Context
The authority’s schools are organised into a two-tier system of primary and secondary phases. Currently, there are 144 state-funded schools, around a third of which are academies. Of the academies, 11 (eight primary and three secondary) are sponsor-led and 36 are academy convertors, with almost two thirds being in the primary sector.
In 2011, the Wakefield school improvement service was reorganised to deliver cross-phase support and challenge. It includes 10 advisers, including a seconded advisory headteacher, who focus on school improvement, led by a service manager. Three posts are currently unfilled, with these positions covered using interim staff and a seconded lead headteacher. This team implements the authority’s policy for monitoring, challenging and supporting schools and leads the priority improvement programmes and cross-phase partnerships. A further team supports post-16 and early years provision.
All but one of the 18 secondary schools is an academy. Most of the secondary schools and just over a quarter of the primary schools haveconverted to academy status since February 2011.
The Corporate Director for Children and Young People took up his post in August 2013. A complete review of the model for the future delivery of school improvement is under way, with a report and recommendations planned for publication in April 2014.
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