Yorkshire & Humber School Direct ITT Network Meeting 29 September 2015 Hosted by SPTA, Doncaster Chair – Kath Turner

Welcome and introductions Kath Turner Chair

Outcomes By the end of the session we will have: Agreed the process of establishing the South & West Yorkshire School Direct ITT Network. A collective understanding of the national and regional picture/developments in relation to School Direct and the implications for our provision Agreed the how our network will work, its priorities and success criteria to ensure the effectiveness of our network Undertaken a self assessment of the network Agreed the dates for future meetings and host schools

NCTL update Baljit Birring Teaching and Leadership Adviser

NCTL update  National  Regional  Local activities

National: Approved School Direct Lead Schools Currently there are: 776 approved school direct lead school nationally 69 lead schools in Y&H 11 new leads schools in Y&H Leeds has 4 more new schools; Sheffield 1; North Yorkshire 2; Wakefield 1; Doncaster 1; East Riding 1; Bradford 1. Also 12 SCITTs and HEI provides offering QTS and PGCEs too. 2 SCITTs in the pipeline. NB There may be some additional new approved schools/SCITTs added.

National: Events Strategy NCTL will be leading or supporting on three types of events:  NCTL led Train to Teach Events (21), from 17 Oct-31 March – York on November 11 York & Leeds on February 24  School led Train to Teach Events (60) 17 Oct-31 March –Y&H - Bradford, Sheffield, Doncaster & Hull  Local school led recruitment events (up to 100) 21 Sept-29 Jul –Package of support and guidance available. TLA support for events Don’t forgot to advertise your recruitment events on getinteaching website

National: UCAS outages Providers will be made aware of any outages via UCAS comms and these dates are subject to change.  08:00 Saturday 3 October until 23:59 Sunday 4 October: UCAS Teacher Training search will be unavailable.  13 October: 2 hour outage for Track; applicants will be unable to access their applications.  18:00 Friday 23 October until 08:00 27 October: Full outage affecting Apply, Track, Web-link, Net Update, Entry Profiles.

School Experience Programme  The priority subjects that will be included in the School Experience (funded) Programme for 2015/16 are maths, physics, chemistry, computing, languages, biology and geography.  From September 2015 the School Experience Programme is expanding to allow primary schools to add non-funded placements to the School Experience Portal. The programme is a fantastic opportunity for candidates to gain school experience and for primary schools with vacancies to meet potential applicants.  Schools interested in joining can contact or

ITT performance profiles management information: 2013 to 2014 (Aug 2015) The data includes information about the number of:  first year trainees and information about their gender, age, declared ethnicity and declared disability, and information about their qualifications on entry to their ITT course  final year trainees with information about the number and percentage gaining qualified teacher status (QTS) and, of those that gained QTS, the percentage that were employed in a teaching role within 6 months of completing their training training

Supporting Returning Teachers Pilot  Aimed at getting qualified teachers back into the profession.  Will test whether secondary schools can improve teacher recruitment in English Baccalaureate (EBacc) subjects (biology, chemistry, physics, english, maths, languages, history and geography) in hard to recruit areas.  A tailored package of support to qualified teachers, who are currently not teaching, but wish to return to the profession and to overcome any potential barriers preventing them from returning.  Grant funding of up to £1,900 per teacher is available per teacher recruited to the pilot.  The closing date to apply is 5pm, Monday 12 October. returning-teachers-pilot-guidance-for-lead-schools

NCTL update Regional  Schools and SD networks beginning to organise recruitment events  School Direct ITT Networks  School Direct ITT Conference

Put Yorkshire and Humber on the national scene  The Get into Teaching PR campaign is looking for case studies of high quality graduates and career changers (trainees or newly qualified teachers in England) - including those from Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland. The campaign focusses on a range of subjects including maths, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, MFL and geography.  Also needed are “returners” in particular to maths and physics. These will be used to support PR aimed at encouraging more qualified teachers to re-enter the profession.  Can you help?

Yorkshire and Humber – SD ITT networks School Direct ITT Networks funded by NCTL in YH  First there were 2  Then there were 3  And now there are 4  West & Central; South & West; North Yorkshire and East Riding; Hull and Humber  Local school direct ‘partnerships’ working more closely to find solutions their challenges

Yorkshire and Humber School Direct ITT Networks West & Central LAs: York, Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale, Wakefield, Leeds Chaired by Julie Caddell from the Manor CE Academy, York and is supported by Tessa Mason. 8 th October 2015 at Manor Academy York. North Yorkshire & East Riding Partnership LAs: East Riding, North Yorkshire Chaired by Antonia from the HART Askwith C P School and is supported by Doreen Soles. 13 th January 2016, venue to be confirmed. South & West LAs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield, Leeds, Wakefield, Kirklees, Calderdale Chaired by Kath Turner from the SPTA in Doncaster and is supported by Baljit Birring. 23 rd November 2015 at 3pm at Penistone Grammar School. Teach Hull & Humber LAs: Hull, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire Chaired by Jonathan Boden from St Mary’s College, Hull and is supported by Baljit Birring. 19 th January 2016, at Sirius Academy, Hull

YH Regional School Direct Networks Developing the next stage of the YH Regional School Direct ITT Networks – some things to think and decide: Membershipof ONE network Structure Regional charter Identity and branding Operation Four individual networks? Connections between? Regional developments?

Regional School Direct Conference  First annual SD ITT networks conference  Action from network meetings held last year  Planning Group developed a proposal  Date 23 October SHU You can register now for the conference:

Y&H School Direct ITT Conference At Sheffield Hallam University, Hallam Hall (Owen Building, 6 th floor) On Friday 23 October 2015, Emerging Landscapes: School Direct and the School Led System Register for the conference by using the link below: TimeProgramme (maybe subject to change) 08.30Arrival and refreshments 09.15Welcome Greg Burke, Deputy Director Performance and Analysis Division, NCTL School Direct Allocations Discussion and implications for schools Break Marketplace discussion groups - Current Landscapes Sharing good practice – delegates to choose two groups 12.30Lunch and networking The Future of ITT Professor Sam Twiselton, Director of Sheffield Institute of Education, member of Carter Review Panel and the Bennett Review of behaviour management in ITT Stephen Munday, CBE, Teaching School Council Member & Chair of the ITT Framework Group Table discussions – the future of ITT – Stephen Munday Regional collaboration - Taking the School Direct ITT Networks to the next level Phil Paul, Chair of the Teach NorthWest SD Network – to share their journey to developing a mature School Direct ITT network Closing remarks and close at 15.00

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WHY - develop ITT network/s?

Self Assessment  Purpose: To enable SD regional networks to self-assess their effectiveness in terms of maximising recruitment through the relevant support programmes, activities and marketing activity.  Aim: To provide a baseline measure at the start of the 16/17 recruitment cycle that identifies possible development priorities for the network. Continue to review effectiveness on a termly basis, to evidence progress and a positive shift towards a self-sustaining system.  Method: The SD network will self-assess effectiveness based on their reflections against the indicators. TLA’s will play a support and challenge role to help moderate the self- assessments, and capture rationale behind network assessment. It will help NCTL develop materials, resources and policy to support networks’ ITT recruitment activities.