Millthorpe School
Headteacher’s Report to the Governing Body Wednesday 9 July 2014
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1. Student numbers 1.1. Admissions and Leavers 1.2. Totals in each year group
2. Student progress 2.1. Progress grades – KPIs 2.2. Results of recent examinations
3. Student behaviour 3.1. Exclusions – figures & trends table 3.2. Exclusions – figures & trends graph 3.3. Commentary 3.4. General behaviour
4. Attendance & punctuality 4.1. Attendance – latest figures & trends 4.2. Punctuality – latest figures & trends
5. Staff issues 5.1. Resignations/Retirements/Maternity Leave 5.2. End of Contract 5.3. Appointments 5.4. Vacancies 5.5. Staff Welfare
6. Financial Summary
7. Complaints & Community Relations
8. School Events before the next meeting
9. General Comments
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1 Student Numbers Action?
1.1 Admissions and Leavers since 19 March 2014
8 students have left Millthorpe School.
Year Leaving Date Destination 7 07 05 2014 Danesgate 7 12 05 2014 Archbishop Sentamu Academy, Hull 8 04 04 2014 Test Valley School, Stockbridge 8 04 04 2014 Bramhall High School, Stockport 9 04 04 2014 Queen Ethelburga’s 9 18 06 2014 Danesgate 10 21 03 2014 Danesgate 10 20 06 2014 Danesgate
14 new students have joined us.
Year Joining Date From 7 12 05 2014 Archbishop Holgate’s 7 04 06 2014 Thailand 7 18 06 2014 Romania 8 30 04 2014 Selby High 8 30 04 2014 The Holy Cross School 8 09 06 2014 Manor 8 23 06 2014 St John Fisher Catholic School 9 02 06 2014 Burnholme Community College 9 31 03 2014 Manor 9 18 06 2014 Romania 9 30 06 2014 Romania 9 30 06 2014 Romania 10 28 04 2014 Graham School 10 30 06 2014 Romania
1.2 Totals in each year group at 2 July 2014
Year Males Females Total Year 7 87 78 165 Year 8 103 99 202 Year 9 94 82 176 Year 10 111 89 200 Year 11 90 80 170 Totals 485 428 913
NB: Above figures are for single registration students only. We currently have 1 dual registration-main student. We have 1 subsidiary dual registered student and 3 guest students for whom we receive no funding.
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2 Student Progress Action?
2.1 Progress Grades Students on track to achieve 6 sub-levels progress between Y6 and Y9 Cohort With KS2 End last year Autumn Spring Summer Year 7 English 166 146 n/a n/a 123 = 84% Year 7 Maths 166 146 n/a n/a 125 = 86% Year 8 English 198 184 n/a n/a 149 = 80% Year 8 Maths 198 189 n/a n/a 189 = 100% Year 9 English 176 163 n/a n/a 154 = 94% Year 9 Maths 176 163 n/a n/a 154 = 93%
KS4 Indicators
Proportion of students predicted to gain 5A*-C inc Eng & Maths or better Y10 Y10 Y10 Y11 Y11 Y11 Target Result Autumn Spring Summer Autumn Spring Summer Y10 71% 67% 68% 64% Y11 74% 63% 66% 67% 70% 73% 70%
Proportion of students predicted to make expected (3 levels) progress in English Y10 Y10 Y10 Y11 Y11 Y11 Target Result Autumn Spring Summer Autumn Spring Summer Y10 80% 71% 72% 73% Y11 80% 87% 89% 87% 87% 84% 84%
Proportion of students predicted to make expected (3 levels) progress in Maths Y10 Y10 Y10 Y11 Y11 Y11 Target Result Autumn Spring Summer Autumn Spring Summer Y10 80% 83% 88% 85% Y11 80% 76% 78% 79% 83% 90% 87%
Students in Year 11 are currently predicted to exceed Fischer Family Trust D estimates for all key indicators. With 5A*-C including English and Maths the last Y11 tracking was slightly below our highly ambitious (top 5% of similar schools) target of 74% but the final preparation of our Year 11 students was excellent, so we expect a really good result.
The performance of Year 10 is also very good and continues to exceed Fischer Family Trust D estimates for all key indicators. Now Year 11 have completed their exams, we are identifying which students in Y10 need additional help at subject and school level.
We have established a full data dashboard for the use of the Quality & Curriculum committee of which the tables above are a part.
2.2 Results of recent examinations
There are no recent examination results to report.
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3 Student Behaviour Action?
3.1 Exclusions – figures & trends table
Term 7 8 9 10 11 Total 2010-11 Autumn 3 2 3 3 11
2010-11 Spring 1 3 5 3 1 13 2010-11 Summer 2 4 8 5 1 20 2010-11 Total 44 2011-12 Autumn 1 5 5 25 36 2011-12 Spring 5 4 9 3 21 2011-12 Summer 3 2 4 9 2011-12 Total 66 2012-13 Autumn 1 6 4 4 10 25 2012-13 Spring 3 1 7 5 6 22 2012-13 Summer 3 4 3 4 3 17 2012-13 Total 64 2013-14 Autumn 1 2 4 7 2013-14 Spring 5 2 11 2 20 2013-14 Summer 2 2 8 12 2013-14 Total 39 Grand Total 22 33 44 85 29 213
3.2 Exclusions – figures & trends graph
3.3 Commentary
With two weeks to go in the Summer term, the number of exclusions is fewer than in the Spring term of both of the last two years. Over the previous twelve months we have had 40 exclusions (56 in the twelve months before that). Expressed as a percentage of the numbers on roll, this is 4.4% and much lower than the most recent national average available of 8.0% in 2011-12. The School & Community Committee scrutinises exclusions in more detail.
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3.4 General Behaviour
Each two weeks we update our records of more minor misbehaviour including negative comments, detentions and seclusions. These show a marked reduction compared to last year. Our new system was introduced in the second half of the summer term of 2013 and current minor misbehaviour has remained lower since then. More detailed records are available for further inspection by the School & Community Committee.
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4 Student Attendance & Punctuality Action?
4.1 Attendance – latest figures & trends
WHOLE SCHOOL
From 02 09 2013 – 02 07 2014 To 03 07 2013
Total YEAR Total % Total % % % AA % UA Absence Attend Attend
Year 7 96.9 2.7 0.3 3.0 95.2 Year 8 96.1 3.3 0.5 3.8 94.7 Year 9 95.2 3.7 1.0 4.7 94.4 Year 10 96.1 3.2 0.6 3.8 94.9 Year 11 * 95.8 3.3 0.8 4.1 93.5
* Year 11 attendance up to 09 05 2014 when study leave began.
VULNERABLE GROUPS
From 02 09 13 – 02 07 2014 To 03 07 2013 Total Total % Total % Group % % AA % UA Absence Attend Attend FSM 92.0 5.6 2.3 7.9 90.2 School Action 93.3 5.8 0.8 6.6 90.3 School Action + 91.1 6.3 2.5 8.8 89.6 Statemented 95.1 4.0 0.9 4.9 91.5
4.1.1 Commentary
Attendance is improved on last year and above national average. Nationally, the average attendance is 94.1% with schools similar to our FSM level being on 94.4% (2013 figures).
4.2 Punctuality
YEAR % Lates to 02.07.2014 % Lates to 03.07.2013 Year 7 0.3 0.6 Year 8 0.6 1.5 Year 9 1.8 1.8 Year 10 2.1 3.0 Year 11 1.8 3.5 Whole School 1.3 2.1
4.2.1 Commentary
Lateness is significantly improved on last year. There is no national comparison available.
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5 Staff Issues Action?
5.1 Resignations/Retirements/Maternity Leave
Name Post Leaving
Keith Gowland Teacher of Art - Retirement 31 08 2014 Charlotte Hall Teacher of D&T (maternity cover) - Resignation 23 05 2014
Sasha Hutchinson Head of Geography (Job Share) - Resignation 31 08 2014
Ruth Lloyd Teacher of English - Retirement 31 08 2014
Gareth Owen Teacher of Science - Resignation 31 08 2014
Anthony Thomas Teacher of English - Resignation 31 08 2014
Christine Bramwell Teaching Assistant (TA2) - Resignation 31 08 2014
Stephanie Solly Teaching Assistant (TA2) - Resignation 31 08 2014 Carol Plumridge Teaching Assistant (TA2) - Resignation 31 08 2014
5.2 End of Contract
Name Post Leaving Belinda Cunningham Teacher of Drama - end of Maternity Cover Contract 13 07 2014
Abbey Ellis Teacher of Music - end of Maternity Cover Contract 13 07 2014 Philip Hughes Teacher of MFL - end of Fixed Term Contract 31 08 2014
Christopher Dempsey Teaching Assistant (TA2) - end of Fixed Term Contract 31 08 2014 Natalie Dennis Teaching Assistant (TA2) - end of Fixed Term Contract 31 08 2014
5.3 Appointments
5.3.1 External Name Post Arrival
Suzanne Banks Teacher of English (Permanent, 0.4) 01 09 2014
Charlotte Bates Teacher of English (Permanent, Full Time) 01 09 2014
Jane Cowley Teacher of D&T (Maternity Cover, 0.58) 01 11 2014
Emily Cullen Teacher of English (Permanent, Full Time) 01 09 2014
Robin Curnow Teacher of Science (Permanent, Full Time) 01 09 2014
Eleanor Matthews Teacher of Science (Permanent, Full Time) 01 09 2014
Anna Domin-Boci Teaching Assistant TA3 - EAL (Permanent) 01 09 2014
Graeme Byrne Teaching Assistant TA2 (One Year Fixed Term) 01 09 2014
Carly Stuart Teaching Assistant TA2 (Permanent) 01 09 2014
5.3.2 Internal Name Post Start Date Justine Gray Joint Head of Department (MFL) 01 09 2014 David Winston Joint Head of Department (MFL) 01 09 2014
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5.3 Vacancies
Post Interview Start Date Teaching Assistant (TA2) x 1 - One Year Fixed Term 01 09 2014
5.5 Staff Welfare
We will be rewarding our staff with a meal at the end of a hard but successful year on 18th July when we will also be saying goodbye to those staff moving on to retirement or other employment.
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6 Financial Summary Action?
Budget Summary
These figures are taken from Period 2 Monitoring Report This reflects 16.7% of the financial year
Start Actual Estimated Expected Budget to Date Remaining Outturn Revenue Income £4,538,089 £4,245,970 £290,382 £4,536,352 Capital Income £19,935 £19,935 £0 £19,935 Total income £4,558,024 £4,265,905 £290,382 £4,556,287 Revenue expenditure £4,633,379 £777,964 £3,869,251 £4,647,215 Capital expenditure £19,710 £1,310 £18,400 £19,710 Total expenditure £4,653,089 £779,274 £3,887,651 £4,666,925 In year balance -£95,065 £3,486,631 -£110,638 Opening balance -£91,451 -£91,451 -£91,451 Cumulative balance -£186,516 £3,395,180 -£202,089 carried forward
Devolved Capital
This reflects the position as at 19 June 2014
£ 14/15 Allocation Devolved Capital £19,935 Brought forward from previous year -£225 Total income £19,710
Actual and planned commitments to date:
new window opening to History office. £1,310
Balance remaining £18,400
School Fund
This reflects the position as at 19 June 2014
The balance on the reserve account of the School Fund currently stands at £8,136.71 The balance on all accounts is £11,431.20
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7 Complaints and Community Relations Action?
We received complaints from students and parents about the way a member of staff addressed students and about their quality of teaching. This has been resolved to the satisfaction of the complainants.
We have recently hosted several visits by Y5 students to study Science in our laboratories. I am grateful to Mr Mallen who has run these visits with the help of our technicians Mr Glover and Miss Crook.
Coming up are our well-established Y5 French Café days where Y5 students from local primary schools come to learn French and build a Café in a day, finishing with selling typical French food and drink to other students and parents. It is always an enjoyable day for the primary pupils and their teachers.
We have had several visits out of school involving our community including a visit to the Racecourse where we had a tour of the building works and several of our students learnt about the careers on offer in construction. Mrs Ainsworth also took a team of 4 KS3 Maths students to compete in the UK Maths Team Challenge at the Mount School in April. In May, Mrs Arnold took a group of KS3 students to St Olave’s School to hear a talk by author Patrick Ness.
Our language visits continue to be a real strength of the school’s provision. In May, Miss Bell took 10 KS3 students to Germany as part of our German exchange and in June, Mrs McNulty took 64 students on our annual French trip. We also hosted a visit by our partner school Oken Gymnasium last week. There have also been day visits to the university for our most able in KS3 Languages (Mr Hughes) and a trip to Knavesmire where our Y8 pupils helped our primary pupils to develop their basic French vocabulary inspired by the Grand Depart event (thank you Mrs McNulty). I am very grateful to all of the staff who helped on these visits as they could not take place without the goodwill of staff.
We have many trips and events planned during our last two weeks, and many of them are part of Activities Week, our final week. During this time, about half of Y9 students go to Carlton Lodge for outdoor and adventure activities and the rest of Y9 have a variety of activities of a more practical nature than the usual timetable. We also run an International Day and a Charity Day for Years 7 & 8. Staff once again, give very generously of their time to make these exciting days for our students and I would like to record my thanks for their hard work.
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8 School Events before the next meeting Action?
Unison/GMB/Unite/NUT Strike Action – Thursday 10 July We have 15 members of Unison and 21 members of NUT in school. I am meeting the Chair of Governors on Friday 4 July to make a final decision about our response. The key concern is if I can guarantee the safety of students in the event of an emergency during the day.
Date Event 09 07 2014 Full Governing Body meeting 09 07 2014 Café Day 09 07 2014 New Staff Induction Day 10 07 2014 Café Day 10 07 2014 NUT/UNISON/GMB/UNITE Proposed Industrial Action 11 07 2014 Café Day 11 07 2014 School Quiz (7.00 pm start) 14 07 2014 Year 9 Activities Week 18 07 2014 End of Summer Term 21 07 2014 Disaggregated Training Days (21 & 22 July). Watersports Trip this week.
9 General comments Action?
This has been a good year for Millthorpe School. I have received many positive comments from parents, residents and staff about our students’ behaviour and the improvements evident in the school.
While I am very proud of this, I am also very conscious that it has only been possible with the unstinting hard work and dedication of the staff of the school, and I would like to make sure Governors are fully aware of this.
I would also like to record my thanks for the full support our Governing Body have given the school over the last twelve months, and for the support the Chair has afforded me also.
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