TBAP Charlie Taylor CEO, NCTL 11 th May 2015

Government reform principles There are two principles to the Government reform: To give more autonomy to schools To raise standards

Autonomy Academies Act – half of secondary schools and 8% of primary schools are academies Reduced the role of local authority through academies and direct funding Allowed new schools to open independent of local government – free schools Reduce guidance – 60k fewer pages Teacher pay de-regulated No mandatory national curriculum for academies or free schools

Free Schools 400 free schools under last government 230,000 school places 500 new free schools this parliament AP free schools: Derby Pride Stone Soup Learns City of Peterborough Academy Family School

Autonomy Reduce teacher workload Remove levels Allow academy chains to expand School Direct – give schools a greater role in teacher training Employ unqualified teachers

Raise Standards New National Curriculum New GCSEs Results based on pupils’ first attempt at exam Raising floor standards to 65% primary and 40% secondary Making Ofsted inspection more rigorous and only 4 judgements Skills test more difficult

Raise Standards Making teachers easier to dismiss, but anonymity Changing teacher regulation Making phonics teaching mandatory Using international comparisons More evidence based teaching – Education Endowment Fund Teaching Schools Linear A levels

What the Government has stopped Doing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Sending s – now only 1 per term Regulating teachers’ pay Mandatory qualifications for new heads Lots of ring fenced funding – school sports, behaviour and attendance partnerships, school specialism

Challenge for a new Government School funding – fair funding with tighter budgets Academies vs maintained schools Role of Ofsted Role of local authorities in SEN and AP Underperforming areas of the country Getting enough teachers in some subjects