Issue - meetings

The committee is provided with an update on the progress of the Education Transformation Project in Wiltshire and outlines changes to the Local Authority’s School Improvement Framework to be implemented from September 2018.

Members are asked to comment and ask questions on the contents of the update.

Consideration was given to a report by the interim Director, Education & Skills which provided an update on the progress of the Education Transformation Project in Wiltshire and outlined changes to the Local Authority’s School Improvement Framework due to be implemented from September 2018.

This Project established the core vision -

‘to create a strong, self-improving, self-sustaining school-led system to improve the educational outcomes for every child in Wiltshire.’

Following consultation leading to a conference in February 2018, various characteristics were identified that were desirable in the new system which was subsequently launched in July 2018.

It was noted that outcomes from this new system would be reviewed by the Wiltshire Education Standards Board which was tasked with ensuring that the thematic needs of schools and academies could be met through the providers of support within Wiltshire through Teaching School Alliances and other providers. These providers would need to be able to respond to demands placed upon schools for their continued improvement.

Members noted with some concern that some single school academies were not always engaging with partners and further work would need to be carried out to persuade these schools to collaborate and share their statistics. 

After further discussion,  

Resolved:

To note the update on stage 2 of the Education Transformation Board.