Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for People.

The report outlines significant changes that have been introduced by the Department for Education (DfE) which will continue to take place in 2016 and beyond in the accountability measures for schools and colleges. The changes affect primary and secondary schools and colleges and include: the assessment and testing systems and procedures; the ways in which the ‘expected standards’ are expressed; and the statutory reporting requirements.

The Scrutiny Committee are invited to consider and comment on the report.

Officer Contact: Alan Beswick on Tel: 474 3918 or email: alan.beswick@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for People submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) outlining the changes introduced by the Department for Education (DfE) to the accountability measures for schools and colleges including the assessment and testing systems and procedures and the statutory reporting requirements.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         The changes affect primary and secondary schools and colleges and include (i) the assessment and testing systems and proceedures (ii) the ways in which expected standards are expressed and (iii) the statutory reporting requirements.

·         Changes to the accountability measures present challenges in the directness of their meaning for elected members and key stakeholder groups such as the Children’s Trust.

·         There would now be a period of transition whilst the new accountability measures are better understood by all stakeholders and become recognised and accepted as the norm.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.