23 rd march 2015 Consultation on the proposal to change Portsmouth Academy for Girls from a single sex school to a coeducational school Public consultation Whats it about Why change to coeducational ID: 188070
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Public consultation meeting
23rd march 2015
Consultation on the proposal to change
Portsmouth Academy for Girls
from a single sex school to a co-educational schoolSlide2
Public consultation
What’s it about?Why change to co-educational?Surplus capacityEducational opportunitiesPressure on secondary school placesTimescaleQuestionsSlide3
What is being proposed?
The Thinking Schools Academy Trust (TSAT) and it’s Local Governing Body are consulting on the proposal to change the school from a single sex to co-educational schoolNo intention at this stage to change the existing age range of 11-16TSAT and the Local Governing Body of the Academy are proposing the change and have therefore decided to consult
It is a genuine consultation - no decision has been made other than to consultTSAT has support in principle from the City of Portsmouth Council to it’s proposalsSlide4
Why change to co-educational?
The opportunity for change and a re-organisation is based on the need to:Address the issue of significant surplus capacityWork better with Portsmouth junior schoolsAddress the future pressure on secondary school placesAddress the impact of CPBS becoming a co-ed , this left PAG as the only single sex state secondary school in PortsmouthSlide5
Surplus capacity
Numbers on roll have dropped by over 40% in the last 4 years Nearly 50% surplus spaceDespite improved results in 2013 and 2014 which represented the best ever and third best GCSE results for the Academy numbers applying have not improvedCurrent admissions for Year 7 intake in September 2015 are below 100 against a planned Admission number of 200
Concern about the future viability of the Academy and ability to sustain a broad and balanced curriculumSlide6
LA projected intake
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From survival to successful & thrivingSlide9
The Journey so FarSlide10
What choices?
Current city wide surplus of secondary school places forecast to significantly decrease - current surplus of +18% will change to a deficit of -4% by 2020Pressure on secondary school places in the areas close to PAG will be particularly acute due to:Existing pressures in terms of the catchment areasShort to medium term pressures as a result of the proposed reduction in the PAN of Mayfield School and its growing popularity
Medium to long term future pressures as a result of major housing developments While numbers on roll will inevitable rise due to the pressure on places, this will not address the surplus capacity issues in the short to medium
term. As it stands PAG would not come near its current PAN until 2020Slide11
Benefits to PAG
Current pupilsStaffSite Parents Portsmouth children Slide12
Concerns
Current pupils and the impact on them Behaviour Losing identifyCatering for the needs of girls from religious backgrounds that have strong feelings around single-sex education More change Slide13