The School Standards and Framework Act requires Councils to set, and keep under review, an Education

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The School Standards and Framework Act requires
Councils to set, and keep under review, an
Education Development Plan which specifies how
the Council intends to work with its schools to
improve levels of pupil attainment and attendance
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Councils must consult with schools, their
governing bodies and the Diocesan Boards when
formulating, evaluating and reviewing their
Education Development Plan.Councils should
consult with the widest cross-section of
educational stakeholders.
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This new five-year plan, known as Aspiration
and Achievement replaces the previous
three-year plan, known as Successful Schools
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The first plan

• satisfied inspectors in the LEA inspection
• was understood and valued by schools
• was commended for its clarity on school
  intervention
• was commended for its detailed costing
• delivered improved results in schools.

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Aspiration and Achievement

• is grounded on a thorough audit of where we are
  now - our strengths and weaknesses
• proposes challenging targets for where we want
  to be by 2004 and specifies annual milestones
• sets out in detail what we will do over the
  first year to undertake the journey

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Audit

• Socio/economic context
• School performance
• LEA performance
• Evaluation of EDP1

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The Journey 2001 2002 2003 2004 Summer S
ummer Summer SummerKEY STAGE 1Reading/Comp(APS)
15.4 15.8 16 16.2Writing (APS) 14.1 14.3 14
.5 14.7Spelling (APS) 14.6 14.9 15.2 15.4Math
s (APS) 15.7 16.0 16.2 16.4KEY STAGE
2English L4 71 80 82.5 85English
L5 24 27 30 33Maths L4 67 75 80 85Maths
L5 22 25 29 33English L4 (yppc) 4010 50 60
70Maths L4 (yppc) 6010 63 66 70
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2001 2002 2003 2004 Summer Summer Summer
SummerKEY STAGE 3 English L5 57 62 67 72M
aths L5 59 63 67 71Science
L5 58 61 66.5 68ICT L5 53 58 63 70Engli
sh L5 (yppc) 2020 5 30 35Maths L5
(yppc) 2020 25 30 35KEY STAGE 4GCSE/GNVQ
5 A-C 36.5 42 44.5 47GCSE/GNVQ 5
A-G 88.7 89.5 92 92GCSE/GNVQ none 5.0 4
4 3GCSE/GNVQ APS 34.2 36 37.2 38.1GCSE
English A-C 43 49 55 60GCSE Maths
A-C 34 41 48 55GCSE/GNVQ 5 A-c
(yppc) 015 5 10 15GCSE/GNVQ 5 A-G
(yppc) 1315 25 35 50GCSE/GNVQ none
(yppc) 8015 30 30 25
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Links with other plans

• Up to - Council Priorities and Key Outcomes -
  Corporate Business Plan
• - Best Value Performance Plan
• Across to - other operational plans

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Six local priorities

• developing excellent schools
• developing excellent school management
• enriching and extending the curriculum
• developing excellent teaching
• ensuring personal development and fulfilment
• ensuring inclusion, continuity and progress in
  learning.Each priority is associated with
  three measurable objectives.

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The School Improvement ProgrammeMade up
from (a) the action plans (b) the LEA
intervention strategy (c) the added value of
partnerships with other providers
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Action Plans

• 90 of them, each identifies
• the lead officer who is the project manager
• links to other plans and national priorities
• actions to be undertaken, by whom and when
• how the actions will be monitored and evaluated
• how the actions have been tested for best value
• how much each action plan costs, and where the
  money comes fromEach action plan is associated
  with measurable success criteria

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Performance Management (1)

• Achieving the success criteria in all the action
  plans in a priority area leads to
• Achieving the key objectives in each of the
  priorities leads to
• Achieving the targets in the education
  development plan leads to
• Achieving the key outcomes in the area of
  learning in the Councils Corporate Business Plan

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Performance Management (2)

• The project manager of each action plan manages
  staff involved with the project and is
  accountable to a senior officer for achieving the
  success criteria.
• Senior officers have responsibility for each
  priority area and are accountable to the Deputy
  Director for the achievement of the key
  objectives.
• The Deputy Director is responsible for the plan
  as a whole and is accountable to the Council for
  the achievement of the plans targetsIn this
  way the efforts of all staff are tied into the
  achievement of the Councils ambitions.

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Performance Management (3)

• Reports on progress at activity level are
  produced every four months.
• Reports on progress at priority level are
  produced every four months.
• Reports on progress of the whole plan are
  produced annually.
• The Council may wish Scrutiny Commission 3 to
  receive the four-monthly reports and hold
  officers to account. The Council may wish for
  the annual progress report to be presented to the
  full Council.

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Next StepsThe Council may choose to approve the
planThe plan is sent to the Secretary of State
for Education and Skills for her approvalThe
approved plan is made available to the whole
communityThe plan becomes operational on April
1st