School Business Manager Network

LA Update

Wednesday 9th February 2011

Julie Bowdidge

Three Big Things

• Financial context

• New Government and political climate

• Traded Services

Financial Context• Severe cuts in local government budgets• Locally we have to reduce spending by £84

million over 3 years• Innovation and Efficiency (I & E)• All services reducing budgets – staffing

implications• Leaner, meaner statutory, no!• Grant funding going or divert to schools

New Government

• More autonomy for schools plus less red tape

• More accountability direct to parents

• Free schools / Academy/ “Free” from LA “control”

• Many agencies gone or changing remit

• LA moving from being a provider of school improvement to a commissioner

Some Key Changes

• No more SIPs• New concise National curriculum• No specification of teaching methods• Review of EYFS curriculum• Proportionate approach to inspection• New framework• Greater teacher authority to deal with behaviour

English Baccalaureate• English• Maths• Double Science• Humanities• Language (Ancient or modern)

Leaving age raised to 17 in 2013 and 18 in 2015• Schools working together – school to school support

• Funding – more grants direct to schools Pupil Premium

• Loosening up of pay and conditions framework

• Revised regulations to make it easier to deal with underperforming staff members

• More flexibility in models of Governance

• Removal of centralised target setting

• New natural floor targets 35% GCSE – 60% L4 English and maths

• More standardised information from schools– Attainment– Trends– Class size– Class composition– Attendance– Finance– Curriculum details– Reading schemes

• Saving for schools on back office and procurement £1bn by 2014-15

Traded Services

• New approach to schools

• Not just CPD

• Commissioning / brokerage

• Web based applications

• No buyback – service will go.

• More on working with neighbouring LAs – economies of scale

Traded Learning Service Approaches

LEADING TRANSFORMATION

Planning for change

Supporting leadership

Project management

BUILDING CAPACITY

Leading collaboration Consultancy Review & self

evaluation Research &

development Quality marks Coaching/

Mentoring & work shadowing

DEVELOPING PRACTICE

Themed weeks

Resources Communication ASTs e-learning Staff/governor meetings

School based INSET

Networks Courses & conferences

Traded Learning Service Leading Transformation

Leadership Group established with TLS & school SLT/governors

Needs analysis of the school, using SIP reports, OFSTED

action plans, SEF, & stakeholder consultation

Select priorities- both universal and targeted

Develop a action plan to deliver on priority outcomes

Implement both universal and targeted needs led plan

Monitor against early success indicators

Review against meaningful outcomes

The Traded Learning Service consultant will review the plan for change and monitor school progress as they deliver against their established priorities

The Traded Learning Service consultant puts together an action plan with the SLT to address the selected priorities and helps to communicate it to the relevant staff or partners. This may involve commissioning effective partnerships or providers.

The Traded Learning Service consultant helps the school select priorities and urgent issues that will support transformation in wellbeing and achievement for pupils.

The Traded Learning Service consultant establishes robust evaluation structures and measures the impact of the transformational plan

The Traded Learning Service consultant analyses school needs in conjunction with the SLT and develops a strategic plan with them

What are we doing?

Reviewing / Reviewing / Reviewing

“cutting out cloth”

New relationships

Big Conversation

Partnerships are key to preserving what we

value in Kirklees