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Proud to be a member of the Folkestone Ethos Schools Company
Introduction:
The governing bodies of the respective schools and academies that make up FESI recognise the value of school collaboration as a means to build capacity,
sustainability and to raise standards within the individual member schools and academies.
The East Folkestone Church Schools have been collaborating in various ways for over 10 years and there is general agreement that the successes of the
individual schools have been due, at least in part, to the cross fertilisation that comes from joint working. More recently we have welcomed Castle Hill to our
group, thus building even greater capacity. All members recognise that the joint work has to be focused and stream lined with clear recognition that its
purpose is to enable individual schools to achieve their goals as well as establishing a collective values base upon which education across our locality is
founded. All FESI schools were judged good or better at their last inspection, and this status is expected to continue, due in part to our engagement with one
another.
Some of the benefits of our collaboration include:
Supporting one another in the context of reduced capacity from the local authority. This is especially relevant for three of our schools which became
academies in 2013.
Sharing CPD opportunities.
Providing genuine challenge to one another via a “fresh eyes” approach.
Collectively serving the diverse needs of the children of East Folkestone, an area of severe deprivation.
Sharing our vision of the distinctive character of church schools.
Safeguarding individual school values and ethos.
Raising standards through immersing pupils in art, sports and the creative curriculum.
Providing a forum for school leadership to problem solve and seek solutions together.
In the current climate, facilitating a “safety in numbers” scenario where potential threats can be suitably addressed collectively rather than on a
solitary basis.
Reducing isolation issues that tend to be associated with small schools.
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Aims
The aims of our company are as follows:
To develop a desire for learning and an enjoyment of knowledge that promotes enquiry and rational debate.
To feel secure and confident as individuals.
To value and respect all members of the school community: pupils, staff, parents and governors and the contribution they make towards the success
of the school.
To respect and show sensitivity to the differences between one another and to celebrate the richness this brings.
To facilitate and improve the process of transition for our pupils on entry to primary and secondary schools.
To develop all children to their full potential and to recognise the needs of individual children and how they can be fully supported.
To encourage all children to become responsible, independent people who are able to think deeply about the world around them.
To develop in children a high degree of excellence in English, mathematics, science and the aesthetic and physical areas of learning.
Preparing a curriculum tailored for the needs of our pupils
To foster character development and enhancement of the curriculum via collective site facilities and staff expertise, eg forest schools, swimming and
creative projects.
To nurture positive attitudes towards punctuality, reliability and cleanliness.
To help children understand the interdependence of the world in which we live and the interdependence we have with individuals, groups and
nations.
For Church Schools within FESI –
To develop children’s spiritual awareness in the context of the Christian faith and Anglican doctrine and an ability to relate this to everyday life.
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Evaluation of the Folkestone Ethos School Improvement Ltd Development Plan 2018-19
At the FESI HT meeting on 27th June 2019, the benefits of our collaborative and the successes of the Plan were tabled. These include:
Joint Inset Day with Jenny Mosley - “Being used in the classroom”, “Good calibre of speaker”.
Secondary Taster Sessions – “Brilliant”
Middle Leadership training – “Staff came back buzzing”
Swimming Gala – “Pure excitement”
Moderation with Margo Barraclough – “Great CPD”
Overall effectiveness of the Plan – “Ideas great and events fantastic”
Participation within a close network of schools on shared issues for school improvement
Areas for us to improve include:
Fine tuning is required for FESI internal moderation as not always the “right people” are in place to ensure the meetings consistently result in the
achievement of desire outcomes.
- It was agreed to increase the time allocation for Years 1, 3, 4 and 5 with Margo Barraclough and cease internal FESI moderation.
Middle leadership training – are the right people being selected, eg those who are in a position to hold “difficult” conversations? It was agreed the
purpose of CPD was to inspire staff on this training and hold them to account for whole school improvement.
Create collective ownership of the plan by sharing with all staff at the beginning of the 2019/2020 school year. Meeting scheduled for 17th September
at Selsted to convey Plan to FESI teachers.
Current status of FESI schools: At the end of the 2018/2019 school year all schools were judged to be good or better, with one acknowledged as outstanding
and two on the cusp of the highest Ofsted grading.
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Folkestone Ethos School Improvement Ltd Development Plan 2019-20
This Improvement Plan highlights our main areas for development for 2019-20
We recognise the effective teaching and learning of Maths, especially for the gifted and talented, including the early years, to be a priority across all
our schools. Reasoning in maths is also a particular area in which all schools wish to improve. FESI Maths Leaders will continue to meet to device
collaborative actions likely to raise outcomes for this group of learners.
We recognise that writing at greater depth is an area in which we can all strive to do better. FESI Literacy Leaders will work closely together to ensure
that pupils “on the cusp” of greater depth are offered high quality teaching and a range of opportunities for children to develop their skills in writing.
We intend to improve teaching across the FESIC so that there is an increased proportion of good and outstanding teaching which includes the
effective deployment of teaching assistants. We will achieve this by robust joint monitoring, providing 360 feedback with targets so that pupils in all
schools attain the highest of possible outcomes.
Art and Music have always had high prominence across FESI. We intend to continue the joint workshops already established on various art, music and
cultural projects.
We intend to ensure our PE leaders cooperate in the drawing up of PE/Sport programmes for their respective schools and academies in a manner that
uses capacity across the company. Our schools will use the Sports Premium to good effect to extend opportunities for all young pupils to take part in
sports.
We need to ensure that all aspects of a child’s education are duly considered, including issues associated with attendance, exclusion and transition.
Our view is for pupils to flourish with robust systems in place for safeguarding, whilst equipping schools to be able to provide educational facilities to
meet the needs of pupils with complex and multiple needs.
Wellbeing and mental health is an issue that had been problematic for many of our pupils, staff and members of our respective school communities.
We intend to develop whole school strategies to facilitate healthy lifestyles and positive dispositions.
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Priority 1
To raise standards of attainment and progress throughout FESI schools and close the gaps for vulnerable groups
Objectives Actions Time Line Who is responsible Cost implication Expected outcome Monitoring and Achievements to be
and source of Evaluation assessed in order to
funding inform plan for
2020/2021
1.To improve Maths leaders to liaise with September 2018 FESI Schools Maths Meetings hosted Good practice Schools’ regular
progress and a focus upon improving initial meeting, and Leaders – chaired by as and when observed in monitoring of
attainment in pupils reasoning skills as termly meetings Robin Flack (Assistant agreed by Maths problem solving progress and
maths well as number of pupils thereafter HT at Selsted) Leaders and U & A. attainment.
attaining greater depth at End of Year and
the end of each key stage. End of Key Stage Comparison with
results in line with baseline data.
schools’ own
targets
2.To improve Embed whole school September 2019 – Jane Wilson Meetings/CPD 80% + of pupils Schools’ regular
progress and approach to the teaching June 2020 (St Eanswythe’s) and targeted in FESI schools monitoring of
attainment in and learning of spelling & resources achieve age progress and
spelling Anna Carter related national attainment.
(Christ Church) expectations Comparison with
baseline data.
3.To improve A. English leaders to 10th October Margo Baraclough Meetings hosted Good practice Schools’ regular
progress and continue with external Year 2 – am & FESI Schools English at St Mary’s observed. monitoring of
attainment in moderation arrangements Year 6 – pm Leaders £600 per session End of Year and progress and
6th December
writing to further embed End of Key Stage attainment.
Years 1 & 3 – am
consistency in judgements Years 4 & 5 – pm Early Years will results in line with Comparison with
of pupils’ writing 7th February conduct internal FESI schools’ own baseline data.
Year 2 – am moderation on the targets
Year 6– pm dates set aside for
1st April end of key stage year
Years 1 & 3 – am groups.
Years 4 & 5 – pm
1st May
Year 2 – am
Year 26– pm
26th June
Years 1 & 3 – am
Years 4 & 5 – pm
5Objectives Actions Time Line Who is responsible Cost implication Expected outcome Monitoring and Achievements to be
and source of Evaluation assessed in order to
funding inform plan for
2019/2020
B. Extend further pupils’ Termly meetings Craig Ward Meetings hosted Good practice Pupils write in a
writing at greater depth in (Castle Hill) at Castle Hill observed, diversity of
all year groups & standards raised contexts and
Rebecca Langley in all schools. subject at
(St Mary’s) greater depth
4.To improve A. Gifted and Talented To take place in Rebecca Hogben - £1000 Increase % Base line data
progress for workshops for more able terms 3 & 4 on (MMS manager at (resources & exceeding at the compared with
vulnerable children and in Maths at Thursdays, 1.30 – Christ Church) supply) end of key stages end of key stage
groups KS2 – Year 5 targeted 2.30 pm (initial in line with assessments
group session 09.01.20) individual school
targets
B. Facilitate and enhance Term 6: Jim Kreiselmeier Costs to be met Reduce the Feedback from
the secondary transition AM 18th June (Christ Church) by school amount individual secondary
process via taster sessions AM 25th June budgets concerns about schools
for pupils with complex and secondary transfer
multiple needs
5.To promote A. Continue to foster and Termly provision Michelle Charlton- Funding from Reduction in the Update given at
greater build positive relationships within FESI Schools Taylor (St Peter’s) to school budgets amount of HTs meetings
awareness of amongst pupils through coordinate training disruption to
pupil and staff wellbeing and mindfulness and coach FESI teaching and
well being workshops for parents schools co-ordinators learning due to
greater self-
regulation by
pupils
B. FESI Joint INSET at the 14th February 2020 Jim Kreiselmeier £7, 500 for Improve and Update at HT
Leas Cliff Hall (Christ Church) trainer and enhance whole meeting in
for Venue venue school strategies term 4
& to promote
Toni Browne emotional health,
(St Peter’s) / wellbeing, respect
Trevor North and pupil
( St Mary’s) behaviour
for trainer
6Priority 2
To raise standards of teaching throughout FESI schools
Objectives Actions Time Line Who is Cost Expected Monitoring and Achievements to
responsible Implication outcome evaluation be assessed in
and source of order to inform
funding 2019/20 plan
1.To ensure all A. Increase percentage of Begin September Head Teacher Costs to be Schools with HTs (as part of
teaching good and outstanding 2019 Open Forum met by school capacity will termly HT
provision is teaching and learning budgets provide 10 week meetings)
good and through peer to peer coaching
working observations, support and package (1 day
towards guidance within FESI per week) to
outstanding schools facilitate quality
first teaching
B. Information technology Termly meetings Matt Easton £1000 release IT provision FESI IT working
is utilised to enhance by IT subject (Castle Hill) time for within all FESI group to inform
teaching and learning leaders support schools in HTs at the end of
within all FESI schools, with sustainable and terms 2, 4 and 6
support provided smaller curriculum
schools requirements
being met
C. Ensure all support staff Begin September HTs to negotiate Supply Teaching Appraisal reviews.
are effective in supporting 2019 visits assistants are Feedback to HTs
teaching and learning via more effective in at termly
visits to schools with good facilitating pupil meetings.
or better practitioners progress
D. Establish an NQT Begin September Trevor North Costs to be NQTs have a Reviewed at HTs
support network 2019 (St Mary’s) met from forum to resolve meetings in terms
- possible use of school budgets issues 2 and 4
VERP as a tool associated with
for coaching and their own
further professional
development development as
well as more
germane
matters
72.To ensure that A. Enrichment of the Term 6 2020 Dorothy Driscoll Grand Hotel Celebration of HTs update to
diversity and curriculum through £500 for cultural diversity FESI directors
talents are establishing a “Day of venue within our FESI
shared and Languages and Music” schools
celebrated B. Support enrichment Weekly sessions Helen Brook St Eanswythe’s All FESI schools HTs update to
through establishing a FESI (Tuesdays) Church venue participate in FESI directors
choir, culminating in a 2019/ 2020 £6,000 from Choir Festival
“FESI Choir Day in term 6” grants
St Saviour’s
Church for
Choir Day
C. Provision of Inclusive Term 6 2020 Ashley Jell £500 for “Friendly” HTs update to
Sports fixtures between (Christ Church) transport competition FESI directors
schools (Reception, Years 1 Jody Price encourages a
and 2) (St Eanswythe’s) greater range of
pupil
Establish a FESI Swimming March 27th 2020 Collette Cotton participants in
Gala at the leisure centre 1.00 pm start (St Mary’s) team sports
8Priority 3
To improve leadership structures and systems that support and safeguard learning
Objectives Actions Time Line Who is Cost Expected outcome Monitoring and Achievements to
responsible Implication and time frame for evaluation be assessed n
and source of expected outcome order to inform
funding 2019/120 plan
1. Improve A. Develop the capacity of September 2019 – Sarah Funding from Middle Leaders Monitor surveys
collective FESI schools middle July 2020 (St Peter’s) & external successfully and action plans
leadership leaders through Robin Flack sources develop self- and evaluate
networking, monitoring (Assistant HT at evaluation systems impact on school
and evaluation activities Selsted) St Mary’s with standards improvement
venue raised as a result
B. Develop capacity to Continue with FESI Head Leadership FESI schools Standing item of
support all schools to existing format Teachers of time continue to strive HTs termly
robustly tackle underlying September 2019 respective school to be good or meeting
issues that may impinge and schedule; set agenda for better as
upon continual school Term 1 – St Mary’s scrutiny evidence in ASP
improvement Term 2- Harcourt and other key
Term 4 – Selsted performance
Term 6 - indicators
St Eanswythe’s
C. Ensure Safeguarding September 2019 – FESI HTs/DSLs Leadership FESI schools all Standing item on
arrangements in FESI June 2020 time have effective HTs termly
schools are robust and One visit per term safeguarding meetings
effective to a FESI school procedures in place
D. Develop further the role Termly meetings to FESI Directors Leadership FESI Directors to Minutes from
of FESI Directors update directors of time develop their role termly meetings
FESI Plan of “critical friend”
E. Improve ability of September 2019 – Helena Rodgers £800 for Governors fulfilling Governor Mark
governors to challenge July 2020 (St Eanswythe’s) each school their role in driving achieved by all
and support and thus to cover school schools –
assist in improving St Mary’s costs of improvement more governors pivotal
standards through training Christ Church application effectively in bringing about
for Governor Mark St Eanswythe’s school
improvement
F. Establish FESI Seasonal meetings Lynn Hukins Refreshments Facilitate Update at FESI
Governors Forum (St Peter’s) - £50 collegiality Directors
amongst FESI meetings
Governors
92. Improve A. Implementation of the Termly meetings FESI working Leadership Assessment of RE HTs update to
leadership of new RE framework for party (St Mary’s time has rigour and in FESI directors
religious teaching and learning lead) accordance with
education and enquiry foci
SIAMs
requirements for B. Establish Godly play as Staff meeting at St Nick Brinkley RE leaders embed HTs update to
Church Schools a central part of Eanswythe’s in (St Eanswythe’s) Godly play as part School Governors
understanding in RE term 4 of each school’s RE
provision
C. Improve quality and September 2019 – Jean O’Callaghan Transport and Members of the Joint visits by
engagement in Act of June 2020 & Sarah Laws accommodation school community school leaders to
Collective worship (St Eanswythe’s) costs value opportunities ascertain impact
for worship and
spiritual growth
D. Prepare schools for September 2019 – Anna Carter Leadership School vision and Mock inspections
SIAMs inspection via the June 2020 (Christ Church) time character is by Church School
new evaluation schedule explicit, with all leaders
encouraged to
flourish
3.Improve A. Greater liaison with Termly meetings Jean O’Callaghan Leadership Whole school HTs update to
provision for outside agencies to ensure (St Eanswythe’s) time strategies reflect FESI directors
most most vulnerable pupils Emma Cook most effective
vulnerable pupils receive immediate and (DHT Christ practices of schools
most appropriate support Church) within FESI
and guidance in their
educational setting
B. Increase parental Workshops Jean O’Callaghan Leadership Enhanced parental Update at HTs
engagement through scheduled to (St Eanswythe’s) time understanding of meetings in terms
educational, relevant and coincide with Emma Cook school educational 1, 3 and 5
fun based workshops school dates/times (DHT Christ aims and
for maximum Church) aspirations
impact
JK/08.07.19
10APPENDIX 2018/19 School Data
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