Narrowing the Gap

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Narrowing the Gap
Our Role in Reducing Child Poverty
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What Is Child Poverty?

• The official government measure of child poverty
  is defined as children living in a family with an
  income less than 60 of the national average
  after taking into account household size and
  composition. Children are defined as individuals
  under the age of 16 plus 16/17 years old if in
  full time education.

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Why eradicate child poverty?
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To improve peoples quality of life
Its a moral duty
To create an enabling society
To aid child fulfilment
To make life fair for everyone
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The Child Poverty Act 2010

• Cooperate with partners to tackle child poverty
• Carry out a Local Needs Assessment to understand
  the local drivers of child poverty
• Develop a joint local child poverty strategy

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Proportion of children in families in receipt of
out of work benefits
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What are we doing about it?

• Child Poverty Strategy 2008 2011

• Child Poverty Action Group sub-groups

• Local Needs Assessment

• New Child Poverty Strategy

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Unbelievable facts
1 - Are there any statements in your packs that
you think are untrue?
2 Pick out three that you find most surprising
3 - What are the implications of these for your
service?
4 - Are there any particular points that you
would like to share with the group?
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Update on Test and Exam Results and Narrowing
the Gap
Avi Becker Head of Management Information Systems
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National Indicators
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Network Learning Communities
2009 North South West
Number of children 840 1149 1003
Personal, social and emotional development (PSE) - all 3 scales 56 57 84
Communication, language and literacy (CLL) - all 4 scales 42 44 61
Personal, social and emotional development (PSE) and Communication, language and literacy (CLL) combined - all 7 scales 34 38 59
Percentage achieving at least 78 points and 6 in all PSE and CLL 34 38 59
Average total FSP score 78 79 89

2010 North South West
Number of children 837 1161 995
Personal, social and emotional development (PSE) - all 3 scales 56 57 80
Communication, language and literacy (CLL) - all 4 scales 38 39 61.5
Personal, social and emotional development (PSE) and Communication, language and literacy (CLL) combined - all 7 scales 32 35 58
Percentage achieving at least 78 points and 6 in all PSE and CLL 32 35 58
Average total FSP score 76 76 88
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2010 EYFSP ethnicity
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Trends at Key Stage 1 have mainly remained stable
in Haringey and national
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Key Stage 2 provisional results these are based
on the amalgamation of test and TA data for
Haringey
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Key Stage 2 2010 based on amalgamated test and TA
results for Haringey
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Key Stage 2 National release for Teacher
Assessment
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KS2 results for the larger ethnic groups in
Haringey
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KS2 results for the larger ethnic groups in
Haringey
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FSM/non FSM Key Stage 2 gap
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KS1 to KS2 2 Levels of progress
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GCSE narrowing the gap
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School provisional GCSE results
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School provisional A level and equivalent results
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Campsbourne Infant and Junior
SchoolsStonecroft (Phase 1) and Campsbourne
(Phase 2) Childrens CentresCampsbourne
Playcentre
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• 'Narrowing the Gap' is concerned with improving
  outcomes for vulnerable children and those who
  are most at risk, with a view to reducing the
  differences/deficits in outcomes between these
  groups and children and young people as a whole -
  whilst improving outcomes for all.

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Know your school community

• We are the people weve been waiting for.. (dvd)

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Campsbourne Schools

• Premises 10
• Administration 5
• Support Staff 30
• Lunch 10
• Teaching 22
• Agencies SpL, FSW, EP, BS, Therapists, Social
  Workers, Youth Workers, YOP,

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SOME INTERESTING TRENDS

• 2010 2011 Budget based on 396 Pupils
• September 2010 Pupils 407
• September 2011 Pupils 413 33 places
• FTE Teaching 18 (April 10) 21 (April 11)
• Pupil/Teacher Ratio 22 (April 10) 19.38 (April
  11)
• Learning Resources 46K (less
  photocopier/visits/general capitation) leaving
  circa 50 per pupil

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• The Every Child Matters agenda and the standards
  agenda are one single strategy
• The management ethos - a fair environment where
  leadership is not something that only certain
  people can have, its open to everyone.
• A HAPPY team!

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• A Leading Sustainable School
• A full service school leisure facilities,
  health clinic, adult learning, youth workers
  etc.....

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• Campsbourne believe where communities talk to
  each other and engage in activities together
  have lower crime, better education results and
  better care of the vulnerable
• Open door policy, listen to problems around and
  outside the school TAKE ACTION (dvd)
• The Children Act A greater focus on the
  extended school, multi-agency working, childrens
  centres and schools at the heart of the local
  community

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• Campsbourne School has a central role within the
  community
• Ofsted 2010
• The school's outstanding engagement with
  parents has ensured that it has become the hub of
  the local community.

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• The school encourages the attitude that everyone
  is a potential leader. Anything is possible.
• Provide the space and resources to try things out
  and learn from their efforts.
• Netball Mums, Somali cooking club, dads group

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• Campsbourne School will enable the community to
  operate in a no-blame, yet accountable culture of
  trust and autonomy
• Working with all agencies
• Camspace
• TA
• Cubs
• Police
• Youth Outreach Team
• Woodcraft Folk

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• Campsbourne continues to encourage an outward
  facing learning culture. Campsbourne will learn
  from others and is willing to lead and learn
  beyond the school boundaries
• NLC
• Kori
• PDC

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• As the Head teacher I have to have the strongest
  voice
• High expectations
• Unfailing optimism
• Support all staff Satisfactory is not good
  enough
• Wellbeing

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2010/2011 Priorities

• Improve Attendance and punctuality
• Improve attainment
• Mathematics
• Develop Cross Curricula
• Develop the outdoor curriculum
• Empowering families
• Open a dialogue with local gangs to improve life
  on Campsbourne Estate

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Over to you

• What can your team offer the school to achieve
  the priorities?
• Finally We dont want.