Green Room, Challney High School for Boys

CTSA/CHALLENGE PARTNERS HUB MEETING Wednesday 18 May 2016 at 2.00pm to 4.00pm Green Room, Challney High School for Boys MINUTES Present: *Brooklands Farm – Elisabeth Morrison, Nicky Beech Hill Primary – Debbie Bosher (Apologies) Bullard Putteridge High – David Graham (Apologies) *Challney High School for Boys – Daniel Connor Denbigh Primary – Lynne McMulkin (Alan Hodges) (Apologies) Karen Bateman attending instead St Christopher’s Academy – Pam Jones *Dallow Primary – Linda Nouch Downside Primary – Karen Hooker (Apologies) *Leighton Middle – Anne Thompson (Apologies) Holmer Green School – Michael Jones *Denbigh High – Colin Townsend (Apologies) Chris Foxdell Infant/ Junior – Justine Abbott Carter attending instead Luton Sixth Form College – Marc Hulbert *Vandyke Upper School – Tim Carroll (Apologies) (Apologies) Sara Kelby attending instead PiXL – Paul Hammond Tennyson Road Primary – Hilary Powers CLT – Adrian Rogers (Apologies) CTSA – Chris Gill, Angie Woodcraft Challney High School for Girls – Shirley Havard (Apologies) River Bank Primary – Clive Brennan (Apologies) * = Challenge Partners Time Agenda

Welcome, introductions and apologies. 2.00 pm There was another meeting today which could account for a lot of the absences. It was agreed that this meeting would now be exclusively for current Challenge Partner schools or those seriously considering membership.

2.05 pm 1. CTSA support a. Summer CPD sessions. CG outlined these 3 sessions on Timetabling, Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment. The e fliers have gone out, the paper copies are in the post today or distributed at this meeting. DHS have reserved places (5?) for Safer Recruitment. ACTION - ASW to e mail flier to Senior Leaders in all 3 Trust Schools. Razna also. b. CPD Calendar 2016-17. Draft Tree outlined. CG went through all 4 areas of the Tree and the list of programmes was highlighted. All details are on, or will be on, the website. CPD Co-ordinators will be sent a pack with a big poster, post cards and weekly calendar by Monday 20 June. c. Weekly updates on a Monday morning into in boxes. This will be sent to all Senior Leaders in Challenge Partner Schools and CPD Co-ordinators in others. ACTION – ASW to check Karen is on distribution list. ACTION - Attendees to send ASW list of those who they think should get it. SLE application windows now in May and October. Encourage anyone interested in being an SLE to put applications in by end of May. Candidates will then be shortlisted for interview. Those who are successful in the interview will be invited to the training in September to become full SLEs. Karen has 2 possibly for now and 1 for October in a range of subjects. DHS possibly will delay until October. Dallow has none at the moment. Foxdell may well have some. Appropriate Body news. We’ve been working with Dr Challoners to devise an on line system to do the paperwork for AB work. The new on line system has ‘fail safes’ built in and the Head will have final sign off say so. The AB work is really important especially when things go wrong with NQTs. The Induction Day in July to be included in the training cost. ACTION – NQT Induction Day in July – check last years’ or this years’?? ACTION – any already known NQTs should be signed up to us an AB NOW!

2. Update from Challenge Partners a. The Go to Guide is available electronically and has a useful calendar. b. 2016-17 Action Plan. Last year’s plan was met, but it was difficult to evaluate whether this was because of CP or more general Teaching School Activities. The new plan for this year must be much more exclusively focuses on CP activity. c. CP budget. We have funding of £8,200 to use from CP in The Hub. It was agreed that this be used to encourage staff to plan visits to other schools. This will give us up to 41 visits to be made across the hub. Each visit should be written up and collated. 2.20 pm d. QA reviewer training to be developed into more diverse models. e. Leadership Development Days. We have sent out a message asking if any schools could host a day in one particular area. Target to be set in the plan. f. CP Directory very useful also for seeing good practice in action elsewhere. This will be another part of the plan, linked to bringing in nationally good practice to our hub. Action: CG to write protocols for funding of school visits. Action: CG to draft new action plan for 2016-17

3. Challenge Partner recent reviews / Ofsted inspections: sharing of information. CHSB have not had any QAR visits recently. DHS Head has been to Leicester and had a 2.45 pm really positive experience. Dallow have had their QAR but have reported back already and have been visited also. CG will go along as Hub Manager to QAR feedback sessions. Schools to invite him as appropriate.

4. CLT developments. a. Schools joining the CLT do not need to becomes Challenge Partner schools. A discussion was had about making this a necessary part of joining the Trus, but no 3.10 pm decision was made. b. Primary SCITT – due to expand into this next year. Could be another ‘carrot’ for retention.

5. Topics for future meetings. Challenge Partner business only. Item 1 – to agree and flesh out the visit action plan ready for September. Item 2 – share dates of QAR. 3.40 pm Item 3 – national feedback. Meeting dates for the rest of the year are; Thursday 7 July 2016 2pm-4pm (29/06/2016 National meeting) Wednesday 16 November 2016 2pm-4pm (09/11/2016 National meeting) Wednesday 8 February 2017 2pm-4pm (01/02/2017 National meeting) Date of next meeting: 7 July 2016 at 2.00pm.