Llanishen High School Annual Report of the Governors November 2011

HEADTEACHER: Mr R. A. Smyth BA MA NPQH CHAIR OF GOVERNORS: Professor John Andrews

Contents

• LLANISHEN HIGH SCHOOL GOVERNORS • EDUCATIONAL GOALS • KEY POINTS • THE GOVERNORS’ ROLE • FINANCIAL STATEMENT • PUPIL ACHIEVEMENTS AND SCHOOL STANDARDS • EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES • PUPIL ROLL AND STAFFING • CURRICULUM MATTERS • ATTENDANCE • POLICY MATTERS • BUILDINGS AND SCHOOL SITE • PROGRESS MADE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTION POINTS ARISING FROM THE ESTYN INSPECTION OF MARCH 2009 • LINKS WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY • CONCLUSION

Appendix Information

• FINANCIAL STATEMENT • SCHOOL PERFORMANCE: PUPILS' ATTENDANCE 2010/2011 • KEY STAGE 3 NATIONAL CURRICULUM RESULTS • SUMMARY REPORT OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF PUPILS AGED 15 and 17 2010/2011 • NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS KEY STAGE 4 • NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS KEY STAGE 3

LLANISHEN HIGH SCHOOL

GOVERNORS’ ANNUAL REPORT 2010-2011

GOVERNORS (with end of term of office and attendance in brackets)

PARENTS Mr I Griffiths 19/10/12 (4 of 6) Mrs S Munir 11/11/11 (3 of 6) Mr M Palmer 11/11/11 (4 of 6) Mrs A Wakeham 19/10/12 (6 of 6) Mr M Williams 19/10/12 (5 of 6) Mr R Tompkins 08/10/13 (1 of 2) Mrs A Rees 07/04/2015 (1 of 1)

LEA Mrs U Gryg 16/07/13 (3 of 6) Dr T Pickersgill 16/09/10 (2 of 6) Prof M Pendlebury 19/11/13 (6 of 6) Mrs E Taylor 17/12/11 (6 of 6) Cllr R Smith 27/09/12 (0 of 4) Mr J Caddick 19/11/13 (6 of 6)

TEACHERS Mr R Lloyd 31/08/13 (5 of 6) Mrs M Phillips 17/06/14/ (5 of 6)

NON-TEACHING Mrs H Wall 11/11/11 (6 of 6)

HEADTEACHER Mr R A Smyth (6 of 6)

CO-OPTED Prof J Andrews 10/05/13 (5 of 6) Mrs T Griffiths 24/01/12 (5 of 6) Mr A Lewis 11/11/11 left before first meeting Mrs S Morgan 24/01/13 (5 of 6) Mr M Fashan 16/11/13 (2 of 6)

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES Victoria Milner Matthew Drury

LLANISHEN HIGH SCHOOL

GOVERNORS’ ANNUAL REPORT 2010-2011

This annual report, together with the opportunity for a meeting with parents, is the main formal way by which the governing body can demonstrate our accountability to parents. They provide an opportunity to engage with you on what has been happening in the school during the previous year, as well as an opportunity to share our plans for promoting high standards of educational achievement and actively seeking the views of parents for the future.

EDUCATIONAL GOALS

The school established in 2005 a renewed set of key educational goals which provide the focus for all that we do, particularly in terms of improvement planning. These consist of a banner headline followed by five succinct and memorable points, and hopefully therefore ones that will impact upon the school community.

“We believe that all can succeed”

We at Llanishen High School aim to:

Act in the belief that all can succeed

Be an inclusive school, offering suitable learning opportunities for all

Create a commitment to learning as a lifelong activity

Develop each pupil individually and value their achievements and progress

Encourage respect, treating each other with dignity and courtesy

KEY POINTS • Following the positive experience with Estyn in June 2010, the school conducted a Whole School Review with the local authority in June 2011. This again had very positive outcomes saying that “progress continues to be encouraging”, “the quality of learning is good”, “behavioural management is a strength of the school”, “behaviour ...is exemplary”, “the strategic leadership ....is making important contributions to improving standards and quality.” • The school is continuing to work through the implications of the Welsh Government decision in September 2010 to approve Cardiff’s plans for secondary reorganisation in the Eastern part of the city. Pupils from both new and old partner primary schools are settling well into the school. Plans are now well advanced for major building improvements on the site. • The school continues to develop its curriculum in an effort to include and meet the learning needs of all students. In 2009-10, we were pleased to support the successful introduction of the Welsh Baccalaureate in Year 12. The first cohort of students has now completed this in Year 13 with a high degree of success. The new Year 7 transition project has now completed a whole year and has received very positive feedback from pupils, parents, staff and local primary schools. • Following previous parental feedback that communication is a very positive feature of the school, we have recently been able to support the furtherance of this by the appointment of a school Attendance Officer. This adds to previous measures such the expansion of the Pupil Support team, parental access to E-Portal allowing parents protected on-line access to data about their sons and daughters and the establishment of a Parents Focus group. • We have continued to make significant improvements to the school environment which we believe are making a noticeable difference to the quality of the learning environment. Following the refurbishment of the PE changing rooms over the summer of 2010 the same process was applied to the East wing hall over the summer of 2011, together with all of the East wing tower, • The end of Key Stage 4 results were the best ever, with 80% of students achieving the level 2 threshold, (5 GCSEs or equivalent at above grade C), 68% achieving this including English and Mathematics and 96% achieving the level 1 threshold, (5 GCSEs or equivalent at grade G or above). • Attendance rose to 93% for the first time ever, but with parental support we aspire to go even higher. • The school continues to offer its pupils a wide range of activities beyond those in the classroom. These provide both opportunity and excellence.

THE GOVERNORS’ ROLE The governors continue to fulfil their role of overseeing the direction and the development of the school on behalf of the local community and the local authority.

We were particularly pleased that the Estyn Report of 2010 stated that governors had fully addressed these issues and have been appropriately involved in linking with, monitoring and evaluating the life of the school. We have worked hard in developing all these aspects, in particular at becoming more informed about the work of each department within the school. We received more positive feedback about our role as a “critical friend” of the school in the Whole School Review which was carried out alongside the local authority in June 2011. This stated that “the governing body has been strengthened by a number of new governors who, like their colleagues, are keen to secure further improvement in the quality of education provided by the school. The governing body now provides support and challenge of good quality.”

A list of governors together with attendance at meetings is included as part of this Annual Report.

It should be known that the Governors do not claim travel or subsistence expenses

FINANCIAL STATEMENT It is one of the governors’ responsibilities to set a budget which reflects the school’s plans and which is then executed to best effect for the benefit of the pupils. This governing body continues to believe that by and large the annual revenue budget should be spent for the benefit of the pupils currently in the school, rather than large reserves being saved up for some future beneficiaries. Nevertheless on a budget of £6 million it would be prudent to have an amount earmarked for unforeseen events and circumstances.

The Schools Outturn of Expenditure for 2010-11 is included later in this report. This shows a carry forward of £136,423 or 2% of the budget that was available. It has already been factored into the budget for 2011-12. Towards half of this amount was not planned for, but arose from a combination of factors such as reduced staffing costs, resulting from staff changes during the financial year and despite anticipating problems, energy bills being lower than the allocated amounts.

PUPIL ACHIEVEMENTS AND SCHOOL STANDARDS This autumn, for the third time, the Welsh Government has produced an “All Wales Core Data Set.” It provides comparative performance data from contextually similar schools. We are now in a family of eleven comparable schools of which our intake is rated as the second “most challenged.” This might lead to the expectation that we will be one of the lowest performers in this group, but just as in 2009 and 2010, indications this year in the majority of categories, do not show this to be the case. It also compares our achievements with those across Wales and in Cardiff, for which we would hope and expect to be above the average on every single criterion; this is in fact the case. Most of our key outcomes at the end of Key Stage 3 continue to be above the average for this family of schools with the figures at level 5 and above being English 81.2% (85.8% 2010, 82% 2009), Mathematics 88.1% , (94.2% 2010, 87.3% 2009), Science 90.4%, (89.2% 2010, 87.7% 2009), Core Subject Indicator 78.2% , (82.3% 2010, 75.7% 2009). However we still need to aim for a greater consistency of outcome, particularly in the foundation subjects. The table below shows our achievement compared to our family.

END OF KEY STAGE 3 (YEAR 9)

Criterion Above, on or below family Position in the family of 11 average

English Level 5+ Below 7th

Mathematics Level 5+ Above 4th

Science Level 5+ Above 3rd

Core Subject Indicator Above 4th

English Level 6+ Above 5th

Mathematics Level 6+ Above 1st

Science Level 6+ Above 2nd At GCSE level the percentage of Year 11 pupils achieving 5 or more grades A*- C or their equivalent was 80% the highest ever achieved. Achievements at 5 or more grades A*- G or equivalent was 96%. We continue to review the curriculum in order to try and provide opportunities for all to succeed. Again there is a table below comparing our performance within our family of schools, (as above we are above the Wales and Cardiff averages in all criterion). Again our place in the family as the second ‘most challenged’ would lead one to anticipate a low placing out of the eleven schools.

END OF KEY STAGE 4 (YEAR 11)

Criterion Above, on or below family Position in the family of 11 average

Level 2 Threshold, including Above 2nd English and Mathematics

Level 2 Threshold Above 2nd

Core Subject Indicator Above 2nd

English Level 2 Threshold Above 2nd

Mathematics Level 2 Above 2nd Threshold

Science Level 2 Threshold Above 4th

Level 1 Threshold Above 5th

Average Wider Points Above 4th score

Mathematics Level 1 On =5th Threshold

English Level 1 Threshold Above 6th

Science Level 1 Threshold Below =5th

Overall given these new tables and their challenges, we believe that these continue to show the school in a positive light, not a position that cannot be improved but nevertheless one with a lot of good features at both key stages 3 and 4.

There were both strengths and areas for further development with the results at 16 to 19. With the inclusion of the Welsh Baccalaureate, 43% of passes at A2 level were at grades A*/A, 82% at grades A* - C and 98% at grades A* - E. These are the highest that the school has achieved. However without the Welsh Baccalaureate these figures become 26% at A*/A and 76% at A* - C, both of these figures being neither the highest nor lowest achieved in recent years. The school was disappointed with the AS level outcomes, where the 85% pass rate did not continue the progress of 2010. The school is currently considering the entry thresholds to these courses which are lower than many other institutions. Here emphasis has always been placed upon providing opportunities for as many students as possible, but it is time to reflect upon whether some of these are misplaced ones.

On behalf of parents, the Governors have as always passed on their thanks for the efforts of all staff in contributing to the various achievements by our pupils, with particular success this year at Key Stage 4.

As always the behaviour of the great majority of pupils continues to bring credit both to themselves and their parents, inside school, Last year as Governors we were delighted that the Estyn visit in June 2010 found that pupils “behave well in lessons and around the school” and that “pupils are polite and respectful” and that “relationships between staff and pupils and between pupils themselves are good.” This has been followed by a review carried out with the local authority in June 2011. This found that “behavioural management is a strength of the school. Behaviour in lessons, in narrow corridors and stairs, and around the school is exemplary. Pupils show respect and are courteous towards each other, members of staff and visitors to the school. This creates a very calm and supportive atmosphere that contributes positively to pupils learning. Pupils feel safe and secure and enjoy attending school. All pupils are respected as individuals, regardless of ability, gender, race or disability.” We are not naive to believe that there will never be exceptions to these statements but do believe that overall they reflect very well upon everyone associated with the school.

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES This year has been another outstanding year for providing students with a diverse set of extra- curricular activities that caters for all interests, ages and abilities.

Early July saw the schools performance of West Side Story, an excellent production that allowed both students and staff a platform to showcase their considerable talents. Congratulations must go to all who contributed in making the production so memorable. Creative arts at Llanishen were also celebrated in July by exhibitions held both in the school and the Thornhill Community Centre, whilst the musical skills of our students were clear for all to see during the Christmas Service at Highfields Church and the Eisteddfod Evening held in partnership with our cluster primary schools.

In February the “Everyone Writes Day” was integrated into the new Year 7 project, giving literacy a high profile with a wide range of writers, authors, journalists and crime scene investigators visiting the school and giving the students an insight into different styles of writing. These literacy skills were further developed when author Mr. Alan Gibbons came in and provided KS3 students with a workshop on the art of creative writing.

Our current International Schools Status 2009 - 2012 was awarded to the school partly due to the vast array of educational visits and opportunities given to the students both nationally and internationally. 2010 - 2011 was no exception with successful visits to such places as France, Germany, Italy and the USA. Sporting pursuits within the school have again proved to be very varied, accessible and successful. The invaluable work of our 5x60 Officer ensures that pupils participate in sports that don’t form part of the formal structure with activities taking place in school and in the wider community outside school hours. Over 700 students have participated in the 5x60 program of events and have developed their skills in such sports as rock climbing, canoeing and cheer leading. The P.E. department continue to play a very important role in encouraging and developing active participation in physical activities for all abilities and ages. Notable performances included rugby teams participating in the Rosslyn Park 7s tournament, the rugby 1st XV playing in the Welsh final at the Millennium Stadium, and Year 7 girls baseball team being county champions, Year 9 boys cross country team were crowned County, South Wales and National Champions, Year 7 and 8 Boys are the Cardiff Schools Football Cup winners and we were also the U16 Welsh Schools Deaf Football Champions. A number of students also went on to gain representative honours for the county, region and national teams.

Llanishen H.S. was selected this year as the school in Wales to host the Lloyds TSB National Sports Week show case event involving all of our feeder primaries, Sport Wales, county 5x60 officers, the Lord Mayor and Olympic gold medallist Mr Jason Gardiner. The whole day demonstrated how successful cross phase events could be with all students involved in a range of sporting activities. The band, Mayors speech, Olympic mascot and the actual Olympic torch made the event even more special.

Students also continued to lead the county in aspects of well being. The LHS S.N.A.C.K group entered and won in two categories of the Live 'n Cooking Competition - a healthy mid morning snack and lunch time meal suitable to serve in the school canteen. For these and other Healthy Schools initiatives in school we received the county’s overall Healthy Schools Award for “outstanding contributions in promoting health and well being”. This is an achievement we are rightly proud of. The Eco-council continues to tirelessly promote ESDGC in and around the school community. Events this year have included litter picks in the local community, campaigning to get more bins placed on the routes to school, recycling consumables used in school and entering the “Schools in Bloom” and “Climate Week Challenge”. This positive message really does make a difference to our environment.

Work inside the classroom was once again enhanced by all of these extra curricular activities and we as a school are extremely grateful to students, staff and parents for the enormous efforts they commit to the many activities which enrich the life of the school.

PUPIL ROLL AND STAFFING The number of pupils on roll in September 2010 was 1636. This has slightly decreased compared to 1657 in September 2009. The fall in local demography continues but the impact has been mitigated by maintaining strong intake into the Sixth Form and by increasing numbers transferring from our future partner primary schools. The number of teaching staff has increased slightly on last year. The 83 full-time and 25 part- time staff give a full-time equivalent of 97.6 compared to 97.3 last year. The Pupil:Teacher ratio is 16.76:1 compared to 16.94 in 2009-10 and 17.2:1 in 2008-09. There are 20 Learning Support Assistants who work in the mainstream Learning Support area or in the Hearing Impaired Unit as well as alongside teachers throughout the curriculum. Six Classroom Learning Supervisors cover short-term absences of teaching staff.

Governors continue to play an active and responsible role in the recruitment of all new colleagues to the school and in internal appointments to posts of responsibility. The mature and perceptive commitment which students bring to these procedures remains impressive and cannot be underestimated.

Further progress has been made in embedding the remodelling of the school workforce. The Pupil Support Team, where each member is linked to a Year Group, has exceeded our hopes in supporting contact with families, progress of pupils and collaboration of Year Teams. In the Sixth Form, the administrator works closely with the Leader of Learning and the Welsh Baccalaureate Coordinator and students to ensure good progress in all aspects of their studies. Remodelling the core administration team has allowed a clearer structure in supporting the work of the Senior Leaders. We have been heartened by the positive response which has greeted the accessibility of pupil records on line to parents.

We were delighted that the status of Investor in People, first awarded in 2000, was retained in July. The report mentions “excellent teamwork…between a balanced, responsible team which includes all those involved in the school. Clear evidence was seen of the overall success in creating a learning culture for all employees and delegation to staff, creating a sense of responsibility through levels of empowerment.”

CURRICULUM MATTERS Under the Welsh Assembly Government’s Transforming agenda the Cardiff Central 14-19 curriculum planning partnership with Cathays High School, Llanedeyrn High School and Whitchurch High School continues with the school also working with Cardiff High School post 16. The school, alongside its partners at KS4 and post 16, meet the partnership obligations in the Learning and Skills Measure. This outlines a minimum entitlement in terms of possible learning pathways for all students in Wales. Common governance? In line with all schools in Cardiff we are moving towards a degree of common governance between schools, by way of governor involvement in these partnership meetings between schools.

The Welsh Baccalaureate has successfully completed its first full cycle with a pass rate above the national average and a Key stage 4 pilot has started with a group of 80 year 10 pupils. Our provision continues to receive positive feedback from the WJEC, our most recent report stating that the work done at KS5 is clearly well organised and co-ordinated.

In Key Stages 3 & 4 - (Years 7-11)- there continue to be important curriculum developments. All subjects have now entered a new phase with new specifications and assessment arrangements, in particular controlled assessments that have taken the place of coursework. As well as the two successful BTEC courses in Sport and Health and Social Care pupils are also offered BTEC in Work Skills. We have continued to increase the number of pupils following Extended Opportunities courses with Cardiff and The Vale College (formerly Coleg Glan Hafren) this year. The school anticipates a continuing growth in the need for such provision with the expected changes in school numbers.

As Governors we are always pleased to note that the transition process with partner primary schools remains a strong aspect of school life. Feedback from Year 7 parents is very positive about this process and we know that staff always act upon the points that parents make. September 2011 marks the second year of our Year 7 Transition Project. Pupils coming into year 7 experience 30% of their curriculum time with a dedicated transition teacher in one teaching base. The transition team have been trained to deliver English, History, Geography and RE and the project is underpinned by skills based pedagogy with a particular emphasis on developing literacy. The curriculum has been developed alongside our primary colleagues in order to achieve greater continuity in teaching and learning across the cluster and to provide greater challenge to independent learners that we receive into year 7. This has enabled the school to build stronger bridges with Key Stage 2 and the project is closely led and monitored by senior staff. All qualitative and quantitative data shows that the project is having a very positive impact on pupil wellbeing and pupil engagement with the curriculum.

ATTENDANCE The school achieved an overall attendance of 93 % throughout the academic year of 2010- 2011. This was on target and slightly up on last year’s figure of 92.78%. We continue to aim at raising attendance above 93%, although a figure of 95% will shortly be imposed on us by the local authority. Unauthorised absence, showed a very slight increase from 0.91% to 0.98%. We again appeal to parents to both keep us informed as to reasons for absence and not to take holidays during term time. Absences of all kinds impact adversely on pupil progress.

We have had a change in our provision from the Educational Welfare Service. A new Education Welfare Officer has now been attached to the school, albeit one who serves a considerable number of school communities. In addition we have appointed an Attendance Officer who works alongside and supports the EWO. The school feels it has received positive support in the past year from this service and continues to build solid relationships with those involved. The Attendance Officer has specific duties that underpin the work of the EWO whilst working closely alongside the schools Pupil Support Team.

The school uses a number of its own measures that target the improvement of attendance. These include a standard letter with accompanying proforma, which outlines what we can and cannot do - in terms of giving permission for holidays in term time, together with specific periods when for educational reasons, we advise against any holidays being taken. In addition we have been developing a system of texting some parents to indicate that their sons/daughters have not arrived in school or are missing from lessons. The system of electronic registration has now been in place for eight years and allows us to trace attendance not only day-by-day but also lesson-by-lesson. The school will continue to consider what recognition should be given to pupils who maintain very good attendance. The school’s information management system is now incorporated under one provider allowing greater consistency. During 2009-10 the school developed parental access and it is now possible for parents to track individual progress on a secure server from home. It allows parents to see progress and have appropriate behavioural information. Included in this provision is attendance and punctuality. We continue monitoring lateness to school at the gates on a daily basis and ask parents to help us by ensuring pupils are in school no later than 8.25 am.

BUILDINGS AND SCHOOL SITE Our annual quest as governors to improve the environment that we can offer our pupils has continued throughout 2010-11. We are kept fully up to date by the Estates Manager which enables us to contribute to informed decisions.

After constructing a Hair and Beauty salon, obtaining new demountables for teaching of languages, and completely refurbishing the PE changing rooms for both boys and girls in 2009-10 the pace of progress has continued. We have refurbished the East wing hall, with new decor, new flooring, a new suspended ceiling at the stage end and some colourful placards on the walls. The whole of the East wing tower, including classrooms, stairways and landings was redecorated, as was the PE corridor, with a new ceiling and new flooring. Any pupil toilet not improved in the previous year was redecorated. In addition to this, the council did some lated work over the summer holiday. This was the creation of a bus bay in what was part of the staff car park. This has had the knock on effect of us no longer being able to accommodate 6th form cars on the site.

We are grateful to the Estates Manager and his team for successfully overseeing all of these projects.

LINKS WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY The school continues to work very closely with its partner primary schools and greatly values these positive links. Our primary colleagues continue to play an active role in the successful year 7 project. This year saw the introduction of a very successful KS2/3 skills based project on the theme of the Olympics to further develop continuity in learning and teaching. We try, wherever invited, to be represented upon the Governing bodies of these schools and we are delighted that our Governing body continues to have colleagues from the primary sector. We have established very positive links with our new partner primary schools who are engaging fully in cross phase KS2/3 planning for assessment as well as our ongoing plans for transition. Through our Transition Plan 2010-13 we are leading a cluster PLC on global citizenship to further enhance our curriculum.

The Parent Teacher Association remains a much-valued body of support to the school. Their programme of activities raises funds that help to enrich the life of the school. We are equally grateful for the work that its members often do behind the scenes, helping with productions and providing refreshments during concerts. Our continued links with the Llanishen Rotary Club have gone from strength to strength. They have attended and sponsored awards at our School Awards Evening, helped in reviving the tradition of a Debating Society within the school and supported our students in a variety of other ways.

We continue to work closely with the local police. They support and contribute to our PSE programme and have worked alongside us in dealing with issues that cross back and forth from the local community into school. We have also provided a base within the school with the Attendance Officer from which the Police Community Support Officer can work and support the school. Our positive working relationship with the PCSO in Llanishen Station has now evolved to include a series of visits for our pupils to the local police station to experience the reality of spending time in a police cell and having finger prints taken.

Ongoing links are well established with the North Cardiff Medical Centre Youth Forum and Sainsbury’s supermarket. The former continue to offer support to our young people and has evolved this year to include training for our pupils to become peer mentors in areas such as bereavement and stress. The latter continues to consider the welfare of young people in the north of the city. We are hopng to build positive links with the store which will also help to give it a profile within the school. We hope that this will help to counter-act the anti-social behaviour in the vicinity of the store of some groups of young people. They, along with Morrisons supermarket allow us to take our pupils to conduct various surveys with the public which are used to provide real data to be analysed and presented in their Maths lessons.

We are also happy to have links with local places of worship and this year were again given a warm welcome at Highfields Church in Roath for our annual Carol Service. We continue to embed firm links with Rev Michael Whitcombe and the clergy in St Isans Church. With their permission we continue to take our year 7 classes down to St Isans graveyard to reflect upon the place of the church in our community and the sacred nature of the church grounds. This will also be the second December that we have taken the whole of year 7 down to the church to participate in a Christmas service. This has had a very positive impact on the spiritual and moral development of our pupils as well as encouraging them to show a respectful attitude to our immediate community.

The leader of the Youth Centre has continued to be a co-opted member of the Governing body. This has helped to ensure that we work together for each other’s mutual benefit. The staff in the youth annexe have worked alongside our staff to develop a ‘Building Self Esteem’ project for disaffected pupils at KS3. This is now fully operational in years 7, 8 and 9 and is having a positive effect on the emotional development of the pupils involved as well as enabling them to achieve the initial Lord Mayors Young Achievers Award in recognition of the progress they make.

A successful Parent Focus Group (PFG) has met regularly through the year to discuss current and wider issues relating to school policy.

We continue to work closely with Careers Wales and have received a comprehensive report from them on all the work that they carried out in conjunction with the school during 2010- 11. There is no doubt that our pupils are benefiting from ever increasing links with the world of work, business and commerce. Arrangements for Work Experience for both Years 11 and 12 were very comprehensive and successful. The Welsh Baccalaureate has proved very successful this year and has been enhanced by strong links with the community. We are very grateful to all the local businesses and employers who support us in these ventures.

CONCLUSION The governors are pleased to be able to present this report to you. As ever we would like to thank you for your support of the school and the part you play in partnership with us in encouraging your sons and daughters to succeed to the best of their abilities and aptitudes. Together we will hope to go on providing a school in which everybody can have this opportunity to succeed.

APPENDIX INFORMATION

APPENDIX 1 ...... FINANCIAL STATEMENT

APPENDIX 2 ...... SCHOOL PERFORMANCE: PUPILS’ ATTENDANCE 2010/2011

APPENDIX 3 ...... KEY STAGE 3 NATIONAL CURRICULUM RESULTS

APPENDIX 4 SUMMARY REPORT OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF PUPILS AGED 15 & 17 2010/2011

APPENDIX 5 ...... NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS KEY STAGE 4

APPENDIX 6 ...... NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS KEY STAGE 3

Attendance Summary Report

Cardiff Llanishen High School

Attendance percentage of possible sessions for pupils on roll and leavers of compulsory school age only

Age DOB Attended (%) Authorised absences (%) Unauthorised absences (%) B G Total B G Total B G Total

15 01/09/1994 - 93.6 92.4 93.0 4.6 5.6 5.1 1.8 2.0 1.9 31/08/1995 14 01/09/1995 - 92.6 91.7 92.1 6.0 6.1 6.1 1.4 2.3 1.8 31/08/1996 13 01/09/1996 - 93.5 92.2 92.9 6.3 6.9 6.6 0.3 0.9 0.6 31/08/1997 12 01/09/1997 - 93.4 93.1 93.3 6.6 6.9 6.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 31/08/1998 11 01/09/1998 - 93.9 93.4 93.7 5.4 6.5 6.0 0.7 0.1 0.4 31/08/1999 10 01/09/1999 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 31/08/2000 Less than 10 01/09/2000 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 01/01/3002

All ages 93.4 92.6 93.0 5.8 6.4 6.1 0.8 1.1 0.9

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Attendance Summary Report

Cardiff Llanishen High School

Attendance actuals of possible sessions for pupils on roll and leavers of compulsory school age only

Age DOB Sessions Possible Attended Authorised absences Unauthorised absences

B G Total B G Total B G Total B G Total

15 01/09/1994 - 42040 41020 83060 39361 37903 77264 1942 2297 4239 737 820 1557 31/08/1995

14 01/09/1995 - 41462 40294 81756 38378 36930 75308 2500 2457 4957 584 907 1491 31/08/1996

13 01/09/1996 - 42086 39390 81476 39340 36332 75672 2635 2719 5354 111 339 450 31/08/1997

12 01/09/1997 - 44772 38408 83180 41802 35764 77566 2937 2636 5573 33 8 41 31/08/1998

11 01/09/1998 - 37598 39900 77498 35303 37276 72579 2030 2586 4616 265 38 303 31/08/1999

10 01/09/1999 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31/08/2000

Less than 10 01/09/2000 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01/01/3002

All ages 207958 199012 406970 194184 184205 378389 12044 12695 24739 1730 2112 3842

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SUMMARY OF KEY STAGE 3 TARGETS 2011

School: Llanishen High School

Key Stage 3: 2013 Date of Birth - 01/09/1998 to 31/08/1999

Boys Girls Pupils

Predicted Number of Year 9 Pupils 127 135 262

Numer and Level 3 or below Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 5+ Percentages of pupils at each Boys Girls Pupils Boys Girls Pupils Boys Girls Pupils Boys Girls Pupils Boys Girls Pupils Boys Girls Pupils Boys Girls Pupils level

English 3 1 4 18 9 27 55 49 104 35 49 84 16 25 41 0 2 2 106 125 231

2.4% 0.7% 1.5% 14.2% 6.7% 10.3% 43.3% 36.3% 39.7% 27.6% 36.3% 32.1% 12.6% 18.5% 15.6% 0% 1.5% 0.8% 83.5% 92.6% 88.2%

Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Mathematics 3 2 5 12 12 24 35 38 73 42 46 88 33 37 70 2 0 2 112 121 233

2.4% 1.5% 1.9% 9.4% 8.9% 9.2% 27.6% 28.1% 27.9% 33.1% 34.1% 33.6% 26% 27.4% 26.7% 1.6% 0% 0.8% 88.2% 89.6% 88.9%

Science 1 1 2 11 9 20 47 49 96 45 51 96 21 23 44 2 2 4 115 125 240

0.8% 0.7% 0.8% 8.7% 6.7% 7.6% 37% 36.3% 36.6% 35.4% 37.8% 36.6% 16.5% 17% 16.8% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5% 90.6% 92.6% 91.6%

Core Subject 100 110 210 Indicator 78.7% 81.5% 80.2%

Date Printed: 11 November, 2011 12:04pm

School: Llanishen High School

Key Stage 3: 2014 Date of Birth - 01/09/1999 to 31/08/2000

Boys Girls Pupils

Predicted Number of Year 9 Pupils 140 125 265

English 6 3 9 23 9 32 58 46 104 37 45 82 16 21 37 0 1 1 111 113 224

4.3% 2.4% 3.4% 16.4% 7.2% 12.1% 41.4% 36.8% 39.2% 26.4% 36% 30.9% 11.4% 16.8% 14% 0% 0.8% 0.4% 79.3% 90.4% 84.5%

Welsh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

Mathematics 3 2 5 18 12 30 38 32 70 44 44 88 35 35 70 2 0 2 119 111 230

2.1% 1.6% 1.9% 12.9% 9.6% 11.3% 27.1% 25.6% 26.4% 31.4% 35.2% 33.2% 25% 28% 26.4% 1.4% 0% 0.8% 85% 88.8% 86.8%

Science 2 1 3 15 9 24 49 45 94 47 47 94 23 21 44 4 2 6 123 115 238

1.4% 0.8% 1.1% 10.7% 7.2% 9.1% 35% 36% 35.5% 33.6% 37.6% 35.5% 16.4% 16.8% 16.6% 2.9% 1.6% 2.3% 87.9% 92% 89.8%

Core Subject 103 102 205 Indicator 73.6% 81.6% 77.4%

Date Printed: 11 November, 2011 12:07pm

Llanlllishen High School Friday 11 November 2011

Key Stage 4 (2013): SUMMARY Version 1 (07-November-11) Date of Birth - 01/09/1996 to 31/08/1997

Boys Girls Pupils

Predicted Number of Year 11 Pupils 136 131 267

136 131 267 Pupils entered for at least one examination 100% 100% 100%

0 0 0 Pupils leaving without a recognised qualification 0% 0% 0%

Achieving the level 2 threshold including a GCSE pass 95 97 192 in English or Welsh first language and mathematics 69.9% 74% 71.9%

111 110 221 Achieving the level 2 threshold 81.6% 84% 82.8%

Gaining GCSE grades A*-C of each of English or Welsh, 94 94 188 Mathematics and Science in combination (Core Subject Indicator) 69.1% 71.8% 70.4%

133 129 262 Achieving the level 1 threshold 97.8% 98.5% 98.1%

111 110 221 Gaining at least 5 GCSE's grade A*-C or equivalent 81.6% 84% 82.8%

133 129 262 Gaining at least 5 GCSE's grade A*-G or equivalent 97.8% 98.5% 98.1%

Schools Advisory Service Target Setting 2011

Llanishen High School Friday 11 November 2011

Key Stage 4 (2014): SUMMARY Version 1 (07-November-11) Date of Birth - 01/09/1997 to 31/08/1998

Boys Girls Pupils

Predicted Number of Year 11 Pupils 147 123 270

147 123 270 Pupils entered for at least one examination 100% 100% 100%

0 0 0 Pupils leaving without a recognised qualification 0% 0% 0%

Achieving the level 2 threshold including a GCSE pass 99 90 189 in English or Welsh first language and mathematics 67.3% 73.2% 70%

116 107 223 Achieving the level 2 threshold 78.9% 87% 82.6%

Gaining GCSE grades A*-C of each of English or Welsh, 97 88 185 Mathematics and Science in combination (Core Subject Indicator) 66% 71.5% 68.5%

142 121 263 Achieving the level 1 threshold 96.6% 98.4% 97.4%

116 107 223 Gaining at least 5 GCSE's grade A*-C or equivalent 78.9% 87% 82.6%

142 121 263 Gaining at least 5 GCSE's grade A*-G or equivalent 96.6% 98.4% 97.4%

CITY AND COUNTY OF CARDIFF COUNCIL SCHOOLS OUTTURN OF EXPENDITURE 2010-2011

Governing Body of Llanishen High School

Governor Actual Approved Expenditure Budget £ £ £ £ Staffing costs Teaching Costs 4,319,731 4,272,271 Special Needs Teachers 121,582 121,563 Teachers for statemented pupils 126,186 136,302 Short Term Supply 55,300 73,081 Long Term Supply 98,783 98,289 Special Needs Support Staff 232,D53 235,361 Nursery Asstsl Teachers Aides I Adult Helpers 259,705 243,319 Foreign Language Assistants 14,432 14,796 Technicians 144,040 142,625 Mid Day Supervisors 0 7,992 Library Staff 0 0 Administrative Staff 305,764 295,875 Non teaching supply costs 0 242 Training Costs 10,000 4,364 Other Staff Costs 0 200 Performance Management 17,648 14,252

Total Staffing Costs 5,705,224 5,660,531

Premises Related Costs Caretaking Staff 104,192 103,596 Domestic Staff 0 0 Grounds Staff 17,000 15,072 Cleaning Costs 178,320 180,471 Energy Costs 96,000 86,004 Rates 128,183 128,183 Repairs and Maintenance 138,203 191,440 Water 18,000 13,770

Total Premises Related Costs 679,898 718,534

Transport Costs Pupil Transport Costs 0 0 Staff Transport Costs 0 0 Vehichle Costs 1,500 240

Total Transport Costs 1,500 240

Supplies and Services Teaching Materials 166,180 210,904 Equipment, Furniture, Materials & music tuition 21,000 66,817 Library Books & Materials 8,500 10,794 Catering Costs 3,675 222 Unallocated I Savings to be found 83,083 0 Communications Equipment and Services 43,820 11,080 Consultants Fees 0 0 Examinations Fees 139,000 150,072 Games & School Activities 10,000 25,282 Clerk to Governing Body 2,483 2,488 Other office costs 8,563 0 Printing & Stationery 0 0 Pupil Exclusions 0 0 Subsistence and expenses 1,000 6,873

Total Supplies and Services 487,304 484,533

Central Services School Meals 27,098 30,595 Service Level Agreements 35,640 35,672

Total for Central Services 62,738 66,267

Income Additional Central Funding -75,600 -81,458 Community Education 0 0 Donations -74,640 -102,321 Lettings -10,000 -11,349 Other Income 0 -17,044 Grant Income -5,300 -10,528 Sales 0 -57,641 School Meals Recharge 0 0 Training and Tuition Income -24,300 -39,365

Total Income -189,840 -319,705 Interest and Other Interest on investments o o School Investments o o Withdrawl Investments o o

Temporary Loans o o Temporary Loans o o Interest o ---.7 0 0 o Total Interest and Other

Total Net Expenditure 6,746,824 6,610,400

Less Uninvested Balance Brought Forward -164,739 Less earmarked Rates -128,183 -128,183 Contribution to I from balances -28,316

Revised Net Expenditure 6,453,902 6,453,902

Summary

Total resources available in 2010-2011 £

School balances Brought forward from 2009-2010 164,739 School Loans Brought forward from 2009-2010 0 Prior Year Adjustment 0 Total delegated resources 6,582,084

Total 6,746,823

Actual Expenditure 6,610,400 Less change in investments 0 Less Movements inTemporary Loan 0 Less variance in earmarked rates 0

Total balance carried forward to 2011-2012 136,423

Statement of Balances Held £

Uninvested Balance as at 31st March 2011 136,423 Invested Balance as at 31st March 2011 0 Outstanding Loans as at 31st March 2011 0 Total Balances held as at 31st March 2011, 136,423 l3Y5O .. J for Chief Corporate Services and Section 151 Officer Llanishen Provisional SSSP Summary of Secondary School Performance (1) LA/School No. 681 14051

Pupils aged 15

Number of pupils aged 15 who were on roll in January 2011 : 267

Percentage of pupils aged 15 who:

achieved the Level 2 threshold Average entered at least achieved the achieved the Average wider including a GCSE pass in Core Subject capped (3) one Level 1 Level 2 points score English or Welsh first language Indicator (2) wider points qualification threshold threshold per pupil and mathematics score per pupil

School 2010/11 100 96 80 68 67 339 452

LA Area 2010/11 100 89 63 48 47 304 384

Wales 2010/11 100 90 67 50 48 310 414

School 09/10/11 100 94 74 63 63 443

School 08/09/10 100 94 70 60 59 430

Number of boys aged 15 who were on roll in January 2011 135

Percentage of boys aged 15 who:

School 2010/11 100 97 79 66 66 334 438

LA Area 2010111 100 88 58 44 44 291 361

Wales 2010/11 100 88 62 46 45 297 392

School 09/10/11 100 96 74 61 61 439

School 08/09/10 100 95 70 58 57 425

Number of girls aged 15 who were on roll in January 2011 : 132

Percentage of girls aged 15 who:

School 2010/11 100 95 82 70 68 343 465

LA Area 2010/11 100 91 68 52 50 318 408

Wales 2010/11 100 92 72 53 51 324 437

School 09/10/11 100 93 75 65 64 447

School 08/09/10 100 93 71 62 61 434

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