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Bishopston Primary’s

Annual Governors’ Report to Parents 2018

The Governing Body ANNUAL PARENTS’ MEETING, where Governors report to Parents/Carers, will be held in the Junior Hall of Bishopston Primary School, on Wednesday, 17th October 2016 at 5:15-6:00pm. This is an opportunity to receive information from, and ask questions of, the Governing Body. We encourage all parents to attend.

Agenda

Apologies, check for quorum and review agenda.

Chair of Governors’ introduction.

Review of Annual Report to Parents.

Parents’ questions and comments.

Although there is no problem in asking questions on the night, to ensure that the best possible response can be given to any question or comment, please let the Clerk to the Governors or

the Headteacher know of anything specific before the meeting.

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Message from the Chair of Governors (2018/18) – Kath Mattingly Welcome to the Annual Report to Parents of the Governing Body of Bishopston Primary School, if your children are new to the school I hope this will give you more of an idea about what we do, for those that have been part of the school for longer I hope this is of interest too! The Governing body committees have continued to meet and scrutinise the work of the school and act as a critical friend to ensure we support Bishopston Primary School in their values and aims and motto “to care for one another and become the best that we can be” whilst supporting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The school has been going through a transition with Mr Owen starting as acting head and going onto to get the permanent post after interviews with governors, the school council and a presentation to the whole staff team. The school has had a number of personnel changes with a number of experienced and long standing teacher assistants retiring and some teaching staff changes, including Mrs Griffith attending a year sabbatical to learn welsh and bring these skills back to Bishopston primary. All school staff have worked hard this year to work towards the new curriculum; embedding the recommendations made by Professor Donaldson in Successful Futures. Curriculum planning is now under the new Areas of Learning (AOLs). The school has continued to work towards developing the use of Welsh language through the Siarter Cymraeg. The school has continued to forge links with the Creative School Network; Year 2 produced a fabulous show to demonstrate what they had been up to! The school has undergone lots of changes externally with the entrance being painted, a new fence and paths being put in place to support pupil safety and continued DIY improvements with the support of parents and staff. The new logo designed by a pupil in the school reflects the schools aims to continuously improve. The school has continued to provide pupils with great extra-curricular activities through a variety of after school clubs, forest school, music, sports activities and race/sports day, school trips for all ages and the Christmas shows!! The school residential trips ensured year 5 and 6 pupils got a range of opportunities to try new activities and they even had great weather – meaning the muddy assault course at Pendine wasn’t muddy enough! Our thanks go to all staff who support these. Pupil Voice has been inspired this year with all pupils from Year 1-6 having the opportunity to sit on committees and have a say and ownership in improving Bishopston school – these groups include; Rights Committee, Eco bugs, Health and Wellbeing, Sport and Community, Criw Cymraeg, Digital Leaders and School Improvement. Financially the school continues to manage an ever decreasing budget on increasing pupil class sizes and endeavours to balance pupil welfare and the opportunity to be the best they can be with the budget – the HSA as always have been a great source of support. I would like to thank both staff and governors for all their hard work and dedication to ensuring Bishopston continues to aspire to be the best it can be! This academic year we welcome new staff and new pupils and with some governors leaving I hope new governors are able to join in and support the school. The governing body continue to do their best to be a critical friend to the school, if anyone is interested in who we are please see the link on the school website

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School Information for the coming Year Headteacher Mr J Owen School Clerk Mrs M Mitchell Governors Chair of Governors Mr A. Roberts Clerk to Governors Mrs K Morgan Address: Bishopston Primary School

Bishopston Road Bishopston, Swansea SA3 3EN

Tel: 01792 232754 Fax: 01792 234383 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.bishopstonprimaryschool.wales Term dates 2018-2019 Autumn 3rd September – 21st December Half Term 29th October – 2nd November Spring 7th January – 12th April Half Term 25th February – 1st March Summer 29th April – 22nd July Half Term 27th – 31st May Main School Nursery Morning Session 8.50a.m. - 11.55 a.m. Morning 8.50-11.35 Break 10.25a.m. - 10.40 a.m. Afternoon 12.55-3.25 Lunch 11.55a.m. - 12.55 p.m. Afternoon Session 12.55p.m. - 3.20 p.m. Break 2.00p.m. - 2.20 p.m. End of School Day 3.20 p.m. STF Day: 8:30-3:00

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.bishopstonprimaryschool.wales/

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Aims & Mission Statement At Bishopston Primary School all staff undertake to:

Promote the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Facilitate considerate and positive relationships between all members of the school community

Foster self-esteem and personal responsibility, linked to respect for the needs and feelings of others, and a love for learning

Develop confident, disciplined and enquiring learners, able to make informed choices

Raise levels of attainment for all pupils, enabling them to achieve their personal best

Encourage children to develop their thinking and problem solving skills

Ensure that all pupils have a secure grasp of the basic skills of language, literacy and numeracy

Ensure equal opportunities in relation to gender, race, class, special needs and belief

Value and respect all cultures

Provide a safe and happy work place

Promote a thoughtful and sustainable attitude towards the immediate and wider environment

Mission Statement: To care for one another and become the best we can be Priorities The School Development Plan for the year has the following FOUR priorities: 1. To continue to improve the Foundation Phase—this was a recommendation in our last

inspection. A lot of work has been done, and we continue to develop the FP pedagogy, in particular developing the outdoor learning areas to help further engage the boys!

2. To continue to develop the curriculum around

our 4 Broad Purposes. (Our 4 Broad Purposes are to support the children in our care to be: ambitious, capable learners; enterprising, creative contributors, ethical, informed citizens and healthy confident individuals.)

Specifically in the curriculum:

In English we’re working on handwriting and spelling

In Maths we’re working on problem solving

In Welsh we’re working on improving our daily use of the language

In ICT we’re working on coding

In Science we’re working on developing investigations

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3. Strengthen wellbeing within the school. It’s so important to us that the children in our

care feel safe. We also want staff to feel happy and valued. Of course we want the community to feel like the school contributes to its wellbeing too.

4. Enhance the school environment—

Improve safeguarding measures

Develop maintenance systems

As a school we want to also continue to develop our: Ethos

To maintain RRS & Values standards, including focus on health and environment issues

Maintain a strong pupil voice – we want the pupils to be empowered to make decisions that progress the school

Staffing

To continue to develop leadership within the school through the Management Team

To work closely with others schools to support and develop one another

To further develop staff members’ responsibility for standards within their classes

To be mindful of staff wellbeing and look to support staff in their roles. Premises

To provide a safe and secure environment for all pupils

To seek to improve aspects of accommodation Community

To provide extra-curricula learning opportunities for pupils and involve as many as possible

To continue to contribute to, and benefit from, working together with a range of community groups including the H.S.A., the local community council, our partner comprehensive, local churches, emergency services and others

Governance

To continue to develop the Governing Body in order to provide the correct level of support and challenge for the school

To provide opportunities for Governors to be more involved in seeing the day-to-day work of the school

To become more self-evaluative of the work the Governing Body do

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Teaching and Learning The school has continued to keep attainment of higher standards as one of the key principles within the development plan. The Foundation Phase results were much improved from last year. It’s particularly pleasing to see so many pupils attaining to Outcome 6 in PSD.

Foundation Phase (Nursery to Y2)

Average Progress (3 is expected)

% of attainment Outcome 5 (expected)

% of attainment Outcome 6 (+1 level)

Pupils Boys Girls Pupils Boys Girls Pupils Boys Girls

Language, Literacy and Communication

3.03 3.04 3.03

80 44 89 40 38 44

Mathematical Development

3.24 3.29 3.16 84 44 89 40 38 44

Personal and Social Development, Well-being and Cultural diversity

3.43 3.32 3.61 80 68 100 89 56 68

From our internal tracking throughout the school, we expected the school’s data to be weaker this year. This is due to a high number of pupils, mainly boys, with Additional Learning Needs. We promised last year to see a rise on the +1 levels in KS2. Next year we would expect to see all of our data improve. It’s worth noting that whilst the attainment of the girls is often stronger than the boys, the boys achievement is sometimes stronger. In school, the attainment is the level the child gets to, the achievement is the progress made to get there. A child starting at 4 only has 1 level to attain to 5, so while their attainment might look good, actually their achievement was to move 1 level. A child who starts on 1 and reaches 4, might not have such good attainment but their achievement is outstanding.

Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6)

Average Progress (2 is expected)

% of attainment Level 4 (expected)

% of attainment Level 5 (+1 above expected)

Pupils Boys Girls Pupils Boys Girls Pupils Boys Girls

Literacy 2.29 2.31 2.25 84 76 100 71 55 100

Mathematics 2.68 2.56 2.90 91 86 100 69 52 100

Science 2.59 2.52 2.72 84 76 100 58 48 75

The heightened level of staff interaction with each other, professional discussion and focus on targeted monitoring of the important processes within school, is ensuring standards continue to improve. The approach of peer classroom observations for teaching staff was continued as a means to provide teachers with both the opportunity to observe good practice through the school, but to also improve their own teaching methods. The school values more than just academic results, however, and once again we have been delighted by pupils’ successes outside of the classroom. A great number of the school rugby team also played for the District squad and we also had representatives in the local county football sides. Pupils excelled in their performances at the Christmas Shows or choir events.

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So many opportunities for the pupils to be part of extra-curricular clubs ensure the school continues to provide a wide and varied curriculum and to celebrate the successes of our talented pupils. See the current clubs list on the school website http://bishopstonprimaryschool.wales/extra-curricular-school-clubs/

Staffing The school continues to operate with a reduced staffing level due to the budget constraints. This resulted in larger class sizes, particularly in the junior department.

We have also re-organised our Foundation Phase department. This sees a morning Nursery (although we hope to build up numbers to have an afternoon Nursery too), a Reception class with some year 1 children, a year 1/2 class and a full year 2 class. By working in this way, we are able to make best use of our resources, both human and material, and the children get a more varied and interesting experience.

Changes to Prospectus

Changes will be made to the school prospectus to reflect alterations in staffing, governors, and school structure. If parents would like a copy of the new prospectus then it can be obtained from the office on request. It will also be published on our website in due course.

The Home-School Association and Parent Support The HSA is the charity that organises fundraising and social events for pupils and parents during the year. It is open to all parents and staff and we currently have a fantastic and hardworking committee that help organise and run the various events throughout the year. The committee,

http://bishopstonprimaryschool.wales/extra-curricular-school-clubs/

http://bishopstonprimaryschool.wales/extra-curricular-school-clubs/

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led by Jess Bresnan, worked hard encouraging parents, staff and pupils to attend the many events that were been organised. This year has seen cake sales, discos, a Christmas Fayre, Christmas Shops, Christmas Show DVDs, and a Summer Fair/BBQ. All of which have raised funds that allowed us to support the school by purchasing resources. If you are interested in joining as a committee member or helper, please contact any of the class representatives or ourselves it would be great to hear from you. Thanks again to parents, staff and HSA members for all your support. Let’s hope we can look at raising more money as it is for a good cause, our children, but let’s also have some fun doing it. Policies, LA support and Community The school publishes many policies and it is the work of the governors to review these on a regular basis. We have received curriculum support this year from one of the Local Authority’s Challenge Advisors, Mrs Bev Phillips. In the year ahead our challenge advisor will change to Mrs Bev Phillips. We have also received support from the LA’s SEN teams. This has run alongside the normal financial, buildings and personnel support that the LA provides on a regular basis. The school has also had input from peripatetic teachers of music and Welsh. The school has been involved extensively in community work, taking part in concerts, events organised by the Murton Council, raising money for charitable causes, as well as using the community and the locality for curriculum support and work. We have also asked the community into school: Police, Fire Service, Paramedics, local businesses, sports personalities! We also had lots of parents come in to support our Careers Fair.

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Clubs The school organises a number of extra-curricular clubs which include football, rugby, netball, choir and orchestra. There have also been Film, ICT, Drama and Dance clubs held during the year. We intend to offer an even wider range of opportunities for pupils to get involved and are keen that all pupils participate in as many as possible. Visits and Visitors The school makes use of visits and

visitors to enhance the delivery of the curriculum. Nothing makes a topic come alive more than the first-hand experience and where practicable we endeavour to make these a part of the learning experience. So, for example, during the year, groups have visited the Wetlands Centre, the Grand Theatre, Carew Castle, Oxwich Beach, whilst receiving visits from Techniquest, XL Wales, and various artists and story tellers. Parents have also volunteered their support, some on a regular weekly basis, helping with reading and other classroom tasks, whilst others have helped out with lifts to sporting events. In addition Year 5 visited Pendine and Year 6 visited the Urdd camp in Llangrannog, on residential visits where the children experienced outdoor adventurous, and team building activities. Sport It has been another fantastic and successful year of sport within Bishopston Primary School. As in previous years a number of clubs have been run for all ages ranging from Reception to year Six. Clubs have included – netball, rugby, hockey, cross country, dragon sport multi-skills, dance, football, athletics, rounders, tennis, gymnastics, swimming and chess. Within these different sporting activities the school has competed in a number of competitions and it has proved to be another extremely successful year. The school has also had a number of children experience individual success and have been selected to represent the County in different sports.

Sophie Peters – Swansea Aquatics

Matthew Davies – Swansea Aquatics

Isabelle David – Swansea Aquatics

Libbie Geach – Swansea Aquatics

Harvey Wood – Football – Swansea School Boys

Ollie Heinrich – Football – Swansea School Boys

George Hyden – Football – Swansea Development

Toby Jones – Football – Swansea Development

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Ethan Phillips – Football – Swansea Development

Finn Harris – Football – Swansea Academy

Louis Williams – Rugby – LLwchwr District

Charlie Stares – Rugby – LLwchwr District

Ollie Heinrich – Rugby – LLwchwr District

Aaron Francis – Rugby – LLwchwr District

Norton Gates – Rugby – LLwchwr District

Joshua Drew – Rugby – LLwchwr District Out of School Childcare The school has operated an after-school Childcare service, known as Bishopston After School Club. The club is now registered with CIW and so there is an opportunity to claim assistance through tax credits. The club is operated by Mrs Nash on behalf of the school. Sessions are available between 3.20-5.15p.m. after school. Prices currently are £7.00 per session with reductions for families with more than one child. The Before School club is run by the school. There is a charge of £1.50 per pupil per session for this service. The Before School club is not registered with CIW. Music, Dance, Drama and Art The usual Christmas productions were staged at school with many comments about the professional standards and enjoyment of the performers at all ages. A real highlight was the KS2 production of ‘Santa and the Beanstalk’, which was very much enjoyed by all. The school also

participated in a number of concerts and events. The orchestra and individuals performed in the traditional Thank You concert as well as in the Leaving Concert for pupils in Year 6. Special Educational Needs (SEN) The school has a Local Authority Specialist Teaching Facility (STF) based within it. The facility is for pupils with Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties (SLCD).

The school has a growing number of pupils within the mainstream classes who have also been identified with specific difficulties. These children are given extra human resources as outlined on their statements. Children without statements have access to additional support sessions during the week.

The school liaises carefully with a range of specialists in addressing the difficulties these children face. The school has liaised with the LA educational psychologist, speech therapist and specialist

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teachers from the LA to ensure that pupils receive the appropriate support for their varying needs. This is co-ordinated by Mrs Bennett and Mrs Gray/Mrs Jones in the STFs and Mrs Jones for children in mainstream classes. Mrs Jones also supports staff in reviewing Individual Education Plans three times per year, and monitors the objectives to ensure progress and continuity. Attendance There has been a continued focus on attendance as an issue within schools across Wales and the Local Authority throughout the year. As a result of increased awareness, the presentation of individual class prizes for attendance, and more intense monitoring of all pupils individual attendance, our figures have stayed on 95.8% for the last three years, and we have moved up to the third quartile of benchmarked schools. However our target remains 96% and above in order to reach the top two quartiles. The Governing Body urges you not to take term-time absences wherever possible, particularly for holidays. The headteacher will now only authorise holidays in particularly exceptional circumstances. This is a key area Estyn look at; we must all do our best to improve this area.

Attendance Figures 2017-2018

Group % Attendance % Authorised Absences

% Unauthorised Absences

Reception 94.2 5.4 0.4

Year 1 95.9 3.6 0.4

Year 2 96.8 2.7 0.5

Year 3 96.2 3.2 0.6

Year 4 96.0 3.2 0.8

Year 5 95.9 3.9 0.3

Year 6 95.2 3.3 1.7

Whole School 95.8 3.6 0.7

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Governor Committee Reports

Committee: Finance Committee Committee Chair: Ben Greenaway

Links to SER: 5. Leadership and Management Links to SDP Priorities: 6. Leadership

Key Discussion Points Monitoring current budget Medium Term Planning Receive requests from committees Class numbers Impact of Previous Actions

1. The Finance committee has monitored the budget throughout the year, reviewed all current SLA’s to ensure the school is in a financially stable situation.. The budget allocated has historically always been less than the school spends, the only way the school can continue to do this is to have reserves at the end of the year. Over recent years there have been reductions in our schools budget resulting in budget cuts within the school. Going into this year it was looking likely that the majority of the reserves were going to be spent. However throughout the year we were able to make savings resulting in a carry forward of £77k., which was much larger than what was predicted at the start of the year. This has enabled us to set a budget for next year providing ongoing financial stability.

2. The Finance Committee is responsible for medium term planning going forward, this is increasingly difficult when budgets from the LEA are set annually. However we try to foresee circumstances and plan for them into the future.

3. The finance committee has had a number of requests from other committees that we have been able to accept, these have included alterations to the school yard, refurbishment of the infant toilets.

4. Class numbers have an impact on the finances the school receives, the finance committee monitors this to ensure we can foresee an funding issues in the future. Over the last few years there have been some low numbers of year groups,

Challenges faced

1. Balancing requests from committees whilst maintaining a healthy reserve to ensure financial stability into the future.

2. Continued school improvements with a limited budget. 3. Class numbers and the impact on the budget.

Next Year’s Prioritised Aims: The finance committee has very similar aims every year, as it’s function is to ensure the schools finances are managed appropriately and budgets are monitored.

1. Monitoring current budget. 2. Medium term planning. 3. Monitoring class numbers and the impact it has on the budget. 4. Receive requests from other committees.

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Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term

Ben Greenaway (Chair)

Melinda Canning (Vice-Chair)

Apols

Michelle Bennett Apols

Alison Harris

Graham Lucas - Absent

Keith Marsh Apols Apols

Chris Tymanowski - -

John Owen

STATEMENT OF ACTUAL EXPENDITURE 2017/18 FINANCIAL YEAR

Delegated

Expenditure Non-Delegated

Expenditure Total Net

Expenditure

£ £ £

Teachers Salaries 607,531 19,029 626,560

Salaries 347,393 41,788 389,181

Other Employee Costs 40 23,793 23,833

Premises 53,653 0 53,653

Transport 25 62,864 62,889

Supplies & Services 138,683 0 138,683

Recharges 85,578 1,027 86,605

Gross Expenditure 1,232,904 148,501 1,381,405

Grant Income -130,036 -130,036

Other Income -86,580 0 -86,580

Gross Income -216,616 0 -216,616

Net Expenditure 1,016,288 148,501 1,164,789

RESERVES: £

FINAL FORMULA ALLOCATION: 1,035,671

TOTAL NET EXPENDITURE:

1,016,288

TRANSFER TO / (FROM) RESERVES: 19,383

OPENING BALANCE ON RESERVES 01/04/17

58,355

CLOSING BALANCE ON RESERVES: 31/03/18

77,738

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Committee: Premises Committee Chair: Keith Marsh / Alison Harris

Links to SER Key Areas: 2 Wellbeing and attitudes to learning, 4 Care, support, and guidance

Links to SDP Priorities 1: Foundation Phase, 7: Pupil Voice, 8: Safeguarding Procedures

Key Discussion Points, Impact of Previous Actions & Challenges faced: Key Discussion Points

1. Reviewing child safety in the outdoor areas 2. Importance of creating and updating a “Jobs List” 3. Engaging with the school stakeholders to help the school on a voluntary basis 4. To improve and update our Fire Risk Assessment 5. Review the Emergency Action Plan 6. School Yard 7. PAT Testing 8. Health and Safety Policy 9. Lone Worker Policy

Impact of Previous Actions

1. Our main alteration to the school premises this year has been the layout of the school carpark and yard. This decision was taken with the view to improve child safety whilst playing in the yard, accessing the infant building, or simply walking into school. The local authority partially funded this together with, local Councillor Lyndon Jones and the HSA. The local authority carried out the fence works across the yard whilst the local community supported us to complete the path ways.

2. Regular review of “Jobs List” with key input from Bryan Roberts, caretaker and continuing the good work with Gareth Thomas, our new caretaker.

3. Thanks to the tremendous support from parents, staff, and the local community lots of the “Jobs List” has now been completed. For example, building new shelters in the Infants, fitting additional outdoor lighting, cutting hedges, planting borders, and clearing and cleaning to improve numerous areas around the school. Should you wish to participate, and perhaps have a skill to offer, please contact our caretaker Gareth via the office on 01792.232754 and leave your details. We would all be very grateful.

4. Ongoing progress is being made with the Comprehensive school, aiming to improve security on both sites. This is something which will be vigorously pursued, as pupil safety is of paramount importance.

5. Our Fire Risk Assessments have been completed. We have implemented colour coded Fire Marshal Zones into the plan to enable all users to easily identify areas of importance. The Local Authority undertake regular testing of the emergency lighting.

6. The EAP has been reviewed. Head Teacher, John Owen, reported on the plan which covers action required for Fire Drills, Bomb Threats and Lockdowns. The committee were satisfied that the correct procedures are in place to deal with any situation covered by the EAP. Reviewed annually.

7. The markings on the junior school yard have been completed. The School Council chose these designs and have been well received by the pupils.

8. The PAT tests are undertaken on an annual basis by the Site Manager who has his own

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equipment. All items tested are recorded and labelled with date of test. 9. Health and Safety Policy has been reviewed by the committee. 10. Lone Worker Policy has been reviewed by the committee.

Challenges faced

1. Funding of school improvement premises projects

Next Year’s Prioritised Aims:

1. Continue to build bank of volunteers and work closely with Caretaker and his Jobs List 2. Continue to improve site security 3. Investigate location and funding of new school visitor reception area


Keith Marsh (Chair) Apols Apols

Alison Harris (Vice-Chair)

Apols

Melinda Canning Apols

Ben Greenaway

Graham Lucas - Apols

Chris Tymanowski Apols

John Owen

Brian Roberts (Co-opted)

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Committee: Curriculum Committee Chair: Alexander Roberts

Links to SER: Areas 1, 2, 3, 4 Links to SDP Priorities:


10. Provision for More Able and Talented Pupils and the MAT register 11. Move to Donaldson 12. ‘Soft Achievement’ Recording for STF pupils 13. ‘Standing Spaces’ 14. Increasing visibility of key Welsh phrases 15. Transition from National Curriculum to new Six Areas of Learning (AOL) 16. Creative Schools Fund Bid


11. Password and login details for websites, etc. now included in the back of pupil workbooks 12. ‘Soft Achievement’ Recording taking place within STF 13. Increasing visibility of key Welsh phrases within classrooms and shared learning

environment

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14. Creative Schools Fund Activity – Film making 15. Improved synergy between committee activities and SDP/SER

Challenges faced

2. Key stage 1 pedagogy – move to ‘challenge’ based delivery 3. Awareness and planning for transition from National Curriculum to new Six Areas of

Learning (AOL)


4. Strengthen transition from National Curriculum to new Six Areas of Learning (AOL) 5. Strengthen Key stage 1 pedagogy capability 6. Strengthening MAT provision


Al Roberts (Chair)

Kath Mattingly (Vice-Chair)

Apols

Helen Barrow Apols

Lisa Boat Apols

Apols

Jackie Jones

Graham Lucas Apols

Emma Squires Apols - -

Sarah Woodall-Milne

- -

-

John Owen

Committee: Personnel Committee Chair: Lisa Boat

Links to SER: 1. Wellbeing and attitudes to learning 2. Care, Support and Guidance

Links to SDP Priorities: 1. Leadership

Key Discussion Points, Impact of Previous Actions & Challenges faced: 1. Appointment of new head teacher complete 2. Anonymous staff questionnaire has been completed by all staff 3. The development of staff values is being considered for inclusion in job descriptions and

performance management 4. Teacher sickness record has been excellent, the TA record has been mixed. 5. Support to be put in place for staff to become familiar with the new professional standards

for teaching and leadership 6. Staff mentor scheme has been established, formalising existing practice 7. Mrs Griffiths will be on sabbatical to train as a Welsh Language teacher for the next

academic year. Cover currently being sought

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Next Year’s Prioritised Aims: 1. Staff questionnaire 2. Staff values 3. Supporting staff with the new professional standards for teaching and leadership


Lisa Boat (Chair)

Emma Squires (Vice-Chair)

Apols -

Helen Barrow

Jackie Jones

Graham Lucas

Al Roberts Apols

John Owen

Committee: Community Committee Committee Chair: Ben Greenaway

Links to SER: 4. Care, Support and Guidance, 5. Leadership and Management.

Links to SDP Priorities: 6. Leadership, 8. Safeguarding

Key Discussion Points 1. Lockdown Policy 2. DIY Squad 3. Community Grants 4. Staff/TA Links


1. The community committee has overseen the development of a new lockdown policy for the School, and lockdown drills are undertaken in the same way as fire drills.

2. The DIY squad is a termly opportunity for parents to come and help with improvements to the school and grounds. The DIY squad is continuing to be a great success, which is enabling a number of improvements to the school and grounds to take place. We will continue the termly diy squad days into the future and work closely with premises committee to identify areas for improvements.

3. The community committee is responsible for looking into community grants and receiving social responsibility funds from companies. We have developed a letter that can be sent out to companies when we have specific projects.

4. The governors continue with meetings with TA’ and Teachers with Governors coming into the school and attending both TA meetings and teacher meetings, enabling the Governors to have closer links with the staff in the school

Challenges faced

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Accessing grants for projects.

Next Year’s Prioritised Aims: At the last Full Governing Body meeting whilst reviewing the work of the committees. It was apparent there are many cross overs with other committees especially pupil welfare and whilst we don’t want to loose the functions of the community committee it was decided to amalgamate pupil welfare and the community committees. At the start of next year the Terms of Reference for this committee will be developed and it will take on the responsibility for the DIY Squad, Community grants, Staff/TA links.


Chris Bidder (Chair) - -

Ben Greenaway (Vice-Chair) (Chair

from Jan 2018) Apols

Graham Lucas (Vice-Chair from

Jan 2018)

Kath Mattingly Apols

Catherine Prosser Absent Absent Apols

Andy Walker - -

John Owen

Committee: Pupil Welfare Committee Chair: Kath Mattingly

Links to SER Key Areas: 2 Wellbeing and attitudes to learning, 4 Care, support and guidance

Links to SDP Priorities : 7: Pupil Voice, 8: Safeguarding Procedures


1. The Pupil Welfare Committee is responsible for a range of policies to support pupils welfare at Bishopston Primary. These are reviewed on a cycle and this year we have reviewed and updated the following policies: Child Protection/ Safeguarding policy; Attendance; Admissions; Equality; Anti-bullying; Positive behaviour; Sex Education; ALN and Transition.

2. Class sizes – we have discussed the affect that large class sizes have on pupils welfare and safety and have had feedback on fire drills and lockdown practice.

3. Road safety - We continue to have discussion about road safety and delighted with the fence that was put into the playground this year to separate cars from pupils has been a success so far.

4. Pupil Voice - As you may be aware all pupils from Year1-6 are now part of a pupil voice group. This means that pupils sit on one of these groups INSERT and have feed into how Bishopston school can be even better. The school council (reps from Year 5 and 6) have

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feedback on the success of pupil voice groups as it gives more pupils the opportunity to be listened to and take part in school life. School Council reps have also worked with Governors to appoint Mr Owen and I hope you agree they have made a great choice! We have used the feedback from Year 6 to improve aspects of the school including mirrors in the boys toilets as requested by the boys and more games in the yard (painted onto the tarmac) worked with the community to develop the outdoor learning areas within the FP.

Next Year’s Prioritised Aims: We will continue to do our best to uphold pupil wellbeing as a central element to the work of this committee and place pupil voice and Children’s Rights central to this work.

7. Continue to build on pupil voice 8. Continue to monitor class sizes and impact on welfare 9. Use My Selfie as a tool to monitor pupil welfare


Kath Mattingly (Chair)

Apols

Cath Prosser (Vice-Chair)

Apols

Michelle Bennett

Chris Bidder - -

Karen Laurance Apols -

Graham Lucas

Andy Walker - -

John Owen

Committee: Technology Committee Chair: Alexander Roberts

Links to SER: 2: Wellbeing 3: Teaching 4: Care 5: Leadership

Links to SDP Priorities: 1: Foundation Phase 2: Donaldson 3: Literacy 7: Pupil Voice 8: Safeguarding

Key Discussion Points, Impact of Previous Actions & Challenges faced:

1. eSafety and health internet use – regular assemblies and awareness raising 2. School Website – up and running 3. HWB – GDPR, its future use 4. 360-degree scheme self-evaluation - ongoing 5. Digital leaders – 30 across the school 6. Upgrading ICT across school – new Infants colour printer, upgrading and fixing white

boards

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1. eSafety and health internet use – continue with regular assemblies, awareness raising, and 360-degree self evaluation

2. Upgrading ICT across school – new National Tests to require dependable hardware 3. School Website – continue to build on existing functionality 4. Digital leaders – ‘2Simple’ programme of training and achievement

Autumn Term Summer Term

Al Roberts (Chair)

Michelle Bennett (V-Chair)

Keith Marsh -

Chris Bidder Apols -

John Owen

Richard Williams (Co-opted)

Apols

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GOVERNING BODY LIST 2017-18 Governing Body, Bishopston Primary School, Bishopston Road, Bishopston, Swansea, SA3 3EN

TYPE TERM END DATE Resignations POSITION

Helen Barrow Teacher 31/08/20

Michelle Bennett Teacher 31/08/20

Chris Bidder Parent 20/10/18 Jan 2018

Lisa Boat Local Authority 07/05/18 Reappointed

Melinda Canning Local Authority 07/05/18 Reappointed

Susan Dunce Co-opted 19/04/22

Ben Greenaway Community 17/05/21

Alison Harris Community 27/04/20 July 2018

Jackie Jones Associate Staff 06/10/18 July 2018

Lyndon Jones Local Authority 26/04/22

Karen Laurance Co-opted 30/05/21 Feb 2018

Graham Lucas Parent 30/09/20

Keith Marsh Local Authority 19/08/20 May 2018

Kath Mattingly Parent 20/10/18 July 2018 Chair

Kate Morgan N/A N/A Clerk

Catherine Prosser Parent 23/10/19

Al Roberts Community 12/04/19 Vice-Chair

Emma Squires Local Authority 18/03/20 Jan 2018

Chris Tymanowski Parent 23/10/19

Andy Walker Community 17/05/21

Sarah Woodall-Milne Parent 11/05/22

John Owen N/A N/A Headteacher

Governor Resignations and Appointments

Chris Bidder resigned in January 2018 Emma Squires resigned in January 2018 Karen Laurance resigned in February 2018 Simon Jayham appointed in March 2018 and resigned in April 2018 Brian Roberts caretaker resigned in March 2018 Cllr Lyndon Jones appointed in April 2018 Susan Dunce appointed in April 2018 Keith Marsh resigned in May 2018 Sarah Woodall-Milne appointed May 2018 Kath Mattingly resigned July 2018 Jackie Jones resigned July 2018

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Average Results at the end of Key Stage – Year 2

Please note that the figures contain the results of ALL the pupils at the end of each key Stage; this includes pupils with severe and complex learning needs, including pupils in our Special Teaching Facility. In the Foundation Phase, outcome 5 is the expected level for pupils at Y2; outcome 6 is above the expected level for pupils in Y2. Levels at the end of Foundation Phase…

…in Literacy, Language and Communication 3 4 5 6 Total O5+ O6+

All 3 2 10 10 25 80.0% 40.0% Boys 2 2 6 6 16 75.0% 37.5% Girls 1 0 4 4 9 88.9% 44.4%

…in Mathematical Development 3 4 5 6 Total O5+ O6+

All 2 2 11 10 25 84.0% 40.0% Boys 1 2 7 6 16 81.3% 37.5% Girls 1 0 4 4 9 88.9% 44.4%

…in Personal, Social and Emotional Development 3 4 5 6 Total O5+ O6+

All 1 3 3 17 25 80.0% 68.0% Boys 1 3 2 9 16 68.8% 56.3% Girls 0 0 1 8 9 100.0% 88.9%

National Test results at the end of Foundation Phase…

…in English Reading

Below 85 85-115 Above 115 Average

Standardised Score All 20.0% 52.0% 28.0% 102.8

Boys 25.0% 43.8% 31.3% 98.9

Girls 11.1% 66.7% 22.2% 109.6

…in Maths Procedural



Boys 25.0% 25.0% 50.0% 106.2

Girls 11.1% 33.3% 55.6% 113.4

…In Maths Reasoning



Boys 18.8% 37.5% 43.8% 108.6

Girls 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 115.7

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Average Results at the end of Key Stage – Year 6 Please note that the figures above contain the results of ALL the pupils at the end of each key Stage; this includes pupils with severe and complex learning needs, including pupils in our Special Teaching Facility. In Key Stage 2, level 4 is the expected level for pupils at Y6; Level 5 is above the expected level for pupils in Y6.

Levels at the end of Key Stage 2…

…in English 2 3 4 5 Total L4+ L5+

All 1 6 6 32 0 0 45 84.4% 71.1%

Boys 1 6 6 16 0 0 29 75.9% 55.2%

Girls 0 0 0 16 0 0 16 100.0% 100.0%

…in Maths 2 3 4 5 Total L4+ L5+

All 2 2 10 31 0 0 45 91.1% 68.9%

Boys 2 2 10 15 0 0 29 86.2% 51.7%

Girls 0 0 0 16 0 0 16 100.0% 100.0%

…in Science 2 3 4 5 Total L4+ L5+

All 1 6 12 26 0 0 45 84.4% 57.8%

Boys 1 6 8 14 0 0 29 75.9% 48.3%

Girls 0 0 4 12 0 0 16 100.0% 75.0%

…in Welsh 2nd

Language 2 3 4 5 Total L4+ L5+

All 0 2 19 18 0 0 45 82.2% 40.0%

Boys 0 2 14 7 0 0 29 72.4% 24.1%

Girls 0 0 5 11 0 0 16 100.0% 68.8%

National Test results at the end of Key Stage 2…

…in English Reading



Boys 24.1% 62.1% 13.8% 98.4

Girls 0.0% 56.3% 43.8% 115.7

…in Maths Procedural



Boys 27.6% 41.4% 31.0% 102.2

Girls 0.0% 75.0% 25.0% 108.7

…In Maths Reasoning



Boys 20.7% 48.3% 31.0% 103.8

Girls 0.0% 56.3% 43.8% 113.4

Documents

Bishopston Primary’s Annual Governors Report to Parents 2018bishopstonprimaryschool.wales/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/...Wednesday, 17th October 2016 at 5:15-6:00pm. This is an opportunity