Meeting documents
Cabinet
Wednesday, 12th January, 2005
Report to Executive
4-Monthly Performance Report
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Date |
November 2004 |
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Reporting Area |
Education |
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Lead Director |
Mike Young |
SCOPE OF REPORTING AREA
School Improvement
Special Educational Needs
Children's Support Services
Strategic Services
Youth & Community
Main achievements
· The Executive's strategic decisions, to close two primary schools in Bath and replace two current primary schools with one new one in Keynsham, while inevitably controversial, have taken us a long way down the road of benefiting the wider school community by significantly reducing surplus places.
· Linked to the above, the quality of the Primary Area School Review process by the Overview and Scrutiny Panel has been acknowledged on all sides as a fair and effective process.
· School performance moved forward significantly this summer, particularly at Key Stages 2 and 3, resulting in a letter of thanks from the Standards Minister for an above average improvement in English and Mathematics at Key Stage 2. This despite some very high targets from the department which have not been met.
· After fears that mounting costs could remove key "Extended School" features, the major building projects in Radstock and for the new Bath Special School were brought back on track with their key features intact.
· Six collaborative projects are now in place to take us forward on the ground in meeting the `Every Child Matters' agenda and a shortlist of local objectives agreed between Education, Health and Social Services.
· All secondary schools achieved over 90% attendance.
· Our one Secondary "Special Measures" school is making reasonable progress overall and good progress in leadership and management, while one of our Junior schools with a "serious weakness" will not be visited again by Her Majesty's Inspectors because it has made such good progress.
· Our plans for locality - based inclusion services have been well received by schools and provide an important part of the scaffolding for the new requirements of the Children Bill.
Planned Actions not achieved
· The identification of green field sites, as well as the late introduction of a possible new site, continues to make resolution of the issue of where to base the new St John's Catholic School very difficult.
· The government continues to delay publication of its plans for the next waves of `Building Schools for the Future', complicating our own ability to plan for secondary provision as we do not know which year we will be funded.
· After a very good year in which permanent exclusions were halved and targets exceeded, this term has seen the number of secondary exclusions drift upwards again.
Development Opportunities
· The introduction of a new information technology data base called "Education Management System" will enable the Service to meet Department for Education and Schools (DfES) requirements for an integrated data-base of information on schools.
· The development of networking between schools and the placing of services like Education Psychologists, Behaviour Support and Education Welfare Officers with local clusters which will help us move towards the requirements of the Children Bill. Children's Social Services are looking at how their provision can support these moves.
· All parents and governing bodies of secondary schools have been surveyed for their views of the future of secondary education in Bath.
· More funds than expected have been received from the DfES and "Big Lottery" for Extended Schools. This will allow us to develop three main sites, in different parts of the authority, as well as work already underway from our own capital resources.
Potential threats
· Changes to funding and new requirements by the Learning and Skills Council of Adult Education threatens the future of a good local service.
· The Government's "Five Year Strategy'" for schools, though generally very positive, also gives a message of "independent specialist schools" at secondary phase which could threaten some aspects of the authority's relationship with its secondary schools, not least our ability to tackle surplus places.
· The Education Service as a whole finds itself in an anomalous position in regard to targets. Despite being one of the most improved authorities, our good performance has led to ever-tighter DfES targets at each key stage which, in consequence, are "red".
Update on Corporate Projects
· All teams in Education have developed their own balanced scorecard as part of the corporate performance management initiative, as well as "milestones" to tell them how they are doing en route to major annual indicators.
2. Reporting on targets and commitments made in the Performance Plan
Summary of Performance
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Performance Targets |
No. |
% |
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RED |
13 |
40 |
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AMBER |
7 |
20 |
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GREEN |
13 |
40 |
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NOT KNOWN |
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TOTAL |
33 |
100 |
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Ref No |
Indicator |
Best 25% of all English Councils 02/03 |
02/03 actual |
03/04 actual |
04/05 target |
04/05 estimated outturn |
Status |
Comment |
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EXAMINATION RESULTS |
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38 |
% of 15 year old pupils achieving 5 or more GCSEs at grades A*-C or equivalent |
53.90% |
58.40% |
60.08% |
66% |
60.1% |
R |
Local Amber, very slight improvement; nationally also little improvement this year but final figures still to come. |
|
39 |
% of 15 year old pupils in schools maintained achieving 5 or more GCSEs at Grade A*-G or equivalent |
90.60% |
90.00% |
92% |
97% |
91% |
R |
Target is too high because of changes to how indicator assessed, but even so given the 1% decline this is a local Red. |
|
40 |
% of pupils achieving Level 4 or above in Key Stage 2 Mathematics |
75.60% |
78.00% |
75.8% |
88% |
80% |
R |
Local Green. Significantly improved and 7th highest score nationally. |
|
41 |
% of pupils achieving Level 4 or above in Key Stage 2 English |
77.70% |
79.00% |
78.3% |
88% |
81% |
R |
Local Green. Significantly improved as above. |
|
181a |
% of 14 year old pupils achieving Level 5 or above in the Key Stage 3 test in English |
71.00% |
69.00% |
75% |
83% |
76% |
R |
Local Green. Improvement over last year and in top 20% of all LEAs. |
|
181b |
% of 14 year old pupils achieving Level 5 or above in the Key Stage 3 test in Mathematics |
71.10% |
73.00% |
77% |
85% |
79% |
R |
Local Green. Improvement as above. |
|
181c |
% of 14 year old pupils achieving Level 5 or above in the Key Stage 3 test in Science |
71.00% |
73.00% |
75% |
82% |
76% |
R |
Local Green. One of only 8 Las to have improved this year in Science. |
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181d |
% of 14 year old pupils achieving Level 5 or above in the Key Stage 3 test in ICT assessment |
n/a |
77.00% |
78% |
85% |
79% |
R |
Local Green. Again this has improved and we are in the top 20% nationally. |
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194a |
% of pupils achieving Level 5 or above in Key Stage 2 in English |
n/a |
33.00% |
31.1% |
40% |
30% |
R |
Local Red. While we are above the national average the proportion ha declined slightly. |
|
194b |
% of pupils achieving Level 5 or above in Key Stage 2 in Mathematics |
n/a |
31.00% |
31.4% |
38% |
37% |
R |
Local Green. A significant improvement here, very close to target. |
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OFSTED INSPECTIONS |
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|
48 |
% of schools subject to special measures |
0% |
1.0% |
2.0% |
0% |
1% |
A |
3 schools have effectively come out of serious weaknesses/special measures. |
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TEACHER TRAINING |
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192a |
Average days access training per practitioner delivering Foundation Stage education |
n/a |
New |
4.12 |
6 |
A |
This measure is changing to days TAKEN (as opposed to days OFFERED) and is calculated only once at the end of the financial year. |
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192b |
Average number of QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) teachers per 10 non-maintained settings |
n/a |
New |
1.78 |
1 |
G |
We achieved above this years target last year! This measure is changing to FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT QTS teachers and is calculated only once at the end of the financial year. |
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EDUCATION EXPENDITURE |
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193a |
Schools Budget as percentage of Schools Funding Assessment (SSF) |
n/a |
New |
107% (E) |
105.4% |
105.4% |
G |
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193b |
Increase in Schools Budget on the previous year as a percentage of the increase in Schools Funding Assessment |
n/a |
New |
102% (E) |
84.2% |
84.2% |
G |
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|
33 |
Net Youth Service expenditure per head of population in the Youth Service target age range |
n/a |
£85.69 |
£85.34 (E) |
£92 |
£90 |
G |
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SCHOOL PLACES |
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34a |
% of primary schools with 25% or more (and 30+) of their places unfilled |
8.12% |
14.70% |
16.17% |
16.17% |
16.17% |
G |
Primary Area Reviews and school closures will have significant impact medium term. |
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34b |
% of secondary schools with 25% or more (and 30+) of their places unfilled |
0% |
7.70% |
15.38% |
15.38% |
15.38% |
G |
BSF and Secondary review will address in medium term. |
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SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (SEN) |
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43a |
% of statements prepared within 18 weeks; - excluding those affected by "exceptions to the rule" under the SEN Code of Practice |
98.55% |
92.47% |
98% |
98% |
96.36% |
A |
Dip in performance due to staffing problems earlier in the year. Performance has increased to 100% over recent months but sustained `catch up' required. |
|
43b |
- including those affected by "exceptions to the rule" under the SEN Code of Practice |
80.00% |
75.44% |
87% |
87% |
89.83% |
G |
Action undertaken with health has resulted in an improved response rate. |
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ABSENCE & EXCLUSION |
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|
44 |
Number of pupils permanently excluded during the year per 1,000 pupils |
0.89 |
1.98 |
0.90 |
0.80 |
1.76 |
R |
Predicted increase. Volatile PI as is subject to individual cases. Increase is in secondary schools. Work underway with schools to look at development of personalised learning and flexible provision. A number of primary pupils with challenging behaviour have been maintained within schools. |
|
45 |
% of half days missed due to absence in secondary schools |
8.00% |
8.00% |
8.00% |
7.5% |
7.8% |
A |
Rate is above average but we have set very challenging targets for attendance. |
|
46 |
% of half days missed due to absence in primary schools |
5.50% |
5.40% |
5.1% |
4.7% |
5.2 |
A |
Rate is above average but our targets are challenging. |
|
159a (NEW) |
% of permanently excluded pupils (PEX) provided with alternative tuition of; - 5 hours or less a week |
n/a |
0% |
5.8% |
0% |
0% |
G |
Pressure on places at the PRU due to difficulties in moving KS4 onto new school, college or other setting. |
|
159b |
- 6-12 hours a week |
n/a |
0% |
17.3% |
0% |
5% |
R |
Many KS4 PEX pupils go on full time college courses which average below 20 hours a week. |
|
159c |
- 13-19 hours a week |
n/a |
10.00% |
40.4% |
10% |
40% |
R |
|
|
159d |
- 20+ hours a week |
74.95% |
90.00% |
36.5% |
90% |
55% |
R |
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YOUTH SERVICE |
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Local 101 |
% of contacts with young people in the Youth Service |
n/a |
12% |
15% |
25% |
23.5% |
A |
Reach is recorded on centres each month, but detached figures are calculated annually using contacts to calculate reach. We will try and calculate this monthly from now on. |
|
Local 102 |
No. of young people involved in accredited activities linked to the Youth Service |
n/a |
n/a |
620 |
720 |
740 |
G |
Above target 430 completed awards so far, up until Sept 04. |
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Local 103 |
No. of young people who have obtained a recorded outcome as opposed to an accredited outcome |
n/a |
n/a |
700 |
1440 |
1440 |
G |
The main method considered for us to calculate this figure is using the new Young B&NES Award which will come into being in December which will redress the balance of recorded outcomes and will put us on target to achieve this annual figure. |
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SCHOOL CATERING |
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Local 50 |
Average spend per secondary student (i.e. take-up of service) |
n/a |
New |
£0.55 |
£0.55 |
G |
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COMMITMENTS |
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C9 |
Reduce the amount of unsuitable school buildings by more than 10% |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Do It |
G |
Progress on removal of temporary buildings suggest this will be achieved. |
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C10 |
Extend the use of a school sites and buildings throughout the day, especially breakfast clubs and after school activities, target of 1 by March 2005 (Target of 10% by 2007) |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Do It |
G |
Good progress also on this, with plans in place across the authority. |
3. Equalities Targets
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Service Area |
% of staff from BME communities |
% of staff considering themselves disabled |
Comment |
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Actual |
Target |
Actual |
Target |
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Education |
3.9 |
4.5 |
3.7 |
4 |
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Monitoring of Ethnic Groups in Schools
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Ethnic Group |
All Schools % |
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British |
91.6 |
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Irish |
0.2 |
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Traveller of Irish Heritage |
0.0 |
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Other White Background |
1.5 |
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White & Black Caribbean |
0.7 |
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White & Black African |
0.1 |
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White & Asian |
0.3 |
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Other Mixed Background |
1.0 |
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Indian |
0.2 |
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Pakistani |
0.1 |
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Bangladeshi |
0.1 |
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Other Asian Background |
0.2 |
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Caribbean |
0.2 |
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African |
0.1 |
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Other Black Background |
0.2 |
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Chinese |
0.2 |
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Other Ethnic Group |
0.2 |
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Refused |
2.0 |
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Info not yet obtained |
1.0 |
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% of Pupils declared White |
93.3 |
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% of Total Pupils with Non Response |
3.0 |
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