Extended Services The Priory School

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Extended ServicesThe Priory School

• Neil Miller, Deputy Headteacher
• Nick Ware, Headteacher

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The case for doing things differently

• Attendance 87.4
• 5 A- C 29 (18)
• 1 A- G 92
• Fixed term exclusions 1168 days
• Permanent exclusions 17

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Key Issues

• Culture of underperformance within the school
• What do you expect from this estate?
• Community attitude to the school
• Second division school

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Radical Change

• Vision
• Village College
• Sports College initiative
• Full Service Extended School
• Appointment of a DHT
• Appointment of FSES Manager

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• Deciding on Essentials
• Audited Community students, parents, school
  staff and wider community needs and opinions
• Looked at key issues from audit and other
  relevant data
• Met with all multi agency groups who could assist
• Decided on strongest individuals to create
  essential partnerships to initiate change

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Other Mutli Agency Groups
The Priory School
Broomleigh Housing Association
Metropolitan Police
Social Services
Education Welfare Service
Initial Strategic Plan
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The Local Need

• Local families not enjoying education
• Many single parent families
• High level of teenage pregnancies
• Low local aspiration.
• Local self esteem low.

• A criminal hotspot in LBB
• Crimes often committed by 12-16yr olds between
  the hours of 2pm-9pm weekdays.
• High level of fixed term exclusions.

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• Initial Successes
• PACT
• Vulnerable Childrens Panel
• Safer Neighbourhood Panel Team
• Extended School Manager

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Reachout

• Broomleigh donated to The Priory School April
  2005
• Provided base for the multi-agency working.
• Developed/opened May 2005
• Offering young people confidential setting

• Referred students daily from 8.50-11.00am then
  2.00-4pm
• Reach group of young people not able to access
  mainstream education Daily 11.00-1.30pm
• Small ICT suite
• Training Room
• 3 individual interview rooms

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• Other Key Initiatives
• Attendance Officer
• Guidance Managers
• Counselling
• MOSS Projects
• Adult Learning
• Youth Club
• Fun Day
• Elderly
• Holiday clubs
• Student Support Centre
• Multi Agency Working
• Local Area Bids
• Sports College
• Healthy Schools

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• Plans for Future
• Building programme -3.5 million
• Centre of Excellence for Ladies Football with
  national and local level teams
• Huge community usage
• Renewed fitness centre
• Resurfaced and brand new astro-turfs
• Community Centre
• Cyber Café
• Vocational Training area
• Army Cadet Unit
• Further Adult Education
• Striving to Become Hub of Area

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• Transformation
• Attendance 91.35
• 5 A- C 61 (40)
• 1 A- G 99
• Fixed term exclusions 0
• Permanent exclusions 0