Children's Services Directors' Report to Governors Autumn Term 2018
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Children’s services Directors’ report to governors Autumn term 2018 This report informs governors of current educational developments, both within Ealing and nationally. It includes items of major significance and items on which some form of action may be required by governors. Autumn Term 2018 – Directors’ Report to Governors Introduction by Judith Finlay, Executive Director Children, Adults and Public Health Contents Page 1 Children’s services achievements 6 2 Ealing Learning Partnership (ELP) update July 2018 7 3 Early years updates 10 4 Primary assessment and moderation 13 5 Secondary update: performance tables changes, EBacc reporting and 14 expectations 6 Careers guidance 16 7 New measures to support pupils with special educational needs and 17 disability (SEND) 8 Ealing music service - a broad and balanced curriculum 19 9 Ofsted update 21 10 Understanding your data: a guide for school governors/ trustees 23 11 What maintained schools must publish on line 24 12 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 28 13 Equality Act 2010 – new guidance 29 14 School complaints policy 30 15 Department for Education (DfE) risk tool 31 16 Academies financial handbook 2018 35 17 Good estate management for schools 36 18 Teacher recruitment, retention and tackling workload 37 19 Governing boards work schedule / annual plans 39 20 Governor recruitment and membership 43 21 Revised statutory safeguarding guidance 44 22 Supporting pupils with medical conditions in schools 46 23 New mental health website for schools 47 24 Relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education – 48 draft guidance for schools 25 Whole school approaches to tackling and preventing bullying 49 26 Active travel for the school journey 52 27 Early Help Assessment and Plan (EHAP) update 53 28 School police officers 55 29 School terms and holiday dates 56 30 Admission arrangements 2020/21 60 31 Ealing professional development, training and support 2018/19 61 32 Continuous professional development with the West London Teaching 66 Alliance (WLTA) 33 Lesson study: Ealing Primary Teaching School Alliance (EPTSA) 68 If you wish to receive further details, or make enquiries about any item in the report, please contact directly the named officer whose details are given at the beginning of the item. We now produce two editions of the Directors’ Report a year – spring and autumn. This means that the next Directors’ Report will be sent in spring 2019. Thank you in advance for your continued support. Ealing Council Perceval House 14-16 Uxbridge Road London W5 2HL T: 020 8825 5000 Dear colleagues, I want to thank you for your ongoing commitment to improving the education and life chances of Ealing’s children and young people. I am delighted that the majority of Ealing schools have joined the Ealing Learning Partnership (ELP) which will be in full swing by the time you are reading this in the autumn term. The ELP school improvement model has at its heart a mission: No learner left behind; no school left behind. We are confident that this approach will take school to school improvement practice to a new level. It will ensure that good practice is shared and areas for development will be identified in the spirit of high challenge and low threat. Children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are at the centre of our collective drive to improve outcomes across the borough. The new ELP SEND and Inclusion committee will oversee strategies to promote consistency in the expectation and practice of schools and the Local Authority towards all vulnerable children and young people, including those with SEND. High needs funding is designed to meet the needs of children and young people with the most complex educational challenges. With the increasing numbers of children presenting, we all need to redouble efforts to make sure that the funds are distributed fairly, transparently and are effective in improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND. This last year has seen the successful launch of 30 hours childcare, with 21 Ealing schools benefitting from increased income while making a significant difference to childcare costs for our local families. It has also resulted in more efficient monthly nursery headcount payments and improved financial clarity and sustainability. The highly anticipated introduction of the Early Start Inclusion Service, enhancing the individualised support for young children with SEND and their families, has provided additional support to our children with a good start to their education (93% of three and four-year olds in good or better quality). During the academic year 2017-18 a total of 30 schools had visits from Ofsted and 27 of these received a judgement of good or outstanding. This means that 92% of children and young people of statutory school age are educated in schools deemed good or better by Ofsted. The three schools outside of these parameters are all rapidly improving and are expected to secure good at their next inspection visit. At the time of writing, the overall picture in terms of educational outcomes is very positive and overall results have continued to improve. In primary schools 68% of pupils achieve the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at key stage 2 (KS2). Directors' report Autumn 2018 4 of 70 This is up from 65% in 2017 and is 4% points above the national average. Combined results for key stage 1 (KS1) also improved so that they are now in line with the national average for pupils achieving the expected standard. Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) results have also improved and are now just above the national average. We still have some work to do to make sure standards in reading at both KS1 and KS2 are as high as those in maths and in the grammar, spelling and punctuation tests. The ELP learning communities will enable schools to work together to identify, ‘what works‘, that will help teachers to refine pedagogy and to develop and embed the successful approaches. At secondary level, students sat the new, more challenging reformed grading (9-1) GCSEs across a wide range of subjects including English and maths and all of the Ebacc subjects. The proportion of students achieving a standard pass (grade 4) or above in English and maths was 69.2% and the proportion of students achieving a strong pass (grade 5) or above in English and maths was 52.1%. Both are likely to be above the 2018 national and London averages as is the improved Attainment 8 score of 49.7. Ealing has a high Ebacc entry of 54% with 36.5% of students gaining Ebacc at 4+ and 27.5% at 5+ (all subjects). Progress 8 cannot be calculated accurately at present as it is dependent on the performance of all schools nationally (still awaiting these figures). At post 16, Ealing schools improved the average A level points score to 36.0 (B-). There was a slight decline in the Applied General average points score to 31.6 (Distinction-) which reflects the national picture as the new more challenging programme with external examinations are introduced. I also particularly wish to acknowledge the hard work of the young people, teachers and support staff. Their individual stories and commitment sit behind the headlines and we have good reason to be proud of their tremendous achievements. I know that school leaders are working extremely hard as they face unprecedented challenges in terms of funding levels and teacher recruitment. Many governors have achieved significant improvements through working effectively in partnership with school leaders. Thank you. I look forward to continuing to work with you all as we move to the next phase of partnership working and in further realising the strength of collective ambitions for our children and young people. Best wishes Judith Finlay Executive Director Children, Adults and Public Health Directors' report Autumn 2018 5 of 70 DIRECTORS’ REPORT ITEM NO 1 FOR INFORMATION ATTENTION OF: AUTUMN TERM 2018 All governors TITLE Children’s services achievements SUMMARY This item provides an opportunity for schools and children’s services staff in the council to share their successes and achievements since February 2018 with other schools and colleagues in the Ealing education community. KEY ACTION POINTS If you have a particular success or achievement in your school that you would like to tell us about please submit an item for the next Directors’ Report by 21 December 2018. The item should be sent to [email protected] with ‘children’s services achievements’ in the title line. AUTHOR / TITLE Ealing Grid for Learning (EGfL) Web Team / various contributors TELEPHONE NO. 020 8825 8245 EMAIL ADDRESS [email protected] Woodland wonder wins architecture awards Belvue School has won two awards from the Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA). The Ealing special school and the building designers, StudioWeave, wanted to create a building that would open up the imagination of the children in how to engage with the natural woodland area. All of the classrooms in the building are used to teach the pupils and provide two types of much- needed learning spaces for the school: A calm, informal teaching space; and a separate space for a student-run school café. Councillor Yvonne Johnson, the council’s portfolio holder for Schools and Children’s Service, said: “I am delighted that Belvue School has won this award for this outstanding new building. It not only puts the school on the map for its amazing design, but is also an amazing space to teach children and young adults.” St John’s celebrates new build St John’s Primary School held a celebration event on 19 June to mark the opening of its new facilities. The new build will be able to accommodate a three-form entry to local children.