planning at cluster level Leadership Development Opportunities Clarify direction of travel – NPQML or something else? Deputy/Assistant Headteachers’ Programme – NPQSL? Church School Leadership and developing the distinctiveness of our VC and VA schools Secondment opportunities – across LA borders

Future Plans – School Evaluations Life After Levels Agenda Moderation, moderation, moderation! Opportunities for potential ‘Alliance Moderators’ What constitutes good attainment and progress? Preparing for the revised KS1/KS2 statutory assessment ITT – 13 Trainees for 2015/16 3 Lead schools, each with a Lead Mentor Richmond Methodist, Brompton-on-Swale, Bedale

Future Plans – School Evaluations Curriculum Support Teachers for PE 4 CSTs Appointed Supporting schools’ use of the Sport Premium Funding School to School Support Headteacher Challenge Groups Partnership School Review New Ofsted Framework Training RAISEOnline/Data Collaboration Workshops

Appointments – Autumn Term Specialist Leaders of Education Peer Support Teachers Consultant Headteachers Local Leaders of Education National Leaders of Education