HGfL: School Leadership: School Effectiveness

Hertfordshire Children's Services has a formal partnership with schools and other settings that makes clear the way in which it works with schools and other stakeholders to raise standards, promote wellbeing and encourage the participation and engagement of all children and young people.

Standards and School Effectiveness is currently exploring ways of building on successful partnership working to create a new Hertfordshire Learning Partnership. This will facilitate a school-led ‘self improving school system’ in which schools themselves work together and take responsibility for supporting and challenging one another to improve their performance. Early discussions with representative heads and governors have indicated strong support for exploring a 'co-produced’ service between schools and the local authority. For more information visit:

Information on school improvement and support for schools in Hertfordshire available from Standards and School Effectiveness is available at:

Director's Annual Report 2010 annual report cover 2010

The seventh annual report of the Director of Children, Schools and Families on standards, quality and wellbeing in Hertfordshire schools and other settings. The report covers a wide range of achievement across many areas of education, childcare, learning and skills. It also makes comment on the development of children's centres, extended schools, early intervention and safeguarding. The report shows that there is a strong improvement trend in standards in Hertfordshire with results being maintained or improving at all key stages. It also sets out the priorities for the future.

Director's Annual Report - Standards, Quality and Wellbeing in Hertfordshire Schools and Other Settings 2010 - Full Report

Key findings and key future priorities are summarised in the executive summary below:

Director's Annual Report - Standards, Quality and Wellbeing in Hertfordshire Schools and Other Settings 2010 - Executive Summary

Appendices

Enjoying & Achieving
End of key stage data
Appendix 1a	Foundation Stage Profile *	*Appendices 1a - 2e no longer available (originally obtained from DCSF)
Appendix 2a	All Key Stages - Summary *
Appendix 2b	Key Stage 1 *
Appendix 2c	Key Stage 2 *
Appendix 2d	Key Stage 4 *
Appendix 2e	Key Stage 5 *
Appendix 3a	Primary School Results Key stage 1 and 2 results by district are below: Key Stage 1 by District (pdf, 44kb) Key Stage 2 by District (pdf, 54kb)
Appendix 3b	Secondary School Results For individual secondary school GCSE and equivalent results please follow this link to the school and college achievement and attainment tables on the DCSF website: GCSE and Other Results For individual secondary school post-16 results please follow this link to the school and college achievement and attainment tables on the DCSF website: Post 16 Results Key stage 4 results by district are below: Key Stage 4 by District (pdf, 66kb) Primary School Results For individual primary school key stage 2 results please follow this link to the school and college achievement and attainment tables on the DCSF website: KS2 Results
Ofsted inspection outcomes
Appendix 4a	Overview of Ofsted Inspections (pdf, 15kb)
Appendix 4b	Outstanding Providers (pdf, 12kb)
Specialisms, awards and consortia
Appendix 5	Specialist Schools (pdf, 13kb)
Appendix 6	14-19 SAPGs
Appendix 7	Awards and Accreditations
Appendix 8	Sure Start Children's Centres in Hertfordshire Extended School Consortia in Hertfordshire
Appendix 9	Hertfordshire School Sport Partnerships
Appendix 10	Schools with nurture groups, PSBs and LSUs (pdf, 22kb)
Appendix 11	Learning to Learn Schools
Appendix 12	Summer Schools and Masterclasses
Absence
Appendix 13	Absence Data (pdf, 27kb)
Subject and group achievement
Appendix 14	English Summary (pdf, 29kb)
Appendix 15	Mathematics Summary (pdf, 22kb)
Appendix 16	Achievement of Children in Care (pdf, 25kb)
Appendix 17	Achievement of Minority Ethnic Pupils (pdf, 34kb)
Appendix 18	Achievement of Children with LDD (pdf, 18kb)
Being Healthy
Appendix 19	Healthy Schools (pdf, 30kb)
Staying safe
Appendix 20	Bullying and Racist Incidents (pdf, 574kb)

Local Authority Targets for 2011

The 2009/10 round of target setting was completed at the end of January when all statutory targets required to be set by schools and the local authority were sent to the DCSF. DCSF regional representatives have subsequently challenged in three areas which resulted in one target being revised following publication of amended PA absence data for 2009.

We would like to thank all schools who submitted targets for vulnerable groups. This year we received school targets for more than 50% of the key stage 4 cohort of pupils from the vulnerable groups listed. The analysis of the school aggregated data for each group led to an upward revision of ten local authority targets originally proposed from the evaluation of trend and FFT data.

Target data for vulnerable groups supports the work of CSF and its partners in the actions set out in the Children and Young People’s Plan, particularly the work under priority 7, vulnerable children achieve as well as others. We look forward to working with schools on the further development of the plan in the near future.

Should you have any questions on the process or the targets set please email: jackie.goodhall@hertscc.gov.uk.

Annual Report 2010

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School Effectiveness

Director's Annual Report 2010

Director's Annual Report - Standards, Quality and Wellbeing in Hertfordshire Schools and Other Settings 2010 - Full Report

Director's Annual Report - Standards, Quality and Wellbeing in Hertfordshire Schools and Other Settings 2010 - Executive Summary

Appendices

Enjoying & Achieving

Secondary School Results

Primary School Results

Being Healthy

Staying safe

Local Authority Targets for 2011