NATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS’ FORUM

Day ConferenceBromsgrove - Tuesday, 1st March

London – Friday, 4th March

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North Bedfordshire Schools

Context:•Lincroft Middle School•NBST - where are we & what do we look like?

•County Council – Borough Council•School Closure Notices•Trust/ Federation/ Academy•Leadership & Governance

Federations

Consultation Outcomes:•Recruitment, Employment •Leadership & Governance•Admissions•SEN & Exclusions•Inspection & Examinations

Federation

• Can different categories of schools join the same federation?

• Can a Trust support two schools that are not federated and make them into a federation?

• What are the main differences between hard governance federation and amalgamation?

Federation

• Are parent governors elected by the parents from their school only or from a ‘collective electorate’?

• Can we establish a joint governing body before the federation is established?

• Do staff change employers when their school federates?

• What is an executive head? What are the models of leadership we can use?

Federation

• If staff are to work in more than one school, with whom should they have a contract?

• Would restructuring put pressure on staff and pupils?

• Would federation improve leadership?

• Can the schools give priority in its admissions to pupils that are part of the same federation?

Federation

• What happens if a pupil is excluded from a school in the federation? Could they be placed in the same federation?

• Will examination and assessment results still have to be published for individual schools in the federation?

• Will schools in a federation be inspected jointly or separately?

Academies

Academy Issues:•General•Funding•Staffing•SEN Provision•Ofsted

2010 - the landscape• Leadership & GovernanceLeadership & Governance• Public Spending ReviewPublic Spending Review• Building Schools for the Building Schools for the

FutureFuture• Coalition White PaperCoalition White Paper• Trust Schools & Trust Schools &

ReorganisationReorganisation• Federation or Federation or

Amalgamation or Amalgamation or AcademyAcademy

• Local AuthorityLocal Authority