Trust and Foundation Schools Consultation Process

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Trust and Foundation Schools Consultation Process

• June 2008 September 2008

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Key Dates

• 9 June Consultation Begins
• 18 July Consultation Ends (6 weeks in term
  time)
• 1 September Statutory Proposals Published and
  Representations Invited
• 26 September Representation Period Ends (4
  weeks in term time)
• 26 September Final Proposals to Governors
• 27-30 September Full Governing Body to Decide
  Outcome

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Consultations

• We intend to consult fully with all stakeholders,
  providing a range of opportunities at differing
  times and days in order for all members of our
  community to make their views known.
• We will
• Hold Q A sessions at public forums
• Hold focus group meetings
• Issue questionnaires
• Provide multi-lingual documentation
• Make all such publications available on our
  website.

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Draft Aims and Vision

• The Trust will work to develop raised
  aspirations, equal opportunities and racial
  harmony within an ethnically diverse community.
  This will facilitate the development of the
  community's capability and confidence in making a
  positive contribution to an area undergoing
  extensive regeneration.
• The Trust will provide aspirant pathways for a
  successful future, for all learners, from
  pre-school age into adulthood, creating a culture
  where 'excellence for all' is promoted and
  celebrated.

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Draft Focus

• The focus of the Trust will be on sharing the
  very best practice and resources of partners in
  order to raise attainment across all school
  partners in the Trust. 
• This will develop capacity for change, engagement
  and pride in the economic and physical
  regeneration of the area, as well as access to
  high quality learning opportunities, for all,
  from nursery age to post-graduate level.

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Making a Difference

• Primary partners will be fully supported in
  developing teaching and learning across a range
  of subject areas.
• This will enable children to achieve more and
  have better access to high quality secondary and
  tertiary education, and to make a positive
  contribution to their community.
• Attainment will be raised, particularly among
  children where English is not spoken at home, and
  students will have exciting opportunities to
  participate in innovative learning programmes.

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Every Child Matters Agenda

• Students will enjoy access to a wide range of
  high quality educational, cultural, work and
  social opportunities.
• They will be able to contribute positively, both
  to their own future economic well-being, as well
  as that of their community.
• They will have the chance to contribute to the
  development of healthy and safe environments in
  which to live and work.

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Proposed Partners

• University of Kent
• Mazda UK
• WaterAid

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Rationale of Chosen Partners

• Contribution to making the Trust Vision a
  successful reality.
• Raising aspirations in the most challenging
  socially deprived areas served by partner Primary
  schools.
• Assist in developing the internationalism of the
  school, linked to our Language School status.
• Strengthen our commitment to providing
  opportunities for our students to experience
  cultural diversity.

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Contribution of Partners

• We anticipate that the work with partner schools
  and the University will contribute to our
  capacity to
• Influence commitment to lifelong learning, within
  our community
• Provide aspirant pathways for students, from
  primary school age into adulthood.
• We anticipate that the partnership with WaterAid
  will
• Provide a focus for fund-raising
• Provide overseas contacts
• Provide an understanding of the critical nature
  of fundamental human requirements (through the
  provision of safe and hygienic water supplies)
• Assist in the development of community cohesion.
• We anticipate that the partnership with Mazda
  will
• Provide overseas contacts
• Provide an understanding of international
  business practices
• Make a major contribution to developing the
  management and leadership capability of staff and
  students
• Provide work-based placements
• Contribute to students' commitment to local
  regeneration.

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Outcomes for GGS Students

• Gravesend Grammar School students will have
  raised aspirations for themselves and their
  community.
• The students will achieve increased academic,
  personal and economic success.
• The students will have a greater sense of their
  place within a global community and a higher
  appreciation of cultural diversity.

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Outcomes for the Wider Community

• Children in partner schools will have greatly
  increased access to the full curriculum by the
  development of linguistic skills.
• Children in partner schools will achieve
  increased attainment through the formal SATs
  process.
• Children and staff in partner schools will be
  better supported in innovative curriculum design
  and delivery.
• The wider community will be supported in their
  contribution to physical and economic
  regeneration.

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The Added Value of the Trust

• The sum of the whole being greater than the sum
  of the parts, we believe that Trust partnerships
  will add significant value to the lives,
  achievement and aspirations of our whole
  community, and well beyond its physical
  boundaries, enhancing our links with Asia.
• It will make a major contribution to improving
  the current and forecast attainment of our
  Primary partners, well beyond that which could be
  achieved by any individual school working in
  isolation.
• It will provide many professional development
  opportunities for all staff within the Trust and
  contribute to enhanced career opportunities and
  economic prosperity.

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Building on Existing Relationships

• The schools are part of the Gravesham Cluster of
  schools and the Cluster secondary schools are
  also working together to develop 'Building
  Schools for the Future'. This will be enhanced by
  Trust status in drawing closer links with the
  primary schools and in schools working for mutual
  benefit.
• Gravesend Grammar School is already part of a
  local consortium, providing a range of options
  for Post-16 students. We are also co-operating in
  the development of a range of Gravesham-wide
  14-19 Diplomas.
• The opportunities for both our own students, and
  those coming from other schools, in the
  consortium, will be greatly enhanced by the
  pathways offered through our partnerships. There
  will be increased opportunities for influencing
  the raising of aspirations and standards in other
  secondary schools, as well as our own.
• As a selective, highly achieving school, we draw
  from over 40 primary schools, many in areas much
  more socially and economically privileged than
  our own. Working with local partner primaries
  will enable us to make a significant enhancement
  to the existing relationship with these schools,
  and provide aspirant pathways for children in
  deprived communities.

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Alignment with the Specialisms

• We have particularly strong outreach work through
  our specialism as a Maths and Computing School
  and already work closely with our partner
  schools. We see the Trust as a vehicle to work
  even more closely, in order to develop the
  Mathematical and ICT skills of staff and students
  within our learning community.
• In addition to this, as a High-Performing
  Specialist School, we now have a second
  specialism in Languages. We see this development
  as key to further engagement with our partner
  schools, as well as much closer links with our
  whole community.
• Working with our partner schools, we will ensure
  that students develop the linguistic skills they
  need in order to have full access to the learning
  curriculum, raise their aspirations and improve
  their attainment.

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Gravesend Grammar School

• A High-Performing Specialist School Committed to
  the Success of the Whole Community