Issue - meetings

Report of the Service Director, Legal and Governance requesting the Panel to note the provisional key stage 2 results in Southampton for 2017, attached.

The Panel considered the report of the Service Director, Legal and Governance providing an overview of Key Stage 2 results in Southampton for 2017. 

Jo Cassey, Service Lead – Education and Early Help and Hilary Brooks, Service Director, Children and Families Services were present and, with the consent of the Chair, addressed the meeting.  Following discussions with officers the Panel noted that:

·  The results improved considerably from 2016;

·  Southampton’s results were broadly in line with the national average;

·  Performance in Maths dipped slightly. A strategy was in place to help drive up attainment in Maths.  This included an approach to the Solent Maths Hub and a funding bid through the Teaching Schools for additional support.

·  The final results will not be confirmed until the autumn. 

·  Through cluster groups and networks primary and secondary schools were working closely to provide the required support for pupils transitioning to secondary school in 2017.

·  The Panel were unclear of the role that Teaching Schools play in improving school standards in Southampton.

·  Councillors need to be encouraged to augment their understanding of the performance of schools in their ward.

RESOLVED that the Panel requested:

  (i)  that a brief overview be circulated to the Panel clarifying the role of Teaching Schools in improving school standards;

  (ii)  that councillors were informed when, following an inspection, Ofsted changes the rating of a school in their ward.