Issue - meetings

The Panel will receive a verbal update on this item from the Director of Education Transformation.

The Director of Education Transformation introduced this item to the Panel and was joined by the Senior Education Improvement Adviser and the Head of Education Inclusion Services to give them a presentation, a copy of which can be found on the Panel’s Minute Book or as an online appendix to these minutes, a summary is set out below.

Schools Strengths

•  Performance at the end of end of Reception remains above national

•  Reading is a strength at both KS1 and KS2

•  The disadvantaged gap is closing at the end of reception and for year 1 Phonics

•  B&NES is second in the South West for attainment at KS2

•  Inspection outcomes are strong for settings and schools; 85% schools and 94% of EY settings are Good or Outstanding

Performance at the end of Reception

Disadvantaged Pupils - B&NES gap is generally nearly double the national gap and is only improving very slightly in terms of EYFS Good Level of Development.

Year 1 Phonics Disadvantaged Gap

There has been a strong overall increase in phonics scores in Year 1 for all pupils as well as disadvantaged pupils but the gap remains much larger than national.

Key Stage Two Disadvantaged Gap

Neither local (-31%) nor national (-20%) gaps are closing.

Key Stage 2 Progress

Progress for disadvantaged pupils in B&NES improved strongly from 2016 to 2017 but has now stalled and remains much lower than for similar pupils nationally.

Key Stage 4 Disadvantaged Gap

The gap had closed in the 2017 results, but has since widened through 2018.

KS4 data for 770 pupils disappeared nationally in 2018

Children with SEND

2 Cohorts: SEN Support & EHCP. Data is from 16/17.

•  EYFS Good level of development is improving & is above national.

•  Attainment is above national average at the end of KS2

•  At the end of KS4 Attainment for SEN Support is roughly line with KS4, for the EHCP cohort it is below national

•  At the age of 19 children achieving level 2 & 3 qualifications has been improving, children with EHCP’s are above national. For SEN support is just below, but has been improving significantly since 2013.

•  The LA is also working to introduce a universal graduated approach to SEND to support schools with identification of SEND

•  LA provides funding to EY settings to provide additional support. Children in receipt of this funding are making positive progress

•  Continue to work to support the early years as a strategy to ensure the best start in life for children with SEND

How B&NES compares with the National gap in 2018

•  Reception 147^th out of 150

•  Phonics 146^th out of 150

•  KS1 Reading Joint 147^th out of 150

•  KS1 Writing Joint 142^nd out of 150

•  KS1 maths Joint 139^th out of 150

•  KS2 RWM 149^th out of 152

•  KS4 English and maths at 4+ 150^th out of 151

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