BROUGHTON PRIMARY SCHOOL SUMMARY GOVERNORS ANNUAL REPORT TO PARENTS 2016/2017 Broughton Primary School Broughton Hall Road Broughton Flintshire Tel: 01244 533752 LIST OF GOVERNORS Headteacher Mrs. Melissa Kendrick Chair of Governors/LEA Mr. Phil Griffiths Vice Chair of Governors Mrs. Pam Millington Parent Governors Miss. Sue Salsibury Mr. Ben Jones Mr. Jonathan Allport LEA Governors Cllr. Billy Mullins Cllr. Derek Butler Cllr. Mike Lowe Community Governors Mrs. Samantha Webster Mr. Alex Lewis Mr. Lewis Greenwood Teacher Governors Mrs. Jan Bibby Mr. S Anderton Non teaching Governor Mrs. Marion Stocking Clerk to the Governors Mrs. Lesley Hopwood TERM DATES 2017-18 Autumn Term 2017 Training Day Friday 1st September Training Day Monday 4th September School Opens Tuesday 5th September School Closes (Half Friday 27th October Term) School Opens Monday 6th November School Closes Thursday 21st December Training Day Friday 22nd December Spring Term 2018 School Opens Monday 8th January School Closes (Half Friday 9th February Term) School Opens Monday 19th February School Closes (Easter) Friday 23rd March Summer Term 2018 School Opens Monday 9th April School Closed (May Day) Monday 7th May School Closes (Half Thursday 24th May Term) Training Day Friday 25th May School Opens Monday 4th June Training Day Monday 25th June School Closes Friday 20th July BROUGHTON PRIMARY SCHOOL GOVERNORS ANNUAL REPORT TO PARENTS The National Assembly for Wales requires each school to use the headings as set out below as the required format for the content of the Governors’ Annual Report to Parents. SCHOOL ORGANISATION 2016 – 17 Mrs M Kendrick – Headteacher, Mrs Jan Bibby – Deputy Headteacher Mr Mike Elliott – KS2 Assistant Headteacher, Mr M Probert – FP Assistant Headteacher Class Teacher Year Class Support staff size Bumblebees Mrs A Owen Nursery (am) Mrs. Sandra Bailey Mrs. Michelle Ravenscroft Grasshoppers Nursery (pm) Mrs. Esther Bentley Mrs. Sarah Threlfall 1 Mr W Jenkins Reception Miss Laura Blackwell Miss Rachael Williams 2 Miss B Williams Reception Mrs. Sonia Braisdell Mrs Helen Whymark 3 Mrs K Derbyshire Year R / 1 Mrs Caroline Catherall Mrs Kate Brown 4 Ms R Sullivan Year 1 Mrs Cathy Coles Mrs Shirley Connah Mr M Probert Year 1 5 Miss S Kirkham Year 1 / 2 Mrs. Sharon Edwards Ms. Sharon Jarvis (fixed term contract) 6 Miss A Smith Year 2 Mrs. Gwyneth Ellson Mrs Christie Jenkins 7 Mrs P Jones Year 2 Mrs. Michelle Eriksen Mrs Anna Lommano 8 Mr J Roberts Year 3 Mrs. Chris Evans 9 Mrs H Warner Hunter Year 3 Mrs. Cerissa Garnett Administration 10 Mrs A Williams Year 3 / 4 Miss. Hannah Gerrard Mrs J Jones 11 Mr M Elliott Year 4 Mrs Sian Hitchmough Mrs S Pearson 12 Miss S James Year 4 Mrs Angela Jones Mrs L Hopwood 13 Mr M Davies Year 5 Miss. Lin Jones 14 Miss K Sturdy Year 5 Miss Hannah Lidford (Mrs C Last maternity cover) 15 Mr R Collins Year 5 / 6 Mrs Jean McCormick 16 Mrs Owen-Phillips Year 5 / 6 Mrs. Margaret Mayhew (Miss B Hughes -maternity cover) PPA Mrs S Green All Years Session Times The school session times meet the statutory guidance issued by the Welsh Office. Foundation Phase; 8:50 – 11:45, 12:45 – 3:10 (Reception children session finishes at 3pm) Key Stage 2 8:50 – 12:15. 1:15 to 3:15pm Action Taken by the Governing Body There were no resolutions passed at the last meeting. Financial Details for 2016/2017 Total Employees £1,192,761 Total Premises £ 66,478 Total Supplies £ 69,149 Government Grants/Income SEG/PDG £ 77,549 Foundation Phase Funding £ 118,323 All the delegated monies were used as per each heading. Within the heading of supplies is an amount of £69,149 to facilitate the purchase of every consumable item from pencils and paper through to computer software. This equates to approximately £44.75 per pupil per term. This budget heading has been supplemented by fund raising activities, such as non-uniform days, competitions and the Friends of Broughton, in order to provide an adequate level of resources that are required to effectively support teaching and learning activities. Throughout the year visits and trips are arranged to support and enhance pupil’s learning and experiences. Trips out of school are increasingly expensive (whether they are near or far), so in order to keep contributions to a minimum, calculations for each trip are based on the total cost of trips for each school department (eg. Foundation Phase, KS1, KS2). Despite contributions received from parents, in order to minimise cost to parents it is usually necessary for school to subsidise trips (field trips, residential, educational visits, etc.) Gifts and Additional Funding Gifts and grants were received from the following local companies and agencies; Payment of £480.00 from Davies Development for bottle testing. Donation of £1500.00 from Airbus for Breakfast Club Donation of £173.70 from Airbus Donation of £150 from Mr & Mrs Davies Collection of £51.34 from Choir singing at Broughton Park Collection of £40.00 from Choir singing at Broughton Community Centre Payment of £210.31 from Tempest photography for the children’s photos. Payment of £180.00 from Forrester Sports Grants Awarded: Tesco bags for life/Groundwork’s award for £10,000.00 which created our Eco/Gardening and Forest School area. National Lottery, Awards for All, for £5000.00 which supported our Foundation Phase Outdoor Play area. Money Supermarket grant for £500.00 which enabled us to have an outside reading shed, for use at break times. Governors Expenses Clerk expenses of £300.00 claimed for Mrs Lesley Hopwood (Clerk to the Governors). Security Arrangements There have been no changes to the security arrangements during this academic year. During the academic year 2016-17 there were no incidents of vandalism reported to the Governing Body. School Categorisation The Welsh Government, LA and Consortium (GwE) has confirmed once again that Broughton Primary is a highly effective school. Broughton Primary School is rated in the GREEN support category on the basis of our standards and capacity to improve. Schools in the GREEN category are described as “a highly effective school which are well run, have a strong leadership and is clear about their priorities for improvement”. This excellent outcome for our school confirms outstanding performance of Broughton Primary’s pupils over a three year period, supported by staff, governors and families. School Policy Curriculum documentation is reviewed and presented for approval to the Governors. The School Development Plan incorporates all prioritised areas identified for development and links to National and local educational priorities. Prioritised areas for focus in 2016-17 were; continue to raise standards in literacy, with particular focus on the Reading strategies and introduce writing strategies through PPA teachers; basic skills and developing numeracy; continue the development of higher order mental maths strategies in a consistent and whole school approach; Meet the individual needs of all learners through a “person centred planning” approach and so support well being of all learners. Develop the outdoor learning area provision for Foundation Phase; Continue to develop the raising of standards in Welsh across the school, and the promotion of the Urdd and attend competitions; move towards paperless communication and transactions; and re-establish School based out of school care provision. The School Prospectus is reviewed on an annual basis with a view to updating information regarding statutory changes that are required by the Welsh Assembly. We endeavour to provide information that accurately reflects Broughton Primary School. An updated 2017-18 prospectus is now available from school. Changes include class reorganisation and changes to personnel. In addition to the prospectus, parents also received information in the form of; New nursery handbook for parents; Reception parents handbook Foundation Phase & Keystage 2 Curriculum Newsletters School Gateway - whole school Newsletters Whole school news updates via Twitter @BroughtonCP School information via school website : www.broughton-primary.co.uk School Strategies The Governing Body has reviewed targets that have been set and, in consultation with Challenge Officers nominated by GWE, we have ensured that the targets are challenging and attainable. Monitoring on the procedures to improve quality, and their impact on standards and provision has been judged by GWE to have an “excellent “capacity to further improve standards”. The Governing Body has reviewed the targets during the year and the Finance Committee has reviewed the financial implications of these targets upon the school budget. The aim of the School Development Plan and the Self Evaluation Review is to develop high standards across the school. The Governors and Staff strive to promote a partnership approach to children’s learning and endeavour to support parents by promoting workshops sessions, (Chatterbox, new developments and curriculum initiatives), Sharing Assemblies(pupil’s sharing their learning) and Induction Meetings. At Broughton Primary School, “Being the best we can be” represents our vision. This informs all aspects of school life. The whole school aims to be a community, which develops happy successful children who are highly motivated, work together and find learning exciting and relevant. Lead Creative School In 2016 Broughton Primary secured a grant from Arts Council Wales and have received an initial payment of £4500.00 this year, to support the development of a creative approach to teaching and learning endeavouring to deliver familiar skills in a new way. As part of this grant the staff and Year 6 children interviewed a variety of artists who applied to support a project based on a film made in World War II about a plane made ”in a day” at the Airbus factory. The children set themselves the task of creating their own plane in a day and recording events through film.