Corporation Minutes 16 October 2018 MEETING
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MEETING OF THE CORPORATION OF MACCLESFIELD COLLEGE TUESDAY 16 OCTOBER 2018 – 9.30 AM BOARD ROOM – M219 PART I Clerk: Mrs R Clare Present: Mr K Cook Mr K Williams Mr M Sharples Chair Mr M Wright Mrs C Trasler Mrs J Walters Mrs M Grant Mrs R Kay Prof A Sutcliffe Mrs G Bell Mrs B Dooley In attendance: Mrs L French Mrs A Murphy Mr R Hedge item 65/18 only MINUTES Item Title Actions 62/18 Welcome and Apologies for Absence The Chair welcomed Members to the first Corporation meeting of the academic year. B Dooley was in attendance for her first meeting. Introductions were made. B Dooley explained her background to the Corporation. She is currently serving on several Committees in her role as Councillor for Cheshire East. She is Town Councillor and has a nursing background. She is also a Member of the Combined Fire Authority of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Halton and Warrington. Apologies of absence were received for P Newell, S Musgrave and N Schofield. 63/18 Declaration of Members’ Interests M Sharples declared an interest as his wife works for Cheshire East Council. B Dooley declared an interest as Councillor for Cheshire East. 64/18 Minutes and matters arising from the previous meeting The minutes were reviewed and approved. There was one change noted to remove R Kay from the attendance list. Her absence was recorded under apologies. Matters arising The Chair reviewed the actions from the previous meeting. Corporation Minutes 16 October 2018 1 The Vice Principal for Curriculum and Quality will provide an updated Student Destinations report during this meeting. The Director of Governance launched the Self-Assessment and the Governance SAR will be shared at the Search and Governance Committee on 13 November 2018 to review. The Chair and Director of Governance will review the structure of governor curriculum links once the first meeting with the Directors of Curriculum has taken place. The Principal stated that she felt that the model shared with Members at the July meeting was the most suitable model in order for all governors to be informed of all areas of the college rather than a specific area and show impact as a group. This would strengthen the leadership/management collaboration. The Director of Governance has received some information from another college that she can share with the Search and Governance Committee. There was one change required to the plan for the Auditors to amend the subcontracting audit to ‘advisory’. This will be reviewed at the Audit Committee. At the July meeting, the Vice Principal Finance and Resources stated that the transitional grant funding may need to be paid back dependent upon the decision to federate with the LTE Group. This was likely to be paid back during August. The Vice Principal for Finance and Resources stated that this is likely to be paid back during October. In relation to the Employers Survey, Members noted a positive report at the previous meeting. A Member requested the national benchmark to be circulated to Members after the meeting if it was available. The Vice Principal Curriculum and Quality stated that this is not available for last year but would be shared for this year. This was due to the Ofsted and Employers already completing two surveys during the year. It was explained that all colleges in the sector are facing a rise in the number of students with mental health issues and Macclesfield College was no different. Members requested to review the impact of the College nurse at a future meeting. It was reported that there would be regular updates throughout the year at Corporation meetings and the Safeguarding group. QDP Overall 2017/18 The Corporation reviewed the Student Feedback 2017/18 document. The Vice Principal for Curriculum and Quality suggested to review the questions that fell in quartile ‘C’ and ‘D’. The questions that fell in the lower quartiles were reviewed, and related to the LRC, computers and HE. This academic year, the LRC was part of the student induction in order to improve the experience for students. The number of learners who are entering HE has dropped from 16.5% in 2015/16 to 11.5% in 2016/17. This reflects the increase in level 1 and level 2 provision at Macclesfield College. The college has carried out focus groups with HE students and the feedback has been that there are too many teachers and further guidance is needed on key dates for assessments. Feedback also related to having a dedicated HE space but this is difficult to create currently. A Member stated that he attended the HE SAR and was happy with many of the points in the action plan, but realised that the dedicated HE space was a hurdle for the college. The Principal explained that there is going to be a bid that opens in January, that the college will be able to apply for and could help the college in this area. The college is going to access some support with writing the bid from a consultant who has previously worked with the college, free of charge. The long term strategy is to forge stronger links with the University of Chester to establish a greater experience for HE students. Corporation Minutes 16 October 2018 2 65/18 The Macclesfield Academy The Head Teacher of The Macclesfield Academy attended the meeting for this item only. He explained that he had met with The Macclesfield Academy Governing Body to review the summer results in detail. In this meeting, he requested that the Corporation review the top level Ofsted action plan. M Sharples meets R Hedge periodically to review the progress of The Macclesfield Academy. The action plan was broken down in to 8 actions. R Hedge reported the work undertaken to improve the monitoring activity and responsibility of subject leaders. There were issues this year with the results for Design and Technology and PE. There were inaccuracies in the predictions made. R Hedge stated that the tracking from year 7 through the school is an aim and improvements to the tracking should improve student outcomes. The attainment in all subjects was up apart from Design and Technology and PE, however progress at The Macclesfield Academy is down. In some areas the attainment is slightly up but R Hedge stated specifically Geography and History attainment is significantly up. R Hedge stated that The Macclesfield Academy has put mechanisms in place to better support disadvantaged students. An ‘analyser’ has been used to make better predictions in all subjects. This should result in more accurate predictions in English, maths and science at the first data grab but may take longer to embed in other subjects and the predictions may not be as accurate. R Hedge stated that there has been a new Pupil Premium focus that concentrates on repeated exclusions, maths attendance and hard to reach students. There is more analysis now of pupil premium students and this should result in improved results for 2019. Q: A year after Ofsted, what changes are working? Are they being implemented and taking effect? The monitoring has improved but whole academy improvement in Teaching and Learning will take some time to embed. Cheshire East has supported The Macclesfield Academy in a Pupil Premium Review and the appointment of an external school advisor. A report in this area will be provided which will identify areas for improvement. Q: Governors commented that they are yet to see improvement at The Macclesfield Academy at their recent meeting. The KS2 results were up so the results were expected to be up for the previous Year 11? The progress reports up to March showed greater impact but it was subsequently clear that these reports were not accurate. It is important that The Macclesfield Academy ensure their assessment is accurate. Teachers need to be making realistic projections. The progress measure when published will be significantly below national. R Hedge stated that M Grant in her role as Vice Chair of Governors at The Macclesfield Academy has been reviewing inconsistencies within Teaching and Learning and supporting to increase the rate of challenge. There has been a change of post in the leadership of maths. The Corporation discussed that Ofsted may possibly revisit in Autumn 2019 and there needed to be marked improvements. Rigor is needed for results to improve. There will be a continuous drive on improving attainment and progress. R Hedge will continue to meet with M Sharples to review the progress. 66/18 Principal Report – Annual Review document Members were invited to ask any questions in relation to The Annual Review document that was received on 2 October 2018 at the Teaching and Learning strategy day. A Member recommended greater emphasis on HE in future documents in order to raise the profile. The Principal confirmed that she will include HE in future documents. The Principal explained that she is currently finalising the strategic plan and HE is a separate detailed plan. Corporation Minutes 16 October 2018 3 67/18 Quality and Curriculum i. Outcome against Key Performance Indicators for 2017/18 Members reviewed the final Key Performance Indicators for 2017/18. The KPIs were presented by the Executive Leadership Team (ELT). The following points were made: The Vice Principal for Curriculum and Quality stated that any targets that were highlighted red from 14 to 33 were above national but had not met the high target set by the college with the exception of line 27 and 28. The Vice Chair of the Corporation requested that ELT check the highlighted colours, line 17 should be red and line 9 lesson observations should be green.