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Children and Young People

Children and Young People. Highlights and Challenges. Doug Garrett Chair of Enterprise Board & Chief Executive ReBlackpool. Primary School Attainment. By the age of 11, despite low attainment on entry, pupils attain broadly in line with national averages.

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Children and Young People

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  1. Children and Young People Highlights and Challenges Doug Garrett Chair of Enterprise Board & Chief Executive ReBlackpool

  2. Primary School Attainment • By the age of 11, despite low attainment on entry, pupils attain broadly in line with national averages. • The expectation is that pupils will make two national curriculum levels progress between Key Stage 1 (age 7) and Key Stage 2 (age 11). We are close to the national average in English, and a little below in maths.

  3. Key Stage 2 (age 11) L4+ (national expectation)

  4. Two levels progress KS1 to KS2

  5. Secondary School Attainment • 2009 has seen Blackpool pupils achieve the best GCSE results ever. • The increase in the percentage of pupils attaining 5+ A*-C GCSEs including English and maths has risen from 2008 – we have the third highest rate of improvement in the NW

  6. Key Stage 4 (age 16) • % Pupils achieving 5 or more A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent) inc. GCSE English & Mathematics:

  7. % Pupils achieving 5 or more A*-C GCSEs (or equivalent):

  8. OFSTED successes • Blackpool has no schools in OFSTED categories of concern!

  9. Every Child Matters • In Blackpool not every child who comes to school is ready to learn. • Some of the challenges are: • Social deprivation • Poverty of ambition • Domestic violence and abuse • Poor health • Transience

  10. Some successes • SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) • Healthy Schools • Springboard • Integrated teams in schools • EWIST • Diversity Fortnight

  11. The BIG Challenge • 9.0% of secondary age pupils attend less than 80% of the time • 3.3% of primary age pupils attend less than 80% of the time

  12. When does attendance start to matter? • KS2? KS1? Pre school? Fact: A Blackpool Primary school analysed attendance in Reception. Children who had morning nursery places the year before attended better than those who had come to nursery in the afternoon. The percentage of children attending in Reception for 80% or less of the time is 7.4%

  13. 2008/9 attendance data

  14. So what?

  15. So what can we do to further improve attendance? • Already there is a wide range of strategies in place at school and Local Authority levels to address attendance, for example: • Dedicated Pupil Welfare Officer for each high school • Cluster groups (locality model) for primary schools • Newly developed school audit tool • Termly attendance focus meetings in schools with low attendance • Considerable investment in a suite of rewards for good and improved attendance, including “fiver on Friday”, prize draws for i-pod, 24 day attendance awards

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