Foundation and Trust Presentation

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Foundation and Trust Presentation
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• Introduction
• Background information
• What might F and T status mean for our Campus and
  our School ?
• Do we want to make a statement of intent?
• Consultation and process
• Q and A

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Introduction

• Information gathering over the past 18 months
• I have arrived at the conclusion that we should
  consider applying to have Foundation and Trust
  status
• Worthing High School-1st FT School in WS
• Many schools local and national applying and
  considering

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Background information

• SSAT Powerpoint presentation

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What might F and T status mean for our Campus and
our School ?

• Autonomy and Independence
• Focus on our learning community and learners
• To enable us to achieve and embed outstanding
  standards and develop an outstanding reputation
• In order to achieve the above we need the
  autonomy and position to be proactive, decisive
  and to steer our own course and to engage the
  best brains and work within the best networks for
  our learners.

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• The current political and local environment
  supports this direction indeed suggests it.
• Other decisions by the LA could put us on an
  uneven playing field, a playing field that could
  put us at a disadvantage in the future i.e. BSF
  at Bognor and academies all around and other
  schools considering or already in F and T status
  without any clear LA strategic guidance and
  support.
• No clear LA strategic direction in general and a
  vacuum of strategy at all levels in the LA
• Our community status and reputation
• Pressure from stakeholders most especially
  parents to develop level 3 provision (i.e. post
  GCSE study provision)
• Our developing reputation for curriculum
  development
• The need to be proactive and determine our own
  course in respect of what is best for our
  learners in an environment where clusters for
  schools are recommended. i.e. the need to be able
  to network and federate where we need to for
  learners not where others need us to for their
  organisational reasons

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Do we want to make a statement of intent?

• If we do we complete a form and send it to the
  SSAT and start on the consultation process proper
  this takes up to a year
• In this time we would expect to approach trust
  partners

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Consultation and process

• Governing Body meeting as first step
• At that meeting views of Governors, staff
  community
• Not the beginning of the consultation just to
  send a statement of intent, then the consultation

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Q and A (hopefully answers that is)
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Publications websites etc.

• www.trustandfoundationschools.org.uk/

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Next Steps

• FGB meeting 16th March decision on statement of
  interest
• Formal consultation
• Brief meeting in School 9th March