IMS Update Emma Williams Information

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IMS UpdateEmma WilliamsInformation
Improvement Branch
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PLASC how was it for us?

• 2007 return rate was vastly improved
• 70.5 returned by 23 Feb (deadline)
• 67.4 clean
• 84.1 returned by 31 March
• 98 returned by 23 April
• 94.9 clean
• Lets go for 100 by deadline next year!

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PLASC what next?

• Attendance
• Sessions possible, attended, unauthorised and
  authorised absence per pupil
• Secondary summer 2008 for 2007/08 data
• Primary September 2008 for 2007/08 data
• Special schools remain paper based for now
• National Behaviour and Attendance Review
• www.nbarwales.co.uk / www.acypcymru.co.uk

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PLASC Techie Developments

• Modular PLASC
• Grouping data items into modules to assist
  software coding we will collect data in whole
  modules
• xslt validations summaries
• WAG will provide validation and summary report
  tools to all software suppliers
• No impact on schools

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PLASC Whats in?

• Embedded basic skills
• Secondary Special P16 - pupil level
• January 2009 implementation
• Faith data
• Nursery, Primary, Secondary Special pupil
  level
• 1 data item pupils religious affiliation
• Equality Act 2006 duty on schools commencement
  date not yet known
• Free Breakfasts
• Nursery, Primary Special pupil level
• 4 data items Breakfast on census day of which
  FSM pupil at least 1 breakfast week prior to
  census of which FSM pupil
• Replaces larger paper based survey
• January 2009 implementation

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PLASC Whats in?

• Special Educational Needs Provision
• Nursery, Primary, Secondary Special pupil
  level SEN pupils only
• 4 data items curriculum/teaching
  grouping/support specialised resources advice
  and assessment
• January 2008 implementation
• Free School Meal Attendance
• Primary Secondary - pupil level
• 1 data item number of FSM pupils in attendance
  on Jan census date
• 2008/09 attendance collections
• MIS can calculate from attendance data
• Service Child indicator
• Nursery, Primary, Secondary Special pupil
  level
• 2 data items - indicator and data source
• January 2009 implementation
• All subject to SWAP and consultation as
  appropriate of course!

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PLASC Whats out?

• Removed from January 2008 PLASC
• Minimum age
• Maximum age
• Total vacancies
• Eligible for free school milk
• School type
• definitions amended for clarity
• type 71 added to distinguish between special
  schools with or without P16 provision

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NDC 2007

• Technical guidance issued to LEAs schools
• No substantial change on 2006
• Aiming for 100 pupil level non-core
• Optional (but encouraged) KS3 Core ATs
• DEWi update (NDC and P16 Summer) live today
• All data returned to WAG, via DEWi/LEA
• September validation all key stages
• Please watch for inappropriate use of N and D
  codes, and for English/Welsh first/second
  language

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NDC Forward Look

• 2007/08
• Mandatory Key Stage 3 pupil level non core
• Mandatory Key Stage 3 Core ATs
• 2009/10
• Key Stage 2 Welsh 2nd Language statutory
  assessment and reporting to parents
• 2010/11
• End of Foundation Phase rather than KS1

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Tracking Children

• Circular 18/2006
• Childrens Act provisions
• Information Sharing Databases
• Children Missing Education
• Guidance
• Lost pupils
• EOTAS data collections
• PRU PLASC

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Guidance

• IMS guidance binders
• Email your thoughts and suggestions
• Childrens Data Sharing
• Email details of the key issues and difficulties
• IMS_at_wales.gsi.gov.uk

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IMS next steps

• Focus on use of data in the drive to raise
  standards
• Data Management skills - administrators
• Data use and Interpretation skills school
  managers
• Analysis tools
• Secondment opportunity!
• Data Rationalisation

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Rubbish in rubbish out!
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Transport Data

• Feedback on
• What data do LAs / schools currently hold on
• home to school mode of transport ?
• average length of journey to school?
• What are the key difficulties seen with
  collecting this type of information at a National
  level?
• Feedback to
• David.Lloyd-thomas_at_wales.gsi.gov.uk