Delivering Parental Choice for Parents in North Swindon

NORTH SWINDON POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION PROVISION

Giving Families Choice

Parental Choice

• All families are able to choose a high quality secondary school for their children that is:– Local– Safe– Caring– Active in the community– Meeting the educational needs of each child

WHO ARE WE?


Who are we

• Kevin A Gray A local parent• Rachael Mattey Head of Isambard Community

school• Justin Tomlinson MP for North Swindon• Mark Dempsey Labour Councillor• Sean Davey Liberal Democrat representative

• Together we are concern, knowledge and influence

• We hope, today, to convert that into action

This meeting

• Everyone needs to be clear exactly what the issue is and what is being proposed– What is the Issue?– Who will it affect?– What are we proposing?– What can you do?

• This is a community issue, the solution needs to be driven by that community

WHAT IS THE ISSUE?


Projected Secondary Places

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

Nova + Isambard Required

Sept 2012 Intake

Isambard 240Nova 240

Primary Places 511Out of Area 31

Sept 2016 Intake



What are these figures based on

• Current Priory Vale and Abbey Meads development commitments (10,000 houses)

• It does not include:– Moredon Bridge– Tadpole Lane– Nova School Development

• Primary school place demand peaked in 2012 at 850 places

• Projections to 2018 show need for 770 places(3 secondary schools)

WHAT ABOUT CHILDREN OVER 16


Choices Today for 16+ Education

College OptionsLocation Students Buses Distance Travel Cost

New College 3000 2 5.5 miles £320

Cirencester 1800 1 15 miles £500

Swindon College 5500 1 4.1 £320

• 6th Form OptionsLocation Students Buses Distance

Ridgeway 250 2 7.5 miles

St Josephs 200 2 5.1 miles

Farmors 250 1 3 miles

Swindon Academy

1 2 miles

Options local to North Swindon

None

WHO WILL THIS AFFECT



Probability of Selection

1 in 3 families will need to choose a school outside of North Swindon

The Swindon AcademyWarneford High School

Bradon Forest

The Local Authority have no issue with thisThey are happy to have the overspill handled

by:

Secondary is no longer just 12 to 16

• Education means:– College (Academic)– College (Vocational)– Apprenticeships– Training while working

Every child currently in Key Stage 1, 2, 3 or 4 today will not leave education until they are 17

Every child currently in Key Stage 1, 2 or 3 today may not leave education until they are 18

16+ Education

• In a typical secondary school approximately 50% of an intake will take academic studies

• That means over 200 children in 2013 will leave secondary school and have to find further education outside the area

• That will climb to 350 children by 2020• By adding a 200+ facility in North Swindon will

would provide students and families with a clear choice

WHAT ARE WE PROPOSING


12 to 19 Education facility

• We want to make a Free School bid • To request the capital for a new School for

North Swindon• The bid would be build by the community for

the community• The new establishment would be an

independent school within the umbrella of the new Academy trust

A Free School Bid

• The bid would be submitted in January• With the support of local councillors and MP’s

and members of the community• It would aim to:– open in September 2015– phase opening (year 7, year 12)– Complement existing provision

• Early years facilities may be provided by Isambard due to the need to open rapidly

A New School

• The school would be independent• It would have its own– Headteacher– Senior Management Team– Governing Body

• It would use the Academy Trust to share common facilities (for example)– Administration– Emergency Cover for Teachers

Building Towards 2018 Fulfillment

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018200

300

400

500

600

700

800

Nova + Isambard + 1 Required

Sept 2012 Intake



Sept 2018 Intake

Isambard 240Nova 240New School 240


SO, HOW CAN I HELP?


10 Volunteers

• Most new schools start with a temporary governing body

• We need something before that - A Free School Working party

• Members of the community working together to define:– Ethos, structure, specialism, curriculum – Budget Projections, HR structure

• It would communicate with the community

360 names

• One of the first tasks it to prove Will in the community

• If there is to be a 240 student intake in year 1 then we have to provide the government with 360 names of local people who would be willing to send their child to that school

• We must demonstrate that that would not reduce the population of other local schools

Parental Choice

• All families are able to choose a secondary school for their children that is:– Local– Safe– Caring– Active in the community– Meeting the educational needs of each child

• Help us ensure that North Swindon families get that choice

I HAVE QUESTIONS
