Governors’ Annual Report to Parents 2014

“We believe that all can succeed” “Credwn y gall pawb lwyddo”

This report is written in accordance with the School Governors’ Annual Reports () Regulations 2011

Foreword from Chair of Governors

Dear All Welcome to the Annual Governors’ Report for the academic year 2013/2014. I hope you find it both interesting and informative and that it gives you better insight into the running of the school, its activities and achievements. The year has seen both academic and sporting successes and there is much to be celebrated. As governors we have overseen the introduction and embedding of strategies to improve standards of achievement. The impact of these strategies is regularly reviewed and the progress we have seen in pupil performance is both encouraging and ongoing; but we are not complacent - results are measured against similar schools and national performance and we have actively sought out links with other schools to identify best practice to help us to continue to improve. In March, the governing body received the Quality Mark Bronze Award issued by Governors Wales. This award recognises excellent governing body processes and good practices that assist in raising standards in schools. The delivery of the curriculum and other activities in the school is underpinned by our belief that all can succeed – our chal- lenge is to ensure that appropriate opportunity is available to all. We aim to:

Act in the belief that all can succeed Be an inclusive school, offering suitable learning opportunities for all Create a commitment to learning as a lifelong activity Develop each pupil individually and value their achievements and progress Encourage respect, treating each other with dignity and courtesy

I would like to thank the staff, both teaching and non-teaching, for all their hard work. Our thanks are also due to the mem- bers of the Parent Teacher Association who run fundraising events in support of the school - at a time when budgets remain under significant pressure we are extremely grateful to all volunteers – and to everyone who attends such events. I would also like to thank my fellow governors for their support and commitment over the past year. Together, all these contributions make a real difference to the students of Llanishen High School.

David Mills Chair of Governors

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LEARNINGUNIT RESOURCE

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Key Performance Data

We are extremely proud of our Year 13 pupils for achieving the school’s best ever A Level results with a 98% pass rate! Over 46% of these passes were at grades A*, A and B. This is testimony to the hard work of pupils and staff. Congratulations to all of our Year 11 pupils on their exam results in August 2014. 97% achieved at least 5 GCSE passes or equivalents, the second best the school has ever achieved. 81% achieved 5 or more passes at GCSE at grades A* to C. These outcomes reflect the additional strategies implemented to raise standards at Key Stage 4. Year 9 pupils performed incredibly well at the end of Key Stage 3. 97% achieved Level 5 or above in English, 90% achieved a Level 5 or above in Mathematics and 98% achieved Level 5 or above for Science. We continue to celebrate these excellent results that represent some of the highest results of any school in . We strive to maintain these standards and develop our pupils into life long learners. We celebrate but are never complacent.

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Key Performance Data

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SCI KEY STAGE 3 ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 YEARACADEMIC 3 KEYSTAGE STATUTORY STATUTORY SUBJECTS REPORTED TO GOVERNMENT WELSH (2013 MATH ENG

CSI There is a close correlation between attendance and achievement GCSE at and achievement attendance between a is close correlation There

95.0% 90.0% 85.0% 80.0% 75.0% 70.0% 65.0% 60.0% 55.0% 50.0%

100.0% % OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING LEVEL 5+ LEVEL ACHIEVING STUDENTS OF %

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School Targets

KEY STAGE 3 TARGETS Year 9 % Targets

LEVEL 5+ 2014 2015 2016 2017 % % % % ENGLISH 97.3 86.2 85.1 98.4 MATHEMATICS 90.2 88.2 87.5 98.4 SCIENCE 98.0 90.1 90.7 99.2

CORE SUBJECT INDICATOR 88.7 83.60 82.70 97.60 Boys v Girls -1.60 -8.40 -6.60 -1.10

KEY STAGE 4 TARGETS Year 11 % Targets

2014 2015 2016 2017 % % % % COHORT

LEVEL 1 97.0 97.7 97.7 96.9 LEVEL 2 80.8 86.9 86.8 87.3 LEVEL 2I 59.6 68.0 67.7 68.80 LEVEL 2 English 67.2 73.7 73.9 74.6 Level 2 Mathematics 70.9 75.7 75.90 76.20 Level 2 Science 77.7 85.3 85.20 92.70

CORE SUBJECT INDICATOR 55.5 66.8 66.9 68.8 No qualification 0.4 0 0 0

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School Targets

KEY STAGE 5 TARGETS

YEAR 13 % OF PUPILS 2014 2015 2016 % % % Pupils entered for at least one exam 100 100 100

Gaining 2 A levels or equivalent 98.3 100 100

EXCLUSION TARGETS

SCHOOL YEAR No. of fixed term No. of days No. of fixed exclusions per excluded per term exclusions 1000 pupils 1000 pupils

% % % 2013/2015 72.9 109.4 95

2014/2015 58 190 76

2015/2016 52 171 69

2016/2017 48 154 62

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School Priorities for 2014-15

Our aim is to be an inclusive school, offering opportunities for all to succeed

High quality Teaching & Learning Raising attainment Continue to improve the Reducing the impact of Continue to improve quality of teaching and poverty on attainment learner outcomes, raising learning, raising standards Improve the attainment of attainment in the level 2 and learner outcomes pupils in receipt of free threshold including through the development of school meals, providing English and Mathematics high quality teaching and opportunities for and level 5+ in KS3 structured study and out of class support

Priorities for Leadership and Management 2014-15

Literacy and Numeracy Improve the teaching of Positive Behaviour literacy and numeracy Curriculum Pathways 2015 through whole school Improve the inclusion of implementation and Create a curriculum that en- pupils identified as embedding of the Literacy sures all pupils have access vulnerable to and Numeracy to an appropriate and disengagement Framework (LNF) balanced curriculum, making

relevant changes to meet changing needs

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Destination of School Leavers

Year 11 Year 12 Year 13

Continuing full time 49.43% 89.89% 10.20% education at Llanishen HS Continuing full time 4.91% 0.00% 0.00% education at another school Continuing full time 33.21% 6.25% 3.40% education at a tertiary college Continuing full time 0.00% 0.00% 74.15% education in Higher Education GAP year 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

In part time 0.00% 0.00% 0.68% education

Entering employ- 1.51% 1.39% 10.20% ment Entering Work- 2.64% 1.39% 0.00% Based Learning as an employee Entering Work 2.26% 0.00% 0.00% Based Learning without employed status Not in employment 4.15% 0.69% 0.68% education or

training Unable to enter 0.38% 0.00% 0.00% employment education or training Left the area 0.38% 1.39% 0.00%

Unknown i.e. not 1.13% 0.00% 0.68% responding to follow up

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Curriculum Matters

The curriculum continues to develop, with all pupils in years 10 and 11 now able to follow the Welsh Baccalaureate. In addition, for 2013-14, our new facilities have supported the introduction of new year 10 courses in both Engineering and Hospitality and Catering. We are now very actively planning more changes for 2014-15. These changes will enable us to embrace all the new requirements from , for amongst other things, new requirements in English and Mathematics. In addition, in order to provide opportunities for our entire cohort and take further advantage of new facilities, we hope that vocational year 10 courses are able to commence in Construction, Performing Arts and Skills for Life, the latter option including Vocational Studies, Jamie Oliver’s home cooking skills and Personal Finance skills. All students will now be guided towards one of four discrete Learning Pathways, each one tailored to give them the best opportunities to succeed. Buildings and School Site

With the extended Learning Resource Centre, new Sports Hall, new Design Technology block and new Autism base already proving of great benefit to students, 2014-15 will see further improvements. 2014-15 will see the opening of the new Creative Art block, with new teaching, IT and practice rooms for Music, two wonderful new Drama studios which can be also used as one larger studio and a Dance studio. We also look forward to a new Art/Pottery classroom, two new rooms for ICT, two new rooms for Languages, a new English classroom and a new Meetings room. As soon as the roof and ceiling of the West wing hall roof have been renewed, we look forward to our second dining facility being opened, providing a better experience for all pupils. Overall, we believe all these improvements have the scope to have a positive impact on teaching and learning across the school.

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33.30% 25.00% CSI 16.67% Attendance 80%-70% 48.89% 63.30% 33.30% Attendance 85%-80% 25.00% L2i 1.65% 51.11% Selected Performance Measures Attendance 90%-85% 65.96% 33.30% 25.00% Attendance 95%-90% L2 58.33% 68.89% Impact of pupil attendance on GCSE GCSE (2013/14) on performance ofpupilattendance Impact 82.45% Attendance 95%+

0.00% 90.00% 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% achieving 50.00% pupils of 40.00% 30.00% Percentage 20.00% 10.00%

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Links with the

Partnership with the Principality Building Society

Our partnership with the Principality Building Society goes from strength to strength. July 2014 again saw executives and managers from the Principality join us in the role of Dragons to judge our year 10 Welsh Baccalaureate students as they pitched their ideas and advertisement campaigns in the fearsome Den. The winning team of six pupils were invited to the Principality Branch in Llanishen where they were each rewarded with a savings account that was kindly furnished with £20! The reading scheme (pictured below) is providing tremendous support to our year 8 pupils. Go to ‘You Tube’ to see more about our partnership with the Principality Building Society!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQUrXE1kEJI Partnership with the Principality!

Partnership with the Rotary Club of Llanishen

One of the many ways that the Rotary Club supports the school is through the annual Awards Evening (pictured to the left). As well as this they support and sponsor teams of our pupils to participate in the ‘Youth Speaks’ debating

competition. Again this year they formed a formidable den of dragons in our Year 10 WBQ enterprise week. And you would have seen our LHS pupils in the role of Santa’s Elves on the Rotary Christmas sleigh in the local community!

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Settling into Year 7

Through the summer and autumn of 2013 starting with Buddy visits to our feeder primary schools in March 2013 our new Year 7 pupils made a smooth and successful transition into high school. The process was repeated in Spring and Summer 2014 for our new intake of Year 7 pupils. They thoroughly enjoyed the activities on the transition day including carrying out science experiments and the now annual ‘tug of war’.

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Sporting and Extra Curricular Activities

Eisteddfod 2014

The Annual School Eisteddfod was hosted by years 7 and 8. We were treated to a feast of talented pupils who performed in front of what could have been a daunting audience.

Engineering Education Scheme Wales Challenge

Two teams of our Physics AS Students participated in the Annual Engineering Education Scheme Wales (EESW) challenge. Each team was partnered with a company with links to the engineering industry and presented with a unique design problem. One team worked with the National Grid to provide a solution to the problem with a compressor cooling system at their natural gas storage facility in Avonmouth. The second team worked with the electrical engineering department at Cardiff University to create an electrical power monitoring system for use at medical facilities in Africa.

Both teams used a combination of electrical and software engineering in their solutions using raspberry pi hardware and python programming in their solutions. They presented their solutions to a panel of expert judges at the Celtic Manor resort alongside teams from schools from all over Wales. The standards were judged to be exceptionally high, and they have received their Crest Gold Awards.

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Sporting and Extra Curricular Activities

Katie Partridge's Latest Hockey Achievement

Following an extremely successful season last year and with Katie be- ing too young to be accepted at present into a 360 development cen- tre (Welsh Hockey development pathway), Katie was advised to trial and then attend the English Hockey development pathway. Katie started at an English County Development centre in September half way through their programme. She impressed all their coaches immediately and was asked to attend training sessions, a tournament and an assessment. This week she received amazing feedback from her assessment from England Hockey and an email from her English County administrator saying she has been selected to attend their U14 County Academy centre, the next progression of the English pathway. With Katie being only 11 and much younger than other girls selected this is an amazing achievement. Congratulations and well done Katie!

Georgia Hyett selected for Welsh Ski Team 2015

Georgia Hyett, has been selected for the Welsh Ski Team for 2015. Georgia has made great progress through the past season competing on artificial slopes at national level throughout GB. Most notably winning the Welsh National Championships and the Welsh Schools Championships at the end of the season. Welsh Squad selection is based upon a strict and rigorous national criteria where athletes are expected to ski to the highest levels within GB and not just based upon their standing in Wales, there- fore this is and amazing achievement. Congratulations Georgia!

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Sporting and Extra Curricular Activities

Trampolining Success for Alice McCabe

Alice has recently competed in the Welsh Schools Trampoline competition for Llanishen high school and came 2nd in the elite class for her age group which means she has qualified for the next zonal round in January. Alice has also recently competed in the Dave Ward Hunt cup for Wales in which she came 2nd and she has competed in the trampoline league. After 4 league competitions she is ranked joint 1st in her age group for the individual event and ranked 2nd with her partner for the synchro event.

Well done Alice and good luck in your future events!

Congratulations! Superb! Well Done!

EMMA ROBERTS

WELSH U17 NETBALL SQUAD

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Sporting and Extra Curricular Activities

Sports Highlights:

Ciaran Lewis, Year 12, again triumphed in athletics. In July 2013 he was 2nd in the SIAB 1500m Steeplechase. In August 2013, he was 3rd in the 1500m steeplechase in the English Athletics Championships. In May 2014, he was 2nd in the County Athletics Union Fell Running Championships! Joanne Westwood was selected to play for the Welsh women’s hockey team in the 2014 Common- wealth Games.

Both Elinor Barker and Luke Rowe were chosen to join the cycling team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Our 1st XV Rugby team became Welsh Under 18s Champions. They beat Ysgol y Preseli at the . Not only did they play well, their sportsmanlike attitude was second to none and made Llanishen High proud. Well done boys!

Hetty Palmer was selected for the GB trials for Junion (U18) rowing.

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Girls’ football has been a real success at Llanishen High with special thanks to Miss Green, the girls’ football coach. The school placed 1st in the Cardiff Games Girls Football Competition. Through winning this competition, the girls qualified to compete against other winning teams throughout the South Wales Consortium. The girls travelled to Merthyr Town Football Club and they finished in 3rd place in the competition that covered South Wales.

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More Able and Talented Activities

Move over Gok Wan! Spring 2014 saw LHS host it’s second annual Fashion Show. The theme for the Fashion Show was ‘Celebrity.’ Our ‘more able and talented’ pupils from years 7 to 13 collaborated to design, con- struct and model over 40 re-cycled and up-cycled outfits.

In partnership with Sainsbury's in Thornhill and Llanishen Good Neighbours the event was even bigger and glitzier than July 2013. The event raised over £800 for Llanishen Good Neighbours.

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Exhibitions

September saw the an- nual exhibition of the work of our talented artists at Thornhill Community Centre, the result of many after- school hours.

This was followed by a school exhibition of the outstanding work done by our pupils from all year groups.

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Student Perspectives Page

Eco Council

The Eco Council are constantly working for the good of the school, and in the bigger picture, the world. At the beginning 2013-14 we established our year’s agenda, this year we had our main focus on the energy and gas that our school is using (what’s necessary and what is a waste of resources and money). We also recruited some new members from Year 7 and set them to work instantly! We started by re-planting some trees around the school, making a talk for the French school visit on sustainability, updating our eco board along the corridor with our newer facts and general information, creating a new eco code for every classroom, continuing from the past year with scrap paper boxes for the classrooms, monitoring paper usage, and energy monitoring. We also got involved with fair trade fortnight. This encourages fair trade within the school and general awareness of the importance of fair trade. To get on top of the energy usage of the school we got in contact with Matthew Price, Energy Officer, who has given us access to see all the energy usage within the school building. Some Year 10 boys also gave Matthew and the Eco Council a breakdown of the energy usage in the school. We’ve even been part of the Senior Eco Council that’s been running worldwide; meeting with many other schools’ eco councils from around Wales. We are currently working on a garden in the annexe and it’s going to look brilliant in a matter of time .

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Heddwen Frost

In July, I took part in the voyage from to Cowes in preparation for completing the Round the Island Race—one of the largest 1-day yacht races in the world; travelling around the Isle of Wight involv- ing 1700 boats. We set sail on Challenge Wales, a 72 foot yacht normally used for worldwide voyages. I soon got to know the 15-strong crew and it was a great way to make new friends and build up team skills as well as navigation and racing. I loved the fact that we got straight into it and learned as we were doing the various tasks. A typical day on board would start by preparing the boat for sailing so roles such as hoisting and feeding the sails, working the winches and the helm to name but a few! After you set sail, 2 people are placed on helm whilst the others tidy up, tweak the sails or make lunch.

One of the highlights of the experience was sailing around Land’s End; we had been on watches for a day or so and my team were off duty but I felt a bit seasick so decided to stay up on deck and read my book. The sun was shining and as I watched the bow glide through the water a pod of dolphins came to play! It was magnificent seeing them play with the wavers we were creating! It’s something I will never forget. Find the whole story on our website.

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Student Perspectives The Head Boy and Head Girl 2013-14

Llanishen High School Sixth Form is a calm, friendly and exciting place to further your education. Although at times it can be challenging as Sixth Form requires hard work and motivation from all, it is definitely a rewarding experience which is well worth the hard work. Sixth Form gives you the chance to study subjects in more depth. It also allows you to develop interests around subject areas, which you never knew you had! Making good use of your free time is vital and also encouraged, as independent study is essential for success at this level. Sixth Form life provides you with great opportunities. There are many chances to gain experience in certain job areas via relevant work placements, which can help you make informed choices about your future. The social aspects allow new friendships to be made as well as keeping your established circle of friends.

It is not only the academic side of the school which people feel drawn towards. Many fundraising days take place which give you a fun break from studying and a chance to get to know others whilst raising money for good causes. The extracurricular opportunities available also contribute to making your time here enjoyable and memorable. Participation in different activities is highly encouraged and Llanishen High has produced many high quality performers including successful athletes and sporting teams. These opportunities allow students to strike a good balance between the social and academic requirements of Sixth Form life. Studying in Years 12 and 13 gives you a chance to become an independent learner. It also helps to develop your interests whilst offering guidance and support as you decide which pathway to follow after completing your A levels.

Head Girl Head Boy

Kia Shah Alex Wynne

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Mr Bowen-Jones, Head of Languages

Visit to the House of Lords

In March this year, I was invited to attend the meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages at the House of Lords. For a variety of reasons, languages have seen a dra- matic decline in schools over the past 20 years. In the mid 90s, over half of pupils in Welsh schools took a GCSE in a foreign language. This year, the figure is just 22%, and in some parts of Wales it is as low as 11%. (As a comparison, the figure in Llan- ishen is currently 35%, which is relatively healthy but far below what we would like). There has been a similar decline at A level, with numbers taking French and German A level in Wales falling by 50% in the last four years. In all other countries in Europe, it is compulsory for pupils to study a foreign language for the whole of their school career, so it is a sad fact that when it comes to learning other languages, pupils in the UK have the worst track record in Europe, and Welsh pupils have the worst record in the UK. It means that our youngsters will find it almost impossible to compete for the increasing number of jobs that require language skills, and employers are in- creasingly recruiting young people from Europe as they cannot find British youngsters with the required skills and qualifica- tions.

Mr Bowen-Jones, Head of Languages

The Parliamentary group expressed their dismay and disbelief at the recent decision to withdraw languages as a compulsory element of the Welsh Baccalaureate qualification. They have called on the Welsh Assembly to take steps to reverse the decline in language learning. In England, the English Baccalaureate includes a for- eign language as a compulsory element, and as a result, there has been a huge increase in the number of Eng- lish pupils taking a language GCSE over the past two years, which only makes the situation in Wales all the more critical. Welsh pupils will, therefore, find themselves seriously disadvantaged compared to those in England. This debate continues but we hope that parents and pupils realise the importance of gaining a lan- guage qualification.

At LHS we continue to offer French and German at GCSE with excellent results. Spanish is currently taught in Year 7 and will roll out into KS3 and KS4 in due course.

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The Work of the Governing Body

The Governing Body has a strategic responsibility for the school which it fulfils by:  setting the school's aims and objectives;  agreeing policies, targets and priorities for achieving these objectives;  monitoring and evaluation to see whether the objectives are achieved.

The Governing Body also sets the school's budget and appoints senior staff.

A highlight for the Governing Body in 2013-14 was receiving the Governors Wales Bronze Award in March 2014. The citation stated that the evidence submitted included excellent examples of good practice in the Governing Body's conduct of its business.

There are 20 members of the Governing Body and 2 pupil observers. 5 local authority governors are appointed by Cardiff County Council; 6 parent governors are elected by the parents of registered pupils; 2 teacher and 1 staff governors are elected by teachers and support staff respectively; 5 community governors are appointed by the governing body from the local community; and the associate pupil governors are the head girl and head boy. The head teacher is an 'ex officio' governor and the two deputy heads attend meetings as observers.

The Governing Body meets every half term. In 2013-14 it held two additional meetings – in March 2014 to ratify the appoint- ment of a new deputy head teacher; and in April to approve arrangements for voluntary severance of staff and for redun- dancies (in the event there were no redundancies but a number of staff were granted voluntary severance). The governing body also held a strategy half day in June which contributed to the development of the school improvement plan for 2014-15.

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The Work of the Governing Body

The membership of the governing body in 2013-14 and number of meetings attended by each governor was as follows: The end date of the period of appointment is shown for each governor.

Headteacher Parents LEA Teachers Non-Teaching Community Observers Staff

Mr R A Smyth Mr P Dutfield Mr J Caddick Mr R Lloyd Mrs A Bagshaw Prof J Andrews Mrs L (Chair) (8 of 8) (5 of 8) (Vice Chair) (6 of 7) (5 of 8) Stringer (8 of 8) 29/11/16 (8 of 8) 31/08/13 01/12/15 (Acting 10/05/17 Deputy 19/11/17 Headteacher)

Mrs A Rich Cllr P Bale Mrs P Mr M Palmer Mrs S Parry

(7 of 8) (6 of 7) Wallington (6 of 8) (Deputy Headteacher) 29/11/16 Resigned (7 of 8) 11/11/15 08/05/2014 19/09/17

Mrs R Crowder Prof M Mrs T Griffiths Kia Shah Davies (7 of 8) Pendlebury (6 of 8) (Head Girl) 08/12/15 (8 of 8) 24/01/16

19/11/17

Mr D Mills Dr T Pickersgill Mr B Davies Alex Wynne

(8 of 8) (3 of 8) (3 of 3) (Head Boy)

08/12/15 23/09/14 31/03/18

Mrs J Mrs E Taylor Faye Jones Swainson (8 of 8) (Deputy

(7 of 8) 18/05/15 Head Girl)

29/03/16 Mrs J King Mrs J Walsh Davie

(7 of 8) (1 of 8) Morgan

29/11/16 14/07/14 (Deputy

(Resigned) Head Boy)

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The Work of the Governing Body

Individual governors can be contacted through the school office.

In 2013-14 clerking services for the Governing Body were provided by Ruth Lock from Governor Services, Cardiff County Council.

Each Governing Body meeting started with an information briefing. In 2013-14 these were a presentation by the School Council and sessions on governor responsibilities for child protection, the 2014-15 budget, the school's performance review for 2012-13 carried out by the Central South Consortium, the literacy and numeracy framework and the Welsh Baccalaureate. At each meeting the Governing Body received a report from the Headteacher; and reports and recommendations from its committees.

Much of the work of the Governing Body is carried out by its Finance and Resources (FR) and Teaching, Learning and Evaluation (TLE) Sub-Committees. The FR Committee considers the annual budget, monitors expenditure, deals with health and safety and building issues, deals with staffing issues which require Governing Body decision and considers matters relating to the behaviour, attendance and well-being of pupils. In 2013-14 FR Committee continued to be particularly concerned with the programme of building work. The TLE Committee considers the draft annual school improvement plan and delivery of the curriculum and monitors pupil progress, including exam results. At each of its meetings in 2013-14 it focused on the delivery of strategic actions to improve pupil performance. Both Committees reviewed a number of school strategies and policies.

The Governing Body also has committees dealing with pupil discipline and exclusions; the Headteacher's performance review; staff redundancy, grievance and discipline; staff pay and performance; and complaints. These meet as required.

New governors undertake an induction session at the school on appointment; and all governors are encouraged to undertake training provided through Governor Services. In 2013-14 training attended included induction (mandatory on appointment), understanding data (mandatory – 11 governors attended), role of the chair of governors (mandatory), staff recruitment and selection, staff discipline and equality impact assessment. Several governors attended conferences and meetings organised by Governors Wales and the Cardiff Governors' Association.

All governors, apart from those employed by the school, are linked with a curriculum department, year group or specific aspect of school life. Governors are encouraged to visit or meet their school links at least once a term. The link arrangements help governors to learn about the school and make better informed decisions help governors to contribute to the governing body's monitoring role demonstrate that the opinions of staff are valued by the governing body. The list of link governors is available on the governor page of the school website.

A governor sits on each of the panels which appoint school staff – teaching and non-teaching. A key appointment for September 2014 was of a new deputy head and 5 governors made up the appointment panel which conducted interviews over 2 days. Mr Lyndon Brennan was the successful candidate. Elections for 2 parent governors are scheduled for February 2015. No further elections are due until December 2015 but in the event of a parent governor resignation, parents will be advised of the vacancy and nominations invited. The requirement for the Governing Body to hold an annual meeting with parents was removed in May 2013 and replaced by new arrangements which enable parents to request up to 3 meetings in a school year with the governing body. Their purpose must be to discuss issues which relate to the school – not individual pupil progress or individual grievances. In the case of Llanishen High School a petition for a meeting would need to be signed by the parents of 30 pupils. Further information on the arrangements is contained in Welsh Government guidance document 104/2013.

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The Work of the Governing Body

A financial statement giving a summary of the school budget and how the governing body spent the funds over the previous year is attached as an appendix.

The governing body has set a budget which reflects the school’s plans and is used for the benefit of the pupils. This governing body believes that the annual budget should be spent for the benefit of the pupils currently in the school, rather than designed to accumulate reserves for future use. Nevertheless on an annual budget of £7 million it is prudent to have an amount set aside for unforeseen events. The Schools Outturn of Expenditure for 2013-14 is included later in this report. This shows a carry forward of £73,229 or 1.05% of the budget. It was factored into the budget for 2014-15. The carry forward arose from factors such as reduced staffing costs resulting from staff changes during the financial year.

The budget setting for 2014-15 was particularly difficult and involved a number of staff taking voluntary redundancy at the end of the 2013-14 school year and increasing teaching hours for all teaching staff from 42 to 44 hours per fortnight from September 2014.

Pupil Roll and Staffing

The number of pupils on roll in September 2013 was 1600. A slight decrease from September 2012. The number of teaching staff are 80 full time and 31 part time teachers. There are 31 Learning Support Assis- tants who work in the mainstream Learning Support Unit, the Hearing Impaired Unit or the Austism Unit.

Governors play an active role in the recruitment of all new staff and in internal appointments to posts of responsibility. Pupils are also involved in appointments. The mature and perceptive commitment they bring the process is impressive and highly significant in reaching decisions.

The school has Investor in People status. It was first awarded in 2000 and was retained in Summer 2013 when the school was re-assessed.

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The Work of the Governing Body

School Policies and Strategies In 2013-14 revised policies were approved by the Governing Body on plagiarism, pupil grouping for learning, sex and relationships education, teaching for learning, anti-bullying, attendance, behaviour, child protection, data protection, health and safety, internet access, performance management of staff, substance misuse education and incident and whistleblowing. All approved policies are available on the school website.

Learning Support The school’s policy on special education needs is to provide support and help to all pupils experiencing barriers to learning, however they arise. Special arrangements for meeting the needs of such pupils include the provision of specialist resource bases, making class sizes smaller whenever resources allow, providing support teaching in some subjects and an extensive programme of support interventions delivered in withdrawal sessions by trained teaching assistants and specialist teachers. Pupils with statements of Special Educational Needs are as fully included in school life and the curriculum as they are able. Statements are reviewed annually. All pupils are encouraged to take an active part in school life, to experience the widest possible curriculum opportunities and they are supported to feel safe and secure within the school community.

Hearing Impairment Resource Base

The school houses the Local Authority Resource Base for 20 pupils with Hearing Impairment. These pupils come from all areas of Cardiff to access specialist provision from a highly qualified team of specialist teachers and teaching assistants. They are taught in mainstream classes for the majority of their curriculum.

Autistic Spectrum Resource Base Since September 2013 the school has housed Cardiff County Council’s 3rd Specialist Resource Base for pupils on the autistic spectrum. These pupils come from all areas of Cardiff to access specialist provision and are taught in mainstream classes as much as possible.

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Term Dates and Contact Details

TERM DATES: 2014-2015

TERMS TERM BEGIN HALF-TERM BEGIN HALF-TERM END TERM END

Autumn Mon 2 Sep 2013 Mon 27 Oct 2014 Fri 31 Oct 2014 Fri 19 Dec 2014

Spring Mon 5 Jan 2015 Mon 16 Feb 2015 Fri 20 Feb 2015 Fri 27 Mar 2015

Summer Mon 13 Apr 2015 Mon 25 May 2015 Fri 29 May 2015 Mon 20 Jul 2015

INSET Days

Monday, 1st September 2014 Friday, 24th October 2014 Monday, 5th January 2015 Friday, 13th March 2015 Monday, 20th July 2015

Llanishen High School Ysgol Uwchradd Llanisien Heol Hir, Cardiff, CF14 5YL Tel: 02929680800 Fax: 02920680830 Email / e-bost: ad- [email protected] Website: www.llanishen.cardiff.sch.uk

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APPENDICES

“We believe that all can succeed”

SSSP 2014

Llanishen High School SSSP 2014 Summary of School Performance (1) LA/School No. 681 / 4051 Pupils aged 15 Number of pupils aged 15 who were on roll in January 2014 : 265

Percentage of pupils aged 15 who:

achieved the Level 2 thresh- Average entered at achieved the achieved the Average wider old including a GCSE pass in Core Subject capped (3) least one Level 1 Level 2 points score per English or Welsh first Indicator (2) wider points qualification threshold threshold pupil language and mathematics score per pupil

School 2013/14 100 97 81 60 55 337 472

LA Area 2013/14 99 93 76 54 51 331 477

Wales 2013/14 99 94 82 55 53 341 524

School 12/13/14 100 97 78 58 55 339 471

School 11/12/13 100 97 77 61 59 341 471

Number of boys aged 15 who were on roll in January 2014 : 139 Percentage of boys aged 15 who: achieved the Level 2 thresh- Average entered at achieved the achieved the Average wider old including a GCSE pass in Core Subject capped (3) least one Level 1 t Level 2 points score per English or Welsh first Indicator (2) wider points qualification hreshold threshold pupil language and mathematics score per pupil

School 2013/14 100 99 82 55 51 335 470

LA Area 2013/14 99 92 73 51 49 321 455

Wales 2013/14 99 93 79 51 49 328 497

School 12/13/14 100 98 78 55 53 337 472

School 11/12/13 100 98 77 58 58 337 467

Number of girls aged 15 who were on roll in January 2014 : 126 Percentage of girls aged 15 who:

achieved the Level 2 thresh- Average entered at achieved the achieved the Average wider old including a GCSE pass in Core Subject capped (3) least one Level 1 Level 2 points score per English or Welsh first Indicator (2) wider points qualification threshold threshold pupil language and mathematics score per pupil

School 2013/14 100 95 79 64 60 340 474

LA Area 2013/14 99 94 79 57 54 342 499

Wales 2013/14 99 96 86 60 57 355 553

School 12/13/14 100 96 77 61 58 342 471

School 11/12/13 100 96 78 64 61 344 475

(1) For details on approved qualifications, point scores and contribution to thresholds, please see the Database for Approved Qualifications in Wales (DAQW) at http://www.daqw.org.uk/ (2) For information about which syllabuses are included in each subject area see Notes for Guidance. (3) Average capped wider point scores are calculated using the best 8 results. (4) Entry Level Qualification.

(5) Used for all Free School Meal benchmarking tables. This indicator is only shown for mainstream secondary schools.

(6) Note that the denominator for this indicator is the number of 15 year olds who entered Welsh First Language, rather than the total number of 15 yr olds

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FINANCAL OUTTURN & EXPENDITURE 2013-2014

FINANCAL OUTTURN & EXPENDITURE 2013-2014