The document outlines the UK government's draft structural reform plans to decentralize power and give more autonomy to schools, communities, and parents over education. Key aspects of the plan include giving all schools the ability to convert to academies, taking over underperforming schools, making it easier for new education providers to open schools, and introducing a pupil premium to provide extra funding for disadvantaged students. The goals are to improve the education system, drive innovation, reduce bureaucracy, and help close achievement gaps.
2. DFE Draft Structural Reform Plans Designed to turn government on its head, taking power away from Whitehall and putting it into the hands of people and communities. Once these reforms are in place, people themselves will have the power to improve our country and our public services, through the mechanisms of local democratic accountability, competition, choice, and social action.
3. Over the past ten years, the gulf in achievement between the rich and the poor has widened and the attainment gap between fee-paying schools and state schools has doubled. Solution?
4. Daft Structural Reform Plan Greater autonomy for Schools Improved Parental Choice Whole System Improvement More support for the poorest What is this? What will it look like? What will it mean for Naace? What will it mean for you? Theme Questions
5. Whole system improvement Attracting the best people into teaching by expanding Teach First and further enhancing the prestige and esteem of the teaching profession. Focus relentlessly on improving behaviour by ensuring that parents accept their responsibilities, teachers have the discretion they need to get on with the job, and pupils respect adult authority at all times. We will also provide sharper, more intelligent accountability that focuses on underperformance by reforming Ofsted. We will introduce simpler revenue and capital funding systems to give better value for money and to tackle disadvantage and raise standards. We will reform the curriculum so that it reflects the best collective wisdom we have about how children learn, what they should know and how quickly they can grow in knowledge. We will publish a White Paper in the autumn setting out further details of these reforms.
6. ACTIONS 1.1 Allow all schools to apply for Academy status Legislate to allow conversion Establish application process Invite applications from outstanding schools Approve applications from outstanding schools Sign first funding agreements with successful schools Calculate budgets and transfer assets to first tranche of schools First schools convert to Academy status Open applications to wider group of schools 1.2 Enable the takeover by an experienced education provider of underperforming schools Sign funding agreements with sponsors taking over schools in academic year 2010/11 Identify new sponsors for underperforming schools that will convert in 2011/12 Match new sponsors with underperforming schools Sign funding agreements, calculate budgets and transfer assets to new sponsors 1. Independent state schools (1/2) Driving change with a new generation of independently-run state schools Start End May 2010 May 2010 May 2010 July 2010 Aug 2010 Aug 2010 Sep 2010 Nov 2010 May 2010 Sep 2010 May 2010 Aug 2011 May 2010 May 2011 MILESTONES A. First Education Bill introduced B. Firstwave of outstanding schools become Academies C. First underperforming schools reopen as Academies D. White Paper setting out full education plans published E. Second Education Bill introduced May 2010 Autumn 2010 Autumn 2010 Oct 2010 Nov 2010
7. ACTIONS Convert next tranche of underperforming schools to Academy status Repeat process for academic year 2012/13 1.3 Make it easier for new providers to open new Schools Agree arrangements for pre-application support Establish criteria for approving a new School Open application process Amend planning guidance to increase number of potential sites for new schools Establish a revenue funding model for new school development Revise school building guidance DfE to work with first tranche of new Schools Begin approving the opening of the first new Schools Open the first new Schools 1. Independent state schools (2/2) Driving change with a new generation of independently-run state schools Start End Sep 2011 Sep 2011 Sep 2012 Jun 2010 Jun 2010 Jun 2010 Jun 2010 Jan 2011 Jun 2010 Aug 2011 Aug 2010 Jan 2011 Aug 2010 Sep 2011 Nov 2010 Jul 2011 Sep 2011 MILESTONES F. DfE begin work with first pathfinder new Schools G. Firstnew Schoolsto open Aug 2010 Sep 2011
8. ACTIONS 2.1 Design pupil premium allocation mechanism Identify funding model for pupil premium for phased implementation from 2011/12 Identify sources of funding for pupil premium Identify eligibility criteria for pupil premium Discuss with stakeholders and consult on operation of the premium from 2011 Launch a study to evaluate the impact of practices that the premium could pay for Confirm rate of premium (subject to Spending Review) Give model advice on using resources to raise achievement Pupil premium funds transferred to schools Evaluate initial findings from first year of operation of pupil premium Evaluate patterns of deprivation to establish where pupil premium produces fastest improvement 2. Pupil premium Introduce a new pupil premium for disadvantaged pupils with significant funding from outside schools budgets to tackle disadvantage and raise standards Start End May 2010 Jul 2010 Jul 2010 Jul 2010 Sep 2010 Jul 2011 Nov 2010 Jul 2011 Sep 2011 Sep 2012 Feb 2013 Sep 2012 2015 MILESTONES Funding model identified Eligibility criteria identified Additional funds identified Pupil premium introduced Nov 2010 Nov 2010 Nov 2010 Sep 2011
9. 3. Reducing bureaucracy Start End May 2010 Sep 2010 May 2010 Sep 2010 Jul 2010 Jul 2010 Oct 2010 Jul 2010 Sep 2010 Oct 2010 Apr 2011 Oct 2010 Nov 2011 Jul 2010 Sep 2010 ACTIONS 3.1 Establish action plan and priority areas Review statutory duties, guidance and policies/documents for schools Review non-statutory guidance and other documents Announce policy changes that would make immediate impact on reducing bureaucracy Review data collection and develop a more robust scrutiny process to reduce burden of data collection on schools 3.2 Implementation phase Remove guidance and other documentation with no statutory basis Take forward legislative changes requiring secondary legislation Take forward legislative changes requiring primary legislation 3.3 Ongoing arrangements Establish process to minimise bureaucratic burdens of new policies on schools Ensure all schools are freed of bureaucracy so that they can focus on raising standards MILESTONES Early announcement on reducing bureaucracy First set of burdens lifted Second announcement on reducing bureaucracy Jul 2010 Sep 2010 Nov 2010
10. In this Context ICT IS important Do we agree? Why and how is it important?
11. What are our Key Messages as a community of professionals dedicated to the advancement of education through the appropriate use of ICT? (The USP of ICT in a learning environment)
13. What do we want those who hear our message to do? How do we provoke this reaction?
14. Building a Strategy (and Practical Products) for defending the place of ICT in Education What should it include? How do we efficiently and effectively build these products?
15. Naace is about community how can we build the effectiveness of that community so that our VOICE is heard and effective?