Trust School Pathfinder Conference

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Trust School Pathfinder Conference

• Keith Bate
• Principal
• Halesowen College

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Local Township

• Institutions are geographically close eight miles
  west of Birmingham
• Urban area bordered by Sandwell, Birmingham and
  Worcester

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Background

• Three Schools
• - Earls High 11-16 (1,200)
• - Leasowes Community College 11-16 (1,200)
• - Windsor High 11-16 (1,400)
• College
• - Halesowen College 16-19 (Tertiary)

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Halesowen College Tertiary College

• 3,700 16-18 students
• 1,000 14-16
• 3,000 Adults
• Centre of Vocational Excellence/Train to Gain

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Halesowen College

• Widest range of 16-19 courses in the region
• 30 feeder schools
• 42 AS/A2
• 70 vocational pathways
• SLDD/entry level
• L1, L2 and L3
• Some specialist HE

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Shadow Trust Structure

• Independent Chair from business community
• Pro Vice Chancellor Education Partnerships,
  University of Wolverhampton
• Director of Childrens Services, Dudley MBC
• Directors/Trustees, Chair of Governors Earls,
  Leasowes, Windsor, Halesowen College
• Principal/Headteacher Earls, Leasowes, Windsor,
  Halesowen College

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Representatives

• LSC
• Black Country Consortium
• Black Country Membership
• Business Partner A
• Business Partner B
• Student voice (2) 1 pre sixteen 1 post sixteen
• Specialist Schools and Academies Schools

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Benefits

• Student opportunities and outcomes
• Staff development
• Curriculum planning/delivery
• Staff deployment
• Shared resources
• Collective influence

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Future Benefits

• Consolidation
• ECM additional opportunities
• Future curriculum developments
• - 14-19 Diplomas
• - IB
• - Personalised pathways
• Joint strategic and quality improvement planning
• Joint targets and collective responsibility
• Township/localised model
• Specialist resources/distributed learning

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Issues

• Legal and technical
• Understanding/recognition
• Maintaining focus
• Infrastructure