Tracking and Monitoring Educational Impact in Burngreave NDC

-Ian Clifford -Yemeni Community Association

(Sheffield) Ltd

Burngreave NDC (BNDfC) Children and Young People’s Theme

Community Education Co-ordinators (Family learning

Family Support / Attendance support / Family Advocacy

Community-based Study Support Youth-work Sports activity

Tracking the Education Theme in Burngreave

Project to contract with Sheffield City Council Children and Young People’s Directorate (formerly LEA) Research and Analysis Section.

Separating out an area-based cohort of pupils for the BNDfC area from the Education Management System (EMS) database

Running a series of reports and analysis based on this area

Area-based Data

Attainment: Key Stages, GCSEs Attendance data Analysis by ethnicity Analysis by Free School Meal status Analysis over time

Key Stage 2 English - % Level 4+ Trends for BNDfC-resident Pupils

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

%

BNDfC

City

GCSE Attainment

GCSE: % gaining 5 A* - C

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Year

%

Sheffield

BNDfC

Primary Attendance

90.0

90.5

91.0

91.5

92.0

92.5

93.0

93.5

94.0

94.5

95.0

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

BNDfC Primary

City Primary

Attainment by ethnicity in BNDfC area

5A*-C GCSE, BNDfC 2001 - 2007

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Year

%

Pakistani

Caribbean

Somali

Yemeni

Analysing Project-Level Impact

Robust information-sharing protocols Comparing added-value of Young People

who attend project with those who don’t Extensively used in Burngreave to monitor

and evaluate the impact of the community-based study support project

Study Support – National Research

John MacBeath et al (2001) Study of 8000 pupils: Better than predicted attainment, attitudes and

attendance. Effects are large, one more A–C pass at GCSE.” Cumulative effects: effects measurable in year x+1 Indirect effects influencing motivation and self-

esteem”. BME groups benefit significantly more, especially

girls.(MacBeath, J., Kirwan, T., Myers, K., Smith, I., McCall, J. and McKay E., (2001) The impact of

Study Support: A study into the effects of participation in out-of-school-hours learning on the academic attainment, attitudes and attendance of secondary school students. DfEE)

Community Study Support in Burngreave - 1

Over 280 young people benefiting

Delivered as a consortium with Yemeni Community Association (Sheffield) Ltd (YCA) as lead provider

Mainly Somali, Pakistani, Yemeni and African-Caribbean pupils

Community Study Support in Burngreave - 2

Delivered in 5 locations – 4 community and 1 school

9 hours a week, 40 weeks a year

Mainly English, Maths, Science.

Some sessions meeting broader Every Child Matters outcomes: dangers of drugs, weapons, PHSE, healthy living also some art, craft, sport etc

Community Study Support in Burngreave - 3

Involvement of the young people in focus groups and an evaluation conference to feed back and shape the project

Also provides opportunities for more integrated activities bringing young people from different backgrounds together

Compliance with Data Protection Legislation

Your personal information Somali Education Breakthrough based at the 199 Verdon Street, Sheffield, S3 9QQ is a

project set up to improve the educational attainment of Somali Young People in the Burngreave Area and will use this information for the purposes of providing high quality study support and for the other purposes set out below. If you have any questions regarding the handling of your personal information, please contact Mohamud Ambashe or Nisar Ahmed on 2759040.

The service provided by Somali Education Breakthrough is funded by Burngreave New Deal for Communities (BNDfC), Speedicut Works, Harleston Street, Sheffield S4 7QB through the Yemeni Community Association (YCA), The Vestry Hall, 43 Attercliffe Common, Sheffield. S9 2AE as lead partner for Burngreave Study Support Consortium (address c/o YCA as above). Those who take up the service should understand that Somali Education Breakthrough may disclose to the YCA and BNDfC the personal information you have given along with attendance information, if requested, in order to demonstrate that Study Support is being provided in return for funding.

Somali Education Breakthrough will also give information about attendance at the project to Sheffield City Council’s Children and Young People’s Directorate, for research and statistical purposes. The City Council will use this information to help make sure that everyone who can, benefits from the services Somali Education Breakthrough provides.

I have read the above statement Signed: (Student) ……………….…………………………………………………………………… Signed: (Parent) .………………………………………….…… DATE …….………….…………..

 

Average number of GCSE A*-C

2006 2007Predicted Result Difference Predicted Result Difference

No Study Support 3.6 3.5 -0.1 4 3.6 -0.4

Study Support 5.2 6.5 1.3 4.1 5.9 1.8

Study Support Value-Added

Study Support Value-added

Even larger effect with some groups, e.g. Yemeni girls

Study Support Added-Value

Multiplier effect when links with schools are close

Future Developments - targeting

Identifying young people by ethnic group, school, who are achieving poorly – contacting the school to request referral

Modelling Vulnerability – ensuring more vulnerable pupils take-up projects – targeting those that don’t.

Exploring the relationship between different vulnerability factors.