School support category Red: Schools causing concern – Level of support Level of intervention Support Way forward In addition to the Intensive: 25 support days, to The LA will closely support provided for include: monitor to ensure that Two day SCC visit. the other categories: sufficient progress is Recommendations must the core being made to bring entitlement; Headteacher and be included in the SDP about a rapid follow-up support, Chair of Governors improvement in The Director of Education challenge and meet with Education outcomes, leadership intervention work or equivalent will consider Directorate / Learning and provision. A key which is focussed on issuing a warning notice and Service’s SMT improving pupil indicator of this will be under the provisions of relevant members of outcomes, the the urgency and rigour the School Standards and the School quality of leadership with which the head, X and/or provision; Improvement Team to SLT and governing regular visits, e.g. discuss performance body implement Organisation (Wales) Act half termly to and improvement. actions for 2013. Only in exceptional monitor action plan improvement. circumstances will this not and collect evidence LA intervention to to report to the be actioned. support improvement Director of is confirmed. Warning notices will Education or If urgent intervention equivalent; and include: A LA action plan of is required, the local mandatory support is challenge adviser the grounds for authority can action. drawn up, detailing the support days intervention; nature and level of Intervention may the reasons why the support, timetable for authority is satisfied include: that the grounds exist; action and expected Requirement to secure the action which the outcomes. The governing body is advice or collaborate programme will required to take in dovetail with the order to deal with the The appointment of own school’s grounds for additional governors improvement intervention; programme. the period in which the The appointment of an action is to be taken by IEB - a specially Half-termly evaluation the governing body constituted governing on progress provided ('the compliance body which replaces a and to the Director of period’); school's existing the action the local Education or governing body. authority is minded to equivalent. take if the governing The suspension of body does not take the delegated authority for required action. the governing body to manage a school’s All schools causing budget concern will be required to receive additional days Power to give from challenge advisers to directions and take support and accelerate steps. improvement.
School support category – Red: Schools causing concern Level of support Level of intervention Support Way forward In addition to the support provided for the other categories: Headteacher and Chair of Governors meet with Education Directorate / Learning Service’s SMT and relevant members of the School Improvement Team to discuss performance and improvement. LA intervention to support improvement is confirmed. A LA action plan of support is drawn up, detailing the nature and level of support, timetable for action and expected outcomes. The programme will dovetail with the school’s own improvement programme. Half-termly evaluation on progress provided to the Director of Education or equivalent. Intensive: Two day SCC visit. Recommendations must be included in the SDP The Director of Education or equivalent will consider issuing a warning notice under the provisions of the School Standards and X Organisation (Wales) Act 2013. Only in exceptional circumstances will this not be actioned. Warning notices will include: the grounds for intervention; the reasons why the authority is satisfied that the grounds exist; the action which the governing body is required to take in order to deal with the grounds for intervention; the period in which the action is to be taken by the governing body ('the compliance period’); and the action the local authority is minded to take if the governing body does not take the required action. All schools causing concern will be required to receive additional days from challenge advisers to support and accelerate improvement. 25 support days, to include: the core entitlement; follow-up support, challenge and intervention work which is focussed on improving pupil outcomes, the quality of leadership and/or provision; regular visits, e.g. half termly to monitor action plan and collect evidence to report to the Director of Education or equivalent; and mandatory challenge adviser support days The LA will closely monitor to ensure that sufficient progress is being made to bring about a rapid improvement in outcomes, leadership and provision. A key indicator of this will be the urgency and rigour with which the head, SLT and governing body implement actions for improvement. If urgent intervention is required, the local authority can action. Intervention may include: Requirement to secure advice or collaborate The appointment of additional governors The appointment of an IEB - a specially constituted governing body which replaces a school's existing governing body. The suspension of delegated authority for the governing body to manage a school’s budget Power to give directions and take steps.