Office of the West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner

West Midlands Regional Schools Commissioner

Pank Patel

Welcome to The National Education Briefing

For System Leaders

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September 2014 to Now

A year on

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RSC

Monitoring Performance

and Intervention

New Academies

Free Schools

Sponsors

Changes to Open

Academies

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Current picture• 5326 open academies and free schools in

England

• 3,420 converter academies• 1,523 sponsored academies• 383 free schools (304 free schools, 40 studio

schools and 39 UTCs)

August 2015

• 418 Sponsors have been approved since January 2013

• 823 Sponsors approved Sponsors ready for Projects.

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Number of Sponsor Approvals

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LA and Number of AcademiesBirmingham 131Cheshire East 46Cheshire West and Chester 20Coventry 31Dudley 15Herefordshire 29Sandwell 30Shropshire 23Solihull 21Staffordshire 85Stoke-on-Trent 38Telford and Wrekin 11Walsall 28Warwickshire 68Wolverhampton 25Worcestershire 58Grand Total 659

Number of Academies 659Academy Phase16 Plus 1All Through 4Alternative Provision 2Middle Deemed Secondary 9Primary 364Secondary 255Special 24

Number of Active Sponsors 100Number of Academies Sponsored 335

Ofsted Ratings of AcademiesOutstanding 158Good 300Satisfactory / Requires Improvement 75SI/SW 4SM 30No Inspection 92Grand Total 659

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WM Academy Growth

Pre Sep-14

Sep-14 Oct-14 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 Feb-15 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15

Primary 256 268 281 284 286 293 295 316 330 330 330 334 346 364

Secondary 240 244 246 247 247 248 248 257 258 258 258 259 260 264

Other 18 19 23 23 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 28 31

Grand Total 514 531 550 554 557 566 568 598 613 613 613 618 634 659

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Growth in Academies in West midlands since September 2014

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How are things changing?

Primary academies are increasingly grouping together in small MATs

68% = standalone

26% = 2 -5 acad-emies

5% = 6-15 acad-emies

1% = 15 + academies

2011

35% standalone

34% = 2 -5 acad-emies

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12% = 15 + acad-emies

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Standalone:66%

Chains of 2 to 5:19%

Chains of 6 to 15:5%

15+ academies: 10%

2011

Standalone:59%

Chains of 2 to 5:23%

Chains of 6 to 15:8%

15+ academies: 10%

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National Figures

How are things changing?

Secondary academies are increasingly forming small and medium sized MATs.

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School sponsorship has become the dominant sponsorship model. Others include: Dioceses; FE; universities; charities; individuals.

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The changing nature of academy status

Percentage of school based sponsors

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Thinking Differently• Education Bill 2015• That’s why one of the first bills we have put forward

this Parliament is one which will allow us to take action more quickly to turn around failing schools as well as to put on notice and develop a sufficient plan for improvement for those schools that have been coasting.

• Schools that think that ‘just good enough’ is enough. – RSC to oversee performance in all schools– Coasting schools– Greater need for intervention

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Challenges

• Teacher recruitment• Funding• Stability of results• New assessment and accountability measures• To name but a few….• Coasting Schools• MATs• Sponsors• Collaboration• School Improvement Intervention /Capacity

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The Future…

“So as we embark on a journey over the next 5 years, to tackle underperformance, challenge mediocrity and have the highest expectations for every single child, let me assure you of my full commitment to working alongside you, listening to your concerns and embracing your feedback. Because together we can deliver a school system that allows every single young person to realise their dreams and deliver their potential.”

Nicky Morgan – Secretary of State – 27 June 2015National Governors’ Association – Summer Conference

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Education and Adoption Bill• But I want to be very clear - our commitment to improving coasting

schools doesn’t mean automatically sacking heads and governors, nor does it mean automatic academisation. What it does mean is that we will expect to see - from the leadership and governors of the schools in question - a clear and sufficient plan for improvement.

• And in schools that are clearly failing, the measures in this bill will allow us to intervene from day one, by closing the loopholes that have previously been exploited by those ideologically opposed to academy status to stop desperately needed improvements in schools.

• But - and I say this again - we will only improve schools and tackle both failure and coasting performance by using the expertise of those who know how to get it right.

Nicky Morgan – Secretary of State – 27 June 2015National Governors’ Association – Summer Conference

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