Gavin Boyd Chief Executive Designate Education

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Gavin BoydChief Executive DesignateEducation
Skills Authority (ESA)General Teaching Council
of Northern Ireland18 January 2008
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Major Reforms in Education

• Education is undergoing a huge programme of
  change
• Revised Curriculum
• Entitlement Framework
• New Transfer Arrangements
• Major Infrastructure Investment
• Bain Review / Sustainable Schools
• RPA

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Why is Change Necessary?

• Educational outcomes can be better
• - 63 of pupils achieve 5 GCSEs A-C
• - 50 of pupils achieve 5 GCSEs A-C
• (including English and Maths)
• - 37 of socially disadvantaged pupils
• - Huge variation in performance between schools

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Selective Post-Primary Schools

• Also a wide variation in performance
• GCSEs
• 2006 achieving 7 GCSEs A-C
• ranged from 67 - 100
• A Levels
• 2006 - achieving 3 A Levels at A-C ranged from
  35 - 97

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Why is Change Necessary?

• System is over-engineered
• Duplication of management and process
• Management of interfaces between 11 organisations
• Inconsistent delivery of policy
• Different levels of service
• Lack of progress in key areas of school estate
  planning
• Inefficient, ineffective, outdated

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Key Priorities for ESA

• Improving educational outcomes and raising
  standards for all pupils
• Streamlining administration with more resources
  to front-line services

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School Improvement

• Don't tell people how to do things, tell them
  what you want them to achieve and let them
  surprise you with their results.
• (George S Patton)

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School Improvement Policy

• Improved outcomes can only be delivered in
  schools by teachers
• Increased focus on self-evaluation and
  self-improvement
• Key role for Principals and Boards of Governors
  in promoting high quality
• ESAs role monitor, support and challenge!

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How will ESA Support Schools and Teachers?

• Support leadership development at all levels
• Disseminate best practice
• Provide access to appropriate training and
  professional qualifications
• Critical friend for school leaders i.e. give
  clear direction, listen and respond

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Administrative Change

• Creating one organisation from 11 with
• 11 senior management teams
• 11 governing boards / structures
• New organisation with over 60,000 staff
• Making better use of resources reducing
  interfaces, duplication in admin / back office
• Shifting the balance of resources to front line
  services

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Savings

• Initial work by Deloitte savings of 15-25m pa
• Undertaking further work
• Savings will arise from
• - Reduction in duplication in management
• - Reduction in the costs of governance
• arrangements
• - Efficiencies arising from the re-
• configuration of services
• Satisfied that at least the lower estimate of
  Deloitte savings are realisable

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Planning for ESA

• Major Change Programme to manage transition and
  establish ESA successfully
• Requires
• Clear leadership and direction
• Input from stakeholders
• Support and contribution from existing
  organisations
• Strong project management

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Managing the Change
CURRENT SERVICES Transport School Meals Finance
Accounts Payroll Education Standards Childrens
Services Estates Planning Procurement etc
TRANSFER
TRANSFORM
INNOVATE
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Services to Transfer

• Predominant Features
• Services unlikely to yield significant, readily
  realisable, early savings
• Tend to have direct interface with customer
• A number are high risk in terms of service
  delivery

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Services to Transform

• Predominant Features
• Existing functions that can or must be radically
  changed to produce enhanced services and generate
  significant savings
• Tend to have limited direct contact with
  customers
• Mainly back office services

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Services to Innovate

• Predominant Features
• New services or new responsibilities which will
  yield significant benefits in service enhancement
  and may also yield substantial savings

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Timeframe for Change
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We are Going to Make it Better!

• Supporting (and challenging!) school leadership
  and professional staff
• Reducing bureaucracy to free up resources to
  support learners
• Being publicly accountable

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QUESTIONS/COMMENTS?