Ambition of the NES:
The Nuneaton Education total place strategy reflects the high ambition of the County Council and partners to make Nuneaton a town in which people not only want to come to live but also to give their children the best possible start in life, with a good education. It is critical that Nuneaton’s young people, so many of whom will be key to the town’s future prosperity and progress, are encouraged to join in this journey. The time that they spend at school is integral to this.
Purpose:
- To support an innovative, collaborative, multi-agency approach to the current issues and barriers to educational attainment, identify solutions and consult with partners and stakeholders to progress implementation of proposed solutions for change.
- To build on the work of individual services/schools/providers with this focus and agree strategies to take forward. This will be undertaken with a view to closing the gap in achievement and cultural capital that exists for children and young people in the area.
- To make informed proposals and decisions relating to what we might do differently in order to see greater impact from more creative and strategic use of combined resources.
Role:
- To lead the NES towards achieving its aims.
- To monitor and evaluate progress and impact of the NES.
- To work together to plan and initiate ideas, projects and campaigns to further the aims of the strategy.
- To advise and make recommendations to strand leads.
- To facilitate relationships between the NES board and key local partners.
- To support in the gathering of evidence to show progress with the NES ambition.
- To consult and share information with the wider community of parents, carers, schools, colleges and education settings including headteachers, governors, partners and stakeholders.
Authority:
- To make decisions with regard to the direction and aims of the strategy.
- To decide the membership of the NES Board/partnership
Group Membership:
- Headteachers of local schools and representative from multi academy trusts
- Representatives from post 16, further and higher education providers
- Local Authority representatives from Education and Learning, including School Improvement, SEND, Early Years, Children Missing Education and Elective Home Education.
- Local Authority representatives from Children’s Services, including Early Help, Social Care and Youth Justice
- Regional Schools Commissioner’s office
- Members and officers from Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
- Representatives from Nuneaton based third sector organisations
- Representatives from Transforming Nuneaton
- Other names organisations/individual as decided by the Board
Key Tasks and administration:
The board shall meet at least 4 times a year and be responsible for monitoring the progress of each strand against the 2020-2024 delivery plan.
The identified strand leads will be responsible for the writing of a yearly action plan to identify key aims and outcomes.
The Strategy Coordinator will be responsible for the administration of all board meetings and support and advise the strand leads to achieve their aims. The Coordinator will work to identify and remove any barriers to the fulfilment of the aims of the strategy. The Coordinator will also have an oversight of money spent by each strand.
Reporting
The Board shall report to the Education Challenge Board as per the governance structure set out in the NES document.
The coordinator will also ensure that a 6 monthly report is provided to WCC Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny panel and ensure that the relevant committees at Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council are kept informed of progress.