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Transforming Schools Transforming Sandwell. Melanie Dudley Director of Transformation . Context. Population – 290,000 11-16 Students – 18,500 21 Secondary Schools: 5 Academies approved or planned 13 Specialist Extended Schools 2 Special Schools . Sandwell – 2 Years ago….
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Transforming Schools Transforming Sandwell Melanie Dudley Director of Transformation
Context • Population – 290,000 • 11-16 Students – 18,500 • 21 Secondary Schools: • 5 Academies approved or planned • 13 Specialist Extended Schools • 2 Special Schools
Sandwell – 2 Years ago…. • Most deprived West Midlands borough • Household Incomes less than £25,000 • All 24 wards are in worst 40% in England • 11% of the population had never worked • 27% of workforce adults with no qualifications • 46% have qualifications lower than Level 2
Sandwell now… • Most improved Metropolitan Authority • Rising residential population • Inward migration including young families • Housing renewal major investment • Town Centre regeneration underway
Sandwell in 2020…. “a thriving, sustainable, optimistic and forward-looking community”:
BSF – Part of a wider investment • BSF • ECM: Primary Capital Programme • Health 2010 • Housing Market Renewal and Housing PFI • Regenco (URC) and Town Centre renewal • New Deal for Communities
Scale of Schools Investment BSF and Academies: 3 Academy Schools open or in development: £80m BSF Wave 3 ( 6 Schools rebuilt or remodelled): £120m Wave 5 ( 10 Schools including 2 academies rebuilt or remodelled): £170m £370m ECM: Primary Capital Programme: Joined-up funding of £7m per annum?
Our Opportunity Firstly: To create an environment for lifelong learning, • fit for the 21st century, • relevant to the need of our citizens, and • capable of giving them the opportunity to achieve their full potential. Secondly: To reconfigure our services and our buildings, • to be inclusive, • dynamic and relevant to the lives of all of our citizens • in support of the socio-economic regeneration of our neighbourhoods and community well-being
Transforming Learning • Personalisation of Learning • Increased 14-19 Pathways • Collaborative working between schools • Workforce Reform • Extended Schools • Support for families including Child Care • Multi-disciplinary Teams • Building neighbourhood aspiration • Maximising Inclusion • Shared responsibility for difficult children • Making ICT work for us
Making ICT work for us • Building on our strengths • Broadband Sandwell • The Smethwick Test Bed • Redefining the school day • Any time any where learning • Effective Learner Management • Personalised Learning Pathways • Inter-agency collaboration
Extending the Change Agenda • Staff: Leadership, Training and CPD • Attitudinal change in Parents other adults and students • Contributing to ‘the Big Picture’ of renewal • Using ICT as a vehicle for change
Our advantage • We want to transform our community and shape Sandwell into a place people want to live, work and socialise