City Council APPENDIX 1 Children & Young People’s Service

Abbeydale Grange

Consultation

Consultation Period 14 September – 23 October 2009

Introduction

This document contains information about Sheffield City Council’s proposal to close Abbeydale Grange Secondary School.

The information is for consultation with:

• Parents and carers, governors, staff and pupils of Abbeydale Grange and its feeder schools; • Members of the local community; • Other interested parties.

The purpose of the consultation is for the Council to:

• Explain the reasons for proposing to close Abbeydale Grange; • Set out the implications of closure for all stakeholders; • Consider whether there are alternative options; • Listen to the views and comments of those affected by the proposal; • Record responses and report back to Cabinet Members.

Consultation will take place between 14 September and 23 October 2009. The consultation process will provide a range of opportunities for information sharing and feedback:

• Meetings • Discussions groups • Surgeries • E-mail and postal address

How to give your feedback

Contact us directly If you want to let us know your views about Abbeydale Grange – what you think about the option of closure, whether there are specific issues we need to think about, or whether there is another option that you would prefer – you can contact us directly and we will make sure your views are passed to Councillors to help them make a decision. Here is how to contact us:

E-mail: [email protected] Post: Abbeydale Grange Consultation (Ref JH), School Organisation Team, Floor 6, Derwent House, 150 Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2JY

Attend a meeting Come along to a meeting and ask your questions or express a view. There are meetings at Abbeydale Grange and at the feeder primary schools throughout the consultation period. A full list of consultation meetings is given at the end of the document.

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Why is closure being considered?

The Council started on a review of Abbeydale Grange in December 2008. The reasons for carrying out a review were the Council’s concerns about the levels of pupil progress and attainment at Abbeydale Grange, and the unpopularity of the school amongst parents in the local area. These issues together raise a serious question about the future viability of Abbeydale Grange. What made the timing of the review more urgent was that the Council needs to decide whether spending £14m of government money to upgrade Abbeydale Grange’s buildings is good value for money. In addition, because Abbeydale Grange is not meeting the government’s new floor target for attainment (30% or more of pupils achieving A*-C at GCSE including English and Maths), there is a requirement for the Council to show that there is a robust and sustainable plan for Abbeydale Grange to improve its attainment. In the review, the Council also chose to discuss the approach to educating pupils that are newcomers to the city from other countries because Abbeydale Grange has a large number of newcomers on its pupil roll.

The Council said that the outcomes of the review must be that:

• young people attending Abbeydale Grange get better results and an improved experience of school; • parents living in the Abbeydale Grange catchment area have access to a catchment school in which they have confidence as a place to send their child; • children newly arrived in Sheffield from other countries get fair access to good education which meets their needs.

These issues are set out in more detail below.

Pupil Progress and Attainment

The level of pupil progress and attainment at Abbeydale Grange has been a matter of concern for some time. Results at GCSE fell between 2006 and 2008 to a low level in comparison to Sheffield and national averages. During 2008 Abbeydale Grange was identified under the National Challenge as one of eight schools in Sheffield not meeting the Government’s new floor target of 30% or more pupils achieving 5 A*-C at GCSE including English and Maths. The Council’s own assessment was that Abbeydale Grange is at high risk of not meeting this target and moving sustainably above this target by the deadline of 2011. For schools in this position, the Government expects Councils to consider the possibility of structural change as a solution to the problem. A structural change might include closure, replacement with an , a trust, or a hard federation (a partnership with another school under a single governing body). During the review period, further evidence was provided by an Ofsted inspection which placed Abbeydale Grange in ‘Special Measures’. The inspection found that the progress of pupils was unsatisfactory, that leadership and management were inadequate and that the school did not have the tracking systems in place to judge attainment and progress outcomes. Although the school has recently been judged to be making satisfactory progress in addressing the concerns raised by Ofsted, there is a considerable way to go before Abbeydale Grange can demonstrate that concerns about the quality of teaching and learning have been addressed. Furthermore, the Council needs to be convinced that Abbeydale Grange can maintain its improvement in a sustainable way.

2 Low Parental Preference

For many years has struggled to attract pupils from the local area. Currently, 9 out of 10 pupils in the catchment area (including Dobcroft) choose to attend other schools mainly in the South West. Other South West schools (King Ecgberts, High Storrs, Silverdale, Tapton and King Edward VII) have sufficient places to take all of the pupils that apply from their own catchment, as well as many from the Abbeydale Grange catchment, and still have room for some pupils from outside the area. According to the survey of parents of pupils in Y6 carried out in the review period, the reasons why parents don’t choose Abbeydale Grange include concerns about attainment and behaviour, but also a perception that other local schools, all of which have sixth forms and much higher levels of attainment, would provide better opportunities for their child. These trends in parental preference are long-standing.

Due to the low intake from the catchment area, some of Abbeydale Grange’s available places have tended to fill mid-year with pupils that are newly arrived in the city or that have moved from other schools. This unstable pupil population is very challenging for Abbeydale Grange to manage well and is likely to have contributed to difficulties in raising attainment.

The number of pupils needing secondary school places in Sheffield will fall steeply in the next six years. Abbeydale Grange’s number on roll is already very low by national standards. There is a high probability that with lower admissions at Year 7 and higher year groups leaving, that the school’s roll will continue to fall significantly from its current 550 towards 400 or even below. As the pupil roll falls, Abbeydale Grange will have fewer resources to be able to lead and manage the curriculum and will find it more challenging to provide a good quality of education. While secondary school intakes across the city will start to rise from 2014 (including in Abbeydale Grange’s catchment), growth in Abbeydale Grange’s numbers is unlikely to come from positive parental preference.

Provision for Pupils that are Newcomers to the City

Abbeydale Grange has a larger number of pupils that are new to the city from other countries than other schools. This is as a result of its available places and also because Abbeydale Grange has been very welcoming to these pupils and their families. Abbeydale Grange is praised for its care and commitment to newcomer pupils and for its culture of respect for diversity, but the Ofsted inspection highlighted that pupil progress needed to improve. The Council endorses the principles identified in the review that newly-arrived pupils should be educated in mainstream rather than segregated settings and that personalised support for pupils and families should be accessible within the local community.

Summary

The Council’s role is to ensure that every child in Sheffield has the opportunity to access a good quality of secondary education and fulfil their potential. Where there are serious concerns that this is not the case, the Council must step in and act. Not only must the Council ensure that immediate action is taken to improve the prospects for young people currently at Abbeydale Grange, but it must be satisfied that the school is on a footing to deliver a good quality of education into the future. That work must go alongside the need to make sure that more local parents see their local school as their first choice. Further, the Council must now make sure that it makes the right long term decisions when investing the money available for secondary schools through the Building Schools for the Future programme. These are the questions that Sheffield has to consider about Abbeydale Grange, and why it is considering whether closure is an appropriate option.

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What alternative options have been considered?

At the outset of the review, the Council set out what it believed to be the main options that might be considered for the future of Abbeydale Grange. It was important that the option that the Council would ultimately adopt should address the three main issues: improve attainment, raise the confidence of local parents, and provide at least as good or better education for pupils new to the city. During the review, the options were discussed by an Advisory Group which included representatives from Abbeydale Grange, its parents, governors, members of the local community and Council officers. A summary of the Council’s assessment of the options is given in the bullet points below.

Rebuilding/refurbishing the school building and seeking to improve the school further largely on its current basis

• Investment in the buildings would create a more motivating and aspirational environment for pupils and staff; • It would not be enough on its own to bring about improvements to teaching and learning without bringing in external support for the leadership; • It would risk investing significant capital (£14m) without clear evidence that the quality of education would improve or that long-term sustainability would be enhanced.

Federation with another more successful school (combined with rebuilding or refurbishing the school)

• Soft federation was the preferred option of the majority of members of the Advisory Group because it would bring in the support and expertise of a partner school to help raise attainment but without losing the special ethos of the school. Soft federation is where the governing bodies of two or more schools agree to collaborate; • The Council’s view was that soft federation might be a good short-term solution to help Abbeydale Grange improve, but that in the long-term the school needed the commitment of a successful school as part of a hard federation in order to achieve sustainable improvement and to demonstrate change to local parents. Hard federation is where two or more schools have a joint governing body; • Under the Government’s policy framework, only a structural change option, i.e. a hard federation, is considered a suitable solution for a school, like Abbeydale Grange, that is at risk of not achieving the floor target of 30% or more pupils achieving A*-C including English and Maths by the deadline of 2011 and in a sustainable way in the future. • There would be a risk that a suitable partner for either a soft or a hard federation would not come forward.

National Challenge Trust in which there would be strong representation from another school or organisation on the Governing Body of Abbeydale Grange

• The introduction of a trust could add expertise and knowledge to the governing body and may have an impact on teaching and learning; • The addition of a number of trust governors may not provide enough impetus for improvement and is unlikely to lead to a change in perception of the school in the local community;

4 • It risks introducing a structural change without a clear route to improving standards or sustainability.

Academy Status in which a new school is opened with the backing of a sponsor (opening an Academy is now the main way of fresh-starting a school)

• An academy may not be supported by the local community and may not appeal to parents that can opt for schools in the South West. • The case that academies deliver radical improvement has not so far been proven in Sheffield (the two existing academies at Park and Springs are in Special Measures and under Notice to Improve respectively, and the third at Parkwood opens this September).

Retain Abbeydale Grange as a form of specialist provision for pupils new to the city rather than as a comprehensive secondary school

• This may retain Abbeydale Grange’s distinctive ethos; • It would introduce segregated provision for newly-arrived pupils which is contrary to community cohesion; • It would be contrary to the Council’s moves to provide more and better wrap-around support for pupils and families within localities.

Closure

• Closure would enable parents and pupils living in the Abbeydale Grange catchment area to be given catchment status for the other more popular and successful schools reflecting the longstanding pattern of parental preference; • It would be a difficult option to manage with the potential to disrupt pupils and to have a significant impact on staff; • The culture and ethos of the school would be lost; • It would enable the £14 million of Building Schools for the Future money to be invested to create additional capacity in other more popular and successful schools

When the outcomes of the review were reported to Cabinet on 10 June 2009, officers put forward what they thought were the two most credible and realistic options – either to consult on closure of the school or to try and find a partner for a hard federation, even though they believed this might prove difficult. Cabinet Members decided to seek expressions of interest from other schools to form a hard federation. In the month that followed, four target schools (Silverdale, Tapton, Fir Vale and King Ecgberts) were approached about federation but each declined to express an interest. Although all secondary schools in Sheffield were informed and neighbouring local authorities also approached, no potential school partner came forward. In the light of this, and being mindful that delay would cause further anxiety and uncertainty for parents and staff, the Cabinet took a decision on 8 July 2009 to consult on the option of closure.

In this consultation, the Council welcomes further discussion, debate and comment about options to retain Abbeydale Grange, including any options that have so far not been put forward. The Council will consider these options again alongside a decision about whether to proceed with closure. The Council also remains open to finding a suitable partner for a hard federation as this was its original preference.

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What are the implications of closure?

The closure of a school is a very significant change which is never undertaken lightly and without great care to ensure that appropriate plans are in place. This section sets out how a closure of Abbeydale Grange would be managed if it were to go ahead in August 2010.

Implications for Pupils

Pupils due to start in Year 11 in September 2010 (current Year 10s) would remain at Abbeydale Grange for their final year. This would ensure that pupils in this Year Group would be able to finish the courses that they had started in Year 10. There are currently 104 pupils in this Year Group (at the end of the 2008/9 Academic Year). The Council will work closely with the leadership at Abbeydale Grange to create a plan for a final year if closure were to go ahead. It will set out a plan for the Year 11 curriculum and for the appropriate levels of staffing to be maintained. The objective would be to give Year 11 pupils a high quality experience in their final year at Abbeydale Grange.

Pupils due to start in Years 8, 9 and 10 in September 2010 (currently in Years 7,8 and 9) would be offered alternative places at another Sheffield secondary school. There are currently 79 pupils in Year 7, 99 in Year 8, and 63 in Year 9. The Council is seeking agreement from all secondary schools in the city to offer a minimum of 10 places in each of Years 8, 9 and 10, including at schools in the South West of the city. This offer will provide a wide choice of alternative places spread right across the city. During the consultation period, parents will be offered the opportunity to express a preference for these places. Allocations would only take place if the Cabinet decided to proceed with closure. Oversubscription criteria would be the same as the Council’s current policy. The current policy allocates places to children in the following priority order: Looked-after- children; children who live in the catchment area; children who have siblings at the school; children attending feeder schools; and, finally any other children, allocated on distance from home to school. The allocations will remain subject to a final decision from Cabinet about whether Abbeydale Grange should close.

Pupils in the Integrated Resource

Abbeydale Grange has an integrated resource for pupils with complex learning difficulties. The integrated resource has 20 places and is funded for 5 members of staff. There are currently 10 pupils in the integrated resource. The Council proposes to reallocate the integrated resource and its dedicated staff to an alternative school. The Council will consult separately with alternative schools and with parents of pupils in the integrated resource during the consultation period.

Support for Pupils to Move to Alternative School Places

The Council will ensure that pupils are well supported in a move to an alternative school if Abbeydale Grange were to close. The Council would employ transition mentors to be based at Abbeydale Grange. Their role would be to produce a personalised transition plan for each pupil. Each plan would provide full information about the pupil’s educational, cultural, recreational and social needs. The transition plan would be available to move with the pupil to their new school. The transition mentors would remain in post during the Autumn Term of 2010/11 to support the receiving schools in implementing these plans.

The Council would also ensure that additional revenue resources would follow pupils to their new school. An additional £300 per pupil would be allocated to schools that take 6 Abbeydale Grange pupils to fund the costs of additional support. That support may include identified transition mentors or language assistants. This resource would follow ex Abbeydale Grange pupils until the end of Year 11, even if they subsequently move school again.

It would be very important to ensure that pupil progress is monitored and tracked for the remainder of their education. To do this we would produce an annual report containing pupil-level data so that School Improvement Advisors can follow up with any schools where ex Abbeydale Grange pupils do not appear to be making good progress.

Leadership and Management

The interim headteacher at Abbeydale Grange will focus on continuing improvement to teaching and learning and on supporting staff in responding to the actions identified in the Ofsted Action Plan. The School has recruited two Assistant Headteachers. These appointments will provide additional capacity to the leadership of the school and continuity through a phased closure in 2010/11 if it were to be agreed. The Council would work closely with the Chair of Governors and the Governing Body to manage change, providing additional support where necessary or required.

Implications for Staff

The Council will support the staff of Abbeydale Grange during a difficult period of uncertainty and change. The Council will offer 1-1 meetings with staff to provide support, counselling and to start to identify individual staff needs. During the consultation period there will be meetings with staff and their Trade Unions representatives and a weekly surgery open to any member of staff.

The Council’s main strategy would be to support the redeployment of as many staff as possible within Sheffield. The Council would monitor vacancies as they appear through 2009/10. Governing bodies of schools in Sheffield will be contacted to seek their co- operation with a redeployment process and to ask for priority or guaranteed interviews for redeployees. Information from the 1-1 meetings would enable a matching exercise to take place. Human Resources officers would nominate suitable redeployees for vacancies and they would provide help and support with job applications. There may be wider opportunities for some staff depending on their skills and experience to consider posts within the primary and special school sectors or within the Council.

The Council will work closely with the leadership of the school to agree a staffing structure that would need to remain for the Year 11 in 2010/11. Arrangements for staffing a Year 11 group in 2010/11 could be made through a range of strategies including retaining some staff, enabling others to defer transferring to a new post for a year, and specific buy-back arrangements agreed with partner schools.

In the event of closure, although it cannot be guaranteed, the Council would make every effort to avoid compulsory redundancies and has a good track record of doing so. Support staff aged 55 or over with 2 years or more continuous service in the Local Government Pension Scheme are automatically entitled to access their pension if they are made redundant. For teachers it is not possible to be precise about the availability of schemes. As a minimum staff, that are potentially redundant would be entitled to a redundancy payment calculated in line with minimum statutory requirements.

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Future Admissions

Admissions to Year 7 in September 2010

If Abbeydale Grange were to close in August 2010, there would be no pupils admitted to the Year 7 in September 2010. The Council must therefore prepare for two outcomes for September 2010, the first being that Abbeydale Grange remains open and the second, that it closes.

Parents in the following categories will be invited to submit two application forms, one for each scenario:

• Parents who currently live in the catchment area for Abbeydale Grange; and, • Parents that have a child in Year 6 at Abbeydale Primary, Carterknowle Junior, Dobcroft Junior or Sharrow Primary but do not live in the Abbeydale Grange catchment area.

Each application will allow up to three preferences.

If, following the consultation process, the Council’s Cabinet decides that Abbeydale Grange is to remain open, places would be allocated as normal. The applications forms completed in the event of closure, would only be considered if Cabinet decides that Abbeydale Grange should close. In the event of closure, places would be allocated on the basis of the revised catchment and feeder school arrangements described in the proposal for future years below. This means, for example, that a parent living in the catchment area for Carterknowle Junior School would be given catchment priority for High Storrs Secondary School if the closure proposal is agreed.

Admissions in Future Years

For admissions in future years there would need to be a change to admission arrangements. Specifically the feeder schools of Abbeydale Grange would need to be allocated to other schools. In proposing how this should be done, the Council is mindful of the way that the majority of parents already express a preference for secondary schools. The trend is set out below:

Dobcroft I/Dobcroft J - is different to other Abbeydale Grange feeder schools because it has option feed status for Silverdale and Abbeydale Grange. This means that pupils living in the Dobcroft catchment area have joint catchment priority for both schools. In practice, nearly all Dobcroft parents express a preference for Silverdale.

Holt House I/ Carterknowle J - all pupils currently have catchment status for Abbeydale Primary Abbeydale Grange. The majority of parental Sharrow Primary preference is split in roughly equal proportions between King Ecgbert and High Storrs

The Council’s proposal is, in the event of closure of Abbeydale Grange, to reallocate the Abbeydale Grange feeder schools as follows: 8

• Dobcroft I/Dobcroft J to Silverdale • Holt House I/Carterknowle J to High Storrs • Abbeydale Primary to King Ecgbert • Sharrow Primary to High Storrs/King Ecgbert/King Edward VII (catchment status for all three)

The rationale for this proposal is that:

• It would meet with most parents’ preferences; • Other than Sharrow Primary, it allocates each primary school to a single secondary school so as to facilitate work in families of schools and secondary transition arrangements; and, • It acknowledges possible travel routes on foot and by public transport.

The Council welcomes feedback on this proposal for reallocating the feeder schools. The arrangements will be decided as part of the wider proposal for closure.

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How is a decision taken?

Consultation on the proposed closure of a school is governed by a statutory process under the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (EIA 2006). The statutory guidance that must be followed when proposing a school closure is available on the DCSF’s School Organisation website at the following link: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/schoolorg

The statutory process starts with a wide public consultation, in which all parties affected by the proposal are given an opportunity to express their views. The consultation period is from 14 September to 23 October. There will be opportunities for parents, governors, staff and pupils of Abbeydale Grange and the feeder schools to have their say.

At the end of the consultation process, the views and comments that have been recorded during the consultation period are reported back to the Council’s Cabinet. The report will be prepared immediately after the end of the consultation and will be received by Cabinet at its meeting on 9 December. At the meeting, Cabinet will decide whether to proceed to the next stage of the closure process or whether to pursue another option.

If the Cabinet decides to move to the next step of closure, a statutory notice would be published on 14 December. The notice would set out the details of the closure proposal and invite any person to make a representation in writing. The period for making representations would be between 14 December and 24 January.

The Cabinet would receive a final report on 24 February with a summary of the representations received. The Cabinet would make their final decision on that date.

As a Foundation School, the Governing Body of Abbeydale Grange has the right to ask an independent adjudicator to review the Council’s final decision. The Governing Body must submit their appeal within 4 weeks of being notified of the decision. The adjudicator normally takes 6 weeks to make a final decision.

If the Cabinet decides on 9 December to pursue another option, then the Council would need to re-consult on that option if it is a statutory change.

Summary of the Process

Consultation 14 September to 23 October 2009 (see list of events below) Report on consultation to Cabinet 9 December 2009

If Cabinet decide to proceed.

Publication of a statutory notice 14 December 2009

Period for representations 14 December to 24 January 2009

Final decision by the Council 24 February 2010

Possible adjudication March – July 2010

10 Consultation Events

Meeting For Where Date Time Evening Meeting for Abbeydale Abbeydale Wed 30 Sep 6 – 8 pm parents – discussion Grange Grange School groups with independent parents facilitator Informal meeting at the Abbeydale Abbeydale Fri 2 Oct 8.15 am school gate parents Primary School Informal meeting at the Sharrow Sharrow Mon 5 Oct 8.15 am school gate parents Primary School Teatime Meeting for Mums Abbeydale Abbeydale Tues 6 Oct 4.00 – 5p.m. Evening Meeting for Dads parents and Primary School 6.30 – 7.30 governors p.m. Informal meeting at the Dobcroft J Dobcroft Junior Tues 6 Oct 8.15 am school gate parents School Informal meeting at the Dobcroft I Dobcroft Infant Wed 7 Oct 8.15 am school gate parents School Evening Meeting for all Sharrow Sharrow Wed 7 Oct 6.30 – 8p.m. parents and Primary School governors Informal meeting at the Carterknowle Carterknowle Thurs 8 Oct 8.15 am school gate J parents Junior School Briefing/surgery to discuss Abbeydale Abbeydale Thurs 22 Oct Afternoon alternative places Grange Grange School and evening, parents including individual slots Informal meeting at the Holt House I Holt House Fri 9 Oct 8.15 am school gate parents Infant School Evening Meeting for all Dobcroft I/J Dobcroft Infant Tues 13 Oct 7.00 – 8p.m. parents and School governors Evening Meeting for all Carterknowle Carterknowle J Thurs 15 Oct 7.00 – 8p.m. J and Holt School House I parents and governors

Community Liaison Group Open to all St Mary’s, Thurs 1 Oct 6.30 – Evening Q & A session Bramall Lane and 8.30pm with panel. Wed 14 Oct

Home visits Families of During pupils in the consultation Integrated Resource

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Supplementary Information and Data

Council documentation relating to the review and decisions by Cabinet are all available at www.sheffield.gov.uk/abbeydalegrange .

The following is summary of data, sources and links that are useful as a context for understanding the key issues that affect Abbeydale Grange:

Pupil Progress and Attainment

Abbeydale Grange standard performance measures 2006-2008

Performance Measure Abbeydale Grange Sheffield National 2006 2007 2008 2009 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008 % 5 A*-C 31.4 27.2 25.7 32.8 48.5 52.3 57.5 59.2 62 65.3 % 5 A*-C inc Eng and Maths 21.5 21.3 16 22.6 37.1 39.9 40.2 45.8 46.7 47.6 % Any Pass 92.5 95.7 91 98.5 94.9 96.8 96.9 98.6 Average Points at KS4 269.3 265.6 242 310 329.4 347.0 373.1 365 378.1 390 KS2 -KS4 Contextual Value Added Score 996.9 985 981.4 - 994.4 996.6 997.4 - - - 2009 results are interim figures, as reported by the school

Comparative performance data for pupils with English as an additional language

% EAL Pupils in % 5 A*-C KS4 Results Including Eng & % Cohort Maths % 5 A*-C Anypass Abbeydale Grange School 51.7 8.1 20.3 91.9 All Saints RC School 1.0 50.0 50.0 100.0 Birley Community College 0.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 - - - Chaucer Business an d Enterprise College 1.0 50.0 100.0 100.0 1.2 0.0 25.0 100.0 76.0 32.4 55.0 99.1 Firth Park Community College 18.3 32.7 79.6 95.9 Handsworth Grange School 8.2 29.4 52.9 100.0 15.1 27.8 33.3 97.2 Hinde House 3-16 School 22.7 26.8 34.1 92.7 16.5 18.8 50.0 100.0 King Edward VII School 21.8 38.5 50.0 100.0 1.2 50.0 75.0 100.0 10.1 23.8 57.1 100.0 Newfield School 7.2 35.7 42.9 100.0 Notre Dame RC School 5.1 60.0 90.0 100.0 Parkwood School 15.1 18.2 31.8 90.9 24.6 27.5 49.0 94.1 Sheffield Springs Academy 3.4 14.3 28.6 100.0 16.8 61.3 71.0 100.0 Stocksbridge School 0.0 - - - 11.5 53.8 69.2 100.0 The City School 0.0 - - - Westfield Sports College 0.4 0.0 0.0 100.0 Wisewood Secondary School 0.0 - - - Yewlands School 0.0 - - -

12 Comparative performance data for black and minority ethnic pupils

% BME Pupils in % 5 A*-C KS4 Results Including Eng & Cohort Maths % 5 A*-C % Anypass Abbeydale Grange School 67.8 12.4 22.7 93.8 All Saints RC School 15.8 43.8 71.9 93.8 Birley Community College 4.3 20.0 60.0 100.0 Bradfield School 1.6 66.7 66.7 100.0 Chaucer Business and Enterprise College 6.8 21.4 78.6 92.9 Ecclesfield School 5.8 45.0 50.0 100.0 Fir Vale School 88.4 34.9 56.6 99.2 Firth Park Community College 26.5 29.6 69.0 97.2 Handsworth Grange School 12.6 26.9 53.8 100.0 High Storrs School 28.9 37.7 42.0 95.7 Hinde House 3-16 School 34.3 24.2 33.9 93.5 King Ecgbert School 36.1 37.1 64.3 100.0 King Edward VII School 32.2 31.2 44.2 98.7 Meadowhead School 6.5 47.6 66.7 100.0 Myers Grove School 15.4 21.9 50.0 100.0 Newfield School 12.3 41.7 58.3 100.0 Notre Dame RC School 25.6 46.0 64.0 100.0 Parkwood School 22.6 24.2 33.3 90.9 Sheffield Park Academy 29.5 26.2 47.5 93.4 Sheffield Springs Academy 11.8 25.0 29.2 91.7 Silverdale School 20.1 67.6 73.0 100.0 Stocksbridge School 2.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Tapton School 23.3 52.8 67.9 100.0 The City School 6.8 25.0 65.0 95.0 Westfield Sports College 2.3 16.7 16.7 100.0 Wisewood Secondary School 3.9 50.0 66.7 100.0 Yewlands School 2.3 25.0 50.0 100.0

Abbeydale Grange Ofsted Report: http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/106615

National Challenge toolkit: http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/National_challenge.pdf

Low Parental Preference

Allocations of secondary places to pupils in the Abbeydale Grange catchment AG High King King Silverdale Others Total Storrs Ecgbert Edward VII 2004/5 51 72 40 17 133 10 323 2005/6 53 78 50 6 103 52 342 2006/7 28 59 46 11 111 42 297 2007/8 14 63 36 10 102 46 271 2008/9 36 79 46 6 103 54 324

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Southwest schools - allocations from catchment (September 2009)

Y7 catchment allocations Y7 Places 2009 Abbeydale Grange 47 150 High Storrs 121 240 King Ecgbert 147 193 King Edward VII 134 230 Silverdale 158 180 Tapton 218 226 Total 825 1226

Y6 survey results: www.sheffield.gov.uk/abbeydalegrange

Pupil number forecast for secondary schools in Sheffield (Y7-Y11)

Comparison of Secondary NOR to Planned Places

30000

29000

28000

27000 Actual Predicted Places 26000 NOR/Places

25000

24000

23000

5 8 1 4 5 8 / 9 / 9 6 / 9 7 / 9 / 9 9 / 0 / 0 2 / 0 / 0 5 / 0 7 / 0 8 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 1 3 / 1 4 / 1 / 1 6 / 1 7 / 1 / 1 9 7 0 3 6 4 7 9 4 0 1 1 8 9 9 5 9 9 8 0 0 9 0 1 2 0 1 5 1 9 1 1 9 9 6 1 9 9 1 1 9 9 9 / 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 / 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 5 / 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 8 / 0 9 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 / 1 2 2 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 6 2 0 1 2 0 Academic Year

Current and projected number on roll for Abbeydale Grange

Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 Y11 Total 2008/9 83 59 100 135 149 526 2009/10 81 101 87 116 150 534 2010/11 40 99 128 103 131 500 2011/12 40 58 126 144 118 485 2012/13 40 58 85 142 159 484 2013/14 30 58 85 101 157 431 2014/15 30 48 85 101 116 380 2015/16 60 48 75 101 116 400

The Y7 forecasts are produced by taking an overall forecast for the city, and splitting it up for each school according to parental preference trends over the last three years, and trends in catchment populations. The forecast is completed by rolling forward the Y7 forecast and other year groups, taking into account average losses or gains of pupils at each school.

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