Education and Skills Annual Report: North West

Ofsted today launches its Annual Report for 2014/15 which gives a state of the nation picture of the performance of schools, colleges and further education and skills providers in England.

This year’s Annual Report has found that there is a wide divide in educational performance across the country after the age of 11.

Please find the key findings and headline facts for education performance in the North West, along with:

1. breakdown of primary and secondary school performance for the region 2. link to national press notice and the Annual Report 2014/15 3. list of outstanding providers in the North West 4. regional attainment and progress table 5. information about Data View.

Key findings and headline facts for the North West

Early years

1. In the North West 83% of early years providers are now good or better; this is an increase from 77% in 2014. Getting more children from low-income families into high-quality early education at an early age is essential for improving readiness for school.

2. The proportion of children who achieved a good level of development by the end of the early years foundation stage has increased in almost all of the region’s local authorities. However, some areas remain well below national levels. Children eligible for free school meals are markedly less likely to achieve a good level of development than their peers.

Schools

3. There is a clear divide between the quality of provision in the region’s primary schools compared to its secondary schools:

 69% of secondary schools were judged good or better by August 2015; this is up from 67% in the previous year.

 88% of primary schools were judged good or better by August 2015 an increase from 86% in the previous year.

4. Pupils in primary schools in the North West receive a good standard of education and as a result their achievement is in line with the England level. This year, 90% of children reached the expected standard of Level 2 or above in reading at the end of Key Stage 1. Provisional Key Stage 2 results show that 81% achieved Level 4 or above in reading, writing and mathematics at the end of Key Stage 2. Trafford preformed particularly strongly for both measures.

5. The quality of provision in secondary schools across many localities in the region remains a cause for concern. There are 16 local authority areas in England where less than 60 per cent of secondary schools are good or better and which have lower than average attainment and progress at GCSE. Six of these are in the North West region: Blackpool, Knowsley, Liverpool, Oldham, Salford and St Helens.

6. As examples of weakness: Knowsley has six secondary schools, five of which have been inspected and none has been judged good or better – this affects around 4,700 pupils. In Blackpool, there are around 4,000 pupils in secondary schools that are judged to be less than good. Blackpool was subject to a local authority school inspection in December 2014 where significant weaknesses were judged to remain in the local authority’s arrangements to support school improvement.1

7. Trafford and Cheshire East are the strongest performing local authority areas in the region in terms of inspection outcomes. They have the highest proportions of pupils attending good and better primary schools (95% in both authorities) and secondary schools (92% and 90% respectively).

8. Pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) continue to achieve less well than other pupils and the difference is stubbornly wide in many areas at secondary level. In 2014, in five local authority areas the attainment gap between FSM pupils and their peers was above 35 percentage points for the proportion of pupils gaining five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C , including English and mathematics. These were Stockport, Cheshire East, Trafford, Wirral and Wigan.

Further education and skills

9. At 95%, the proportion of the region’s sixth form colleges judged to be good or better is well above the national figure of 88%. The North West also has the highest number of sixth form colleges graded outstanding in England. Seventy- eight percent of provision in the region’s further education colleges is judged to be good or better, which is in line with the England level.

1 http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/local-authorities/blackpool.

Breakdown of primary and secondary school performance for the region

Primary Schools1

% of pupils in good or Change from % of pupils Rank2 Local Authority outstanding schools 2015 2014 (%pts) in academies 6 Trafford 95 -1 9 9 Cheshire East 95 2 28 18 Wigan 93 4 11 25 Knowsley 91 6 2 29 Halton 91 5 3 31 Stockport 90 -2 5 32 Manchester 90 3 22 33 St. Helens 90 2 4 35 Cheshire West and Chester 90 4 7 43 Lancashire 89 2 2 47 Warrington 89 5 0 53 Cumbria 88 0 11 60 Bury 87 3 8 67 Wirral 87 -1 3 68 Bolton 87 0 11 77 Oldham 86 6 15 85 Blackburn with Darwen 85 2 11 86 Sefton 85 -4 0 91 Liverpool 84 -2 1 92 Rochdale 84 1 3 102 Salford 82 -1 7 112 Tameside 80 0 7 116 Blackpool 79 -2 52 Source: Ofsted and Department for Education 1. Inspections conducted by 31 August 2015 where the inspection report was published by 5 October 2015 2. Isles of Scilly and City of London excluded from analysis due to small numbers

Secondary Schools1

% of pupils in good or Change from % of pupils Rank2 Local Authority outstanding schools 2015 2014 (%pts) in academies 23 Trafford 92 0 75 27 Cheshire East 90 13 71 55 Lancashire 84 3 27 56 Cheshire West and Chester 84 5 47 82 Cumbria 77 8 64 84 Blackburn with Darwen 77 9 64 85 Rochdale 77 -9 26 90 Bolton 76 12 21 93 Bury 74 -17 0 94 Wigan 74 -3 26 95 Stockport 74 -9 30 96 Manchester 74 10 62

103 Sefton 72 17 52 106 Wirral 71 3 73 110 Halton 70 -7 54 124 Warrington 61 -6 73 128 Salford 59 0 26 130 Liverpool 57 -20 47 134 St. Helens 56 21 24 142 Tameside 49 0 51 147 Oldham 36 0 56 148 Blackpool 35 -3 84 150 Knowsley 0 -77 46 Source: Ofsted and Department for Education 1. Inspections conducted by 31 August 2015 where the inspection report was published by 5 October 2015

2. Isles of Scilly and City of London excluded from analysis due to small numbers

Education and Skills Annual Report 2014/15

Press notice and Annual Report 2014/15 http://bit.ly/OfstedAR15

List of outstanding providers in the North West

URN Name Provider type Provision type Local authority 139813 The Olive School Blackburn Free Schools Primary Blackburn with Darwen 119099 Turncroft Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Blackburn with Darwen 119091 Ashworth Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Blackburn with Darwen 140143 Park Community Academy Academy Special Converter Special Blackpool 139776 The Olive Tree Primary School Bolton Free Schools Primary Bolton 105159 Markland Hill Primary School Community School Primary Bolton 105147 The Young Mums Unit Pupil Referral Unit PRU Bolton 105142 Alexandra Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Bolton 105372 Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya Independent School Bury 105378 Elms Bank Specialist Arts College Community Special School Special Bury 105342 St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich Voluntary Aided School Primary Bury 105340 St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw Voluntary Aided School Primary Bury 105334 Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury Voluntary Aided School Primary Bury 105283 Hoyle Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Bury 140083 Holmes Chapel Primary School Academy Converter Primary Cheshire East 139539 Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School Academy Converter Primary Cheshire East 139139 All Hallows Catholic College Academy Converter Secondary Cheshire East 111508 Park Lane School Community Special School Special Cheshire East 111330 St Alban's Catholic Primary School Voluntary Aided School Primary Cheshire East 139377 St Martin's Academy Chester Free Schools Primary Cheshire West and Chester 136645 Christleton High School Academy Converter Secondary Cheshire West and Chester 135019 Woodfall Primary School Community School Primary Cheshire West and Chester 111504 Oaklands School Community Special School Special Cheshire West and Chester 111235 Meadow Community Primary School Community School Primary Cheshire West and Chester 111205 Acresfield Community Primary School Community School Primary Cheshire West and Chester 110955 St Mary's Community Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Cheshire West and Chester 135410 Kirby Moor School Independent Special School Cumbria 134781 Cambian Whinfell School Independent Special School Cumbria 112402 Hayton CofE Primary School Foundation School Primary Cumbria 112248 High Hesket CofE School Voluntary Controlled School Primary Cumbria 112144 Victoria Infant School Community School Primary Cumbria

URN Name Provider type Provision type Local authority 112093 Hindpool Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Cumbria 112091 Kendal Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Cumbria 111515 Ashley School Community Special School Special Halton 110959 Warrington Road Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Halton 104500 Knowsley Central School Community Special School Special Knowsley 135541 Cumberland School Independent Special School Lancashire 132828 Westmorland School Independent Special School Lancashire 131666 Oakfield House School Independent Special School Lancashire 131025 Belmont School Independent Special School Lancashire 119853 Waterloo Lodge School Independent Special School Lancashire 133688 Royal Cross Primary School Community Special School Special Lancashire 119897 Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh School Community Special School Special Lancashire 119894 Oswaldtwistle White Ash School Community Special School Special Lancashire 119883 Broadfield Specialist School Community Special School Special Lancashire 119765 Penwortham Girls' High School Community School Secondary Lancashire 119664 St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, Newchurch Voluntary Aided School Primary Lancashire 119657 St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington Voluntary Aided School Primary Lancashire 119559 Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School Voluntary Aided School Primary Lancashire 119537 Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School Voluntary Aided School Primary Lancashire 119480 Halsall St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School Voluntary Aided School Primary Lancashire 119377 Westhead Lathom St James' Church of England Primary School Voluntary Controlled School Primary Lancashire 119350 Longton Primary School Community School Primary Lancashire 119326 Haslingden Broadway Primary School Community School Primary Lancashire 119257 Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary School Community School Primary Lancashire 119141 Nether Kellet Community Primary School Community School Primary Lancashire 119103 Stepping Stones School Pupil Referral Unit PRU Lancashire 119100 Staghills Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Lancashire 119097 Bacup Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Lancashire 119071 Ightenhill Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Lancashire 119070 Rosegrove Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Lancashire 119066 Duke Street Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Lancashire 119065 Rockwood Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Lancashire 133309 Walton Progressive School Independent Special School Liverpool

URN Name Provider type Provision type Local authority 139114 Harmonize Academy AP Free School Free Schools - Alternative Provision PRU Liverpool 135174 The Belvedere Academy Academy Sponsor Led Secondary Liverpool 134250 All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School Voluntary Aided School Primary Liverpool 133421 Hope School Community Special School Special Liverpool 131314 New Park Primary School Community School Primary Liverpool 104749 Redbridge High School Community Special School Special Liverpool 104748 Palmerston School Community Special School Special Liverpool 104744 Ernest Cookson School Community Special School Special Liverpool 104664 St Sebastian's Catholic Primary School and Nursery Voluntary Aided School Primary Liverpool 104651 St Francis de Sales Catholic Infant and Nursery School Voluntary Aided School Primary Liverpool 104544 Gilmour (Southbank) Infant School Community School Primary Liverpool 104504 East Prescot Road Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Liverpool 140130 Green End Primary School Academy Converter Primary Manchester 139598 New Islington Free School Free Schools Primary Manchester 137309 The King David High School Academy Converter Secondary Manchester 134479 Sacred Heart RC Primary School Voluntary Aided School Primary Manchester 133770 Ashbury Meadow Primary School Community School Primary Manchester 105459 Varna Community Primary School Community School Primary Manchester 105385 Collyhurst Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Manchester 138697 New Bridge School Academy Special Converter Special Oldham 133369 The Kingfisher Community Special School Community Special School Special Oldham 105695 St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School Voluntary Aided School Primary Oldham 105667 Greenfield Primary School Community School Primary Oldham 105645 Glodwick Infant and Nursery School Community School Primary Oldham 105814 Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Voluntary Aided School Primary Rochdale 105760 Sunny Brow Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Rochdale 105953 St Mary's RC Primary School Voluntary Aided School Primary Salford 134888 Wargrave House School Non-Maintained Special School Special St Helens 131022 Mill Green School Community Special School Special St Helens 104788 Eccleston Lane Ends Primary School Voluntary Controlled School Primary St Helens 104758 Allanson Street Primary School Community School Primary St Helens 137843 Cheadle Hulme High School Academy Converter Secondary Stockport 106129 St Winifred's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stockport Voluntary Aided School Primary Stockport

URN Name Provider type Provision type Local authority 106055 Ladybrook Primary School Community School Primary Stockport 106023 Moat House Pupil Referral Unit PRU Stockport 106016 Lark Hill Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Stockport 106015 Hollywood Park Nursery School LA Nursery School Nursery Stockport 140133 Hawthorns School Academy Special Converter Special Tameside 106279 Cromwell High School Community Special School Special Tameside 106266 Mossley Hollins High School Community School Secondary Tameside 106390 Pictor School Community Special School Special Trafford 132768 Grappenhall Heys Community Primary School Community School Primary Warrington 111495 Green Lane Community Special School Community Special School Special Warrington 111382 Stretton St Matthew's CofE Primary School Voluntary Aided School Primary Warrington 130385 Orrell Lamberhead Green Community Primary School Community School Primary Wigan 106460 St Patrick's Catholic Primary School Voluntary Aided School Primary Wigan 106427 Wood Fold Primary School Community School Primary Wigan 106402 Woodfield Primary School Community School Primary Wigan 105139 Wirral Hospitals School and Home Education Service Community Community Special School Special Wirral Base 105130 Kilgarth School Community Special School Special Wirral

Notes: Inspections which only consider part of a provider's services or cannot result in an outstanding judgment are not included in this list. Types of inspections excluded: inspections of European schools, inspection of specific courses at dance and drama colleges, inspection of specific aspects of Ministry of Defence training establishments, inspection of prison education, inspection of probation services, inspection of care provision in residential special schools and boarding schools under the Care Standards Act 2000, inspection of residential accommodation in further education colleges. Where provider names or other details are redacted, this is for reasons of confidentiality/data protection. Provision types do not apply to all provider types, and so are sometimes omitted. Links are available to inspection reports. In some cases, the report is removed from the Ofsted website when a provider ceases to operate. In these cases, the link provided may not work. Except where noted, inspections must have taken place between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015. In all cases, the inspection report must have been published before 1 November 2015. Providers that have been subsequently inspected in 2014/15 and found to be less than outstanding are not included in this list.

Explore Ofsted inspection outcomes with Data View

Data View gives users the ability to view inspection outcomes over time by remit, phase and provider type/group at regional, local authority and constituency level. Selected areas of the country can be viewed alongside the England level as well as in direct comparison with up to ten statistical neighbours. Users are also able to identify individual providers by their overall effectiveness and to link directly to the provider page on the Ofsted reports website. https://public.tableau.com/views/Dataview/Viewregionalperformanceovertime.

Regional attainment and progress

Attainment and progress Pupil characteristics Size Allocation (percentages) (percentages) 5+ A* to C Number of Allocation per including Number of pupils in Pupils eligible for free secondary pupil (2014- English and secondary schools school meals (2015) schools 15) mathematics Area (2015) North West 458 407,322 £5,248 54.9 16 North East 185 151,618 £5,196 54.4 17 Yorkshire and the Humber 311 312,552 £5,196 53.8 15 West Midlands 418 345,477 £5,219 54.1 16 East Midlands 294 272,597 £5,018 53.0 13 Midlands and the North 1,666 1,489,566 £5,184 54.1 15 South West 343 307,659 £4,799 57.1 10 South East 504 496,887 £4,864 59.0 9 London 474 480,831 £6,172 59.5 20 East 395 360,311 £4,984 57.3 10 South and East 1,716 1,645,688 £5,247 58.4 13 England 3,382 3,135,254 £5,216 56.3 14

School size figures based on Edubase at 2 September 2015. Allocation data is the schools block funding allocation for 2014/15 from the Department for Education. 2015 Key Stage 4 attainment data are provisional and includes state-funded schools only. SEND data include all schools, including independent schools. SEND pupils with both SEN support and EHC plans are included (and their predecessor equivalences). Source: Department for Education and Ofsted