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CEO Report 2016/17

September 2016 marked the first month of the recently appointed new CEO, Claire-Marie Cuthbert, who brought with her a wealth of leadership expertise in both primary and secondary sectors. As a consequence brand new SEF and Summary SEF templates were implemented across the Trust and were quality assured. A robust new development plan based on best practice, “Transition to Transformation”, was also embedded at both trust and academy level. This allowed for the tight tracking and monitoring of key performance indicators. The Headship Institute was also launched this month, this is a system leadership development programme for headteachers across the Trust allowing them to engage evidence based practice and research. The Institute is designed to develop and support headteachers to make sustainable impact in their schools. The Executive Team and trustees undertook a visioning day led by David Wootton to realign the trust’s vision and values. The trust developed its five key values of Ambition, Integrity, Endeavour, Inclusivity and Resilience. The trust took active steps to recognise and celebrate the hard work and dedication of staff across the trust through the introduction of the weekly extra mile award. Communication between academies was strengthened through the introduction of a weekly bulletin called “Heads Up” which disseminated news from each of the schools and provided essential strategic information and progress on key performance indicators. The trust central team also underwent a restructure of personnel to ensure the secure financial and sustainable future of the trust.

September 2016

October 2016A rigorous and robust system of due diligence was undertaken by the CEO in the three academies utilising her Ofsted expertise. As a consequence a new school improvement reporting system was introduced with rigorous action plans to drive forward key areas of development. Reports were disseminated to key stakeholders, including Trustees and local governing bodies, so actions could be rigorously tracked and monitored. Incisive and robust performance management was undertaken across the trust and included the central team for the first time. All performance management paperwork was forensically examined by the CEO before further ratification could take place from the Pay Committee. The trust historically was data rich but key information was not easily accessible for trustees and governors. So a data dashboard was created that allowed the dissemination of performance against key performance indicators across the trust and its three academies. The trust is passionate about inclusion and social mobility and so significant work was undertaken on the application for Beacon Charter, the trust’s alternative provision free school for students who are at risk of permanent exclusion, including the development of a prospectus and promotional video. The new CEO also met the RSC office for the first time this month and presented plans for the growth of the trust.

The trust remains passionately committed to collaboration and partnership working at all levels and this month the Evolve Trust starts to actively network. The CEO has attended the first” inspiring leaders” event for East Midlands CEOs. The safety and wellbeing of all students and children is paramount and the trust commissioned ex Safeguarding HMI, Pam Gartland from “Safeguarding First“, to carry out rigorous safeguarding audits of the three academies. As a consequence each academy developed robust action plans. The trust also invested heavily in INVENTRY, an electronic signing in system, to bolster its safeguarding procedures and protocols. Further investment across the trust was made in CPOMS which tracks child protection issues and safeguarding concerns in real time with cloud back up. The quality of teaching and learning remains a key priority and brand new capability procedures and protocols were introduced across the trust in liaison with Union best practice. During this month interviews also took place for a brand new Finance Director and Barbara Sims was the successful candidate. Due diligence reviews highlighted pupil premium progress and attainment was an area for development across the trust. Pupil premium reviews were introduced in all three academies led by the Director of School Improvement. Significant work on the learning environment at The Bramble Academy was undertaken by the trust central team, including the reinvigoration of the school library. This work was complimented by the Brunts sixth formers who designed and implemented brand new murals with fairy tale theme. The trust also wrote bids to Foyle Foundation to secure additional funding for new library books. The CEO attended a DFE consultation event and contributed to plans on the white paper. During this month trust Christmas cards designed by students across all three academies went into production for the first time.

November 2016

December 2016 The Evolve Trust continues to celebrate the work and efforts of its staff and during this month the inaugural Evolve Trust Awards Evening was held with a large number of nominations received from across our three academies. Winners of these prestigious awards were Laura Solly, Jennifer Bishop, Ricky Potts and Sarah O’Leary.

New appointments were made to the Senior Leadership Team at Bramble Academy with the appointment of a new deputy Headteacher, Amanda Laity, and a temporary EYFS leader Peter Hallsworth.

The Chair of Trustees and CEO attended the first of the transforming futures events held at RSC offices in Sheffield. The CEO contributed to the “Inspiring Leaders” Programme for other CEOs across the region and provided CPD on robust governance. The CEO also delivered her first National keynote speech at WomenEd conference in Coventry on inspirational leadership.

Robust reconfiguration of the Trust Board began. Chairs of the Local Governing Body were removed from the MAT board and the Chairs Symposium was created, a mechanism which ensured governance remains a priority for the trust and the Local Governing Body Chairs feed into the MAT board.

At the end of December the trust restructure was complete and we said goodbye to Jayne Littlewood, Jon Hodgkinson, Sarah Newbold-Hill and Mick Stevens.

January marked the beginning of a new year and the Annual General Meeting for members. Brunts achievement and progress of students was a high concern and as a consequence new strategic bucket meetings were introduced to ensure more rigour in i4 meetings. Due to results last academic year at the Bramble Academy, the CEO embedded a rapid recovery plan which included her teaching Year 6 pupils. As a new term began, further due diligence was carried out at all three academies and the CEO observed every member of staff teach across the trust. The Evolve Trust remains resolutely committed to being a geographically local trust, and an approach was made from Fountaindale governors about potentially joining the trust. The CEO delivered a short presentation to their governing body. Meetings were also held with the Regional Director of Ofsted, Emma Ing, and requests for inspections for the Beech and Brunts Academies made. The Headship Institute continues to be successful and an essential developmental tool for Headteachers. This month David Wootton returned to the trust offering Ofsted style interviews to each of the three Headteachers. During this month Brunts Academy associate staff restructure was initiated.

January 2017

February 2017

The trust continues to be passionate about CPD and development of all staff and as such CPD development pathways are well received. The success of pathway 1 has been shared with the Trust Board. Pathway 2 has begun and coaching and mentoring of staff from all three schools has started and staff have received trust mentors. The Headship Institute welcomes Jonathan Newport, an external consultant, to work with the Headteachers on creating positive cultures and alignment of staff. The Regional Schools Commissioner office inspects the Beech Academy and supports the CEO’s judgement that the school is “at least good”. Visits are made to various schools, including Grangefield Academy, to examine different curriculum models and structures with a strong focus on “schools within schools”. The CEO meets with Forum Education to explore the educational needs of the local community and the surrounding area, and a research paper is published and shared with Trustees. The trust is awarded its first kite mark, the leading aspect award for innovation in CPD and pupil premium. The trust says goodbye to Alan Hughes, the Chief Operating Officer.

The Free School bid for Beacon Charter is almost complete and the steering group for Beacon Charter have their mock interview at Westminster in London. The CEO attends the first ever MAT National Networking event and has a meeting with Sir David Carter to discuss the strategic direction of the trust. The Chair of Trustees and CEO meet with the CEO of NOVA to discuss primary education across the trust. The second session of the RSC transforming futures event took place and both Chair and CEO attended. New partnerships and collaborations are emerging with Pet-XI and the trust team visit the central offices in Coventry as a CPD opportunity. Strategic meetings were held at Local Authority level between Two Counties Trust and the Evolve Trust about the strategic direction of Mansfield Area Partnership. Ofsted visited the Brunts Academy and during the section 8 inspection the school was reaffirmed as being “good”. The trust wins its first ever national award “joining the dots” for outstanding strategic leadership in careers and employability.

March / April 2017

May 2017The Chairs Symposium is well underway

and is beginning to embed. The trust continues to interview for new trustees and members utilising new skills matrix and job

description. New risk register is launched linked to

strategic team briefings for quality assurance and monitoring.

The CEO remains resolutely committed to collaboration and developing whole staff

teams. A best practice school visit undertaken to Odyssey Trust in Leicester

with a primary focus on literacy and novel study.

The Beech Academy had its inaugural inspection and overall effectiveness was

judged as “good” – leadership and personal development and welfare were judged

“outstanding”.

The trust continues to gain National recognition for its work and the Brunts

Academy secures a kite mark for outstanding governance with the acquisition

of Governor Mark. As a trust we relish educational research

and evidenced based practice so the trust launches its first research journal to much critical acclaim and the Evolve Alliance is

born.

Sir Ken Gibson visits the trust on a best practice visit to examine what makes The

Evolve Trust different in relation to its core offer and CPD pathways.

June 2017As the trust positions itself ready for growth, further educational capacity was needed and the trust appointed Lead Practitioners in Mathematics, English and Humanities. Dr Gary Jones is a guest at Headship Institute leading on evidence based practice and pedagogy. Emma Ing, Regional Director for Ofsted for East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber, delivers MAT CPD to Trustees on changes in framework and future MAT inspections. The CEO attends Ofsted regional strategy development shaping inspection across the region. The Evolve Alliance research journal is recognised as best practice and has been disseminated nationally with The Chartered College, Teacher Development Trust and it has gained National recognition from the SEND Gateway. At Trust level, new branding guidelines are put into practice with a redesign of Ambitious Futures and the five-year Strategic Plan. Awards evenings take place across the trust for years 7-13 at the Palace Theatre and Year 11 and 13 proms also took place. The Director of School Improvement takes part in #ED-RES twitter chat with Sir David Carter. The CEO is invited to attend the First Women Awards in London.

July 2017

Sustainability remains a key focus and plans for a brand new modular build are in place for The Brunts Academy as well as CIF funding being secured for roof replacement. Best practice school visits take place at Harton Technology College and Shotton Hall Academy exploring scholastic excellence in disadvantaged communities. The CEO meets with the new RSC John Edwards about strategic plans for the future of the Evolve Trust, including increasing PAN at the Beech Academy, Ofsted judgements and section 106 money. Trust wide INSET days take place in all three academies, revisiting our vision and values in preparation for the next academic year. The CEO attends a policy roundtable and contributes to a research paper sent to Sir David Carter and the Secretary of State Justine Greening on the role of multi-academy trusts. The new trust video is launched and disseminated to key stakeholders. Work on the new trust website is completed. For the first time the entire staff body of the Evolve Trust comes together to celebrate the end of the academic year at a trust BBQ. Thank a Teacher day is embedded across the trust and staff receive individual feedback from students as well as a token from the CEO for their hard work and dedication.

Results

Additional headlines:

• Data for our core pupils who have been with us since the end of Year 2 shows avery positive picture with well over 60% of pupils we have had since Year 2achieving the expected standard in GPS, Maths and Writing.

• The gap in attainment of pupil premium children and the main cohort was notsignificantly different.

• Improved attendance for year 6 pupils.

• The school has increased its percentage of children at ARE in all tested subjects.Improvements seen in the combined score for:

- Whole cohort and girls

• Significant improvements seen in the percentage of pupils who met the expectedstandard for:

- Reading, Maths, combined and GPS for whole cohort

• Significant improvements seen in the performance of girls who met the expectedstandard in:

- Reading, Maths, combined and GPS- The increase in % at ARE in Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling is well

above the national increase (16% as opposed to 4% nationally)

• Improvements seen in the performance of pupils in Maths for:

- Whole cohort, pupil premium and girls

• Improvements seen in the performance of pupils in Reading for:

- Whole cohort, boys and girls

• Improvements seen in the performance of pupils in GPS for:

- Whole cohort, pupil premium, girls and boys

The Bramble Academy – 2017 Provisional Outcome Headline Report There remains a significant amount of work to do at the Bramble Academy due to historical underperformance, turbulence of SLT and headteachers. 2017 provision outcome is given below:

Keystage 5

• For the A Level indicator, Brunts is above with the 2016 national average(34.14) and above their 2016 results (31.88) with an outcome of 32.52.

• For the Academic indicator, Brunts is above with the 2016 nationalaverage (30.85) and above their 2016 results (31.85) with an outcome of36.56.

• For the Applied General indicator, Brunts is broadly in line with the 2016national average (34.7) and above their 2016 results (30.78) with anoutcome of 33.96.

• For the Technical indicator, Brunts is above with the 2016 nationalaverage (36.97) and above their 2016 results (22) with an outcome of 38.

• For all L3 qualifications, Brunts is above with the 2016 national average(31.94) and above their 2016 results (29.13) with an outcome of 35.26.

The Brunts Academy – KS4/5 Provisional Outcome Headline Report

2017 Provision Outcome Summary

The Brunts Academy secured strong KS5 results:

Keystage 4

This cohort entered the academy with an APS of 28 (v’s 28.5 national) – in line with national and the previous 2016 cohort.

• For 5+ A* - C (at least a standard pass) including English andMathematics, Brunts is above the 2016 national average (58.7%%) andabove their 2016 results (61.48%) with an outcome of 67.81%↑.

• For 5+ A* - C (at least a standard pass), Brunts is above their 2016results (67%) with an outcome of 69.75%↑.

• For Mathematics at grade 4 or above (C or above), Brunts is above their2016 results (75.39%), above the JCQ provisional national average(68.9%) with an outcome of 78.57%

• For Mathematics at grade 5 or above (B or above), Brunts is above their2016 results (39.06%), above the JCQ provisional national average(48.10%) with an outcome of 55.04%

• For English at grade 4 or above (C or above), Brunts is above their 2016results (67.98%), above the JCQ provisional national average (75.1%)with an outcome of 77.73%

• For English at grade 5 or above (B or above), Brunts is above their 2016results (39.07%), above the JCQ provisional national average (49.1%)with an outcome of 55.04%

• For 3+ level of progress in English Brunts is broadly in line with their2016 results (73%) with an outcome of 69.26%

• For 4+ level of progress in English Brunts is above their 2016 results(24%) with an outcome of 29.44%

• For 3+ level of progress in Mathematics Brunts is broadly in line withtheir 2016 results (74%) with an outcome of 71.74%

• For 4+ level of progress in English Brunts is in line with their 2016results (29%) with an outcome of 30.87%

This academic year saw the Brunts academy being the highest performing school in Mansfield:

However, plans are in place to secure better outcomes for pupil premium children as well as gifted and more able students.

Keystage 4

• 5+ L1 qualifications: 11/13 achieved

• 5+ Qualifications including English and Maths: 11/13 achieved

• Qualification in English: 11/13 achieved at GCSE level 1-9

- 1 pupil achieved a grade 6 in English Literature- 13/13 achieved entry level 2 or 3

• Qualification in Maths: 8/13 at GCSE level 1-9- 13/13 achieved entry level 3

• 12/13 achieved a qualification in English and Maths

• Qualification in Science: 12/13 achieved A*-G for Core Science and 8/13 achieved GCSE A*-G for Additional Science

• 4 pupils achieved GCSE Art and Design (Photography)

• 7 pupils achieved a pass in BTEC Level 1 Certificate in Sport and Active Leisure

• 8 pupils achieved a pass in BTEC Level 1 Certificate in Introduction to the Hospitality Industry

• 13 pupils achieved an AIMs qualification from L1 to L2

• 8 pupils achieved a pass in NCFE L1 award in Creative Craft

• 3 pupils achieved distinctions in NCFE Creative Craft L1 Certificate

• 4 students achieved Aim Awards IT Users at Level 2, 5 students achieved Aim Awards IT Users at Level 1

The Beech Academy -

2017 Provision Outcome Headline Report

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