1. Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner Pank Patel Welcome to The National Education Briefing For System Leaders

2. Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner September 2014 to Now A year on

3. Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner RSC Monitoring Performance and Intervention New Academies Free SchoolsSponsors Changes to Open Academies

4. Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner Current picture 5326 open academies and free schools in England 3,420 converter academies 1,523 sponsored academies 383 free schools (304 free schools, 40 studio schools and 39 UTCs) August 2015 418 Sponsors have been approved since January 2013 823 Sponsors approved Sponsors ready for Projects.

5. Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner LA and Number of Academies Birmingham131 Cheshire East46 Cheshire West and Chester20 Coventry31 Dudley15 Herefordshire29 Sandwell30 Shropshire23 Solihull21 Staffordshire85 Stoke-on-Trent38 Telford and Wrekin11 Walsall28 Warwickshire68 Wolverhampton25 Worcestershire58 Grand Total659 Number of Academies659 Academy Phase 16 Plus1 All Through4 Alternative Provision2 Middle Deemed Secondary9 Primary364 Secondary255 Special24 Number of Active Sponsors100 Number of Academies Sponsored335 Ofsted Ratings of Academies Outstanding158 Good300 Satisfactory / Requires Improvement75 SI/SW4 SM30 No Inspection92 Grand Total659 West Midlands RSC Region

6. Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner WM Academy Growth

7. Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner How are things changing? Primary academies are increasingly grouping together in small MATs National figures

8. Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner National Figures How are things changing? Secondary academies are increasingly forming small and medium sized MATs.

9. Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner School sponsorship has become the dominant sponsorship model. Others include: Dioceses; FE; universities; charities; individuals. National Figures The changing nature of academy status Percentage of school based sponsors

10. Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner Thinking Differently Education Bill 2015 That’s why one of the first bills we have put forward this Parliament is one which will allow us to take action more quickly to turn around failing schools as well as to put on notice and develop a sufficient plan for improvement for those schools that have been coasting. Schools that think that ‘just good enough’ is enough. – RSC to oversee performance in all schools – Coasting schools – Greater need for intervention

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12. Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner Challenges Teacher recruitment Funding Stability of results New assessment and accountability measures To name but a few…. Coasting Schools MATs Sponsors Collaboration School Improvement Intervention /Capacity

13. Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner The Future… “So as we embark on a journey over the next 5 years, to tackle underperformance, challenge mediocrity and have the highest expectations for every single child, let me assure you of my full commitment to working alongside you, listening to your concerns and embracing your feedback. Because together we can deliver a school system that allows every single young person to realise their dreams and deliver their potential.” Nicky Morgan – Secretary of State – 27 June 2015 National Governors’ Association – Summer Conference

14. Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner Education and Adoption Bill But I want to be very clear - our commitment to improving coasting schools doesn’t mean automatically sacking heads and governors, nor does it mean automatic academisation. What it does mean is that we will expect to see - from the leadership and governors of the schools in question - a clear and sufficient plan for improvement. And in schools that are clearly failing, the measures in this bill will allow us to intervene from day one, by closing the loopholes that have previously been exploited by those ideologically opposed to academy status to stop desperately needed improvements in schools. But - and I say this again - we will only improve schools and tackle both failure and coasting performance by using the expertise of those who know how to get it right. Nicky Morgan – Secretary of State – 27 June 2015 National Governors’ Association – Summer Conference

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