[PPT] - Autumn 2016 Changes from the December 2016 Department for PowerPoint Presentation

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Changes from the Department for Education suggesting all schools would become academies by 2020.

Autumn 2016

Academies Working Group to research what it means to be an academy. Benefits? Disadvantages? Deadline of 2020 removed within this period of research.

December 2016

Research presented to consider consultation based on findings and current priorities which are not resolved in

placements. Full Governing

Body meeting voted to

pen the consultation

process.

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Gather stakeholders views on whether the Governing Body should consider Swiss Cottage School, DRC for conversion to Academy Status as the lead of a Multi-Academy Trust.

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Today

Consultation
What is an Academy?
What is a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT)?
Why do we want to explore this?
What are the Benefits & Disadvantages?
What does it mean for you as parents?
What will stay the same? different?
What is the consultation process?
Questions

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What is an Academy?

We are a state maintained school. We are

funded by the Local Authority(LA), who are funded by the Department for Education.

An academy is a school that is run by an

Academy Trust. The Academy is funded directly by the Government and no longer run by the LA.

The Trust is registered as a charity, so it can

not be about profits.

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What is a Multi-Academy Trust?

A Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) runs a group of

schools that are Academies.

A Multi-Academy Trust will always have a

‘lead’.

The lead of the MAT has the vision for the

group of schools.

It can define the shared vision, ethos, and

curriculum for all of the Academies within the MAT.

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Why?

We are full. There are pupils in Camden that need a place at SCS. Many of these learners will not gain the right provision because we cannot offer a place. National rise in the number of pupils with moderate to complex SEN & D. Opening new provision(s) with our values, ethos, and philosophies to learning would mean pupils are in the right school that can meet their needs.

We want to be solution focused

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What are the benefits for SCS?

We can apply to open another school to meet the

needs of more children with SEN.

We can apply directly to the DfE, giving us the
ption to open additional provisions which would

expand our offer.

We can explore shared specialists that work

across both schools (example: drama therapy)

We can consider new ways of working with the

NHS teams across the MAT.

We can retain our specialist staff because they

would have more career progression options.

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What is the downside of being an Academy or leading a MAT?

Increased responsibilities which were

previously with the Local Authority

Accountability expectations for the leadership

team

Responsibility for the additional school(s)
Negotiating services with the Local Authority
Possible changes to pay and conditions for

staff

Changes to the governance structure

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What does it mean for you as parents/carers?

There is no change for your child. They still have a

place at this school.

There is no change to their provision. That

remains the same and develops with them.

They still have an EHCP/Statement and Annual

Review.

There could be a change to the name of the

school.

There could be more opportunities for cross-

school links.

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What will stay the same?

Ethos, Values, Vision
Curriculum
Parent Partnership
Centre of Excellence
Teaching School
Working with Camden
Ofsted

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What will be different?

Employment of staff
Services
Accountability systems
Governance
Land/Building
Direct link to Department for Education
Opportunity to work differently with external

agencies

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Employment of Staff

Staff are currently employed by the Local

Authority.

As an Academy, they would be employed by

the Multi-Academy Trust. Risk? Pay and Conditions can be changed. We would propose retaining Teachers Pay & Conditions as they are now. We would propose retaining Support Staff Pay & Conditions as they are now.

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Services

We would be responsible for the external

services which manage aspects of the school.

Currently the school pays for Local Authority

services (such as HR, Payroll, Legal, Ed Psych).

The school would have the option of

continuing with the LA services or seeking better value for money outside of the LA.

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Accountability

As a maintained school we are accountable to

the Department of Education via the Local Authority.

As an academy, we would be wholly

accountable to the Department for Education.

We still have Ofsted, staff are still responsible

for pupil progress and provision so the change is in accountability systems.

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Governance

A MAT is structured differently to our current

Governing Body. There are three levels of governance, each with different responsibilities.

Members: main role is to appoint Trustees
Trustees: The Board of Trustees is the legal Governing

Body for all schools within the Trust, and Trustees are also Directors under company law. They exercise all the powers of the academy trust, and determine what powers are delegated.

Governors: Each school within a MAT has Local

Governing Bodies, who have responsibility which is delegated from the Trustees.

We are committed to the governance of a MAT

including parent and staff representation.

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Land/Building

As a PFI we have additional documentation to

complete in relation to the agreement between the LA, Department for Education, and Swiss Cottage School.

We would still be bound to our PFI contract,

and this would now directly involve the Department for Education.

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Working in New Ways

We have priorities around integrated

provision.

As a MAT, we can explore new ways of

working with additional professionals such as the NHS Team.

This would depend on the schools within the

MAT, and the potential of a core team through the principles of the SEND Reforms.

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Direct Link to the Department for Education

As a MAT, we would be able to apply directly

to the Department for Education where bids did not traditionally come to schools.

This can be for new school provisions based
n local gaps or provision expansion.
This can be for school to school support based
n our best practice and mentoring-coaching

approach.

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What is the proposal?

To apply to convert to Academy Status
To apply to open and lead a Multi-Academy

Trust which is ‘empty’ Grow the MAT based on our priorities ...As a school community ...As a locality

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Reminder of ‘Why’ we would take on so much work:

We are full. There are pupils in Camden that need a place at SCS. Many of these learners will not gain the right provision because we cannot offer a place. Opening new provision(s) with our values, ethos, and philosophies to learning would mean pupils are in the right school that can meet their needs. We are 5 times Outstanding. We have staff with expertise. We can help more children.