School Improvement Partnership Presentation for Governors Summer Term 2017
What are we trying to achieve? • A place in a good or outstanding school or setting for every child or young person • Standards which match and then exceed the rest of London • An autonomous school system (including Multi Academy Trusts and Teaching School Alliances) with a strong sense of locality, working collaboratively and in supportive partnership with the Council to ensure that the children and young people of LBBD fulfil their potential • Highly effective school improvement arrangements which draw on the best skills and expertise locally and beyond and which are both effective and financially sustainable • Outcomes for 16-19 year olds which match and then exceed national averages , access for all young people to appropriate vocational or academic pathways and significantly increased numbers of young people entering Higher Education, employment and training • Fewer young people who are NEET , particularly those from vulnerable groups 2
The local challenge London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in its 2020 strategic aims, Growth Strategy and Education Strategy 2014 – 2017 recognises: • Education remains central to the council in meeting its ambitions for the children, young people and families of the borough • A family of schools working in partnership with the Council with a collective focus on the interests of children and young people is key to achieving those outcomes • the solid improvements which have already been made in standards and quality could be at risk from: • reducing budgets to meet the needs of the most vulnerable children and young people • a rapidly increasing and increasingly diverse child population • growing difficulties of teacher and school leader recruitment and retention
Local strengths and opportunities Strong partnership history between schools and the Council Well established use of school partnerships and school to school support as part of current school improvement provision Some elements of education services currently trading successfully And • Education duties and responsibilities range well beyond schools • Despite the March 2016 White Paper negligible reduction in responsibilities 4
The Council’s approach • An Education core commissioning function remaining with the Council • A new model of school improvement for the authority - A School Improvement Partnership – developed jointly with schools – a company limited by guarantee 5
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Education Commissioning - Changes School Improvement/Education Inclusion • Split of statutory/commissioned and traded roles. Biggest change here • Small Council core with most posts moving to a new School Improvement Partnership • Education will commission some School Improvement and Inclusion/SEN services from the new Partnership.
What do we want the School Improvement Partnership to be? A very different way of working fit for the future and reflecting the changing relationship between schools and council A jointly owned school and council company inclusive of all local schools with the collective moral purpose of achieving the best possible outcomes for all children and young people in Barking and Dagenham An opportunity for schools to purchase services from a not for profit company that they own , which will re-invest surplus to support further improvement A financially viable, self managing and sustainable organisation
What we are NOT doing • This is not about the Council handing over all its responsibility and remit for school improvement to schools – this is about strengthening current partnerships and making sure we are resilient for the future • This is not about generating profit from commercial trading of school improvement services beyond LBBD in the first instance – this is about making sure we can collectively resource and invest in school improvement in LBBD on a sustainable basis. However, ‘Not for Profit’ does not mean no profit. The company will need to generate surplus to invest in improving and developing services, products and staff in order to be successful • This is not about maintaining the status quo in the face of diminishing budgets – this is about developing and delivering new services and ways of working that really make an impact
What services will be delivered through the School Improvement Partnership Company at its launch? Move into a School Improvement Partnership Company School improvement (statutory* and traded) Governor services and training Professional development, including support for recruitment and retention Work experience, careers and Aim Higher Information Technology Support Attendance and inclusion (traded not statutory) * LBBD intends to commission the company to provide school improvement and some inclusion/SEN services currently provided by the local authority. The company will therefore have a role with all LBBD schools, not just those that are its members (although we would hope and encourage all schools to become members and active participants in system leadership in the borough)
What services will be delivered by the Council or its proposed new Traded Services Company? * other services with the potential to move into the Partnership at a later date Stay in the Council’s Education Commissioning Core Move into a Council Traded Services Company Corporate core and commissioning function including Catering alternative provision Children Missing Education/ Elective Home Ed. Cleaning School Investment, Organisation & Admissions ParentPay Participation (inc. Public Health) & NEETs & Adult Critical Incidents College Attendance and Inclusion (statutory) Management Information System Support Parents in Partnership Information & Data Management Commissioned nurseries Education Psychology Community Music Service* Trewern Outdoor Education* Early Years*
How will the company be governed and led? • The governance structure will consist of: Company Members • London Borough of Barking and Dagenham • Schools (membership would be open to any school, academy, 16-19 provider or other state funded provider of education in LBBD) Company Directors • Minimum 11 Directors • Maximum Council representation 19% • Includes schools, governors, LBBD, CEO and non-executive directors, externally recruited for specific skills and experience, including Chair
Timeline for School Improvement Partnership Sept-Dec 2017 March 2017 TUPE Outline June consultation, Business 2017 Sept 2017 shadow Case Cabinet Soft/shadow operating completed approval launch phase May June to Jan 2018 2017 Dec 2017 Formal Full Recruit launch business Chief and Executive trading and incorporate company NB Where there are changes to core posts we will aim to follow the same timeline for consultation and changes
jane.hargreaves@lbbd.gov.uk 14
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