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The Hertfordshire Headteacher Updates

Future dates and venues



Autumn Term - 2014

Ofsted and DfE Updates

Gillian Cawley

Marcus Cooper


Ofsted UpdateRegional Update

Schools should:• ensure their Single Central Record (SCR) includes the

prohibition order column and that teachers employed since April 2014 are checked for a prohibition order.

• ensure administrative staff have a clear understanding of the difference between a prohibition order and a DBS check.

• remember that failing to record the name/s of person/s that carried out Single Central Record checks is no longer defined as an administrative error

• remember that the SCR is a statutory check and if this has any omissions this reflects upon leadership and management

The following safeguarding issues have been highlighted by our regional HMI


Ofsted Update September 2014 onwards


Ofsted Update Better inspection for all

This Ofsted consultation seeks views on proposals for arrangements for the new and more proportionate inspection of maintained schools, academies, further education (FE) and skills providers, non-association independent schools and registered early years settings from September 2015.

These proposals include:•establishing a common inspection framework •introducing short inspections for maintained schools, academies and FE and skills providers that were judged good at their previous inspection.


Ofsted UpdateClarification for schools

This guidance provides clarification for schools on the expectations of Ofsted during inspections in relation to:

•lesson planning,•self-evaluation,•grading of lessons,•lesson observations,•pupils’ work,•evidence for inspection,•statutory provisions


What maintained schools must publish on line

• The School Information Regulations specify the information

required on a maintained school website. • Increasingly Ofsted are enforcing this requirement. • A list of the requirements is available from the DfE website. • Schools are advised to ensure their website is fully

compliant with the requirements.

https://www.gov.uk/what-maintained-schools-must-publish-online

Department for Education Update



This updated guidance (October 2014):

•sets out what schools and colleges must do to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18.

•replaces ‘Safeguarding children and safer recruitment in education’ (December 2006).



The update provides supplementary guidance for schools

Includes vital information on: •Safeguarding requirements•Childcare disqualification requirements•Disqualification by association •Ofsted waiver



This guidance provides:

• updated information on the appropriate use of attendance codes, including the ‘B’ code

• advice and guidance on the school year and day

• frequently asked questions relating to attendance issues


Department for Education Update – Assessment



The Early Years Pupil Premium will: •give all early years providers the additional resources in order to provide the best possible early education to the most disadvantaged children; •give guaranteed additional funding to all providers who take the most disadvantaged children; and •together with the two-year-old entitlement, it will encourage more of the best providers to expand into disadvantaged areas.


Questions?



Autumn Term - 2014SEND Reforms

The School Offer

Debbie Orton, Head of ISL


The School Role in The Local Offer

• Schools must co-operate with the LA in the development and review of the Local Offer

• Schools contribute to the educational provision in the LA’s Local Offer

• Schools’ contribution to the Local Offer also involves taking part in wider strategic planning in the local area (DSPL mechanism)


School Offer (SEN Information Report)

• Schools must set out their ‘school offer’ in their SEN Information Report and publish it on their website

• The SEN Information Report is included in the information that Ofsted expects to see

• Schools are expected to involve parents in its ongoing development and review


Guidance for Schools in Hertfordshire

• Para 6.79 in the SEND Code of Practice specifies what must be included in the SEN Information Report

• A Hertfordshire working group of parents, headteachers, SENCOs and support services helped to developed a template (and guidance) that has been sent to all schools to assist them


Working Group - Next Steps

• Disseminate completed examples of school offers

• Help develop LA statement of reasonable expectations of all schools

• Help develop principles for partnership working between parents and schools

• Consider ways to share practice, quality assure and moderate school offers to refine and improve over time – link to clusters /DSPL Area groups


Questions?



Autumn Term - 2014Child Protection Conference Process Changes

Kim Burrowes

Lorraine Giles


Child protection conference process changes


Child protection conference process changes

The e-mail address for schools to send their reports to are:

[email protected]

or

[email protected] (secure email)


Questions?



Autumn Term - 2014School Grants - HEF

Darren Tyler

Children’s Services Officer responsible for HEF


• Registered Charity 311025 established 1950

• Four types of awards - School Visits, Travel Scholarships, Sir George Burns Fund and New Projects.

• School Visits and Travel Scholarships - To provide grants / awards / bursaries' for Hertfordshire Children and Young People in need towards the cost of school trips, educational trips and courses in the UK or abroad.

• Sir George Burns Fund - For young people with disabilities / underprivileged who may need a special item of equipment or aid to enable them to participate in educational activities.

• In 2007, Governors also decided to actively support opportunities to enhance the life of young people who are ‘Looked After’.

Hertfordshire Educational Foundation (HEF)


School visits

• Supports Primary School pupils taking part in educational visits.

• Grant must be matched funded by school and is limited to £50 per child.

• In 2013 200 awards totalling £10,000 were made and accepted by pupils from 78 schools. to enable them to take part in visits within the UK and France.

Sir George Burns

• Supports young people between the ages of 16-21 years of age who have a disability or are underprivileged to:

• Purchase a special item of equipment or • Take part in recreational and educational activities, or • Take part in an expedition, short course or conference either within the

UK or abroad

• In 2013 22 underprivileged young people were awarded and accepted grants totalling £2,585.



Travel Scholarships

• Helps enable students aged between the ages of 17-21 to undertake approved interesting courses and other educational activities abroad, particularly where there is a benefit to the community they are visiting.

• In 2013 awards totalling £8,070 were made 11 young people to include:

• 4 month exchange to Marshal University, Western Virginia, USA as part of a criminology degree.

• Volunteering to teach disadvantaged children and help build schools in Guyana, South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Nepal.

• Visiting Honduras to take part in a conservation research programme.



New Projects in 2013

• £5,650 for Children Looked After Outward Bound Course to Snowdonia.

• £3,000 to GB Youth Rafting Team in the World Rafting Championships in New Zealand November 2013. They gained 2 Silvers and a Bronze medal.

How to apply

Application forms and guidance for all grants are available on the Hertfordshire Grid for Learning –

http://www.thegrid.org.uk/info/welfare/hertsgrants.shtml



Questions?


Head Teachers’ UpdateAutumn Term - 2014

The Virtual School

Children Looked After

Priorities for 2014-15


Virtual School Priorities for 2014-15

Raise Achievement through data analysis and

intervention • Improve outcomes for children and young people to achieve their best at the end of all key stages and Post 16.• Use data effectively from the Virtual School Information Management system.• Roll out the ePEP in conjunction with scrutiny of Pupil Premium Plus allocation.• Ensure effective use and positive impact of Pupil Premium Plus in all schools with Hertfordshire children.•Improved analysis of engagement and achievement Post-16 and Post-18. • Collect and analyse Early Years data.• Train and engage Early Years settings, including Private, Voluntary and Independent (PVI) settings and Children’s Centres.• Use data to inform the provision of a range of targeted interventions. •Use data to ensure every Child Looked After where possible attends a good school.

Raising Achievement of Vulnerable Groups

• Track and improve the achievement and progress of:

• Children with Disabilities (CWD)• Children with Additional Needs:

Special Educational Needs (SEN), Medical or Mental Health

• Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Minors (UASM)

• Children at a distance• Black Minority Ethnic children

(BME) • Care leavers Post 16

• Continue to improve outcomes for young people in BESD provision.

Improved Joint Working • Continue to implement the recommendations from ‘Education in Care Matters’.• Support the Education, Health and Care planning process for Children Looked After.• Offer advice and guidance on the education of children and young people post care. •Develop stronger links with Children’s Centres, Early Years providers, Herts for Learning, FE Colleges and Universities.

Building capacity of stakeholders and partners

• Strengthen local cluster groups of Designated Teachers to build capacity and develop peer support. • Implement a systematic schedule of Quality Assurance visits for schools • Continue to train and update Governing Bodies of their statutory responsibilities, particularly for Pupil Premium Plus.• Build capacity in stakeholders through training and focus groups, especially carers, social workers and colleagues in Further and Higher Education (FE/HE). •Improve stability for care leavers to enable them to access and sustain FE.• Develop a strategy to improve reading and writing in all key stages, including phonics.• Ensure the Governing Body effectively monitors, supports and challenges the work of the Virtual School• Increase employment skills and work readiness for care leavers and reduce NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) • Promote the profile and aims of the Virtual School to children and young people.


Current developments

• The development of the ePEP

• Training for schools and providers 2014/15

• Quality assurance programme

• The introduction of the Early Years Pupil Premium

• The Employment Excellence Programme


The Early Years Pupil Premium: 2015

The Virtual School Head Teacher will oversee the allocation of the EYPP for the following groups:

•Children that have been looked after by the local authority for at least one day; •Children who are ‘Post –LAC’;

– have been adopted from care– have left care through special

guardianship; – children subject to a child

arrangement order setting out with whom the child is to live (formerly known as residence orders).


Questions?



Autumn Term - 2014DBS update on key changes and

information

Jane Boyce

HR Manager – Safe Staffing


• Since May 2013 DBS allowed certificates to be held on file

• Keeping Children Safe in Education – DfE set 6 month retention rule for schools

• Destroy DBS certificate once you have dealt with recruitment

• Retain as much information on risk assessment• Record on SCR

Retention of DBS certificates


• Proposed change to legislation in 2015• New legal requirement that employees can’t start work in

regulated activity unless either a DBS or barred list check carried out

• DBS will start charging for Children’s Barred List check• Average DBS turnaround time for schools – 4 days• Reason some checks take longer – often due to conviction

information• Consider whether to rely on DBS check in future, rather

than carrying out Barred List check

Children's Barred List Checks


Questions?



Autumn Term - 2014Achieving Raising the Participation Age (RPA)

Juliet Whitehead, 14-19 Education and Skills Strategy

Andy Manson, Services for Young People


Raising the Participation Age

From Summer 2013 participation age raised:• For 16 year olds – to the end of the academic year in which

they are 17

From Summer 2015: • For 17 year olds - to their 18th birthday

Aim: • To maximise number of young people in EET (education,

employment and training)• Reduce number of young people who remain NEET (not in

education, employment and training) • Support young people’s progression at 18.


Local Authority Statutory Duties

1. Promote effective participation of 16 & 17 year olds in EET to ensure that they fulfil duty to participate.

2. Collect information about all young people so that those not participating, or NEET, can be identified and supported to re-engage.

3. Make arrangements – i.e. tracking system - to identify those not participating.

4. Secure sufficient suitable education and training provision for all young people aged 13-19 (up to 25 for those with LDA or EHC plan).

5. Make available to all young people aged 13-19 (up to 25 with LDD), support to participate.


Hertfordshire Data


Achieving Outcomes for Young People

• Deliver the statutory duty to secure independent and impartial information, advice and guidance for all year 8-13’s.

• Target those who are NEET or at risk of becoming so.

• Track young people and ensure robust information sharing.

• Work with partners so that education and training provision for 14 - 24 year olds reflects need and the emerging labour market.

• Develop best practice in existing and new initiatives e.g. 16-19 study programmes; traineeships.

• Use destination data to monitor progression outcomes.


How are we are doing this?

• Providing a comprehensive menu of services for CEIAG and work-related learning through Youth Connexions

• Keeping in touch with individual young people to provide them with new opportunities and a support programme

• Share 16-18 activity data on a monthly basis • Provide a business case to EFA to fill gaps and set up

alternative and new provision• Co-ordinating a programme of CPD for all providers e.g.

master classes, curriculum reform• Develop provision for progression - from KS4 to post-16


Questions?

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