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Options Document EXCELLENT NORTHUMBERLAND DEVELOPING AN EDUCATION SERVICE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY TOWARDS A COUNTY PLAN OPTIONS DOCUMENT CONTENTS Glossary 3 Introduction 4 Background 4 The Way Forward 4 Vision 4 Learning in Northumberland 5 Consultation and Communication 5 Building Schools for the Future - Outcome of Consultation 6 What Makes the Northumberland Expression of Interest in BSF Unique? 6 The Options 7 North Northumberland 8 • Alnwick Partnership 8 • Berwick Partnership 10 • Coquet Partnership 13 South East Northumberland 15 • Blyth Partnership 15 • Cramlington Partnership 17 • Seaton Valley Partnership 19 • Roman Catholic Partnership 21 Central Northumberland 22 • Ashington & Hirst Partnership 22 • Bedlington Partnership 25 • Morpeth Partnership 27 West Northumberland 29 • Haydon Bridge Partnership 29 • Hexham Partnership 32 • Ponteland Partnership 34 • Prudhoe Partnership 36 Appendix B – Timeline 38 Appendix B – Schools by Area/Partnership 39 2 GLOSSARY Primary For children 3 or 4 – 11 years of age Secondary For children 11 – 19 years of age Junior High For children 11 – 14 years of age Senior High For children 14 – 19 years of age Hard Federation Where two or more schools are managed by one head teacher and governed by one body. Soft Federation Where two or more schools’ governing bodies agree some common management and governance arrangements Extended School Where services such as health, social services and libraries are delivered on the extended school site. Local Provision Where the education of some of the secondary school’s pupils (11 – 13/14) is provided on a school site in their locality. Satellite A ‘hub’ school providing education via satellite school sites to meet local community needs and sharing teaching resources. Surplus Places The difference between the number of pupils a school can accommodate (capacity) and the actual number of pupils on roll. KS3 Key Stage 3 of the national curriculum – years 7, 8 and 9 (11 – 14 year olds) KS4 Key Stage 4 of the national curriculum – years 10 and 11 (14 – 16 year olds) 3 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND The major catalyst for developing a new approach to school organisation in Northumberland has come through the opportunity to express an interest in Building Schools for the Future (BSF), which is the government’s new initiative for developing 21st Century learning environments for every secondary school in the country. As such the scheme cuts across the present pattern of school organisation as the scheme applies only to KS3 and KS4 pupils. At the same time the recent LEA Ofsted Inspection report commented on the need to act more quickly on the issue of surplus places and there has been a longstanding concern about the excessive cost of maintaining too many school buildings many of which are in poor condition. 2. THE WAY FORWARD This document sets out possible options based on the premise that the age of transfer in Northumberland will be at 11 years of age reflecting the outcome of the last round of consultation and the requirements of Building Schools for The Future. We expect to hear the outcome of our expression of interest in BSF in April 2004. The possible options for each Partnership and the scenarios described are not necessarily always mutually exclusive and further options may yet emerge from this process. The building blocks for the future are the school partnerships and a number of Partnerships have put forward their own suggestions, which are summarised here, and other suggestions are also put forward. This is still very much work in progress in that the period from February to May will be used to work through a technical appraisal and feasibility study of the options. This will then be developed into a County Plan, which will be put forward for public consultation in May – September with a report to the Council in October 2004. This would be followed with the publication of Public Notices with a further opportunity for views to be expressed. The anticipated timeline is attached as Appendix A. At present the target for implementation is September 2006, which was the basis of our expression of interest in Building Schools for the future. This date will be reviewed in the light of the options appraisal and the decision from the DfES on BSF. The options are for mainstream education only, although the meetings with individual schools will address the implications for special education units on mainstream school sites. A report on special education provision will be provided at a future date. The successful implementation of the County Plan will require a comprehensive review of the school catchment areas, admissions policy and travel arrangements. A high priority will be the arrangements for supporting staff, governors and pupils; ensuring minimum disruption to children’s education through the process of any changes; maintaining staff morale; seeking agreement on redeployment arrangements between schools should any changes be proposed; and ensuring clear and regular communication. If changes to the age of transfer are agreed, arrangements will be made to enable a smooth transition for pupils to their new schools. 3. VISION Creating Excellence – Putting the Learner First There is a unique opportunity to develop a new approach to learning that maximises the use of our resources, creates state of the art learning environments and harnesses a number of new government initiatives, so that all children, young people 4 and adults can fulfil their potential. Education in Northumberland in the 21st Century will have the following features: • Schools organised in Partnerships with an age of transfer at 11 yrs with local provision suiting local needs in the distribution of centres of learning. • Flexible learning environments rich in ICT that enable an individualised approach to learning with broadband Internet and video conferencing facilities • A network of Extended Schools with integrated family and community services based on school partnerships providing libraries, arts and leisure provision for the community as a whole, based on schools partnerships • Integrated children’s services based in and around schools as set out in the Government Green Paper Every Child Matters • Learning Villages with co-location of special needs, health and community facilities • Schools organised in formal federations as a group of schools offering flexibility in the use of staffing, assets and resources. • Viable schools with new learning environments with a better range of specialist resources and a broader curriculum offer • Higher standards of education throughout the system • Personalised learning that puts the learner first with strong partnerships at every level • Improved facilities for educational and social inclusion 4. LEARNING IN NORTHUMBERLAND There are many exciting and innovative approaches to learning in Northumberland in a number of initiatives such as Thinking Skills, Accelerated Learning, and RAISE. There are a number of projects that make sure that schools and parents work together –in essence successful learning depends on effective partnerships. The emphasis today is on personalised learning with the learner taking responsibility for his or her own learning, learning how to learn, to be a life long learner. The County Council recognizes the need to support learning more effectively and develop a coherent strategy that addresses the problems facing the service of poor buildings, poor budgets and surplus places. We have not before approached these issues in a coherent way or tried to develop a strategy based on a bottom up approach. Furthermore there is need for all partners and agencies involved in Learning in Northumberland to pull together in the interests of learners with an agreed strategy to raise aspirations and develop a culture of achievement. A new Charter for Learning is being developed between the LEA, the LSC and the Northumberland Local Strategic Partnership and it is intended to invite schools, and local employers to be part of this concordat. 5. CONSULTATION AND COMMUNICATION In order to develop a culture of trust and working together between the County Council and schools a number of communication events have been organised across the County and will continue in the future. It is clear that the School Partnerships offer robust building blocks for the future development of education in Northumberland in both the rural and urban areas. Taking a bottom up approach does create more uncertainty and anxiety but the outcome will be much better and our plans need to be thought through to meet the needs of the next 20 - 30 years. The School Partnerships have the potential to be the basis of school organisation in many parts of the County as well as being the foundation for the development of 5 integrated services and devolution of service delivery. Through school partnerships it will be possible to develop a partnership framework for the formal involvement of Head Teachers and Governors in the development of local educational strategy with the LEA. The individual school visits will enable a discussion of the options including, where appropriate: • The school’s age range/capacity/forms of entry • Catchment areas • Possibilities for federations and combining schools • Opportunities for resiting schools • Implications for possible school closures • Building needs • Staffing implications • Governance arrangements • Extended school opportunities • Implications for SEN provision 6. BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE - OUTCOME OF CONSULTATION The vast majority of schools support a change to the age of transfer to 11 years of age if this would lead to really significant investment in our schools, deal with the issue of surplus places and poor buildings in a coherent way, and develop learning facilities for the next generation. Individual responses referred to advantages in having continuity and progression in the national curriculum. There was real enthusiasm for Extended Schools and it was stressed that there was a need to have local provision to avoid long travel times for children. There are 5 School Partnerships that submitted their own corporate proposals with varying degree of detail proposing formal Federations.
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