Mini and micro co-operative children s trusts? Schools banding together mutually with their own local authority

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1 Mini and micro co-operative children s trusts? Schools banding together mutually with their own local authority Co-operative College

2 The White Paper states: there is great scope for us to extend autonomy and freedom for schools.. direct funding and full independence from central and local bureaucracy.

3 Co-operatives and government The Big Society: We will support the creation and expansion of mutuals, co-operatives, charities and social enterprises, and enable these groups to have a much greater involvement in the running of public services - The Coalition Programme for Government

4 Co-operatives and government Co-operative Schools: We know that if parents have a say in how their school is run, the school is always better..what better way, then, to give parents direct involvement in their school than. a co-operative built around the needs of local children? We expect schools to use their increased autonomy to explore new ways of working together but collaboration in the future will be driven by school leaders and teachers not bureaucrats.

5 Supporting Schools Collaboration A schools-led system redesign Packaging services that schools need and will purchase Smooth transfer of services Children s services developed and delivered by schools banding together co-operatively Ensuring that best of local structures, skills and experience is retained and we get from A to B... Learning from early LA adopters

6 A vacuum? Government Funding reductions LA Service withdrawal Loss of local expertise and knowledge Rapid shift from Immature Market New providers Established providers with new offers School-based procurement Time and skills pressure on schools Distraction from the drive to raise standards Partnerships can share the burden and maintain the focus 6

7 Filling the vacuum.. Leave it to individual schools Schools source services from a wide range of providers Loss of local knowledge base Find a commercial provider Who decides which services are offered and developed? How is the client role fulfilled? Utilise existing partnerships Develop collaboration to meet shared needs Collectively purchase external support Directly employ required skills... And become COMMISSION FIT! 7

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9 Organising the WLCT: Resources Core Funding e.g. School Subs Grants e.g. Hub Schools Commissions e.g. Transition Bids e.g. Teaching School Procurement e.g. Stationery People...The Most Important Resource

10 What a hub offers 1:1 support CPD Specific opportunities for learners & staff Best practice

11 Aims of a hub Collaboration Innovative Raising Standards Improving provision Improving leadership Offering challenge

12 Contact & further information Resources Tel: or Network details

13 To achieve the very best for the children, young people and families of our communities by learning and working with each other and for each other. Delivering Children s Services Through a Co-operative Trust Peter Laurence, Development Director

14 The educational landscape Free Schools Trusts Social services Further education Youth services Police Health services Through Schools Locality Clusters and Companies Traditional and new Academies Partnerships Collaborations Faith School Federations Community Federations Federations New Academy Chains

15 Co-operative Academy September 2011 A number of other schools consulting or preparing to consult... South Leeds Learning Cooperative Trust 1 secondary + 3 primaries + partners July 2011 Shared Trusts in S&E Leeds Temple Newsamhalton Learning Partnership: A Cooperative Trust July secondary, 6 primaries, E.SILC + partners School Partnership Trust 2007 Originally 1 secondary, 6 primaries + partners; now multi-academy sponsor Brigshaw Cooperative Trust April secondary, 7 primaries, + partners

16 4,000 children and young people, 0-19 Swillington Great Preston (VC) + 2 Children s Centres under 1 Children s Services Manager Allerton Bywater Kippax North Kippax Ash Tree Kippax Greenfield Brigshaw High School and Language College Lady Elizabeth Hastings (VA) Schools had worked increasingly closely since 2005 already really good transition arrangements, Family of Schools ethos, but big boost to collaboration through extended services and area inclusion agenda. Increased use of shared approaches to SLA with Brigshaw re: ICT, facilities management. Established a (soft governance) Federation in Close integration with Children s Centres.

17 Overview: a local solution to children s and community services Effective and sustainable approach to securing strong school collaboration which has demonstrable impact quality of outcomes, better value and safety in numbers Successful and tested framework for integrated multi-agency working and delivering children s services in a locality Partnership with local authority with clear lines of accountability and alignment with democratic structure of the council Engagement with other partners who share values and can bring capacity and expertise Encourages wider participation at a local level among young people, families, staff and communities and linked to a trusted, ethical and growing national - and international network of co-operative schools

18 Five key themes to the Trust s work Teaching, learning, transition, curriculum collaboration and pupil participation Leadership and workforce development and CPD Supporting vulnerable children multi-agency partnerships and extended services Working through children s centres with families and the wider community Achieving better value and greater efficiencies through strong partnership commissioning and procurement

19 Our base at Vicars Court, Allerton Bywater Brigshaw Trust Learning Centre off-site provision for KS2, KS3 and KS4 pupils at risk of exclusion Base for our Trust Guidance and Support Team GST manager, counsellor, family outreach worker, consultant Ed.Psych, attendance improvement officer, behaviour support worker Targeted Services Leader will develop provision for multi-agency team, eg social care, child protection, etc, and build closer links with GP practices and health Meeting spaces, counselling room, activities room (used on daily basis for contact visits) Conference and training centre; drop-in and ICT facilities 40-place nursery on site; possibilities for creche etc Administrative base development director, cluster manager, finance director, admin, etc.

20 Our Trust Partners Have agreed to provide business mentoring for the Trust as a social enterprise Have just seconded a Targeted Services Leader to work with the Trust in developing multiagency working as a model for the city Worked with the Trust over half-term to provide 3 Creative Family Learning days for fifty families Are working with Brigshaw High School developing Student Leadership approaches Have awarded us a grant of 10,000 to support development work with emerging co-operative trust schools and academies

21 Trust Structure TRUST FORUM (Pupils, parents, staff, community organisations) TRUST BOARD - 2 Trustees per school (16); 1 from each partner but 2 from Leeds 1 councillor, one senior officer; 1 parent, 1 staff, 1 community Trustee Resource Mgt. Committee Leading teaching and learning Children s Centre C Universal Services C Multi-agency partnership and Intervention C Membership Champions Groups chaired by a range of partner reps: eg Youth Service, Leeds City College, not just schools Development team Trading Arm?

22 Trust Activity and Scope Co-ordinating the management of the Trust business company activity, meetings and membership (670+ and growing) etc Supporting and bringing capacity across the Trust to embed and enrich the collective Trust aims and appropriate action plans Could employ staff who currently work across the partnership (but better to have secondments?) Leading and co-ordinate school improvement and extended services activities across schools and the wider community Becoming an accountable and commissioned body for a wide range of children s and community services (eg Targeted Mental Health in Schools, Extended Services, Area Inclusion) Negotiating customised SLAs and improved procurement opportunities on behalf of schools Could employ staff and trade services to the schools catering, facilities management, ICT support possibly on social enterprise basis Already supporting other trusts, partnerships, schools, and provide consultancy and training services at local and regional level