Hartlepool Education Commission Conference

Tom Grieveson

Senior HMI

Ofsted North East, Yorkshire and Humber Region – May 2014

• The North East has the highest proportion of good and outstanding primary schools in England

• Secondary school inspection performance lags behind the national average

• North East pupils do better than the national average in the proportion gaining Level 4+ in reading, writing and mathematics

• North East pupils attain broadly average results at the end of Key Stage 4 (5+CEM)

• North East pupils at Key Stage 4 make less progress from Key Stage 2 than seen nationally

• Free school meal pupils do less well than their non-FSM peers at both Key Stage 2 and 4. At Key Stage 4 the gap is much greater than seen nationally.

• By age 19 the proportion of NEETs in the North East is twice the national average.

How does the North East compare?

Ofsted regional strategic priorities

There is significant variation in the performance of schools and local authorities across our region leading to the following regional priorities:

All schools good or better: and in particular to increase the proportion of good and outstanding secondary schools.

Raising standards/improving progress at Key Stage 2: and particularly for the proportion of FSM pupils who attain level 4+ in English and mathematics

Raising standards/improving progress at Key Stage 4: increasing the proportion of students (including those eligible for FSM) who attain 5+ good GCSE passes including English and mathematics.

Hartlepool Schools: Inspection performance 2011-2014 The percentage of schools judged to be good or better Primary April 2011 April 2014 Hartlepool 79% 80% Nationally 69% 79% Secondary April 2011 April 2014 Hartlepool 60% 40% Nationally 66% 70% Special April 2011 April 2014 Hartlepool 100% 67% Nationally 79% 86%

While the percentage of good or better schools has increased nationally in both the primary and secondary sectors in Hartlepool primary rates have remained static while secondary performance has declined.

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The performance of Hartlepool Schools

Attainment in Hartlepool schoolsis relatively high at KS1

The proportion of pupils securing L2+ in 2013:

reading writing

speaking and listening mathematics

Hartlepool has a relatively high proportion of FSM pupils in the North East

secondary schools in 2013primary schools in 2013

Hartlepool: The performance of Hartlepool’s FSM pupils at Key Stage 2 is broadly average. Non-FSM performance is the best in the region

The proportion of pupils securing L4+ in reading, writing and mathematics in 2013:

FSM non-FSM

The FSM gap for pupils at KS2 is very wide in Hartlepool

Difference between the proportion of FSM and non-FSM pupils securing L4+ in reading, writing and mathematics in 2013:

KS1-KS2 progress in Hartlepool is very high in writing and mathematics but not in reading.

expected progress in writing in 2013

expected progress in reading in 2013

expected progress in mathematics in

2013

Hartlepool schools have below average levels of attainment for pupils at KS4 in the North East

Proportion of pupils achieving 5 or more GCSEs, A*-C including English and mathematics in 2013:

Hartlepool schools show broadly average performance for both FSM and non-FSM pupils at Key Stage 4

The proportion of pupils securing 5A*CEM in 2013:

FSM non-FSM

The FSM gap for pupils at KS4 is broadly average in the region but is higher than seen nationally

Difference between the proportion of FSM and non-FSM pupils securing five or more good GCSEs including in English and mathematics in 2013:

KS2-KS4 progress in Hartlepool secondary schools is amongst the lowest in the region in both English and mathematics

KS2-4: expected progress in mathematics in 2013

KS2-4: expected progress in English in 2013

The Hartlepool Challenge

The performance of FSM pupils in both primary and secondary schools

The performance of secondary schools in inspection

The achievement of pupils in Hartlepool’s secondary schools