2010 SCHOOLS NorthEast Secondary Schools Contents Foreword 3 Introduction 5 Using the Families of Schools document 9 How Families of Schools has been used 13 North East in context 15 Family pages 20 Contextual family pages 36 Annex 1 – What it all means: footnotes and explanations 41 Annex 2 – Map of North East secondary schools 47 Annex 3 – School contact details 48 2 Foreword As Chair of SCHOOLS NorthEast, I am delighted to introduce you to the first edition of Families of Schools for the North East, which is based on published 2009 data. SCHOOLS NorthEast aims to create a unique culture of collaboration and support amongst our schools. Due to both the size of our region and its strong sense of regional identity, we have a great opportunity to come together to share experiences, build partnerships and exploit the wealth of expertise that exists within the North East. We already know that there are some fantastic examples of active and transformative partnerships happening in different part of the region right now. However, there is still untapped potential for collaboration across local authority boundaries. This document helps to signpost you to the other schools in our region that are facing similar circumstances to you in order to initiate discussions, compare successful approaches, share good practice and discover opportunities for joint working. This is the first year that Families of Schools has been made available in the North East. Schools in London, Greater Manchester and the Black Country have been using Families of Schools for a number of years and there are some interesting case studies emerging of powerful and transformative relationships that have developed between schools as a result of this resource. Examples of these and more details of approaches to using Families of Schools will be made available on the SCHOOLS NorthEast website ww.schoolsnortheast.com The complete Primary and Secondary Families of Schools documents are available for free from www.families.schoolsnortheast.com On the website you can also create your own custom families by selecting groups from schools across the North East. In the production of this publication every effort has been made to try to ensure that the data is accurate, however if you have any queries about this or any other aspect of Families of Schools please do not hesitate to contact us. We are also keen receive your suggestions as to measures you would like to see included in future versions of this resource. 4 How you choose to use Families of Schools is of course up to you, but please take the time to familiarise yourself with the document and to think creatively about how it might help you to improve your school. SCHOOLS NorthEast is organising a programme of events and projects to support Families to come together, discuss common issues and share effective practice. We hope that this resource will spark your interest and that you will be inspired get involved. Best wishes David Pearmain Chair, SCHOOLS NorthEast and Head Teacher, Kenton School Introduction 1. Families of Schools: the first edition Families of Schools is a school improvement tool which allows Heads and teachers to compare the performance of their school against the performance of other local schools with statistically similar pupil intakes. Teachers can interrogate the data in different ways and can most productively use it as the basis for working collaboratively with other schools to support better outcomes for pupils. Families of Schools was initially designed for use by London secondary schools as part of the London Challenge Programme, however, in recent years the concept has been expanded and resources have been produced for all London schools as well as all schools in the Black Country and Greater Manchester. Given the success of Families of Schools it is now being expanded again so that the resource is available for all schools in the North East. This first edition for 2010, includes GCSE results with and without English and Maths, a Contextual Value Added (CVA) measure and contextual families focusing on English as an Additional Language (EAL) and mobility. 2. How have families been grouped? Schools are grouped into families based on an average of prior attainment data and context data. Prior attainment data is the Average Key Stage 2 (KS2) Point Score (APS) for all pupils in Year 7 to Year 11 matched to KS2 data. • Context data includes: • IDACI data, calculated by linking individual pupil postcodes to Income Deprivation Affecting Children (IDACI) data and compiling an average figure for each school. • The proportion of pupils entitled to receive Free School Meals (FSM). • The IDACI and FSM school averages are combined to give an overall indicator for the School Environment (SE). • The percentage of pupils whose first language is known or believed to have English as an Additional Language (EAL). • A mobility measure, defined as the percentage of pupils in Year 10 or Year 11 who have joined the school within the last 2 years (L2Y). • Schools are grouped into families on the basis of all four factors. The factors are used in proportion to their impact upon Key Stage 4 outcomes, with weightings being: • APS (66%) • SE (20%) • EAL (10%) • L2Y (44%) 1 The Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) is a measure that takes account of different dimensions of deprivation such as housing, education and health. The school IDACI measure reflects the proportion of children living in low income households in the areas that the pupils live in. This is calculated by matching the individual pupil postcodes of children attending each school to the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI), which measures the scale of deprivation in each postcode in the country, and compiling an average IDACI figure for each school.deprivation in each postcode in the country, and compiling an average IDACI figure for each school. 6 Families of Schools The data used for this publication is based on the schools that were open in January 2009, and this means that it includes some schools that subsequently closed and does not include a small number that have opened since then. 3. The Families of Schools main graph This graph plots data for every secondary school in the eight North East Families of Schools. It shows the average prior attainment of pupils at each school (an average of the KS2 APS for all pupils in years 7 to 11) on the Y-axis and a measure of the school context or school environment on the X-axis (an average of the proportion of pupils eligible for FSM and the proportion of pupils living in low income households, as defined above using IDACI). The graph shows how the schools are grouped into families and how the schools within each family have broadly similar characteristics. 4. Contextual families Contextual families bring together schools in the North East with the highest proportion of pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL) and highest proportion of mobile pupils, enabling schools to compare themselves and share their experiences with others, in a similar way to the main families. Schools within these families also tend to have similar Free School Meal and prior attainment statistics. The creation of these families simply recognises that schools providing for large proportions of pupils with these characteristics are likely to share some issues and experiences, and may benefit from making links with other similar schools. 5. Annex 1 What it all means – footnotes and explanations Further information about how the family and contextual data has been calculated and represented can be found in Annex 1 at the back of this document. There is also a key to the specialisms listed in the family pages and an explanation of the mobility and absence measures. Please note: This resource, and the Families of Schools website, is derived from the data published in January 2010 and does not include any subsequent amendments. This means that certain figures may not match those from other resources (e.g. RAISEonline). North East Secondary Schools 7 The Families of School main graph 32 30 ) 1 ( t n Family 1 e m Family 2 n i a Family 3 t t A Family 4 28 r o Family 5 i r P Family 6 e g Family 7 a r e Family 8 v A 26 24 0102030405060 Context of pupils used in prior attainment calculation (2) 1 An average of the Key Stage 2 APS for all pupils in years 7 to 11. 2 An average of the proportion of pupils eligible for FSM and the proportion of pupils living in low income households as defined opposite using IDACI. 8 Using the Families of Schools document The data presented here enables you to compare the output of your school against the outputs of other North East schools with statistically similar pupil intakes. There are many ways in which you can analyse and use the data. 1. Finding a school To locate your school, you should refer to the list of schools in Annex 3 at the back of this document. All schools are listed in alphabetical order in a grid that shows to which family the school belongs. Data for your school will be shown on the appropriate family pages. 2. Making comparisons with other schools The Families of Schools resource is designed to enable you to compare data about your school’s characteristics, improvement and performance with that of other schools. When making comparisons, you are CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHOOLS AND THEIR PUPILS encouraged to look at School Designation VA VA C C C CT C C F C Gender M M M M M M M M M M schools within your family Number of full-time pupils 604 1153 1348 1455 1466 1228 1247 914 1434 1451 and also at neighbouring Boys as a percentage of full-time pupils 47 51 45 51 50 50 49 49 52 50 families.