Spring Term

Governor Briefing

9 and 10 March

2015

Department of Children’s Services

Education and SchoolsUpdate

Spring Term Governor Briefing

Monday 9 March Tuesday 10 March

Future House Eastwood Primary SchoolJudith Kirk Phil Weston

Assistant Director Children’s Services Head of the Bradford Achievement Service

Department of Children’s Services

Targets, predictions and tracking progress

Is your school going to be above the Floor Standard?

Bradford Primary Partnership

Yasmin Umarji

Senior Primary Partnership Officer

Bradford Primary Improvement Partnership (BPIP)

• Response to the changing educational landscape and government’s challenge to school leaders to drive improvement across the system

• 141 members including academies, free schools, TRACKS• Managed by a Board made up of 15 primary headteachers

of member schools and 2 representatives from Bradford Achievement Service

• Subscription fees according to the size of the school

Purpose

Terms of Reference

• work in close partnership with the Bradford Achievement Service

• to provide an effective School Improvement Programme

2014-15 Vision

Every child to succeed in every school• BPIP schools to work together to- Gather and analyse information and intelligence

about school performance to support improvement- Provide effective support and challenge to each other

through developmental reviews- Ensure schools have the support they need to

continually improve

School improvement strands

• Leadership

• Teaching and Learning

• Achievement

• 5 lead area headteachers

Celebration of best practice

• Learning from best practice in Maths

• Reading and writing research study

• Open sessions within school settings

• Excellent practice

Appointing

Effective

Senior Leaders

Sara Rawnsley

Recruitment & Retention Strategy Manager

Bradford faces significant challenges …..So our children need and deserve the BEST educators to give them the BEST chance to be productive well rounded adults

• NQT’s and RQT’s• Recruitment and retention of middle and senior leaders• Development of executive models• “Big Up Bradford” - Marketing and promotion

ITT providers

Raise our presence and involvement with ITT providers

Actively promote the use of the variety of ITT provision

Explore “Get Into Teaching” – apprentice style structure

Showcase days

NQT’s and RQT’s

Attracting the best candidates Co-ordinated approach to high quality training- same

deal for all Develop networks “Excellence visits” Leaders of teaching and learning

Recruitment and retention of middle and senior leaders

What are the gaps? - from reactive to proactive Talent management strategy – shared responsibility for

the future “One in waiting” model Identify ‘the best’ & mentor Professional ‘Buddy’ system and coaching Working with Governors

Development of executive models

Executive headship Executive Governors - reciprocal model

Bradford’s Unique Selling Point - promotion/advertising/

campaigning – local, regional, national

USP’s of Individual schools/partnerships

“Big Up Bradford”

Tackling Hate

Crime

Bullying & Hate Crime

What does this mean to you?• Bullying in schools can often include

elements of behaviour which could be considered Hate Crimes or Hate Incidents.

• Unintentionally and Unwittingly young people could be committing Hate Crimes

• CPS considers behaviours which include ill-will, ill-feeling, spite, contempt, prejudice, unfriendliness, antagonism, resentment, and dislike.

Hate incident and/or crime is any offence committed because a person is seen to be different because of their:

• Disability• Gender or gender identity• Race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality or

national origins• Religion• Sexual orientation• Alternative Sub Cultures

Hate Crime Definition

Hate Crime:

• Any criminal offence, which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person’s actual or perceived race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.

Examples of Hate Crimes• Murder• Assaults• Criminal Damage• Harassment• Sexual Assault• Theft• Fraud• Burglary• Hate Mail (Malicious Communications Act 1988)• Causing Harassment, Alarm or Distress (Public Order Act

1986)

Can take many forms• Physical attacks

• Verbal abuse

• Damage to property

• Offensive graffiti

• Threats or intimidation

• Bullying

• Harassment, from adults, children neighbours or strangers

• Arson

• Online Facebook, Twitter and Social Media/ Hate Mail

• Hoax calls, abusive phone or text messages

Hate Incident DefinitionHate Incident:

Any incident which may, or may not, constitute a criminal offence, which is perceived by the victim, or any other person, as being motivated by prejudice or hate.

• A Hate Incident becomes a Hate Crime when an incidents breaks the Law of the Land

• A Hate Crime is when someone attacks or targets a person for who they are.

• Victims of Hate Crimes suffer more extreme mental and emotional life consequences than victims of other crimes.

• A Hate Crime is not only an attack on the person, but an attack on a persons identity.

• Hate Crimes don’t just affect the victim, Hate Crimes can effect a whole family or Community

“Hate Crimes can have far reaching impacts for both victims and communities”

DVD

Impact on Students who are Bullied

Students who are bullied are more likely to:•Feel disconnected from the school and not like school

•Have lower academic outcomes, including lower attendance and completion rates.

•Lack quality friendships at school

•Display high levels of emotions that indicate vulnerability and low levels of

resilience

•Have low self esteem

•Suffer depression, anxiety, feelings of loneliness and isolation

•Suffer from insomnia and nightmares

•Feel wary or suspicious of others

•Have an increased risk of depression and substance misuses

•Students may self harm

Some Facts and Figures

• 44% of suicides in the UK are a result of bullying• 20% of secondary school students say that they

have considered suicide within the last 12 months• 70% of all young people have experienced some

form of bullying• As many as 1 million young people are bullied

every week, inside and outside of school

Source Young Minds

Bradford Hate Crime Alliance can Help

Governor Area

Briefing

Updates From

School Governor Service

Ofsted Report –’The most able students’

• National data show that too many of the most able students are still being let down and are failing to reach their full potential.

• Schools visited were rarely meeting the distinct needs of students who are most able and disadvantaged.

• Assessment, performance tracking and target setting for the most able students in Key Stage 4 were generally good, but were not effective enough in Key Stage 3.

• Ofsted has sharpened its focus on the progress and quality of teaching of the most able students.

Report published 4 March

Training Update

There are places still available on:-

Two Year Old Offer and Early Years’ Pupil Premium – 18 March at Eastwood Primary and 19 March at Future House

(This is aimed at governors of all schools with early years provision as it explains the new provision of pupil premium for their settings not just for those with the two year old offer)

Dealing with Grievances – 24 March at Future House

Skills Audits

Some governing boards may not have returned the skills audit yet

Please do so – we are happy to help if you need it

Open

DiscussionAn opportunity for

Governors to share

good practice

and any issues

Next Briefing Dates

Monday 15 June 2015 – at Future House

Repeated on

Tuesday 16 June 2015 - at Eastwood Primary

Both from 6.30pm – 8.00pm