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Minutes of a Meeting Held at the Town Hall, Lowestoft OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE – 03/11/2015 Minutes of a Meeting held at Riverside, Lowestoft on Tuesday, 3 November 2015 at 6.00 pm 33 Members of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee Councillors S Barker (Chairman), P Ashdown, A Cackett, J Ceresa, T Gandy, L Gooch, P Light, S Logan, C Punt, T Reynolds and C Topping Representatives from Suffolk County Council Nikki Edwards - Assistant Director for Education & Learning Adrian Orr - Deputy Assistant Director for Education & Learning Waveney District Council Officers present H Slater (Head of Legal & Democratic Services) and A Stapleton (Democratic Services Officer) 1 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE / SUBSTITUTES Apologies for absence were received from Councillors N Brooks, G Catchpole, G Elliott and M Parsons. Councillor P Ashdown attended as a substitute for Councillor N Brooks, and Councillor C Punt attended as a substitute for Councillor M Parsons. 2 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST The following Members declared Local Non Pecuniary Interests in Item 5 on the Agenda – Inspection of Suffolk County Council’s Arrangements for Supporting School Improvement - due to their employment in or links with the education sector as follows: S Barker A former teacher, Governor of Carlton Colville Primary School, and a member of the National Union of Teachers. P Ashdown Governor of Somerleyton School. L Gooch Employed at East Norfolk Sixth Form College, and a parent of a student at Pakefield High School. P Light Employed at Lowestoft College. 3 MINUTES RESOLVED That the Minutes of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee meeting held on 8 October 2015 be approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman. Following approval of the minutes Councillor Punt asked whether the written responses requested at the previous meeting had been forwarded to Members. The Democratic Services Officer advised that Members of the Overview & Scrutiny Committee and Audit & Governance Committee, and all other Members in attendance at that meeting, had been emailed the responses, and that she would forward these again to Councillor Punt. 4 ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CHAIRMAN, RESPONSES OF THE CABINET TO ANY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OR REPORTS OF ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CABINET The Chairman advised that the Committee’s letter to Councillor James Finch, Suffolk County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways & Transport, had been acknowledged, and that 1 OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE – 03/11/2015 Councillor Finch was to meet shortly with the Leaders of both Waveney and Suffolk Coastal District Councils to discuss the issue of transferring the responsibility for on-street parking and Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) to the District Councils. The Chairman asked the Democratic Services Officer to again contact Councillor Finch, to ask when the meeting was to take place, and to request that the Chairman be informed of the outcome of any discussions. The Chairman also reminded Members that the deadline for receipt of the Scrutiny Skills Audit form which had been circulated to Members had passed, but only five Members had responded. She asked that Members complete and return the forms, in order for her to be able to analyse the skills base of the Committee. NB: Councillor Topping arrived at this point in the proceedings, at 6.07pm. 5 INSPECTION OF SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL’S ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUPPORTING SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT The Chairman was pleased to welcome attendees from Suffolk County Council (SCC) to the meeting: Nikki Edwards (Assistant Director for Education & Learning) and Adrian Orr (Deputy Assistant Director for Education & Learning). Officers from SCC had attended the Overview & Scrutiny Committee on 18 March 2015 to update Members on the progress of Raising the Bar. At that meeting Members had asked that representatives from SCC again be invited to attend and discuss a recently published Ofsted inspection report on SCC’s arrangements for supporting school improvement in Suffolk, in order for Waveney’s Councillors to have an input into any plans put in place by the County Council in the light of the report, and to investigate whether Waveney’s Councillors could provide any assistance or advice. Ms Edwards and Mr Orr presented their report, which set out the areas for improvement in Ofsted’s inspection summary, together with SCC’s response to the Ofsted findings. The report also set out how Waveney’s Councillors could support and contribute to SCC’s plans to improve, as well as some summary performance information for Waveney and Lowestoft to update the Committee on the most recent round of unvalidated results. Ms Edwards advised that Education & Learning Services had been reorganised under a single Assistant Director, and that the service now included a number of areas which had previously not been organised together, including schools admissions, early years and childcare, inclusive services, the district nursing team, respite care, and the virtual school for looked after children. This reorganisation would enable the service to concentrate on standards, achievements and inclusion, and ensure that all children received a good education, from ages 0-25, smoothly delivered rather than in separate phases. Ms Edwards gave further detail on the other activities which formed the responses to the Ofsted inspection, and also drew Members’ attention to the graphs on pages 13-21 of the report, which showed improvement around the Key Stages. The following questions and issues were raised during the discussions held and responses given as follows: Members asked for an explanation of the Key Stages. Mr Orr advised that in 1988 the Government divided primary and secondary education into four key stages, related to testing. Key Stage 1 was the first stage of primary school; prior to that there was early years/foundation education. Performance was measured in early years education, because of the importance of early years providers in preparing children for the move to primary education. Early years improvement in Suffolk was higher than the national average. At Key Stage 1, pupils were tested around literacy and numeracy at the age of 7, National Curriculum Year Group 2. Key Stage 2 had historically been a problem area in Suffolk. In 2009 performance was almost at the bottom of the 151 education authorities. Key Stage 2 was Year 6, the end 2 OVERVIEW & SCRUTINY COMMITTEE – 03/11/2015 of primary and with children about to move to secondary education. Key measures were tested at this stage, with an expectation of Level 4 reading, writing and mathematics or better. The percentage of pupils achieving this standard was one of the two indicators used by Ofsted. Suffolk had been behind the national level of preparedness for secondary school. The measure at this stage was of reading, writing and mathematics, however research showed that reading ability at this stage was the single biggest indicator of what someone would be doing at the age of 25, as any further education or career required someone to have the ability to read instructions. This was therefore a crucial stage of a pupil’s education. Key Stage 3 occurred between Years 7 and 9, and was the first stage of secondary school. KS3 was no longer tested nationally, however schools continued to measure performance at Year 9 in order to inform pupils’ choices for Key Stage 4, the last two years of secondary school, and the important GCSE years. At the end of Key Stage 4 pupils took their GCSEs, and up to last year the national measure of achievement for schools was the percentage of children achieving at least 5 Grade A*-C GCSEs including English and Mathematics. Those children achieving the best results were those who went on to have the greatest choice of onward progression from age 16. A Member asked about the County Council’s role in the morale of teachers, and how they influenced this. Ms Edwards advised that this was largely in the hands of the head teacher plus the governing body or trust, as wellbeing was a crucial part of leadership. High morale was a key to success, with lower levels of absenteeism of staff leading to consistency of approach for pupils. Motivated teachers made lessons exciting. The County influenced this through providing training opportunities for newly qualified teachers, to encourage them to want to stay in the system and to enjoy their career. Leadership bursaries were also available, and successful schools offered high quality continuing professional development (CPD) to their staff and ongoing training within the school environment such as use of external trainers, accessing best practice, personal development days and visits to other schools. Where such training was of the highest quality, teachers’ morale was at its highest. Effective head teachers and governors had a significant influence on the morale of the teaching staff. Where their worries and pressures were visible, these pressures were passed on to the teaching staff, however where management had a positive attitude and effective leadership, this too was reflected in the attitude and morale of staff. The County Council influenced this by doing what it could to maintain the wellbeing and morale of head teachers. Professional associations were also available for head teachers to network with each other, as well as union organisations. Additionally, schools accessed a number of wellbeing services, and the County Council had a contract with a particular wellbeing organisation. As part of the Schools Choice survey schools were asked for feedback on the current service, and for details of other service providers which they could recommend, and this may lead to a group purchase approach of different wellbeing support groups. The County risk rated schools as to whether they were likely to receive a good or better Ofsted outcome. This was a challenging process, and was approved of by Ofsted. There would be further consultation with head teachers and governing bodies on how staff could be encouraged to go the extra mile where a school was in challenging circumstances.
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