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Cassie Howe Head of the Advisory Service, New Schools Network - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Cassie Howe Head of the Advisory Service, New Schools Network - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Cassie Howe Head of the Advisory Service, New Schools Network Agenda Current education landscape Recent changes Assessment measures Rise of multi-academy trusts Education landscape Education landscape 25,499 schools in England
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Education landscape
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Education landscape
25,499 schools in England
2,318 independent schools (fee paying)
6,244 academies 668 free schools
84 studio/University Technical Colleges
14,992 local authority schools
427 sixth forms/further education intuitions
716 other (Pupil Referral Unit, hospital provision, offshore British schools etc.)
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Free schools: the basics
What are they? Who sets them up? How are they funded? Freedoms
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Free schools: the basics
― More than 340 free schools currently
- pen; more than 340 on the way
― More likely to be located in the most deprived areas of the country than not ― 93% of approved free schools located in areas of recognised basic need ― 28% judged Outstanding – free schools are more likely to be judged Outstanding than all other schools (21%)
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EBacc, Progress 8 and Attainment 8
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EBacc
― Introduced in 2010 ― Consultation closed in January 2016 ― 23.1% of pupils nationally achieved the EBacc in 2016 ― Subjects included in the EBacc
― English ― Maths ― History or Geography ― The sciences ― A language
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EBacc entries
21.8 21.6 23.1 34.9 36.3 36.2 36.8 15.1 15.4 16.2 22.8 22.9 22.9 23.1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Percentage of pupils entering and achieving the EBacc
Entering the Ebacc Achieving the Ebacc
Source: NSN research
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Progress 8 and Attainment 8
― Maths: double weighted based on EBacc entry ― English: element based on highest point score in pupil’s EBacc English Language or English literature qualification ― Three entries from qualifications in EBacc science subjects, computer science, history, geography and languages ― Three entries of choice from remaining other approved subjects
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Progress 8
Source: DfE performance tables
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Attainment 8
Source: DfE research
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Multi-academy Trusts
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Multi-academy trust
― A single legal entity responsible for a family of schools ― Comprises of members, trustees and local governors ― Reports to, and is held to account by, the Department for Education ― Almost 1,3000 multi academy trusts in England ― Range in size from one school to over 60 schools
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MAT model
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Composition of multi-academy trust
13 5 11 42 6 11 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Mixed types of academies Predominantly Converter Academies Predominantly Sponsored Academies Academy type Source: DfE research ‘High performing’ chain ‘Lower performing’ chain
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Phases of growth
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Size Challenge
Cottage industry
Growing infrastructure
Sustainable sponsor Large sponsor
Central infrastructure becomes necessary but may outpace financial resources Economies of scale lessen financial pressures Very large sponsors need to undergo further reorganisation Initial growth particularly difficult for non-school starters
Source: DfE research
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Lessons learnt: phases of growth
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Yr 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr 11
Number of schools Number of years after initial launch
Source: NSN research
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Questions?
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