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Section Four

Schools Organisation

Background Information and District Overview

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Statutory Requirement Wakefield Council has a statutory responsibility for the strategic planning of good quality school places, promoting choice and diversity, both of which are fundamental within The Education and Inspection Act 2006 which builds on previous acts including the Education Act 1996, School Standards, and Framework Act 1998 and the Education Act 2002. Current Legislation

Establishing a New School: Free School Presumption https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/establishing-a-new-school-free-school-presumption

School Organisation: Local Authority maintained schools https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-organisation-maintained-schools

New School Proposals https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-school-proposals

Rural Primary School Designation https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rural-primary-schools-designation

Making Significant Changes to an Existing Academy https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-significant-changes-to-an-existing-academy

Establishing a New Local Authority Maintained School https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/establishing-new-maintained-schools

Schools Organisation Team The Schools Organisation Team is responsible for strategically managing sufficient, good quality places for children in the Wakefield district, specifically:

the strategic planning and commissioning of school places including promoting choice and diversity and developing a market place of school provision

all the legislative and statutory changes to schools including new schools, enlargement, closures

securing, allocation and monitoring of capital resources (including section 106, CIL and statutory returns) identified to meet statutory responsibilities in respect of additional pupil places

commissioning (in conjunction with Academy Trusts) of capital schemes identified to support the provision of additional pupil places and taking the lead on Education & Inclusion capital infrastructure requirements

all statutory requirements in respect of pupils numbers, school capacities, pupil projections

support the development of an overarching strategy for education provision within Wakefield

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School Place Planning Schools Organisation aims to match the supply of school places as closely as possible with demand, and ensure that education is provided as cost effectively as possible. This is achieved through monitoring the level of surplus/shortfall places across planning areas within the district and with the use of a well-developed forecasting methodology. The data monitors the number of school places, family movement across the district, live birth rates, parental preference, school standards and inward migration figures, alongside new housing developments to predict future pupil place demand.

Forecasting Methodology The sources of the data used to forecast pupil numbers include:

live births reported by the Health Authority

actual admissions to schools at the normal year group intake

number of pupils on roll in the October School Census and January School Census

current staying on rates of post-16 students In order to consider factors such as parental choice, inward immigration from neighbouring Local Authorities (Wakefield is a net gainer of pupils), Traveller families, immigration, effects of the Catholic and independent sector, the following methodology has been adopted. For reception, pupil intake is separated into those from within the catchment area, and those from surrounding catchment areas, in order to analyse them separately. The average survival rate for the catchment area births, which ended up attending that catchment area school, is found using the following formula:

Number of pupils in reception within the catchment area in the preceding 4 years x 100%

Number of births in the catchment area in the corresponding 4 years

This rate is then applied to later birth figures, to calculate the number of pupils expected from within the catchment area for future years. To further take into account parental preference to these figures, the simple three year average of pupils, attracted from other catchment areas, is added. Each subsequent year is rolled forward and adjusted for wastage rates where appropriate. Junior intakes are calculated using the same principle. Again, subsequent year groups are rolled forward from the previous year and adjusted for wastage rates where appropriate. Secondary intakes are calculated by applying an average cohort survival rate to current and future Year 6 pupils attending the relevant feeder schools. Again, subsequent year groups are rolled forward from the previous year except for Year 11 where an adjustment is made to the Year 10 figures. To the above figures we add housing for developments of 25 or more houses, where building has started. A factor of 3 pupils per 100 houses is generally used, depending on the type of housing. Monitoring rates of house building over the life of a development are considered, with the appropriate adjustment in the factor applied. The above method described is the one generally applied but it is recognised that certain areas are subject to a more rapid change, due to immigration, change in popularity of a school etc. In these cases various weighted average approaches are considered. Finally, all forecasts are subjectively reviewed, in particular any schools identified in the previous paragraph. Forecasting methodology should be continually reviewed to identify any improvements. For example, as it has become easier to obtain Health Authority data, the intention is to move towards using 0 – 5 data, improving accuracies further. Accuracy of each school’s projection is included in the schools data sections.

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Pupil Yield The Schools Organisation Team regularly reviews pupil yield data to ensure that formulae and methodology used is proven to be as accurate as possible. The pupil yield calculation was last reviewed in 2016 to take into account the national increase in birth rate and population. In carrying out an analysis on pupil yield the figures demonstrated a dramatic increase since the analysis in 2012, therefore an increase to the number of pupils generated per year group per 100 dwellings was agreed from 2.5 to 3. School Reorganisations In January 2014, the DfE implemented amendments to the existing legislative and policy requirements for making significant changes to schools. The aim is for schools and academies to be more in charge of their own decisions about size and composition and to be able to respond to what parents want locally without being unduly restricted by process. The new legislation still requires full consultation to take place, particularly with parents, staff and governors and guidance has been produced by the Department for Education for decision makers to take into account.

New Schools The Education Act 2011 amended the Education and Inspections Act 2006 to change the arrangements for establishing new schools by making the presumption that when Local Authorities set up new schools they will be academies (including free schools). The Local Authority cannot publish any of its own proposals for a new foundation or community school unless it is deemed as a special case. This means the Local Authority can publish a proposal with the Office of the School Adjudicator being the decision maker: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/21/contents/enacted

Academies Act 2010 Any school deemed “Outstanding” or “Good with outstanding features” in Ofsted inspections are eligible for academy status. All other schools, primary or secondary, that wish to enjoy academy freedoms are also eligible, providing they work in partnership with a high-performing school that will help drive improvement. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/32/contents Schools Capital Programme As part of the Children and Young People’s Directorate’s forward planning, around school organisation and future capital programmes of work, an overview of the key areas of priority has been identified for 2018 – 2021. Children and Young People’s directorate will work closely with Engie, the Council’s Property and Facilities Services partner, to deliver the capital programme. This incorporates activities such as desktop assessments, option appraisals, and detailed project management of project delivery as well as work on non-school projects. Asset Management Plan There are opportunities within the Council’s properties to support the creation of additional school places which utilises land and buildings to support development and expansions where possible.

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School Admissions All aspects of school admissions are based on the School Admissions Code which governs the way all schools set their admissions criteria, ensures compliance with a co-ordinated scheme, makes offers of places and allows for school admissions appeals. It also places the local authority as a regulator for all other admission authorities within its area, with the expectation of the local authority reporting those admission authorities whose admission arrangements are not in line with the School Admissions Code to the schools adjudicator.

The School Admissions Code places a requirement on all local authorities to manage the admissions process for; entry into Reception, the transfer from Infant to Junior school (Years 2 to 3) and the transfer from primary to secondary school (Years 6 to 7). Wakefield further, in agreement with its schools, manages all in-year applications.

The Council has a statutory duty to offer a school place to all children living in the district which directly links to the number of places provided by our School Organisation Team. Every address in Wakefield sits within a school catchment area, for school admission purposes, for both primary and secondary phases. Generally, parents that express a preference for their catchment area school would expect to get a place, however there is no guarantee. As pupil numbers have risen across the District, there is an increasing pressure on some primary schools for catchment area places with some schools unable to meet the demand for places from within their catchment area.

The introduction of academy schools has not had an impact on the Council’s catchment area policy. All academy schools that operated a catchment area prior to conversion have chosen to continue using a catchment area within their admission arrangements.

Voluntary Aided faith schools operate their own admission arrangements to serve local parishes. Catholic schools are not subject to the catchment area arrangements however; the Church of England schools are part of their local catchment area system as well as serving their own local parish area. The popularity of a school can change quite rapidly, and the desire to respond to patterns of parental preference has to be considered against a longer term view of the geographical location of schools, along with planning and accommodation constraints. For details of the admission policies in use across the range of schools in Wakefield, please visit the following link: http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/schools-and-children/schools/admissions/policies Home to School Transport Wakefield provides travel assistance from home to school to pupils in accordance with national legislation. These are based on children attending their nearest school which where the walking distance to school is over:

Pupils up to the age of 8 - 2 miles

Pupils aged 8 and over - 3 miles In addition to this the LA must provide travel assistance if their nearest school is deemed ‘unsafe’ regardless of distance., This obligation is impacted when parents chose schools that are further away than their nearest one and where there are insufficient school places in an area. It is the intention of Wakefield to provide ‘local places for local children’, reducing the need for pupils to access home to school transport services. One of the intentions of this Organisational Plan is to support this aim and reduce the number of pupils who are currently transported to school by Wakefield.

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Finance Where investment in schools is needed to deliver permanent building solutions to meet the increased demand for pupil places, this is managed through the Council’s Capital Programme which is overseen by officers within Financial Services. A key funding stream for such investment is the schools capital basic need grant allocations. In addition, Financial Services have overall responsibility for setting the revenue school funding formula for schools and academies within the Wakefield district. The revenue budgets are determined primarily based on the number of pupils on roll in the October census prior to the start of the new financial year. Where schools have an influx of pupils after this census date there are policies in place to address this and ensure that additional funding is available where it can be demonstrated that the needs of the additional pupils cannot be met without the need for establishing an additional class. School Place Planning Process

Effective School Place Planning

Effective use of capital, S106 contributions and

CIL contributions

Good knowledge of housing development

plans

Consistent forecasting

methodology

Feasibility options Being part of development

project groups

Historic trends

Partnership working with schools, academies,

sponsors and the Diocese

Regular reviews of housing

completion reports

Birth data

Knowledge of school net capacities and admission

numbers

Monitoring and analysing pre applications and planning applications

Mobility

Housing completions and developers starting on site

Local intelligence

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What have we achieved since September 2018? The table below shows the number of new school places that have been created across the district since September 2018.

Pyramid School Statutory Change Implementation

Date New Places

Airedale Airedale Infant School Permanent September 2018 30

Carleton The Rookeries JI School Temporary Bulge Class

September 2018 15

September 2019 15

Permanent September 2020 75

City Outwood Academy City Fields Temporary Bulge Class

September 2018 15

September 2019 15

September 2020 45

Pinders Primary School Permanent September 2018 105

Hemsworth Outwood Primary Academy Bell Lane Permanent September 2018 35

Horbury Horbury Academy Temporary Bulge Class September 2019 30

Horbury St Peter’s & Clifton CE (VC) Primary School Permanent September 2018 105

Kettlethorpe Kettlethorpe High School Temporary Bulge Class

September 2018 10

September 2019 20

Permanent September 2020 200

Minsthorpe Moorthorpe Primary School Temporary Bulge Class

September 2018 15

September 2019 15

Permanent September 2020 75

Ossett Ossett Academy Permanent September 2018 130

Outwood

Newton Hill Community School Temporary Bulge Class September 2018 15

Permanent September 2019 90

Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane Temporary Bulge Class September 2018 15

Permanent September 2019 90

Pupil Referral Units

The Priory Centre, Lupset Site Permanent September 2018 16

The Springfield Centre, Crofton Site Permanent September 2018 47

Total Number of New Places Created: 1223

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Wakefield District Overview - Surplus / Shortfall The maps demonstrate the total number of shortfall or surplus places across the district for each Pyramid (Reception places) or each Planning Area (Year 7 places) as indicated:

Shows areas which indicate a shortfall of school places

Shows areas which indicate surplus school places

Housing Developments Full and significant Outline applications included in forecasting, 15 or more dwellings

Pyramids - Pupil Forecasting * Accuracy of 2018 forecasting This percentage is the accuracy of places forecast in 2018 compared with the actual figures taken from the January Census 2019, for the 2018/19 academic year.

Numbers on Roll table

Shows numbers which indicate a shortfall of school places

Shows numbers which indicate surplus school places

Shows numbers where there are no shortfall or surplus places i.e. full to capacity

Mobility The maps show the net flow of pupils across the pyramid. The catchment area / pyramids are shaded or marked as indicated:

Shows if an area gains more pupils than it loses

Shows if an area loses more pupils than it gains

Shows if there is no mobility at all

Multi Academy Trusts SEND Information

AMAT Accord Multi Academy Trust ASD Autistic Spectrum Disorder

BKCAT Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust

HI Hearing Impairment

MLD Moderate Learning Difficulty

CMAT Castleford Multi Academy Trust MSI Multi-Sensory Impairment

DAT Delta Academies Trust OTH Other Difficulty / Disability

EAT Enhance Academies Trust PD Physical Disability

IPMAT Inspire Partnership Multi Academy Trust

PMLD Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties

NAAT Northern Ambition Academies Trust SLCN

Speech, Language and Communication Needs OGAT Outwood Grange Academies Trust

PAT Pontefract Academies Trust SLD Severe Learning Difficulty

RMAT Rodillian Multi Academy Trust SPLD Specific Learning Difficulty

TMAT Trinity Multi Academy Trust VI Visual Impairment

WAT Waterton Academy Trust

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Schools in the Wakefield District

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Wakefield District School Provision The table below shows the breakdown of schools as at 1 September 2019:

Category

Infa

nt

Ju

nio

r

Prim

ary

Se

co

nd

ary

Sp

ecia

l

PR

U

Nurs

ery

To

tal

Maintained Community School 5 2 26 1 3 3 3 43

Maintained Voluntary Controlled School 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 7

Maintained Voluntary Aided School 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 6

Maintained Foundation School 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3

Academy 6 4 55 17 0 0 0 82

Total: 13 8 92 18 4 3 3 141

The table below shows the breakdown of key stage information:

Key Stage Age Range Year Group

Foundation 3 to 4 Pre School

4 to 5 Reception

Key Stage 1 5 to 6 Year 1

6 to 7 Year 2

Key Stage 2

7 to 8 Year 3

8 to 9 Year 4

9 to 10 Year 5

10 to 11 Year 6

Key Stage 3

11 to 12 Year 7

12 to 13 Year 8

13 to 14 Year 9

Key Stage 4 14 to 15 Year 10

15 to 16 Year 11

Post 16 16 to 17 Year 12

17 to 18 Year 13

Comparison of Actual Births and ONS Projections:

3100

3300

3500

3700

3900

4100

4300

99

/00

00

/01

01

/02

02

/03

03

/04

04

/05

05

/06

06

/07

07

/08

08

/09

09

/10

10

/11

11

/12

12

/13

13

/14

14

/15

15

/16

16

/17

17

/18

18

/19

19

/20

20

/21

21

/22

22

/23

Num

ber

of

Birth

s

Actual Births ONS Projections

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Wakefield District Births (4034) by Pyramid for 2017/18:

Schools Overview:

Reception Actual Forecast

2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23

Admission Number

4,380 4,485 4,531 4,536 4,531

Number on Roll

4,100 4,232 4,230 4,252 4,228

Year 7 Actual Forecast

2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23

Admission Number

4,179 4,194 4,240 4,240 4,240

Number on Roll

3,908 4,127 4,098 4,316 4,293

5.5%4.1%

8.8%

8.9%

5.8%

2.8%

4.6%

8.2%3.6%

9.6%

4.6%

4.9%

7.9%

6.2%

5.4%

9.1%

Airedale Carleton Castleford Cathedral

City Crofton Featherstone Hemsworth

Horbury Kettlethorpe King's Knottingley

Minsthorpe Normanton Ossett Outwood

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Reception Surplus / Shortfall of School Places:

2019/20 2020/21

2021/22 2022/23

Castleford

Airedale

Knottingley

Featherstone

Hemsworth

Horbury

Normanton

Crofton

City

Cathedral Ossett

Outwood

Carleton

King’s

Minsthorpe

Kettlethorpe

Knottingley

Airedale

Castleford Outwood

City

Cathedral Ossett

Horbury

Kettlethorpe

Normanton

Featherstone

Hemsworth

Minsthorpe

King’s

Carleton

Crofton

Crofton

Knottingley

Airedale

Castleford

Featherstone

Normanton

Horbury

Outwood

Ossett Cathedral

City

Kettlethorpe

Minsthorpe

Hemsworth

King’s

Carleton

Horbury

Ossett

Kettlethorpe

Cathedral

Outwood Normanton

Featherstone

Hemsworth

Minsthorpe

Knottingley

Airedale

Castleford

King’s

Carleton

Crofton

City

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Reception Mobility The map is shaded to show the total net flow of pupils between pyramids in 2018/19. The arrows demonstrate the mobility of pupils between the schools and surrounding areas.

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Year 7 Surplus / Shortfall of School Places:

2019/20

2021/22

2020/21

2022/23

Wakefield Central

Knottingley

Wakefield West

Wakefield Rural

Wakefield North

Cathedral

Hemsworth

Minsthorpe

Pontefract

Castleford

Knottingley Wakefield Central

Wakefield North

Wakefield West Wakefield

Rural

Cathedral

Castleford

Pontefract

Minsthorpe

Hemsworth

Wakefield West

Wakefield North

Wakefield Rural

Wakefield Central

Knottingley

Castleford

Cathedral

Hemsworth

Minsthorpe

Pontefract

Wakefield West

Wakefield North

Wakefield Rural

Wakefield Central

Cathedral

Knottingley

Castleford

Pontefract

Minsthorpe

Hemsworth

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Year 7 Mobility The map is shaded to show the total net flow of pupils between planning areas in 2018/19. The arrows demonstrate the mobility of pupils between the schools and surrounding areas.

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