Getting Ready for CPA Comprehensive Performance Assessment

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Childrens Services Whole Directorate Meetings
Thursday 9th November 2006 Friday 10th November
2006
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Childrens Services VisionWe want to help our
children to achieve their potential and enjoy
life.
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Direction of Travel

• Capital and Assets
• Capital Programme
• Co-ordination of the school organisation
  Programmes

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• Building Schools for the Future team
• The delivery of the Hereford project.
• The delivery of the two academy projects at
  Immingham and Wintringham
• The delivery of the Havelock academy project
• The completion of the BSF self assessment and
  wave 5 bid.
• The completion and launch of the consultation
  documentation for the secondary school BSF school
  organisation.

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• Specialist Services / Education
• Reduction in exclusions the lowest level of
  permanent exclusions in NELC history
• Delegation of statementing money to schools
• Unbeatable 100 performance in statementing
  performance indicators

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• Specialist Services
• Refurbishment of Western School for Vulnerable
  Children Unit.
• The first phase of the extension at Phoenix House
  complete.

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• Policy, Planning and Commissioning
• Outcome Plans and monitoring ensuring the 'golden
  thread'
• 100 of child protection review conferences have
  been held within required timescales
• 100 of children who are looked after have had
  their Looked After Child Review held within
  required timescales
• 100 of children who are looked after have
  participated in their review by attending the
  review, submitting a written contribution or by
  their views being represented by an advocate.

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• PPC continued
• ICS and ESCR
• IS INDEX
• EMS
• CAF

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• Looked after Children and Performance
• Fostering Improved placement stability.
• Adoption. 100 of social workers now hold the PQ1
  award. Successfully implemented the new Adoption
  Children Act requirements across the
  directorate
• Looked After Children in Education Team Improved
  the attendance of looked after children.
• 16 Introduced a new Pathway planning process so
  that clearer plans are made for young people and
  they are actively involved in the process. A
  group of young men recently won the regional care
  leavers football tournament
• Short Break Service Increased the range of
  respite options and activities for children with
  disabilities with particular emphasis on young
  people with complex needs and challenging
  behaviour. Secured a property to enable delivery
  of services to children with physical
  disabilities previously not catered for

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• LAC Achieved health assessments and dental care
  for 99 of looked after children.
• Disability Services Significantly improved the
  transition process. Introduction of a duty system
  which has significantly improved service delivery
  and communication with service users. Cromwell
  House has been judged to be an excellent service
  provider by CSCI. A new behaviour management
  approach has been adopted through residential
  services and the whole directorate
• Family Resource Service Established childrens
  and parents focus groups with very positive
  feedback. Positive feedback from the annual
  parents survey about the success of FRS
  involvement in effecting change. Trained 4 young
  people in recruitment and selection process and
  successfully involved them in the recruitment of
  staff

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• Childcare Fieldwork
• Introduced the new Common Assessment framework
  aiming to support more families at an earlier
  stage.
• Successfully supporting more children within
  their own families through a comprehensive and
  thorough multi-agency approach.
• The Referral and Assessment team have agreed
  extended hours service provision which will
  enhance availability and access to services.

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• Extended Services
• Developing Integrated Childrens Services
  Workshops have been well received
• Playing for Success at the GTFC Study Support
  Centre continues to impact on the learning
  achievement of our young people
• Extended Schools summer and October activities
  were well supported by children and young people

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• Standards and Effectiveness Team
• Standards raised further at Key Stage 4 through
  targeted work, to 47.7, up 8 places in the
  rankings
• Classified as among the fastest improving LA s in
  the country (top quartile performance)

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• Early Years and Childcare
• 1st Authority in the Region to have a Childminder
  that has been graded by Ofsted as 'Outstanding'
• This Year the Department has achieved the MATRIX
  award for quality of service and information to
  its clients
• In the Top quartile for both BVPI Indicators
  'Leadership and Management of Early Years and
  Daycare Providers'

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• Young Peoples Service
• Democracy Day October 20 with over 143 young
  people learning more about the democratic
  processes and support was given from 4 elected
  members.
• The young peoples centres which provide open
  access youth work are now due to reopen after
  extensive refurbishment works. Open access youth
  work is a critical part of the service

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• Adult, Community and Employment Development
  Services
• The service fulfilled its contract for 2005-06
  with 1,530 FE learners doing vocational
  programmes and a total of 3,784 across family
  learning and personal and social programming, and
  First steps
• EDS has continued to meet its LSC targets on
  recruitment and retention and destinations of
  young people on work based learning and has also
  met its LPSA targets for adults into jobs
  2004-05.

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• School Access, Governance and Student Services
• Development of a Children Missing from Education
  Strategy
• Secondary On-line Admission Applications
• Number of students being offered their first
  preference school increased
• Headline figures for school transport
• Governor Services clean 2006 audit.
• All HE Student Finance applications received by
  published deadlines processed within applicable
  timescales
• Demand for 16-19 cycle scheme at highest level
  since introduced - 131 cycle recipients in
  2005/2006 compared to 33 in 2003/2004 (year it
  was introduced) (118 in 2004/05). 180 enquiries
  so far in 2006/2007.

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• Annual Performance Assesment
• APA

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APA 2006

• Self Assessment May 2006
• On-site visit June 2006
• APA letter published 1st November 2006

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APA 2006 Results
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Grade 2 awarded for

• The contribution of the local authoritys
  childrens services in maintaining and improving
  outcomes for children and young people

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Grade 3 awarded for

• The councils overall capacity to improve its
  services for children and young people

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Grade 3 awarded for

• The contribution of the local authoritys social
  care services in maintaining and improving
  outcomes for children and young people

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The Result

• Confirms improvements over the past year in the
  delivery of the councils children's services
• Increased from a one star (2005) to a two star
  service (2006)
• Now judged to deliver the minimum requirements to
  all users.

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Be Healthy

• Key strengths
• Health of looked-after children
• Promotion of healthy lifestyles by primary
  schools
• Key areas for improvement
• Teenage pregnancy rates
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Systems for assessing the quality of outcomes
  from the personal, social and health education
  provision in secondary schools

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Stay Safe

• Key strengths
• Policy and practice around child protection
• Safety and stability of looked-after children in
  foster placements and adoption
• Adoptions of looked-after children
• Participation by 13 to 19 year olds in youth
  service provision
• Key areas for improvement
• NVQ level 3 training caring for children and
  young people

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Enjoy and Achieve

• Key strengths
• Early years provision and outcomes at Key Stages
  1 and 2
• The proportion of care leavers in employment,
  education and training at age 19
• Primary school attendance
• Childrens centres offer an integrated service
  provision in areas of greatest need
• Key areas for development
• Achievement and standards at age 16
• Performance of some secondary schools
• Unauthorised absence in secondary schools

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Making a Positive Contribution

• Key strengths
• Rates of warning and convictions of looked-after
  children
• Participation in decision making by children and
  young people
• Opportunities for primary school children to
  participate in community activities
• Participation of young people in individual
  reviews

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Achieve Economic well-being

• Key strengths
• Vulnerable children are empowered to achieve
  economic independence and well-being
• All looked-after children post-15 have pathway
  plans
• Percentage of care leavers in employment,
  education and training at age 19
• Key areas for improvement
• Educational attainment at 14 19 requires
  improvement
• Further increase participation rates post-16

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Management of Childrens Services

• Key strengths
• Self-assessment that is evaluative
• Multi-agency collaboration in service provision
• Management of social care services to achieve a
  high level of outcomes
• Capacity to improve
• Key areas for development
• Management of the school advisory service to
  effect improvement in secondary schools
• Consistent use of targets to inform performance
  management at all levels

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Aspects for focus in a future joint area review
or the next APA

• How effectively has the strategies to reduce
  teenage pregnancy been implemented
• How well the procedures for assessing the impact
  of personal, social and health education have
  improved to promote healthy lifestyles
• Have attendance rates continued to improve
• How effectively has the school improvement
  service consistently contributed to raising
  standards for children and young people aged 11
  19.

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Getting Ready for CPA(Comprehensive Performance
Assessment)

• Corporate Assessment

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What are all the elements we must complete?
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How did we do in 2005?
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CPA Programme Target Scoring
NB Level 1 and level 2 services and Direction of
Travel will change in February 2007, so best
result in February 2 stars improving
well Corporate Assessment and Joint Area Review
will take place in Jan 07, so we hope to keep our
score at 2 stars improving well at end of
June 07.
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Arrangements for managing this programme
Cabinet
LSP
Corporate Management Team
SMT
Logistics
Data/Evidence
Data/Evidence
Tours/Neighbourhood
Ambition Beverley Compton Cllr. Brookes
Prioritisation Beverley Compton Cllr. Brookes
Capacity Liz Jones / Alan Madin Cllr. Brookes
Performance Management B. Compton Cllr. Brookes
Achievement
Sustainable Communities Transport Ray
Oxby Cllr. Vickers
Safer Stronger Communities Alan Madin Cllr. De
Freitas
Healthier Communities Julie Ogley Cllr. Hocknell
Older People John Garrett Cllr. Mills
Children Young People Andy Samson Cllr.
Cracknell


Joint Area Review (JAR)
Youth Service
YOT
CMT/JMB
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CPA Programme PlanKey Dates
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Corporate Assessment (CA)

• Key lines of enquiry (KLoE)
• The questions that are set out by the Audit
  Commission
• The questions that need to be answered by the
  Council
• Summary and much more detailed version
• Q1. What is the council, together with its
  partners, trying to achieve?
• Theme 1 Ambition for the community
• Theme 2 Prioritisation
• Q2. What is the capacity of the council,
  including its work with partners, to deliver what
  it is trying to achieve?
• Theme 3 Capacity
• Theme 4 Performance management

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Corporate Assessment (CA)

• Q3. What has been achieved?
• Theme 5 Achievement
• Sub-theme 5.1 Summary of Achievements
• Sub-theme 5.2 Sustainable Communities and
  Transport
• Sub-theme 5.3 Safer and Stronger Communities
• Sub-theme 5.4 Healthier Communities
• Sub-theme 5.5 Older People
• Sub-theme 5.6 Children and young people
• 5.6 will be tested by the Joint Area Review
  inspection

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The Scoring System
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Setting the Scene

• Set-up meeting
• Discuss inspection programme
• Agree return of documentation
• Brief the Council and Partners about the scope
• Self assessment
• Stakeholder Surveys

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On-site Work

• Analysis (up to one week 18th - 20th December and
  8th 10th January)
• Analyse full range of inspection findings
• Read local plans
• Review CA and JAR Self Assessment
• Performance assessments and inspections
• Tour of North East Lincolnshire

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On-site Work

• Fieldwork (2 weeks 22nd January 2nd February
  2007)
• Range of interviews with senior members and
  officers
• Focus groups with middle managers, frontline
  staff and partnerships
• Initial feedback

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Reports and Feedback

• Draft report beginning of March
• Council opportunity to feedback on report
• Final Report late April
• Feedback Meeting
• Published report mid May

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How will you be involved?

• By delivering the Councils priorities and
  achieving continuous improvement in the work you
  do within your services
• Producing information and evidence for the
  inspection
• Taking part in interviews and focus groups
• May come into contact with the inspectors whilst
  they are onsite

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Things to remember

• We must tell our story using outcomes and impact
• We all have to communicate the story
• We are judged on what our stakeholders think of
  us
• We (and all our stakeholders) have to be clear on
  what we are and what we are not doing
• Our golden thread is important
• We have to evidence value for money
• We will also be judged on the inspectors
  experience

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NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRECPA TEAM CONTACT DETAILS

• CPA TEAM
• Telephone [phone]
• E-mail cpateam_at_nelincs.gov.uk

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Joint Area Review2006/2007
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A Reminder

• Judges the outcomes for children and young people
  growing up in the local area
• Evaluate how local services work together to
  contribute to the their achievements, progress
  and well-being

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Joint Area Review Focus

• Covers universal, preventive and targeted
  services
• Pays particular attention to children and young
  people who are vulnerable
• Examines how local services gather and respond to
  views of users, parents and carers and ensure
  they involve children and young people

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IT AFFECTS EVERYONE WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND
YOUNG PEOPLE IN NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE
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The Inspectorates involved in our JAR

• Office for Standards in Education (Lead)
• Healthcare Commission
• Adult Learning Inspectorate
• HM Inspectorate of Probation
• Commission for Social Care Inspection
• Audit Commission

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What we know (1)

• Initial areas for fieldwork
• Healthy lifestyles are promoted for children and
  young people (1.2)
• Action is taken to promote children and young
  peoples mental health (1.4)
• Children and young people are provided with a
  safe environment (2.2)
• The incidence of child abuse and neglect is
  minimised (2.3)
• Action is taken to ensure that educational
  provision is of good quality (3.3)
• Educational provision is made for children who do
  not attend school (3.5)

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What we know (2)

• Children and young people particularly those from
  vulnerable groups are supported in managing
  changes and responding to challenges in their
  lives (4.2)
• Children and young people with LDD are helped to
  make a positive contribution (4.7)
• Action is taken to ensure that 14 19 education
  and training is planned and delivered in a
  co-ordinated way, and to ensure that education
  and training (16 19) is of good quality (5.3)

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What we know (3)

• The inspectors will also focus on the following
  issues
• Quality of strategic leadership and management
• Extent to which intervention has strengthened
  strategic leadership and management
• Impact upon outcomes for children and young
  people
• Effectiveness of partnership working on improving
  outcomes for vulnerable groups (including LDD,
  LAC, teenage mothers, pregnant school girls,
  children with mental health issues, young
  offenders and black and minority ethnic groups)
• Strategy for improving outcomes for children and
  young people specifically 11 19 years
• Effectiveness of social inclusion strategy
  equality and diversity, racism and bullying,
  access to education other than at school

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What we know (4)

• East Marsh is the Neighbourhood Study area
• The programme will include
• Visits to provision and initiatives
• Meetings with people working in the area
• Meetings with children and young people living
  and using services in the area
• The inspectors will want to know what life is
  like in the neighbourhood
• Visits will be made outside of this area in the
  wider JAR Programme

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What we know (5)

• 10 Cases have been selected for tracking during
  the JAR
• This involves
• Completion of case file questionnaires
• Inspector(s) reading the files, meeting those
  working on the case and with the child / young
  person, parents, carers and families
• Others will be randomly selected for review
  during the inspection

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Self Assessment and Evidence

• Self Assessment drafted and circulated for
  consultation (deadline for comments 17th November
  2006)
• Supporting document of case studies also
  submitted
• Evidence collection
• Submission date - 24th November 2006

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On-site work

• Analysis (18th 20th December and 8th 10th
  January)
• Analyse full range of inspection findings
• Read local plans
• Review JAR Self Assessment
• Performance assessments and inspections
• Case tracking
• Review of Surveys (e.g. schools, staff,
  residents)

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On-site work

• Fieldwork - 22nd January to 2nd February
• Neighbourhood study (2/3 days of first week)
• Range of meetings and visits
• Range of focus groups
• Case tracking meetings (lead professionals and
  associate agencies, children and young people)

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Communications

• Communication mechanisms in place (Briefing
  notes, JAR website, team meetings, supervision
  meetings)
• You have a responsibility to use the mechanisms
  to keep up to date
• If you want to know more .. ASK

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Key dates

• Set-up Meeting 9th October
• Submission of Self Assessment 27th November
• Analysis 18th and 19th December AND 8th, 9th
  and 10th January
• Fieldwork 22nd January to 2nd February
• Publication of Report 14th May (estimate)

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North East Lincolnshire JAR Preparation
TeamContact Details

• Telephone [phone]
• E-mail Jar.InspectionTeam_at_nelincs.gov.uk
• Visit the JAR website at www.nelincsjar.org.uk

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Children and Young Peoples Plan 2007 -2010
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• Feedback on the first CYPP was put into the
  September Linc Magazine.
• A young persons version was circulated with a
  questionnaire to the Democracy Day on 19 October.
• There will be a wider circulation into schools,
  libraries, leisure centres, all council reception
  points, doctors surgeries, all Childrens
  Services web sites and partners web sites.
• Participation Group has commissioned Connexions
  to carry out consultation in by training young
  people to go out and interview young people on
  film. The Premier of the film is to be shown on
  5 December at the Whitgift Film theatre.
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• Questionnaires are going out to professionals and
  children and young people week commencing 20th
  November.
• Review of the 2006-7 Needs Analysis is currently
  taking place.
• First draft copy of the 2007-10 CYPP will be
  ready for consultation in January.
• Final copy will be ready in April 2007

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Childrens Trusts
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• Bring together all organisations involved with
  providing services to children and young people
  in an area from hospitals and schools, to police
  and voluntary groups, to cooperate and focus on
  improving outcomes for all children and young
  people.
• People will begin to work in multi-disciplinary
  teams and children and young people will begin to
  receive more integrated services.
• Professionals will be trained jointly to tackle
  cultural and professional divides and will be
  supported by integrated processes.

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• As services become more integrated a central
  point of contact (a lead professional) will be
  provided to children and families receiving
  services. Professionals may also be located
  together, in Extended Schools or Children's
  Centres.
• North East Lincolnshire Council and their partner
  organisations are moving towards a Childrens
  Trust by beginning to work in new ways, sharing
  information and working together, to protect
  children and young people from harm and help them
  achieve what they want in life.

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• A Childrens Trust for North East Lincolnshire
• Workshops are being held with the Change for
  Children Board to establish how we can deliver
• Integrated frontline delivery
• Integrated processes
• Integrated strategy
• Inter-agency Governance
• The second workshop will be held on 23 November
  2006. From that a partnership agreement will be
  established between all partners including
  health, police, Connexions, Learning and Skills
  Council and Childrens Services.
• An action plan has been developed and is already
  in place with final arrangements to be in place
  by 31 August 2007.

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Restructure
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Accommodation Moves
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School Reorganisation
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• Submission to BSF sent 13 October 2006
• NELC bidding for place in Wave 5, decision
  December
• School places how will BSF address surplus
  places?
• Current national thinking organisation and
  efficiency 900 to 1200 pupils (6 and 7 form
  entry)
• Need to relate the size of new schools to a form
  of entry to deliver efficiency.

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Strategy for Reducing Surplus Places

• Commitments
• Immingham School Rebuilt as academy
• Wintringham School rebuilt as academy
• Rebuilding of Hereford Technology School under
  Targeted Capital Fund Western School closure
  effective September 2008
• Other Commitments
• Havelock School rebuilt as academy
• Funding based on estimated 2016 numbers and
  existing area of school estate
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• Informal consultation taking place until December
  2006
• Report to Cabinet January 2007
• Statutory notices (if appropriate) January to
  March 2007
• School Organisation Committee (if appropriate)
  April 2007
• Conference of Learning autumn 2006 build on
  strategy for change
• Consultation on role of ICT in new forms of
  teaching and learning
• Headteachers to be involved through project
  management arrangements and Children and Young
  Peoples communications board

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Dates of next meetings
15th March 2007 2pm to 3.30pm16th March 2007
10am to 11.30am