Banstead Infant School

Academy Meeting19 June 2013

Explaining academies and what this means for us

Consultation to obtain your views – decision rests with governors

Answer your questions

Purpose of Meeting

Warm and friendly, nurturing atmosphere Putting the children first in all decision

making Senior leadership still working together Highest quality education Uniform School name Costs Relationship with Banstead Junior School We will look the same as we do now

What will stay the same

Outstanding for over 15 years In order to maintain and develop our

outstanding status we want to work with and learn from others

We have developed a deep understanding of learning and are passionate about providing the best education for children

Distributed leadership has built a strong team

Why are we making changes? What’s in it for BIS?

Achievement Nurturing and values Learning skills Speaking and listening Confidence Creativity Environment

What we are proud of:

To learn moreTo lead the wayTo build our own futureTo share what we know with others

To provide a great education for many more children

We Are Ready

Surrey Initiative Majority of secondary schools have chosen to become academies

Failing primary schools are being made to academise with a secondary school

Aim is for secondary school to improve standards

However, secondary schools may not have a good understanding of primary teaching

Surrey Initiative Surrey is looking for outstanding schools to become academies so that they can more effectively help failing schools

An Academy is a state-funded, community school serving local residents.

Academies are accessible to all families, and remain part of the family of local schools.

They provide free education for students of all abilities.

What is an academy?

Academies are funded at the same level as other schools, but a multi Academy Trust would save money through economies of scale and this frees up money which can be spent where it is most needed - in the classroom.

Academies also have greater flexibility than maintained schools in the curriculum they provide.

They are inspected by Ofsted in the same way as maintained schools.

Recommendation by our governors to become a ‘Stand Alone Academy’

Our vision, our future

Word spread

Stand Alone Academy

Head and Deputy head teacher leaving

Approached us – ‘They were on the station platform when our train pulled in’

Excited about our future plansWanted to share our leadershipWant the ‘wow factor’

Warren Mead Junior School

Warren Mead Junior School is a good school

Working with Warren Mead Junior School will give us the additional experience of the whole primary phase

This will put us in a stronger position to help other schools in the future

Primary Expertise

For Banstead Infant School to become a Multi Academy

Trust with Warren Mead Junior School

Banstead Infant School and Warren Mead Junior School together are building the vision and values for a brand new Multi Academy

Trust

The Proposal

Trust GovernorsBIS

GovernorsWMJ

Structure of Multi Academy Trust

Structure across two schoolsExecutive Head Teacher

Head of Teaching and Learning WMJ

Head of Teaching and Learning BIS

Assistant Head BIS

Assistant Head WMJ

Assistant Head WMJ

Assistant Head BIS

Class teachers

Executive Head Teacher – Gill Harradine

Head of Teaching and Learning – Stephanie Storrar

Assistant Head Teacher – Ruth Tunnell

Assistant Head Teacher – Andrew Burbidge (new teacher)

BIS Leadership Team

Will lead the school on a day-to-day basis

Responsible for making things happen

Will be based in Head Teacher’s office

Head of Teaching and Learning

Train and empower leadership teams Responsible with the Trust for strategic direction of the schools

Hold leadership teams to account Ensure highest quality education Ensure excellent progress and achievement

The Executive Head Teacher

Working between both schools I will be at BIS every week Planning to build a garden office Banstead Infant School has been my home for 9 years

I am ready for more but I am NOT leaving

Total confidence in BIS team

Where will I be?

How our children would benefitThe more we all learn the better the education will be for the children at BIS because our teaching methods will continually evolve We will learn more about assessment and marking Subject leaders will work together to enrich and

develop their subjects across the curriculum We will have a better knowledge of the KS2

curriculum We will be able to better prepare our children better

for junior school because we will have perspective from both sides

We would be able to use the knowledge of KS2 staff to support gifted children in our school

More experienced leaders in the school leads to greater capacity for the development of the school

Working with other children gives our children greater opportunities

They do not need our leadership support

Why not Banstead Junior School?

The two schools will continue to work together as we have always done

Banstead Infant School children will still have priority at Banstead Junior School

Working with Banstead Junior

Other schools may join the academy: A strong school with the same ethos

OR A school which needs help to improve They then become a permanent part of the family.

We will let them join if we have the capacity i.e. both BIS and WMJS must be flourishing

Size of Academy

Oaks Academy Trust

Building a family of schools which provide an outstanding

education for our children

We want to create our own future We want to lead the way

Our Vision

Values for everyone in our family of schools – children, parents, carers, staff and governors

Values 

AchievementIndividuality

RespectPassion

Resilience

VALUES

achieving more than you ever thought possible through:

Achievement:

respecting and growing the individuality of our children and schools

Individuality:

for each other, ourselves and the environment

Respect:

inspired to achieve excellence

Passion:

determined to rise to our challenges

Resilience:

We hope you will want to join us and support us in this exciting step.

Questions?