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School education

Sarah Pollock, Kirsty Whyte

Aims and objectives

• The audit aimed to assess how efficiently and effectively

councils are using their resources to maximise pupil achievement in schools

• 3 main objectives, to examine:
• How much councils spend on school education and what

they spend it on

• How effectively councils are driving forward improvements

in pupil achievement

• How efficiently councils are using their resources to

maximise pupil achievement

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The attainment gap in Scotland – key facts

• 43%: the gap between the highest and lowest performing

councils in 2013 in percentage of S4 pupils gaining five at five

• 0% - 81%: the gap in 2013 between the lowest and highest

performing schools in the country in S4 achieving 5 at 5

• 19 councils: number of councils where the gap between highest

and lowest performing schools increased in last decade

• 94: Tariff score points gap between pupils from the least and

most deprived areas in 2013. Very little change in last five years

• 14%: difference in scores between P4 pupils from most and

least deprived areas performing well or very well in the SSLN

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Attainment trends in Eilean Siar

4 20 40 60 80 100 120 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 % of pupils achieving

• 1. S4 - English + Maths at level 3 or

higher

• 2. S4 - 5 awards at level 3 or higher
• 3. S4 - 5 awards at level 5 or higher
• 4. S5 - 5 awards at level 5 or higher
• 5. S5 - 1 award at level 6 or higher
• 6. S5 - 3 awards at level 6 or higher
• 7. S6 - 1 award at level 6 or higher
• 8. S6 - 3 awards at level 6 or higher
• 9. S6 - 5 awards at level 6 or higher
• 10. S6 - 1 award at level 7 or higher

Range and spread of performance between schools

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Attainment vs deprivation

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Spending on school expenditure – Eilean Siar

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56% 8% 13% 3% 4% 4% 3% 4% 2%

Scotland averages:

£17.4m, 52% £3.4m, 10% £3.2m, 10% £2.8m, 8% £1.7m, 5% £1.3m, 4% £1.1m, 3% £1.1m, 3% £0.5m, 2% £1.0m, 3% Teacher spend Property spend Other employee spend School Transport spend School Meals spend Support services spend Supplies and services spend PFI/PPP spend Repairs, Maintenance and Alterations spend Other

3%

How have councils reduced their expenditure

Staffing has been a key area of focus. However, not the only focus. Other areas include:

• Reducing CPD programmes and training budgets
• Increasing music tuition fees/reducing provision
• School transport – retendering school contracts, reviewing routes
• Property/cleaning facilities management costs
• Timetabling efficiency – 33 hour week

During the period we reviewed, there was also significant changes to teachers terms and conditions of service which yielded savings

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Spending and attainment

• Looking ahead, spending on school education will continue to

come under pressure

• Spending more money on education does not guarantee better

pupil performance – no correlation from our analysis over the last decade

• Councils need to allocate and target their resources effectively.

They need to know what works well for them, gather, record, monitor performance. Use the intelligence that is available.

• Report identifies a range of commonly understood factors that

impact pupil attainment

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How elected members could be better supported to scrutinise the following areas:

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Clear priorities Regular performance reporting on attainment and wider achievement Benchmarking data Regular outcomes reporting Information on factors affecting pupil performance Specific actions and

• utcomes in plans

Pupil performance between P1-S3 Knowing what works Consistency in performance between schools Appropriateness of, and outcomes from wider achievement activities

Next Steps

Attend council committees, to present report findings and engage directly with elected members Data and performance sharing with Education Scotland and individual councils Identifying and scoping potential new education audits arising from our work to date Attendance at education related events to publicise findings from the report and engage with stakeholders Formal impact report will be prepared - Summer 2015

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