Governors Report to Stakeholders (continued)
behaviour at this school. Parents’ Evenings are better attended than ever. The vast majority of parents find these events useful. We are grateful to parents for the support they give to the school.
Effectiveness We reviewed our committee structure and opted to cut the number of committees from three to two in order to sharpen our focus on strategic priorities. The board evaluated its performance against the All Party Parliamentary Groups’ Twenty Questions Governing Boards Should Ask Themselves, which helped inform our Action Plan for the year. Skills and training audits have been used to highlight skills gaps and training needs. Governors have attended a variety of training events during the year, which has further enhanced the effectiveness of the board. Vacancies were filled by a number of new colleagues who have added range of valuable skills to enhance the expertise of the board.
ii. Holding the Headteacher to account Governors hold the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school in a systematic and rigorous manner. We raise challenges where there are areas of weaknesses and support the school’s strengths.
Attendance 2016/17 94.7% National Average 94.8%
*Main school attendance taking account of those students who have medical or alternative needs
Recruitment into Year 7 increases year on year. The Sixth Form continues to attract a high proportion of our own Year 11 pupils and a good number of students from other schools in the region. Matravers is becoming the secondary school of choice for young people in our area.
We have high expectations of our students, but we don’t believe in taking short cuts simply in order to improve our standing on the School Performance Tables. We want our students to leave school with an enriched understanding of the world, having gained the high quality academic or vocational qualifications that will put them in good stead for the future.
Wiltshire is the only county in England that does not have a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) for students who have been permanently excluded from school. Students who might otherwise be excluded are educated in our Alternative Provision (AP). Due to their sometimes complex needs AP students often have lower than average attendance rates and are unable to access
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the same range of subjects as other students. Their exam results are none the less included in the headline performance figures for the whole school. We are proud of the fact that our AP students achieve much better results than those in PRUs across England. The figures for the main school (minus AP) show that the 2017 GCSE results were in line with the national average. That is some achievement, considering the year group was well below national in their primary school Key Stage 2 grades.
Under the new ‘Progress 8 (based on students’ progress from the end of Key Stage 2 to the end of Key Stage 4) & Attainment 8’ (based on exam results) performance measures, provisional 2017 exam outcomes break down like this:
Key Stage 4 Attainment 8
Best English & Maths A*-C
English Score Maths Score EBACC Score Open Score
Progress 8 Range
Key Stage 5 A-Level Attainment Applied Attainment Tech Level
91%
100% 100%
The Board of Governors offers its congratulations to students, staff and school leaders for this excellent set of results.
We are grateful to our Headteacher Dr. Riding and his dedicated staff for all their hard work on behalf of the school.
iii. Overseeing financial performance Governors approve the School Budget, scrutinise Income and Expenditure Reports and agree major purchasing decisions. They work with the school to ensure value for money and that funds are spent on our strategic priorities, while maintaining a balanced budget. The board authorised the use of school funds to pay for the installation of an artificial playing surface on the tennis courts. It is hoped that this new facility will be open to community use. We also agreed to fund the refurbishment of the canteen and the introduction of a biometric payment system.
Main School Whole School 43.33 58%
41.37 54%
10.34 7.84
11.13 14.82
9.13 7.51 10.6
14.12 -0.34 - +0.1
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