Education, Skills and Work The Inclusive Growth Challenge in Sheffield Sheffield City Partnership Board Education, Skills and Work The Inclusive Growth Challenge in Sheffield Stephen Betts (Chief Executive, Learn Sheffield) Friday 12th May, 2017 Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Education, Skills and Work The Inclusive Growth Challenge in Sheffield Content Learn Sheffield Overview Education Performance Key Challenges Potential Next Steps

Learn Sheffield Overview Not for profit Schools Company 80% owned by schools/colleges 20% owned by Sheffield City Council Membership includes all sectors and types of publically funded education Purpose – school improvement (commissioned by SCC) Belief – improvement through partnership (school-led system) Strategic vision – takes a wide view of improvement – reflected in the development of Sheffield Priorities

School Improvement Strategy Sheffield Improvement Strategy developed and trialled through 2015/16 and launched in September 2016. Each school is categorised by self, peers (partnership group) & Learn Sheffield. Work through nine partnership groups (7 primary localities, secondary & special). School category leads to an entitlement (support and challenge). Model for all schools – maintained and academies (universal offer). Workforce – core Learn Sheffield team, Associates & partnership groups.

Priorities – Vision for Education Purpose of education – better life chances … attainment (opens doors) & readiness (to walk through those doors)

Education Performance – Sheffield Success Story Learn Sheffield model provides a platform for collaboration. All schools and sectors are engaged – includes academies & MATs. Teaching Schools are working with Learn Sheffield and together. Wider strategic partnerships are possible (S-CEP for example). Sheffield has a school-led vision for education. The model provides very cost effective school improvement. Sheffield outcomes continue to improve. Proportion of good/better schools (Ofsted) increased to 83% (↑7% since September 2015 and ↑ 12% since January 2015). Pupil outcomes have continued upward trajectory and performance across the education system in Sheffield is now broadly national average.

Education Performance – Sheffield Success Story The chart below summaries Sheffield’s national ranking for each headline measure in relation to the average for Core Cities and statistical neighbours. Sheffield’s rank in 2015 is also shown. For the majority of indicators Sheffield’s rank has improved between 2015 and 2016 (continue upward trend). Sheffield ranks 112th in terms of child poverty and the majority of ranks for attainment and progress measures are above 112 which suggests that the city is doing well given the relative levels of child poverty.

Key Challenges Ambition has to be ‘step change’ in performance. Living in Sheffield needs to give you a better chance of attending a good/better school. Being educated here needs to support young people in attaining more than elsewhere. This must include better outcomes for our most vulnerable learners. This must be accompanied by greater ‘readiness’ for our young people. National policy context creates additional challenges. Accountability framework creates disincentives to inclusion and collaboration. National funding of school improvement is less likely to support co-ordinated intelligent system improvement – School Improvement Strategy is key to impact. Maintaining (let alone expanding!) our investment in local strategic priorities.

Sheffield City Council Potential Next Steps Vision Schools Sheffield Challenge (Currently SCC Commission) Strategy Sheffield City Council DfE

Sheffield City Council Potential Next Steps Sheffield City Region Schools South Yorkshire Challenge Next Steps Secure partner sign up in principle. Agree local and regional priorities – over-lapping but some local variation. Agree strategy – working model with core principles and local input and co-ordination. Ensure that the strategic priorities create better incentives and deliver the outcomes we need for inclusive growth. Sheffield City Council DfE