2020 Vision?Main points

•The education climate and rationale for change •Different models of  Cooperative Trust •Cooperation and values •Impact & Benefits of Cooperative Trust •Cooperative Schools Network •Questions

National Climate – Climate change?

Profession under attack – the rhetoric of Failure

Ashamed to be named? – teacher supply and quality

Money, money, money - national funding formula and budget cuts

Losing the will to live - 35% of leaders plan exit within 5 years

Education and Adoption Act 2015

Key developments

! Extending EFI: ! 2006 Education and

Inspections Act scope widened

! Secretary of State duty to intervene, replaces option to intervene

! Representation rights of GB largely removed

Crucial definitions! Coasting schools

! Estimates indicate 1180 approx from 2014-2016 data

! A school will need to fall into the definition of coasting for three years in a row to be categorised as coasting

! 60% of pupils getting 5 A*-C including English and maths at secondary

! 85% getting Level 4 in English and maths at primary.

Action on those found to be coasting! There are still viable alternatives to Academies… the draft legislation is clear that there

are alternatives to schools to help build their capacity.

! “The plan is not automatically to seek academy solutions for all schools which fall within the definition of coasting. We want to challenge and support these schools to improve sufficiently and it is only where the capacity or plan for sufficient improvement is not evident that intervention will follow”

! The draft statutory regulations provide for a school led approach: The crucial issues are 1. Evidencing capacity to improve 2. Demonstrating a viable school performance improvement plan

! The school that has capacity and has a plan will be given external support to progress.

! If the RSC deems the plan good enough and the school capacity strong the school gets on with implementing it and no further action is taken (assuming results then improve).

Academy Policy

Rhetoric ! All schools to become academies

by 2020

! Academies improve results of failing schools

! I want all schools to be “free from local authorities”

! Headteachers welcome freedoms

! New efficiencies of independent budgets

Reality! Not within the legislation, so

“easier said than done”

! DfE data indicates 62% of coasting secondaries are…

! Major challenge of restructuring all local authority functions

! Capacity of DfE and RSCs will need to expand considerably

! Financial burden at a time of public finance constraint

Academies Act 2010(1)The Secretary of State may enter into Academy arrangements with any person (“the

other party”).

(2) “Academy arrangements” are arrangements that take the form of—

(a) an Academy agreement, or

(b) arrangements for Academy financial assistance.

(3) An Academy agreement is an agreement between the Secretary of State and the other party under which—

(a) The other party gives the undertakings in subsection (5), and

(b) the Secretary of State agrees to make payments to the other party in consideration of those undertakings.

(4) Academy financial assistance is financial assistance given by the Secretary of State under section 14 of EA 2002 on terms that require the other party to give the undertakings in subsection (5).

(5) The undertakings are—

(a) to establish and maintain an independent school in England which—

(i) has characteristics that include those in subsection (6), or

(ii) is specially organised to make special educational provision for pupils with special educational needs;

(b) to carry on, or provide for the carrying on of, the school.

Multi Academy Trust! Needs careful consideration as a contract-driven service

! RSC has powers to intervene where a school or schools within the MAT are EFI ! Capacity to improve ! Clear and credible strategic plan

! RSC will seek to identify a new sponsor

! This will usually involve management change – ! Some schools have experienced three managements in

three years….

Two main co-operative models*

!Co-operative Foundation Trust

!Co-operative Multi Academy Trust

* always looking for others to suit

Co-operative models

Foundation Trust

! 2006 Act

! Local accountability model

! Maintained sector

! Education partnership model

! Land & Assets held in trust

Academy Trust

! 2010 Act

! Central accountability to DfE; contract legislation

! State independent sector

! Partnership model = MAT

! Land & Assets lease

Southampton Co-operative Learning Trust

(Trustees)

WEA ( Workers’ Educational Association) Foundry Lane

Primary

St Johns Nursery and Primary

Banister Primary

Regents Park Community

College

Elected Forum Representatives

Elected Membership Forum Democratic broad based membership group Students parents and carers / staff /community users / local residents / organisations

St Marks Cof E Primary

Solent EBPFreemantle Community Academy

Southampton Multi Academy Trust/Trustees*

(Trustees**)

WEA ( Workers’ Educational Association) Foundry Lane

Primary

St Johns Nursery and Primary

Banister Primary

Regents Park Community

College

Elected Forum Representatives

Elected Membership Forum Democratic broad based membership group Students parents and carers / staff /community users / local residents / organisations

Solent EBP

* Enters into funding agreement with Secretary of State **Trustee members meet DfE regulations and can dispose of a governing body if they are not effective

Freemantle Community Academy

St Marks Cof E Primary

Academy

Changes for the different models… CO-OP FOUNDATION TRUST

! School funded through LA

! Staff are employed by the Governors of the school under Teachers Pay and Conditions/ pension rights etc

! The school can set it’s own admissions criteria within the limits of the code

! Trust Board in place to ensure the legality of the the Trust as a company/charity with representation from forum

! Governing Bodies are reconstituted to include one or two Trust Governors(with additional ‘experts’ if underperforming)

CO-OP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

! School enters into funding agreement with S of S.

! Staff are employed by MAT with or without Teachers Pay and Conditions/ pension rights etc

! The school can set it’s own admissions criteria within the limits of the code

! Members.Directors in place as a board with responsibility to maintain funding agreement with representation from forum

! Governing Bodies have limited powers delegated from trustees - can be disbanded by trustees if underperforming

What do schools need to develop a successful Cooperative Trust?

1. Trust

2. Co-operation

3. Core purpose

High Value Education Driven By Strong Values

What does everyone have in common?

! Coop values

! Recognition of changing local, regional, national and international, context for education providers

Self Help and Self Responsibility

Equity

Equality

Democracy

Solidarity

The key issues facing schools

! School performance

! External accountability

! Local accountability

! Curriculum design

And…

! Capacity to improve both now and in the future.

! National context

! Academy policy

! Education & Adoption Act 2015

! Financial Constraints

What the Cooperative Schools Network offers

• Local Learning Leadership - support between schools at the local level working with school and external partners with a long term commitment.

• Strong regional networks - working with CSNet and partners to bring about school improvement, to share good practice and to embed good practice.

• Share in the national voice of the schools cooperative society representing the interests of 800+ schools on the national education platform.

• To encourage global citizenship through links with cooperative schools and organisations throughout the world.

Co-op Op-portunities

1000+ co-op schools by Summer 2016

National presence & voice

Engaged with NAHT; ASCL; all TUC education unions

Regional Network Structure •Sharing best practice

•Cross boundary links

•Employment and HE partnerships

•Research and analysis

•Procurement best value

Key agenda:

to underpin school performance by supporting educational leadership

Good with Schools…

! National network 800+

! Cooperative schools network (East & London/SE)

! Database of 60 schools performance and intervention/support ! 80% Good or better ! 11 outstanding ! 37 good ! 12 RI, most with GF

Ofsted Grades 2016

The key decisions

! How good is your school?

! What can be improved ! What is hard to change?

! Are you vulnerable to management change? ! Can you accept this? ! Can you support

change management?

! In the next 5 years…

! Have you got sustainable leadership?

! Have you got sufficient resources

! Have you got access to professional support?

! Have you got capacity to improve?

Contacts

Mark Merrywest CSNET | East Regional Director

Jon O’Connor CSNET | LASER Regional Director

Andy Withers CSNET | LASER SW Regional Adviser

jon@csnetwork.coop

andy@csnetwork.coop