Education Directorate Essex New Headteacher Welcome Event Wednesday

Education Directorate Essex New Headteacher Welcome Event Wednesday 23 rd November 2019 Hamptons

Cllr Gooding, Lead Member for Education

2019 / 2020 Priorities • • • SEND – Capital programme – Whole School SEND – Workforce redesign – Post Ofsted / CQC EWMHS – TPP – Co-ordination and mapping Exclusions and BAPs – Working party to review how BAPs operate CME / EHE – Cross party working group – motion and lobbying School Improvement and SLIS – Impact and maturity – Peer Review – Vulnerable groups School Place Planning – 3 new secondary schools

More Information can be found on Essex Infolink https: //schools. essex. gov. uk/data/saes/School. Led. Improvement/Pages/School. Led_Improvement%28 default%29. aspx

School Partnership Strategy This year we continue to develop the maturity of the school-led system to include all school partnerships and phases of education in Essex in order to: v Strengthen the role that partnerships/MATs have on school improvement within and between each other v Ensure that the outcomes of Peer Review are impacting on school improvement v Strengthen the quadrant structure that we introduced last year v Link with other council initiatives/strategies v Continue to offer development opportunities to partnership leads v Consider how the system can support isolated schools v Develop a stronger link between the partnerships and the School Led Improvement Project Board v Support the quality assuring of the work of the partnership/MAT as a whole.

LA SEP (School Effectiveness Partner) support for schools / partnerships Proposal Each partnership to have a set number of core days 8 per partnership to be used for the universal offer, plus individual school support depending on need • Data • Support for new heads • Transition including early years • Support for partnership Governance • Progress of pupils with SEND and Disadvantaged • Schools due Ofsted • Work with Governors across the Partnership • Termly meeting with SEP to discuss ‘Health’ of Partnership/schools • Safeguarding support and complaints • Attendance at local EPHA, ASHE and ESSET meetings • Support for pupils at risk of exclusion • Young Carers service

ESSEX PARTNERSHIPS West Dunmow Excellence in Education Partnership (DEEP) Elsenham Harlow Education Partnership Epping Forest Saffron Walden Epping MAT Uttlesford Mid Colne Valley Blackwater Braintree and Villages Chelmsford Learning Partnership Trust Chelmsford District Tanglewood Chelmsford Education Partnership BMAT Reach 2 Learning Partnership Trust NETAT Danbury Woodham Ferrers Dengie Seven Spires Notley Eveleigh Link River Chelmer All Saints CHEC Connected Learning The Witham Collaborative South Basildon Excellence Panel Wickford South Essex Teaching Institute Hogarth Castle Point Brentwood Canvey Brentwood Academies Trust North-East Colchester – Priory Street Colne South Tendring Mid-Tendring North-East Schools Partnership Harwich Education Partnership SIGMA Billericay Lee Chapel South Essex Academy Trust Stour Education Tiptree & Stanway Constable Reach 2

Pupil Population Growth • We need to continue to provide a focus on ensuring there are sufficient school places in Essex to meet the growth in the pupil population. • In September 2019 there were an additional 3, 200 new places across Essex at a cost of £ 60 M. • 3 secondary schools opened: – Sir Frederick Gibberd – Paxman Academy – Beaulieu Park School • New Special school provision – Lexden Springs, Glenwood

Essex Education Services • Quadrant structure in place from the Summer Term 2018 • School Effectiveness • SEND Operations Teams • Early Years • Attendance Specialists • SEND Strategy and Innovation Service • Specialist Education Service, • Education Access team • CME / EHE • Youth Service • Schools Safeguarding • Virtual School • Strategy, Planning and Performance Service. • • school meals School crossing patrols Essex Dance Theatre School communications and critical incidences

Attendance Teams: Attendance Compliance Team - Tel: 03330322988 attendancecompliance@essex. gov. uk • Senior Attendance Compliance Specialist, • 5 Attendance Compliance Officers, • 4 Attendance Compliance Support Officers Children Missing Education/Elective Home Education - Tel: 03330322962 cme@essex. gov. uk • Senior CME/EHE Specialist, • 4 CME/EHE Officers, • 2 CME/EHE Support Officers Quadrant Attendance Specialists - Tel: 03330322968 • One Senior Attendance Specialist and one Attendance Specialist in each • • quadrant Mid. Attendance. Specialist. Team@essex. gov. uk North. East. Attendance. Specialist. Team@essex. gov. uk West. Attendance. Specialist. Team@essex. gov. uk South. Attendance. Specialist. Team@essex. gov. uk

Attendance Compliance Team Irregular school attendance, Penalty Notice and Prosecution Referrals Criteria for issue/referral: • Single point of entry – online referral form on ESI • 10 unauthorised sessions in 10 school weeks • Evidence within the last 8 weeks demonstrating how the school have worked with the family/parent to eradicate barriers to attendance. • Legal Action Warning Letter is in addition to this evidence. • Does the parent have a statutory defence? • Attach the last 18 weeks school attendance

Unauthorised leave of absence Criteria for issue: • Single point of entry – online referral form on ESI • 6 sessions in the first two weeks of September or • 10 consecutive sessions • Unauthorised by the headteacher as reasons for absence is not considered exceptional • Absence is G coded

Attendance Specialists • Work directly with schools and families to find solutions to poor attendance in each quadrant. • Advice to schools re the referral to compliance process through partnerships and direct contact via telephone and email. • Develop strategies, initiatives and incentive programmes to raise attendance and support schools to achieve performance targets.

Schools Communication and Critical Incidents • Essex Schools Infolink website (ESI) is the information repository for schools https: //schools. essex. gov. uk/ • A weekly Education Essex e-newsletter is sent each Monday during term time. Sign up by selecting ‘Education Essex Newsletter’ in the ‘News and Information’ menu on ESI • Subscribed services are available in the secure area which requires a login – there is a nomination form on the homepage to request an account. You can also report school closures and access emergency contacts here • Schools Communication team contact details 033301 39880 / 07894 963922 Schools. Communication@essex. gov. uk • Critical incidents - contacting the Schools Communication team when an incident takes place will allow necessary support services to be triggered. More information is under the School Management menu of ESI.

The Essex Teaching Awards A celebration of the talent, hard work and commitment of all staff working across Essex • The Essex Teaching Awards are now entering the 7 th year of recognising the hard work and commitment of teachers, support staff and governors across our county from EYFS-KS 5. • The awards grow each year and all winners are encouraged to also be entered into the National Pearson Teaching Awards. • Teachers and school support staff make a huge difference to the lives of children in Essex and it is important they get the recognition they deserve. • There are 13 categories for nominations • Nominations must be submitted by Sunday 3 November 2019 • For more information and details on how to make a nomination, visit: https: //www. essex. gov. uk/essex-teaching-awards

Quadrant Senior Educational Psychologist Assistant Educational Psychologist SEND Operations Coordinator SEND Operations Assistant Attendance Specialists School Effectiveness Partner Cluster of Schools/ Settings Each cluster of schools and settings will have dedicated ‘link’ resources, as shown in blue. Early Years Advisors Inclusion Partner Other resources such as SEND Operations Co-ordinators and Assistants and SEND Engagement Facilitators will work across a whole quadrant allocated to cases or individual pieces of work as required. Dependent on the size of the cluster, there may be multiple Inclusion Partners and EPs allocated to that cluster. The nature of the SEND Operations Partner role is different and there are fewer of them and so they will be allocated to more than one cluster. SEND Operations Partner SEND Engagement Facilitator We will work closely with colleagues outside of the SEND team to deliver a joined up service to our schools and settings and families where appropriate.

Thank you and questions……