Existing Partnership Consultation meetings Bude Communities’ & New Proposals are as follows: The seven named schools have worked together for Staff: (of all 7 schools) 4.00pm on Monday 18th June Schools’ Trust many years, and this has included the Bude Area @ Budehaven Community School. Heads’ Group, the Bude Area Governors Network, Public: (for all 7 schools) 6.30pm on Monday 18th June the Bude Sports Partnership and the Bude Area a rural co-operative partnership @ Budehaven Community School. Extended Services Network. The two local church primary schools at Marhamchurch and Morwenstow Parents’ meetings will be held at the individual BUDE INFANT are also working with us but are unable to be founder schools as follows: members of the Trust because they are already in SCHOOL the Diocesan Trust. Budehaven Community School Monday 18th June @ 5.30pm Headteachers, teachers and governors from our schools meet together regularly to share ideas and Bude Infants and Bude Junior Schools (at Bude Infants) Seven local Bude Area schools, namely Bude Infant School, to receive training. Children attending our schools Tuesday 19th June @ 6.30pm Bude Junior School, Budehaven Community School, often take part in activities organised by the schools Jacobstow Community Primary School, Kilkhampton Stratton Primary School working together. This has helped all of our schools Junior and Infant School, Stratton Primary School and Wednesday 20th June @ 2.30pm to improve by sharing best practice. Whitstone Community Primary School are proposing to Jacobstow Community Primary School become foundation schools and jointly set up a trust: in this Working as a collaborative cluster has helped us Wednesday 20th June @ 5.00pm ‘Bude to develop a common set of aims and values. The case a co-operative learning trust: to be known as Communities’ Schools’ Trust. seven schools have now decided to formalise this Kilkhampton Junior and Infant School collaborative working by seeking to create a shared Wednesday 20th June @ 7.00pm The proposed trust will have two founder partners working trust. Whitstone Community Primary School with the seven named schools. These are: As well as playing a full role in the development of Friday 22nd June @ 3.15pm Cornwall Council and The Co-operative Movement, the Co-operative Trust, the Governors of Budehaven (represented in the interim by the Co-operative College) Community School are also actively exploring the Governing Bodies receive consultation report and decide potential, additional benefits that may accrue by whether or not to proceed - Monday 9th July 2012 This leaflet provides an overall summary of the full consultation document, Booklet One, ‘Changing from the school subsequently converting to Cooperative Governing Bodies publish Statutory Notice of proposed changes - Community to Foundation School Category and Acquiring a Academy Trust at a future date. Thursday 6th September to Thursday 4th October 2012 Charitable Trust’. This is available from each school – and The purpose of the proposed Trust will be to enable Governing Bodies receive responses from 4 week Statutory its website (see below); similarly available is Booklet Two, us to continue to raise expectations and standards Notice period and consider the final report - Tuesday 9th ‘Questions and Answers.’ across the partnership and make our existing October 2012 collaboration more sustainable. www.bude-inf.cornwall.sch.uk The Trust is set up (proposed date) - 1st November 2012 www.budejuniorschool.ik.org www.budehaven.cornwall.sch.uk www.jacobstow.cornwall.sch.uk www.kilkhampton.cornwall.sch.uk www.stratton.cornwall.sch.uk www.whitstone.cornwall.sch.uk What is a Foundation If we became a Trust, what would stay the same Trust School? and what would change? This is a local authority maintained foundation school which Stay the same Change is supported by a charitable trust. Trusts can be set up by individual schools or groups of schools, and involve formal Each school would continue to teach the National Each Governing Body (not the LA), would now legally employ collaboration with partners. Curriculum, receive the same Local Authority (LA) staff. Each school would also become responsible for its own funding, and be OFSTED inspected. Each would also admissions, but be bound by the School Admissions Code. The seven schools are proposing the co operative trust model, remain part of the LA family of schools. School assets (grounds and buildings) would be held by the which link schools together mutually using co-operative Trust rather than the Local Authority. principles. Each school’s Governing Body remains responsible for running its own school. The Trust will appoint 2 or 3 additional governors to support The Trust would be its own social and educational co-operative, and strengthen each Governing Body. adopting co-operative values and principles. There are some Teachers would automatically continue to be employed on 200 schools nationally that are now co-operative schools, the the same terms and conditions and we would make sure The Trust will also set up a Members Forum to represent the fastest growing network of schools in England, and they are that this was also true for support staff. Quite simply, all views of all members of the Trust including parents/carers, growing more quickly in Cornwall than anywhere else. As a co- staff remain on their existing pay and conditions. staff, pupils and the local community. operative trust we shall embrace the values and principles of the co-operative movement. The membership of the Trust will be the custodians of the Co-operative values, and we plan that the membership will be open not only to students, staff and parents but also to the If so much is going to stay the same, why change? wider community. Bude Communities’ Schools’ Trust will truly work with and serve the community in which we all live. The seven schools together with the two church, partner Trust status will help us to establish strong long-term schools are responsible for the state education of every partnerships with key partners who would help increase child in the area. resources and opportunities for staff and pupils at a time when the role and function of local education authorities is The Consultation Process The chief reasons for change are around improving being greatly and rapidly reduced. capacity, embedding sustainability and further raising and Timetable. standards across all our schools. We feel that we will be better able to serve our local school This stage of the process runs from Thursday 31st May to communities by working together to raise standards and By working even more closely together and being Thursday 5th July 2012 aspirations, increase opportunities and provide greater brought together as a Trust, we can help our schools to social cohesion. There will be plenty of opportunity during the consultation be more successful, speeding up the impact of current period for you to find out more and make your views known. school improvement strategies. The consultation is open to everyone who might be If you are unable to attend any of the scheduled meetings, affected by the proposed changes: parents/carers, We also know that there are a number of costs we your views are still welcome. Simply complete the attached pupils, staff, governors, potential partners and the wider can share, to free up more money for work with pupils. Public Consultation Questionnaire and return it to any of school communities. Our schools already benefit from working together and the seven schools. (There will also be a second, statutory shared Trust status will increase co-operation between consultation phase from Thursday 6th September – schools for the benefit of all involved. Thursday 4th October if at the end of this first stage, some or all of the governing bodies confirm their intentions to proceed and publish a statutory notice)..