Hawksworth Wood Primary School

Parklands Primary School

Headteacher’s Report to Governors Spring Term 2016

Dates of the Term:

Monday 4th January to Friday 12th February

Monday 22nd February to Thursday 24th March

Tuesday 29th March to Friday 1st April

Monday 18th April Summer term begins.

Training Days: None this term.

Personal feelings: We are still awaiting our Ofsted and are fully prepared for the call. The first term has continued to improve as the previous year. Raise on Line showed the school significantly improved with the Value Added Score (Progress) in all subjects and Maths. All subjects rose from 90th to 58th. Maths from 92nd to 58th. Writing improved from 50th to 31st and although reading moved from 95th to 80th there is still scope for more improvement here. Ian Stokes did a very thorough session for the SLT, teachers and the Governors on the Stoke Report which evaluated Raise on Line. It has been outstanding seeing the impact of Inspire maths. We have been privileged to welcome 60 parents to a session and the Governors T and L committee. A maths advisor will observe in Spring term as part of her 5 day SLA. Christmas was beautiful with the dressing of the tree, the traditional Carol concert and the x4 spectacular productions – all of which were very well attended by the community. Hosting the Voice box joke competition with Harry Gration and Richard Burgon MP was the icing on the cake.

Highlight of the term – Xmas Eve Extravaganza. Over £5000 was raised to give our community an Xmas treat like no other. We had x2 real life reindeers and Santa’s sleigh; a fully stocked Santa’s Grotto with £3000 of gifts and a full Xmas lunch provided by the kitchen staff. 14 members of staff joined me in giving something back. 250 presents were given and 350 lunches served. Video on the YEP website and a great feature in the paper. There was money to send our 20 most vulnerable families an Xmas hamper and presents for Xmas day. Thanks to Brooke Oates for the purchasing and listing the families…. And to all the brilliant businesses that donated so much. The reaction from the parents was simply a ‘wowification.’. It was one of the best things I have done in my life.

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Attached and reviewed Jan 5th 2016.

Issues – maths and lit ongoing monitoring, coaching and evaluating cycle continues.

ICT – children and staff light years away from ARE – training Thurs pm’s and ICT lessons to YG’s

Q of T and L – 4 outstanding (21%); 11 good or better (58%); RI with Good 6 = (32%)…. These coaching to 2. RI = 2 (11%)… coaching / lesson study.

Behaviour – grade 2 at least

Eff L and Management – 3 with lots of features of 2 and 1

TA’s – training as most are a 3….. GR; Q’s; Numicon

Subject Leaders – concern LTP not followed. Work not match standard in Lit books

Staffing.

In the whole term – only 1 day (£220) was spent on supply. Laura Darley did a fantastic job in utilising staff out of class including myself to cover classes. This was in comparison to Sept to end Dec 2014 of £10,102.

On a negative note; I did an analysis of staff sickness and absence from Sept 1st 2014 to Sept 30th 2015:

21 teaching staff had 91 days illness (x1 staff 5 weeks off car accident) HR agreed this was not too bad.

3 office staff – 2 days

4 learning Mentors – 60 days (x1 in hospital for x2 operations = 45 days… unavoidable)

29 Teaching Assistants had 542 days (4 weeks each person on average)

Laura D had a very successful term as Acting Assistant Head Teacher, she will continue in the role until adverts are placed, she will be recommended that she applies for the permanent position.

Kath H has resigned her position to take up a full time role in Australia. We wish her all the very best. She will be employed on a casual contract until Feb half term to appoint her successor and to do a hand over to JT (acting AHT) thus ensuring continuity. The money saved from the budget will see: A teacher employed in RP to replace KH and a teacher employed in Y2 (Meeta Patel to work Mon – Thurs). It will also see JH employed to do 121 training with staff as a result of the triangulation visits.

Alex was successful in gaining her HT position at Hobb Moor. The position is for a year but she is returning from Maternity Leave early to commence the role.

A new staffing structure is to be presented to Governors which will see the school run with x2 AHT. The money saved with no Deputy pay will see experts ‘bought’ in as with this term – this is the way forward, the future. The Governors will be presented with what the school needs – not another SLT member but an outstanding LEADING PRACTITIONER in KS1.This will have been discussed at RECOURCES on 21st January.

Jean Hirst worked for x1 day a week from October. She, alongside myself, did the termly formal observationin writing and then conducted a triangulation exercise in each class.

Ian Stokes has shone with his data analysis. He produced a detailed report from the Leeds data incorporating our in house progress data. He then produced the same from the Raise data which was shared with all stakeholders. In addition to this he has worked alongside O Track in producing reports that can be done electronically as opposed to manually. A fantastic appointment.

Human Resources – Yvonne Reynolds worked (free) x1 day a month to work on Stage 1 and Stage 2 sickness meetings. This has been very effective as we seek to reduce the 613 days sick leave that non teaching staff had off from Sept 2014 to Oct 2015. Thus all the DHT roles are covered by industry experts.

The positive comments JH has had in ICT and computing has been overwhelming. The x3 NQT’s have all received high praise from JH in her SIA capacity.

Exciting Things In School Last Term.

Buisness in the Community

• TDS Stockbrokers paid for and staffed the regeneration of the patio area, including painting a mural.
• Lloyds Bank provide x17 readers per week working in Y4 Y5 Y6. Such was the enjoyment they increased this to 23 from Nov 5th.
• Lloyds bank donated x20 £30 hampers for Xmas for our Children in Need
• Lloyds bank donated £500 of toys, pre wrapped for our vulnerable children
• Lloyds bank sent 17 staff from London to redecorate KS1 corridor. All costs were paid for.
• Pratt Solicitors from Leeds send in x3 Maths volunteers every week to work with Y6

• Pupil Premium + (LAC) Project.

Parklands received the award of Best Practice for the after care of all our LAC.

• Paul Brennan (Deputy Director Leeds Children Services) congratulated the school after his visit for being calm and having the children well motivated. He gave high praise for the behaviour all over school.
• Harry Gration (Look North) described his visit as inspirational and was overwhelmed by the reaction our children gave him.
• Richard Burgon MP extended his visit to 5 hours and was challenged by the School Council wishing to know if we should be spending £40 billion on replacing Trident and also what the effects of bombing Syria would be. Again he tweeted his enthusiasm for the school and gave high praise indeed.
• See the website for ‘What People Say About Our School.’
• Leeds Voice Box Joke Competition was a huge success with our very own TJ Ball winning first prize and is now into the National Final in Westminster. Fingers crossed.
• Xmas Eve @ Parklands was attended by 350 people; young and old from all over the community. There was a full lunch served; a Santa Grotto with £3000 presents donated from businesses; x2 real life reindeers (and Santa’s sleigh) which the children could pet and feed. A disco and 15 volunteers to make the day special. In addition we raised £2500 cash to provide our most needy families toys and a Xmas food hamper.

Other Events.

• Year 6 Blast project
• Leeds Rhinos coaching for Y1 and Y2 for 17 weeks
• Whole school saw a Romeo and Juliet production and had a workshop after.
• Rev Fiona conducted the Harvest assembly with donations being sent to her church in Seacroft.
• Rev Fiona (sadly leaving us) also did a moving Advent Assembly.
• No pens day to develop speaking and listening
• Voice Box Joke Finals with Harry Gration and Richard Burgdon as judges. The winner was TJ Ball with his Princess Potato joke
• Our PP+ (LAC) went to Lineham Farm for the day and also to Stockheld Park. They finally went to The City Varieties to see Robin Hood and Babes in the Wood panto.
• John Smeaton High School provided a coach for Y3 and Y4 for 17 weeks. This will continue all year with Y5 and Y6 being taught extra PE this term and into the summer.
• Y1 Diwali Dance Day and a concert for the whole school
• The week long Diwali Lunchtime Club attended by over 100 children
• Y1 went to the Northern Ballet to see The Tortoise and the Hare as a test audience for Ceebebbies.
• Y2 London’s Burning workshop
• Y3 had an African drumming workshop for a day – outstanding Y3 visiting the Synagogue
• Y3 visiting the Heritage Centre
• Y3 and Y6 enjoyed the Egyptian Dance workshop
• Y4 visiting Eureka
• Y5 Bikeability
• Y6 Bikeability
• Y5/6 Northern Ballet Theatre workshops x2 half days
• Y5/6 Northern Ballet show @ Grand Theatre to see The Nutcracker
• Y5/6 Northern Ballet show @ Grand Theatre to see Swan Lake
• Y6 Theatre in Education presents The Boy Under the Bed …. And a workshop to discuss issues.
• Whole School Pantomime - Cinderella
• Takeover Day – where we gained a feature in the Voice Influence Change magazine
• Advent and Dress the Tree assembly with Mr Dyson and Rev Fiona
• KS2 Cinderella Rockerfella Panto
• KS1 presented Rock the Baby
• EY’s presentedAway in a Manger
• RP presented Santa’s Lost His Hat
• Traditional Carol Concert
• Santa’s visits and Xmas Parties

INSPIRE MATHS – Very good start – see T and L report. Staff, children, parents and myself are very happy. 5 days training will be conducted this term by Karen Knapper to all staff and TA’s. DHT monitoring found that retention of information of the Parklands children was something that needed addressing. After the early issues concerning miss leading selling re books for YG’s the staff are happy delivering the new innovative way of teaching. Monitoring will occur this half term.

Performance Management

Performance Management reviews and target setting took place on the 14th October. The Pay Committee met on the 5th November and were pleased with the evidence that the staff brought. X1 member of staff showed such dedication and impact that she was awarded a 2 point rise.

Teaching Assistant PM took place in December. The findings showed evidence provided to a high standard by 27/28. The x1 missing was provided to myself with a reminder that evidence should be taken to the meeting.

All classroom observations will be completed in the summer term and this year’s process will be completed in a robust way following the criteria set out in October 2015 and reiterated in March 2016.

Headteacher performance management took place on 29th September and saw a 1 point progression on the pay scale.

PUPILS

Current Status

EY’s total – RR RT and RG = 32(4th Jan 2016

1A 21 1I 22

(+2 in Rec and +2 in RP) = 47 in Y1

2M212MS24

3T213N21

4C174B19

5W165C18

6D 156R17

(+3 in RP) = 35 in Y6

RP12

TOTAL IN SCHOOL 278

Special Educational Needs

Status of the SEND Register

7 EHC Plans (I Child has a request which has recently been submitted to the Local Authority and another child Is in the process of assessment to receive and EHC Plan for February 2016).

7 children with Statements.

12 of the above children are in RP. 1 child with a statement in is a mainstream class in Year 3. Another child is currently on dual reg at the Pupil Support Centre)

72 Children in Total on SEN register. All with the status of SEN Support (Code K on SIMMS)

This gives a total of 86 SEND children in school.

Reception children are currently being added to on a weekly / monthly basis.

The status SEN Support replaces school action or school action plus in the new Code of Practice. The status of SEN Support puts the pupil at the heart of the provision, and encourages schools to respond more flexibly to pupils’ needs. Unlike the old system, this new approach will focus the system on the impact of the support provided to that individual child, rather than how children access support according to the category they fit into.

Boys

Ethnicity

There are currently 70 (25% ….. up from 15% last year)children from black and minority ethnic backgrounds (BME).

Refugees and Asylum Seekers

0 on roll.

English as an Additional Language

There are 24 (9% up from 7.6%)pupils that speak English as an additional language

Looked After Children

There are currently3 (1.7%)Looked After Children on roll

SATS Results and other Published Date

Refer to the Stokes Report discussed with Governors on Dec 3rd.

Additional T and L AWL training undertaken on 12th January

December Assessment week using the new AWL predicts that:

EY’s GLD will be currently 17/32 = 53%. Thus x3 children from the target group will also need to pass to achieve 60%.

Year 1 Phonics we are predicting that 25 / 47 are nailed onto pass = 54%. However in reality there are x2 children working in Reception awaiting EHCP and x1 in RP. Thus Parklands own data will see 25/44 = 57% guaranteed. We need to target and use CW in order to increase this to 60%. This will mean 28 / 47 will need to pass…. Parklands data 26/44.

KS1 ARE will be around 50% in Reading; 50% in Writing; 50% in Maths.

Actual ARE at present are 0 % in Reading; 0% in Writing; 0% in Maths.

* New teacher in Y2 from January to enable gaps to be covered more quickly. However we must be aware that this cohort had a 35% GLD and only a 48% Phonics pass rate. There are also over 27% SEN.

KS2 ARE will be around 65% in Reading; 65% in Writing; 65% in Maths.

Actual ARE at present are 0% in Reading; 0% in Writing; 0% in Maths.

Interventions including the HT have started – wc Jan 4th

Attendance

The target attendance for the Academic Year 2013-2014 was95%

The actual attendance was 94.4% (down from 94.5% 2013 14)

The target that governors have set for2015-2016is95%.

Autumn Term was 94.8%

- P Peter Fryer produced an excellent analysis of the attendance.

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Parents have been informed that children under 90% attendance this year will be contacted daily and Learning Mentors will visit.

Exclusions and Behaviour(see report)

This shows that behaviour incidents are still declining throughout the year.

In May – July 2015 there was a total of 72 incidents, therefore there has been a reduction (minus 2 children) of 17 incidents.

The results show that due to training and extra resources at lunchtime incidents have successfully decreased from 47% of incidents in July 2015 to only 9.5% in Autumn 2 term.

Next Step

Focus on low level behaviour in class during morning sessions. This tends to be the highest % of incidents. Discuss the results with teachers and look at the effectiveness of the classroom charts and reinforce team points etc in a PDM. Continue to support lunchtime staff in providing consistent behaviour over the lunch period, also adapting the recording forms to meet the lunchtime needs.

PARENTS

60 parents attended the INSPIRE Maths day

20 stayed behind for a talk on AWL; all parents were given their children’s ARE sheet to assist at home.

30 attended the EY’s reading workshop and 31 attended the Early Years Phonics training.

Questionnaire was provided for parents at Parents Evening to complete. The headlines were very positive – see handout which is on the website.

Open Day- An Open Day for prospective parents took place onWednesday 12thNovember at 930am and 130pm. 26 attended.

Parents Consultation - The first Parents’ Consultation meetings took place on Wednesday 2nd December–Chef James produced 3 mouthwatering dishes for the parents and child to eat. Huge success with over 75% attending. Further meetings were held to see parents who missed the event.

Learning MentorsBrooke

Brooke and Kirsten have worked tirelessly dealing with a variety of Multi Agencies; they have:

• Parenting group every Friday morning for 7wks.
• Guidance and support, cluster, every other wk.
• Seacroft Advisory Board, every 3 months.
• Anti-social behaviour team every 2 wks.
• Attendance meetings with attendance team and parents.
• LAC meetings
• Caf's – we have 7 at present down from 14
• Child Protection Plan – 8 families involved
• Children in Need – 5 families invoved
• Supervision order – 3 families

Continuous Professional Development

TA’s

• X2 half days with Jean Hirst
• Guided Reading
• Use of the library
• Effective questioning
• Colourful Semantics with Nicola Ogg half day
• First Aid training half day
• Child Protection refresher training
• Tree of Life (SEN) training

Teachers

• Inspire Maths training x2 full days
• Ofsted training x1 full day
• Child Protection refresher
• Raise performance of disadvantaged children in EY’s
• Early Years Ofsted training.

Maths Training