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South West Regional Report South West Regional Report 2012/13 Annual Report 2012/13 South West regional report South West regional report Compared with some regions, the South West has low levels of deprivation.1 In 2012/13, there were 152,870 pupils eligible for the pupil premium.2 Higher levels of deprivation are found in urban areas, in communities along the coast and on the peninsula. It has the highest proportion of people of state pension age and above. It is also the least ethnically diverse region. Tewkesbury Gloucester Gloucestershire Cirencester SOUTH SWINDON GLOUCESTERSHIRE BRISTOL NORTH Chippenham SOMERSET Weston- BATH & N.E. super-Mare SOMERSET Wiltshire Minehead Warminster Somerset Taunton Salisbury t rse Bideford me YeovilSo th ou Tiverton S Devon Dorset Bridport Exeter POOLE BOURNEMOUTH Weymouth Newquay Bodmin Cornwall TORBAY PLYMOUTH Truro Penzance ISLES OF SCILLY 1 Social & Welfare, South West Observatory; www.swo.org.uk/sotsw2012/social-welfare/. 2 Pupils eligible for pupil premium funding are those eligible for free school meals, children in public care and children from Armed Services families. Source: Local Area Interactive Tool, Department for Education: www.education.gov.uk. 2 Annual Report 2013 South West regional report Primary and secondary schools, despite Director’s summary improvements, do not serve pupils eligible for free school meals well enough. The proportion of good or outstanding primary schools has improved at a greater rate than nationally. Consequently, over 47,000 more primary pupils are now taught in good or outstanding schools than a year ago. In contrast, only 1,100 more secondary pupils are now taught in good or outstanding schools than a year ago. The proportion of pupils attending a good or Bradley Simmons, outstanding school is just above the national level. Pass Acting Regional Director, rates for pupils eligible for free school meals at Key Stage South West 2 and at GCSE were well adrift of the national pass rates for similar pupils in almost every local authority across the South West.4 In some cases, the pupils eligible for free The proportion of good or outstanding primary school meals in otherwise high performing schools, often and secondary schools in the South West increased serving more advantaged areas, did far worse than similar during 2012/13. As a result, over 48,000 more pupils pupils in schools with a high proportion of pupils eligible now benefit from a good or outstanding education for free school meals. than was the case 12 months ago.3 Two-thirds of further education (FE) and skills providers inspected The large majority of FE and skills providers are in 2012/13 either improved to, or remained, good or good or outstanding. All sixth form colleges, two outstanding. of the three specialist agricultural colleges, 10 of the 12 independent specialist colleges and 17 of the 21 Despite the improving picture, too many children general further education (GFE) colleges are good or and young people from poorer backgrounds do not outstanding. However, City of Bristol College, one of the do well enough. In more affluent areas, as well as largest GFE colleges, is inadequate. Of the 21 providers in more economically deprived communities, pupils in community learning and skills,5 11 were judged as eligible for free school meals do not achieve as well requires improvement and, of the 36 independent learning as their peers. A key priority for the region is to providers, only five are less than good. Apprenticeship tackle complacency about the quality of education success rates continue to be almost three percentage when so many of our children and young people from points above the England level.6 poorer families are underachieving. Figure 1: Overall inspection judgements by proportion of pupils for the South West, as at 31 August 2013 62 50 58 21 25 21 24 10 16 9 Primary 2 Secondary 4 FE schools schools colleges1 Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate 1 FE colleges includes general further education/tertiary colleges, higher education institutions, independent specialist colleges, sixth form colleges and specialist FE colleges. 3 This includes nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, and pupil referral units. 4 Local Area Interactive Tool, Department for Education; www.education.gov.uk. All attainment data in this chapter is for 2012. 5 Some of these providers have closed or merged during the 2012-13 academic year. 6 Apprenticeship success rates, The Data Service; www.thedataservice.org.uk/Statistics/fe_data_library/Apprenticeships/ www.ofsted.gov.uk 3 South West regional report below the national level. The proportion of learners gaining Pupil attainment in the level 3 by age 19 was also below that nationally.7 South West National test results in 2012 for all pupils were similar Attainment in the Early Years Foundation Stage and at to those nationally, but mask the fact that at Key Stage the end of both Key Stage 1 and 2 was above the national 2, attainment for pupils eligible for free school meals level. However, the percentage of pupils gaining five A* to was simply not good enough. In every single local C grades at GCSE, including English and mathematics, was authority,8 the proportion of pupils eligible for free Figure 2: Pupil attainment in the South West at ages 5, 7, 11, 16 and 19 in 20121 Percentage 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 64.0 65.0 Age 52 87.0 88.0 Age 73 79.0 80.0 Age 114 57.5 59.4 Age 165 56.2 57.9 Age 196 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Dots show county/UA data Multiple areas appear darker National level South West level 1 Visit the regional performance interactive tool on our website to explore these data further and to look at regional comparisons, at: www.ofsted.gov.uk/annualreport1213/regional-performance-2012 2 % of children achieving a good Level of development at Early Years Foundation Stage 3 % of pupils attaining at least Level 2 in reading at Key Stage 1 assessments 4 % of pupils attaining at least Level 4 in English and mathematics at Key Stage 2 assessments 5 % of pupils attaining at least five GCSEs or equivalent at Grades A*–C, including English and mathematics 6 % of pupils attaining a level 3 qualification at age 19 7 Local Area Interactive Tool, Department for Education; www.education.gov.uk. All attainment data in this chapter is for 2012. 8 The Isles of Scilly are excluded from this analysis as they have only one school and no pupils eligible for free school meals reported in the 2012 test and examination results. 4 Annual Report 2013 South West regional report school meals who gained Level 4 or above in English and mathematics was below that for similar pupils nationally. The performance of schools varied greatly both between At Key Stage 4, the picture was equally poor. In all South West local authorities except Poole, the proportion of and within local authorities pupils eligible for free school meals gaining five good GCSE grades, including English and mathematics, was below the In all but two South West local authorities, the proportion national level for similar pupils, especially so in Swindon, of pupils attending primary schools judged good or Dorset and Bristol. outstanding at their last inspection has increased. Bristol had the greatest increase in the proportion of good or The situation is little better at age 19. The proportion of outstanding primary schools in 2012/13. In six of the learners previously eligible for free school meals gaining a 16 local authorities, the proportion of pupils attending level 3 qualification by age 19 was below the national level secondary schools judged good or outstanding at their last for similar learners in all South West local authorities, with inspection has fallen. the exception of North Somerset. In Swindon, less than a fifth of such learners gained a level 3 qualification. Table 1: Percentage of primary and secondary pupils attending good or outstanding schools by local authority in the South West Primary schools Secondary schools 2013 Local authority 2013 2013 Local suthority 2013 Rank (education) % Rank (education) % 14= Dorset 89 1= Bath and North East Somerset 100 21= Poole 88 32= North Somerset 88 28= Devon 86 37= Poole 86 28= Gloucestershire 86 37= Dorset 86 32= Torbay 85 48= Cornwall 82 32= Plymouth 85 51= Wiltshire 81 43= Wiltshire 83 60= Torbay 79 43= City of Bristol 83 72= Devon 76 43= South Gloucestershire 83 84= City of Bristol 73 60= Swindon 81 91= Plymouth 72 68= Cornwall 80 108 Somerset 67 68= Somerset 80 113 Gloucestershire 64 97= Bath and North East Somerset 75 114= South Gloucestershire 63 108= North Somerset 73 134= Bournemouth 53 114= Bournemouth 72 136= Swindon 50 Note: i Isles of Scilly are not included in Table 1 due to the small number of schools in these local authorities. www.ofsted.gov.uk 5 South West regional report There are marked variations in the quality of education good schools inspected in the same local authority area provided in different local authority areas. For example: in the same period, five had declined and only two had improved to become outstanding. ■■ all secondary schools in Bath and North East Somerset were judged good or outstanding compared Ofsted has taken action with some local authorities, with just over a half in Bournemouth challenging and supporting them to improve the quality of education. Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMI) undertook a ■■ less than three quarters of primary pupils in focused inspection in Bristol in June 2013. Fifteen schools Bournemouth and North Somerset attended a good were inspected in a two-week period with a similar number or outstanding school contacted by telephone.
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