Education

Progress against target outcomes

Primary outcome: The level of school age and adult attainment will reach or exceed the borough average by 2011.

Key Stage Results 2009

Key Stage 1

Key Stage 1 Writing Reading
NDC 73% 71%
North Huyton Learning Collaborative (NHLC) 80% 81%
Knowsley 78% 81%
National 81% 84%

Key Stage 1 (Level 2+)

NHLC schools continue to narrow the gap nationally

  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  Read Write Maths Read Write Maths Read Write Maths
NDC 64 59 80 79 74 84 71 73 85
NHLC 73 67 81 78 72 84 81 80 86
KMBC 78 74 87 80 75 87 81 78 88
National 84 80 90 84 80 90 84 81 89

Key Stage 2 (Level 4+)

Schools exceeded both the national and borough averages in Maths. The NHLC has also exceeded the National average for Science and come within 1% of the Borough average. In Key Stage 2 English the NHLC has come within 2% of the borough and 3% of the national average.

  • 2009
  English Maths Science
NDC 75% 83% 88%
NHLC 77% 85% 90%
Knowsley 79% 81% 91%
National 80% 79% 88%

Key Stage 4

In 2009 North Huyton exceeded its target of 5 A* - C by 11%.

  Target Achieved
NDC 48% 50%
NHLC 39% 50.6%

Major Projects

North Huyton Learning Collaborative (NHLC)

NHLC brings together the NDC and the Education Action Zone to work together within a family of 11 schools and share best practice. The NDC investment in NHLC is £5 million.

NHLC achievements 2008-2009

  • OFSTED rated all NHLC schools ‘good’ to ‘outstanding’ with ‘leadership and management’ & ‘learning and teaching’ being among the areas rated highly 745 adults across NHLC are engaged in educational activities with 439 adults gaining an accredited qualification
  • 158 volunteers are working across the NHLC to support raising attainment
  • Attendance has improved across NHLC primary schools to 92.7% from 2001 90.9% against a borough average of 94.2%. At secondary level, Christ the King has exceeded the borough average by 0.79% and is within 2% of the national average
  • NHLC Early Years: professionals have been engaged in an exciting programme linking the environment with early learning goals and developing communication-friendly spaces to support speaking, listening and boys’ learning
  • NHLC will see the launch of new dedicated resources developed by teaching staff across the Collaborative

New Centres of Learning

Christ the King

Early on in the programme there was widespread recognition that local schools were not delivering satisfactorily for their pupils and were not ‘fit for the 21st century’.

The new joint-faith learning centre, Christ the King, opened in January 2009, was built on the site of the former St Edmund of Canterbury Catholic high school. The learning centre provides education for 11-16 year-olds and its modern, flexible infrastructure makes it accessible for the whole community. It acts as home to several sporting, cultural and community organisations, so improving the perception of the area.

Primary Learning Centre

A joint-faith primary school will be located on the same site as part of the learning campus and will be funded primarily by North Huyton NDC. Replacing the existing St Dominicís Infant and Junior school, it is expected to open early 2011.

New Horizons Children’s Centre

Set up by the local Sure Start programme, the New Horizonís Children’s Centre is aimed at families with children up from 0 - 4 years, offering a wide range of activities and opportunities for local parents and children. North Huyton NDC has contributed just under half a million pounds to capital and maintenance costs of the new centre.

New ICT Equipment

NDC funding has been put towards outfitting schools with new ICT equipment, including 55 laptops and 27 interactive white boards.

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