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Have Your Say on a New Academy for Northampton Agenda Item No 4 Appendix 1 Have your say on a new academy for Northampton Consultation on the proposed closure of Unity College in order to open a new academy. We would like to know what you think about some changes Northamptonshire County Council is proposing for your children’s schools. The changes involve Unity College, a Church of England (Voluntary Aided) Secondary School, becoming an academy for children aged 11 to 18 years of age. Pupils currently in the existing school will automatically have places in the academy. The academy would open on 1st September 2009 in the buildings of Unity College. The Academy would provide 1200 places for students aged 11-16 and 300 places in its sixth form for students aged 16-18, and would specialise in Maths and English. What is an academy? Academies, originally set up in inner cities are now part of the government’s diversity programme to give parents greater choice. Academies are publicly funded independent state schools that provide high quality education. They are free of charge to attend and open to students of all abilities. They also receive additional funding, expertise and resources from their sponsors. In this case the sponsor will be a partnership consisting of the Church of England Diocese, Moulton College, Bishop Stopford School and Northamptonshire County Council. Academies enjoy certain freedoms such as the ability to develop their own curriculum. They are, however, accountable to central government for delivery of standards and the core curriculum. The proposed academy will work in close partnership with local schools, other education providers and community agencies. Why an academy? Northamptonshire County Council sees an academy as a good opportunity to address issues of underperformance at Unity College The governing body of the college sees that there may be benefits to an academy and have, therefore, agreed to support this project to the next stage which includes this consultation. Agenda Item No 4 Appendix 1 Who would run the academy? The Academy would be sponsored by the Peterborough Diocese, as Lead Sponsor, and by Bishop Stopford School, Moulton College, and Northamptonshire County Council as Co-Sponsors, and would be designated as a Church of England Academy. Bishop Stopford School is a large, successful, 11-18, Church of England, VA, school, with specialist technology status and is also a High Performing, Leading Edge, and National Support school. In its last Ofsted report, in March 2008, it was graded ‘outstanding’ overall. Moulton College is an FE college specialising in the natural, built and recreational environment. The College is a QIA Beacon and has ‘Centre of Vocational Excellence’ (CoVE) status for its Construction programmes, and holds ‘Investors in People’, Careermark, Matrix, and ‘Basic Skills Agency Quality Mark’ accreditation. In January 2007 its residential provision and support for 16-18 students was judged to be excellent under every category of ‘Every Child Matters’ by the CSC inspectorate and in May 2008, was judged by Ofsted to be an ‘outstanding college’ providing ‘outstanding value for money’. Sponsors make decisions about the Academy's vision and ethos, and structures for governing and managing the new school. They contribute an essential drive and focus to the Academy and are responsible for its development. Sponsors cannot make a profit out of Academies. What will the new academy be like? The Sponsors’ vision would be to create- An Academy at the heart of the Northampton community with an ethos rooted in Christian values and would: Provide high quality learning and teaching experiences; Offer a safe, secure, well maintained, and stimulating environment that would challenge and motivate members of the Academy community; Secure positive relationships within the Academy and with the wider community; Promote high standards of behaviour, mutual respect, attendance, and individual attainment; Share and celebrate success and demonstrate pride through achievement;, and Demonstrate exceptional leadership at all levels of the organisation. Key aspects of the Sponsors’ vision would include: Maths Specialism- the Academy’s curriculum would be mathematically rich and opportunities to use Maths skills across the curriculum would be fully exploited. Agenda Item No 4 Appendix 1 English Specialism-innovative models for the teaching of the English language and literacy would be developed, with an emphasis on the application of skills At Key Stage 3 - in the early stages of their secondary experience, students would focus upon the key foundation skills of learning, thinking, understanding and communication. An innovative Citizenship for Sustainability programme would encourage students to consider their roles as citizens of their local, national, and global communities Year 8 would provide a broader range of learning activities with fast track access for some subjects. All learning would be closely monitored with individual and group targets set based on prior achievement and reviewed through six weekly progress checks At Key Stages 4 & 5 the expertise of Mouton College and Bishop Stopford School in curriculum planning, activity resourcing, and joint staff development would ensure the development of a personalised curriculum to meet the aspirations and the needs of individual students. This would include academic and vocationally oriented programmes, for students to gain a wider range of skills that would prepare them not only for further study but also for employment and life. Moulton College would support the Academy in developing enhanced work- related learning provision by utilising its considerable employer networks and wide ranging sector skills links. A flexible ICT infrastructure would be readily accessible for students within and beyond the school day The Christian principles on which the Academy would be founded would pervade all aspects of its life and underpin the achievements of its staff and students. The professional development of all staff would feature highly with excellent opportunities for new teachers to learn in a variety of contexts. The Academy would provide all the facilities of a full extended service provision. Practitioners from educational, health and family support services would be available to enhance provision for students and the Academy would be the fulcrum for all multi-agency working. The name of the proposed Academy would be decided during the consultation and feasibility stage. Agenda Item No 4 Appendix 1 What happens next? Depending on the outcome of the process outlined below a new academy could open as early as September 2009. In order that the academy can open the council has to formally close the existing schools. This is a legal requirement. Dates/description Date Consultation A chance for the public, staff, This will happen for governors and the wider a 6 week period community to have their say during December and shape plans for an 2008 and January academy. 2009 Cabinet Member Northamptonshire County January 2009 decision Council’s Cabinet Member for Children and Young People will formally decide whether to proceed with plans for an academy Publish closure Official notice advising of the February 2009 notice(s) council’s intention to close schools Period for An official period for objections 6 week period representations and representations to be during February made and March 2009 Cabinet paper Northamptonshire County 14 th April 2009 Council’s cabinet to be presented with representations and decide on the proposed school closures. Decision Communicate the decision and School closure(s) a period for final scrutiny by agreed the council. April 2009 Agenda Item No 4 Appendix 1 Have your say … The closure of Unity College to create a new Academy. Please use this space to tell us what you think. This is not a referendum but a chance to make your views known so the county council can take them into account in making its decision. Please continue on a separate sheet if necessary. Optional information Name ………………………………………………………………… Do you have a child/children at one of the schools affected? [ ] Yes [ ] No but I am interested because ………………………………......... Please send the form or a letter to: Duncan Mills, Strategic Manager Schools PO Box 216 John Dryden House The Lakes Northampton NN4 7DD Or hand it in at one of the schools. You can e-mail your response to: [email protected] The closing date for comments is 9th January 2009 Agenda Item No 4 Appendix 1 Back page How to find out more Please come along to one of two Public Meetings at Unity College on 15th December or 7th January at 6.00pm. Representatives of Northamptonshire County Council and the other sponsors will make presentations, answer your questions and listen to your views. You can also make your views known via the following email address: [email protected] As parents and members of the community you are the people most concerned with children’s education in this part of Northampton. We want to know what you think. You can use the response form here, write to us or e- mail your comments. .
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