Julie Whelan

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Director of Specialism Autumn Networking 2007
Julie Whelan Education Director
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Specialism Sarah Norcliffe - Head of
Specialism Mark Botterill - SEN/Special School
Support Officer Jo Colin - Physical Education
Development Manager Martin Papworth - CPD
Manager Anna Young - YEN HQPE Development
Manager Helen Ostell - N/NW HQPE Development
Manager Tracey Healey - SW/WM HQPE Development
Manager Emma Cannell - L/SE HQPE Development
Manager Wendy Taylor - E/CS HQPE Development
Manager Karen Gadsby - HQPE Education
Administrator
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Future assessment of specialist schools

• Joint assessment OFSTED and DCSF
• Submission of paperwork to DCSF up to 6 weeks
  after report has been published.
• Paperwork SEF and SDP (3 years) with specialism
  embedded in BOTH.
• Use Stripy SEF guidance and statutory output
  targets
• Assessment for high performing status in the
  spring term following your OfSTED.
• Grade 3 (with a weak specialism) and grade 4s
  IN probation 1 year of funding.
• Key message strength in the specialism

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Specialism Performance

• 59 of pupils in Sports Colleges got a grade A-C
  in full course GCSE PE in 2007
• 47 of pupils in Sports Colleges got a grade A-C
  in short course GCSE PE in 2007

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Specialism Performance

• Full course GCSE PE Uptake
• Fewer sports colleges offered full course GCSE PE
  this year compared to 2006 (302 in 2007 compared
  to 322 in 2006).
• Pupil uptake of full course GCSE PE has remained
  constant (35 in both 2006 and 2007).
• This is higher than national pupil uptake for PE
  (24).
• Pupil uptake of short course PE was 20 in 2007.
• Sports Colleges are broadening the range of PE
  qualifications they offer pupils.
• Of the sports colleges that offered PE in 2006

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Specialism Performance

• Other Level 2 qualifications in PE
• Lack of knowledge of other level 2 qualifications
  in PE and their appropriateness to pupils.
• Some of the most frequently offered other level 2
  PE courses in Sports Colleges are
• BTEC First certificate in Sports Leadership
• BTEC First Diploma in Sports Science
• Short course GCSE PE
• Level 1 Sports Leadership award.

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Whole School Performance

• New indicator for 2007 2 GCSEs at A-C grades
  which cover KS4 Science
• CVA at both Key Stages improved between 2006 and
  2007.
• CVA in sports colleges tends to be higher at Key
  Stages 3-4.
• Early data shows the largest annual increases
  over the 2006 - 2007 period were recorded by
  Sports Colleges at both 5AC and 5A-C
  including English and Maths.

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Whole School Performance

• Sports College 5A-C attainment is improving
  year on year
• In 2005, 2006 and 2007 the rate of improvement in
  Sports Colleges exceeded the rise in the national
  average.
• In 2007 57 of pupils achieved 5A-C grades in
  sports colleges.
• In Specialist schools 62.3 achieved 5A-C
  grades in 2007.

Improvement Rates
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Whole School Performance

• Sports College 5A-C including English and Maths
  is also rising year on year
• In both 2006 and 2007 the rate of improvement in
  Sports Colleges exceeded the rise in the national
  average on this measure.
• In 2007 42 of pupils achieved 5A-C incl.
  English and Maths in sports colleges.
• In Specialist schools 48.3 achieved 5A-C
  including English and Maths in 2007

Improvement Rates
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Whole School Performance

• Performance improves with each year of
  designation as a Sports College
• The first 11 sports colleges have now increased
  attainment by over 21 percentage points

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Key Questions from the Network?
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Results from 2006/7 School Sport Survey

• 99 of Schools took part in the Survey (21,745)
  the first time that all Schools have taken part.
• 86 of pupils are participating in at least 2hrs
  of high quality PE and Sport per week. As a
  result the 2008 PSA Target has already been
  exceeded. (80 in 2005/6)
• Curriculum time for Physical Education averages
  115 minutes per week.
• 35 of pupils were involved in inter-school
  competition (unable to compare as the survey
  involves pupils from years 1-11 for the first
  time)
• 29 of pupils were involved in one or more school
  / club link (27 in 2005/6)
• 12 of pupils were involved in leadership and
  volunteering (unable to compare as the survey
  involves pupils from years 1-13 for the first
  time)

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• In all sports colleges 96 of pupils take part in
  2 hours PE/ sport each week.
• In sports colleges that were part of a SSP at the
  time of the 2006 survey, pupils taking part in 2
  hours PE/ sport has risen from 95 in 2006 to 97
  in 2007.

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5 Hour Offer

• July 13 2007 Prime Minister announced the
  investment of 100m over 2008 11 into the
  National School sport strategy to give every
  young person (5- 19) the chance to do 5 hours of
  sport a week

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The Sports Relay Race Youth Sport Trust, Sport
England and UK Sport Sport Landscape
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Achieving the 2010 AMBITION new existing
investment
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Achieving the 2010 AMBITION
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What will the additional funding be used for?

• The addition of FE sports co-ordinators linked to
  School Sport Partnerships (DCSF lead/funded 18m
  over 3 years)
• The completion of the roll out of competition
  managers linked to School Sport Partnerships
  (DCSF lead/funded 18m over 3 year)
• Top up grants to School Sport Partnerships to pay
  for coaching (DCSF lead/funded 21.5 over 3
  years)
• Multi sport clubs for children with special needs
  linked to School Sport Partnerships (DCSF
  lead/funded 3m over 3 years)
• (A regional resource to lever in additional
  funding for positive activities from local
  authorities and other sources (DCMS lead/funded
  12m over 3 years) options for roll out are
  under consideration)
• Funding to support extended club type activity
  designed to attract a different type of young
  person (DCMS lead/funded 36m over 3 years)

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Key Questions from the Network?
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Why a new curriculum

• A curriculum for the future
• Enables flexibility to personalise learning and
  design a curriculum that meets the needs of all
  young people
• Ensures that assessment supports teaching and
  learning
• Meets the demands and expectations of the
  changing workforce
• Leads to an improvement in standards and
  achievement.

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What has changed?

• New aims
• To ensure all young people become
• Successful learners
• Confident individuals
• Responsible citizens
• These aims can be used as the focus for
• refreshing and developing the curriculum
• The development of this curriculum is about the
• learners needs across the whole school

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Curriculum dimensions links in learning

• Creativity
• Critical understanding
• Cultural understanding and diversity
• Enterprise
• Global awareness
• Sustainability
• Spiritual and moral development
• Technology and media literacy

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Key questions to the Network What is your role
(as Director of Specialism) in school? How can
you and your subject support whole school
curriculum change? How can this new curriculum
support you with achieving SSC outcomes? How are
you going to link with and support your subject
leader? Are you in a position and do you feel
its your role to support your LA / LDA/partner
secondary schools?
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Specialism Impact Annette Montague Head of
Specialism Impact Jancis Walker Every Child
Matters Matt Pauling Core Subjects Bev
Whiteside Modern Foreign Languages Matt
Topliss Academies Frances Brown
Administrator
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Specialism Impact
School/Community Needs
Learners Needs
Subject/staff Needs
SEF
Specialism
Evidence
IMPACT!
Intervention Strategy
Collaboration
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Every Child Matters

• Extended schools increased funding announced
• v Is your school providing the core offer
  yet?
• The Youth Offer Positive activities for Young
  People
• v Do you know how your LA are approaching
  this?
• Community cohesion
• v Can the specialism lead the way?

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Core Subjects

• Functional Skills pilot English/Maths/ICT
• Key Stage 4 Science indicator to be included in
  school performance tables from 2007
• New KS3/4 curriculum - September 2008
• How is the specialism informing planning for the
  new curriculum to raise standards of Teaching and
  Learning in your school

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Sport and Languages

• Changes to the Achievement and Attainment Tables
  from September 2008
• SIPs are being provided with guidance on
  supporting schools to reach their 50 -90
  Benchmark.
• The revised SEF contains a prompt on languages
  take-up post 14.
• What are the implications for your school and
  languages department?

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Academies with a Sport Related Specialism

• 19 in total- combinations of Specialisms
• Results
• Dual Specialisms- Curriculum Innovation
• Current Projects-MES Up- Capital City
• Harefield Academy and Watford FC
• Sport and Inclusion- City Academy
• Sport Co-ordinators- Salford City Academy
• Core Subjects Intervention- Harris Girls Academy

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• Formal Consultation
• Is this appropriate?
• Are there any issues that colleagues want to
  raise?
• Other?

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Education Development Suzanne Gough -
Education Development Manager Viv Holt - Trust
Schools Manager Barbara Wilson - Development
Manager Stephanie Squires - Trust Schools
Project Officer Katie Eckersley - Trust Schools
Administrator
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Trust Schools

• Policy encouraging all schools to be self
  governing- Trust, foundation or academy.
• Trust schools work in partnership with other
  schools/community partners/ businesses
• They enter into a legally binding agreement on
  areas of common educational interest that support
  the ECM agenda

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Trust Schools

• Key Questions for Directors of Specialism
• Can this help you to deliver and raise the
  aspirations and targets in your school
  development plan?
• Can this further support and enhance your
  specialism plan
• Can this engage in amore sustainable way key
  partners?

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Primary Specialist PilotInformation about the
Pilot

• A small scale 4 year pilot with no commitment to
  expansion.
• A contract managed on behalf of the DCSF by YST,
  SSAT, National Strategies
• The purpose is to investigate the impact and
  relevance of factors commonly cited as reason for
  success in Secondary Specialist Schools.
• The pilot is focused on raising standards in
  English and Maths through a subject specialism
  either music, arts, science, languages and
  PE/Sport.
• No application process, schools were identified,
  using specific agreed criteria at 3 levels, with
  full Ministerial agreement at each level.

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Primary Specialist PilotInformation about the
Pilot cont

• 34 schools made up of 5 clusters of 6 schools,
  and 4 associate schools.
• Funding includes a one off initial set up
  capital project across the cluster, and revenue
  based on pupil numbers per school over 3 of the 4
  years.
• Schools in the pilot are not officially
  designated or have specialist status, they are
  just invited to participate in a trial specialist
  programme.
• All Schools will have an up to date SEF, School
  Development Plan, and have completed an annex
  showing how they will develop the specialism in
  their school

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Primary Specialist PilotThe 34 Schools

• 4 clusters of 6 geographically located schools in
  
• Tower Hamlets (arts), Warwickshire (languages),
  Sheffield (science) and Devon (music).
• 1 National PE/Sport Cluster
• Cullercoats Primary Schools (North Tyneside)
• St Johns RC School (Manchester)
• Carlton Central Junior School (Nottinghamshire)
• Foxdell Junior School (Luton)
• The New Barton Community Primary School (Bristol
  City)
• Hallsville Primary (Newham).
• 4 Associate schools
• 2 each in Croydon and Southwark

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Primary Specialist PilotSupporting the
identified schools

• One to One support with a designated officer
  approximately 1 day per term made up of meetings,
  email and telephone.
• 2 days Networking 1 across all specialism's in
  the summer term, and 1 subject specific in the
  autumn term. (PE takes place in December)
• Conference Opportunity PE/Sport primary schools
  have been invited to the Sports College
  Conference in the spring term.
• PLUS for all Non PE/Sport Schools additional
  support from the Youth Sport Trust to help all
  schools reach their PSA Target.

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Leadership Development

• New NPQH
• Assessment tool for PDMs
• NCSL/YST partnership-new CPD, September 2008

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Networking what next?
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Where to find this document

• This document will be available to download from
  the
• School Sport Exchange
• Sports Colleges
• Events, Conferences Awards
• DoS School Leader - Autumn updates