[email protected]- +44(0)7793 370459 - @LKMco - www.lkmconsulting.co.uk “Enabling organisations to deliver the outstanding services that young people deserve” “Outstanding support” – “Excellent grasp of the sector & beyond” – “Practical tips & strategies”– “Important & relevant issues at a high level” All Change? Key themes and changes in current education policy Loic Menzies Director and Lead Consultant L.K.M Consulting (Education and Youth-Development)
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“Enabling organisations to deliver the outstanding services that young people deserve”
“Outstanding support” – “Excellent grasp of the sector & beyond” – “Practical tips and strategies”– “Important & relevant issues delivered at a high level”
Threatened:“Everything is lost!”
Optimistic “It’s looking good!”
Balanced:“It’s the same… but different”
How do you feel about how changes in education will affect your work right now?
“Enabling organisations to deliver the outstanding services that young people deserve”
Opportunity Threat Both Tell me more?
“Outstanding support” – “Excellent grasp of the sector & beyond” – “Practical tips & strategies”– “Important & relevant issues at a high level”
• Condensed, knowledge heavy curriculum• English Baccalaureate • Encouragement of extra curricula/out of school learning • Variety of school types • Pupil premium• Changes to OFSTED inspection framework • Emphasis on teacher quality • National Citizen Service • Focus on early years
“Enabling organisations to deliver the outstanding services that young people deserve”
“Outstanding support” – “Excellent grasp of the sector & beyond” – “Practical tips and strategies”– “Important & relevant issues delivered at a high level”
School-type variety and fundingAcademies, Free Schools, University Technical Colleges, Studio Schools, market in alternative provision
• Different cultures and focus• Different resources available (impact of sponsors/federations etc.)
Move away from ring-fencing and LA. Market in school improvement and CPD (though White Paper confirms continued role for LA in school funding)
Pupil Premium
Early Years• “Targeted” Sure Start• Early Education for two year olds
“Enabling organisations to deliver the outstanding services that young people deserve”
“Outstanding support” – “Excellent grasp of the sector & beyond” – “Practical tips and strategies”– “Important & relevant issues delivered at a high level”
Curriculum and AssessmentCurriculum:
Condensed curriculum, emphasis on “academic” subjects- Possible loss: Citizenship
Freedom to deliver as the school sees fit (except literacy and English Bacc pressures)
The story of History
Holding back with primary reform
Possibility of new curricula spreading due to “autonomy”
“Enabling organisations to deliver the outstanding services that young people deserve”
“Outstanding support” – “Excellent grasp of the sector & beyond” – “Practical tips and strategies”– “Important & relevant issues delivered at a high level”
Curriculum and AssessmentAssessment:
English Baccalaureate
University Involvement
Reading test aged 6, review of Key Stage one and two assessment
“Enabling organisations to deliver the outstanding services that young people deserve”
“Outstanding support” – “Excellent grasp of the sector & beyond” – “Practical tips and strategies”– “Important & relevant issues delivered at a high level”
Extra Curricula and Out of School ActivitiesLord Young will:
“Review health and safety to encourage schools to undertake personal development activities for their pupils”
(DfE Business Plan Nov 2010)
Schools free to re-arrange the school day and year
Forthcoming Henley review of cultural education
Role of trips in School Ethos and Culture (School Ethos and Culture in Schools
“Enabling organisations to deliver the outstanding services that young people deserve”
“Outstanding support” – “Excellent grasp of the sector & beyond” – “Practical tips and strategies”– “Important & relevant issues delivered at a high level”
Teacher Quality & OFSTEDTeacher Quality:
Expansion of Teach First, Teach Next, Troops to Teachers
Recruitment of more top third graduates
Increase in School Based Training + Teaching Schools (“the driving force for a new way of thinking about CPD” “a badge of excellence that all outstanding schools will aspire to”)
Emphasis on continuing professional development in schools and high expectations
“Enabling organisations to deliver the outstanding services that young people deserve”
“Outstanding support” – “Excellent grasp of the sector & beyond” – “Practical tips and strategies”– “Important & relevant issues delivered at a high level”
Teacher Quality & OFSTEDOFSTED
Focus on underperforming schools
Four areas:• Teaching and Learning• Leadership and Management• Behaviour and Safety• Achievement
Continued focus on ability to raise attainment- Making progress. Particularly in light of social mobility and closing the gap
“Enabling organisations to deliver the outstanding services that young people deserve”
“Outstanding support” – “Excellent grasp of the sector & beyond” – “Practical tips and strategies”– “Important & relevant issues delivered at a high level”
“Enabling organisations to deliver the outstanding services that young people deserve”
“Outstanding support” – “Excellent grasp of the sector & beyond” – “Practical tips and strategies”– “Important & relevant issues delivered at a high level”
Key opportunities
Increased teacher quality and enthusiasm
Getting in there early• Early Years• Trainee teachers/teaching schools
Curriculum space and flexibility
Emphasising the academic
Diversity of provision- finding the respondersKey message: to tap into education sector opportunities
Carry out detailed research to identify who will be responsive