Cassie Howe Head of the Advisory Service, New Schools Network - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Cassie Howe Head of the Advisory Service, New Schools Network

Agenda ― Current education landscape ― Recent changes ― Assessment measures ― Rise of multi-academy trusts

Education landscape

Education landscape 25,499 schools in England 14,992 6,244 668 local authority academies free schools schools 2,318 427 84 sixth forms/further studio/University independent schools (fee paying) education intuitions Technical Colleges 716 other (Pupil Referral Unit, hospital provision, offshore British schools etc.)

Free schools: the basics What Who are they? sets them up? How Freedoms are they funded?

Free schools: the basics ― More than 340 free schools currently open; more than 340 on the way ― More likely to be located in the most deprived areas of the country than not ― 93% of approved free schools located in areas of recognised basic need ― 28% judged Outstanding – free schools are more likely to be judged Outstanding than all other schools (21%)

EBacc, Progress 8 and Attainment 8

EBacc ― Introduced in 2010 ― Consultation closed in January 2016 ― 23.1% of pupils nationally achieved the EBacc in 2016 ― Subjects included in the EBacc ― English ― Maths ― History or Geography ― The sciences ― A language

EBacc entries Percentage of pupils entering and achieving the EBacc 45 40 36.2 36.8 36.3 34.9 35 Entering the 30 Ebacc 23.1 25 21.8 21.6 23.1 22.8 22.9 22.9 Achieving 20 the Ebacc 15 16.2 15.4 15.1 10 5 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Source: NSN research

Progress 8 and Attainment 8 ― Maths : double weighted based on EBacc entry ― English : element based on highest point score in pupil’s EBacc English Language or English literature qualification ― Three entries from qualifications in EBacc science subjects, computer science, history, geography and languages ― Three entries of choice from remaining other approved subjects

Progress 8 Source: DfE performance tables

Attainment 8 Source: DfE research

Multi-academy Trusts

Multi-academy trust ― A single legal entity responsible for a family of schools ― Comprises of members, trustees and local governors ― Reports to, and is held to account by, the Department for Education ― Almost 1,3000 multi academy trusts in England ― Range in size from one school to over 60 schools

MAT model

Composition of multi-academy trust 100% 90% ‘High 80% performing’ 11 6 chain 70% 42 60% 50% ‘Lower 40% performing’ 30% chain 11 5 20% 13 10% 0% Mixed types of academies Predominantly Converter Predominantly Sponsored Academies Academies Academy type Source: DfE research

Phases of growth Cottage Growing Large Sustainable sponsor infrastructure industry sponsor Challenge 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Size Central infrastructure Very large sponsors need Initial growth Economies of scale lessen becomes necessary but to undergo further particularly financial pressures may outpace financial reorganisation difficult for resources non-school starters Source: DfE research

Lessons learnt: phases of growth Number of schools 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Yr 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr 11 Number of years after initial launch Source: NSN research

Questions?

Further reading ― https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/progress-8-school- performance-measure ― https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/ ― https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-in- multi-academy-trusts ― http://www.newschoolsnetwork.org/set-up-a-free- school/resources/governance-structures-multi-academy-trusts