Issue - meetings

The Board received a report from the Operational Director – Education, Inclusion and Provision, which provided a summary of changes to this year’s school assessment process. 

The provisional outcomes for Halton’s Children and Young People and their performance in comparison to invalidated National Data and North West Regional Data were also presented to the Board.

The presentation included information relating to:

·       Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) results;

·       Phonics results year one;

·       Changes to Key Stage One and Key Stage Two Assessment 2016; Key Stage One: Reading, Writing and Maths (Expected Standard);

·       Key Stage One: Reading, Writing and Maths (Working at greater depth);

·       Key Stage Two: Reading, Writing and Maths (Expected Standard);

·       Key Stage Two: Writing (Working at greater depth);

·       GCSE results; and

·       Post 16 results: A Level and BTEC

Mark Parkinson referred Members to an article in ‘Schools Week’ that discussed the moderation of schools. The article could be found at: http://schoolsweek.co.uk/councils-launch-investigation-after-ks2-results-show-worrying-trend/.

Members noted that Halton’s GCSE results had improved 2% (although could not be compared to national data yet) and the post 16 results were doing very well.  The key focus for improvement was early years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.

RESOLVED: That the presentation is received.