16-19 Curriculum Group

Brighton & Hove 16 –19 Curriculum Group

Terms of Reference

Mission

To focus on 16-19 education and training in Brighton & Hove and remain commensurate with the mission of the 14 -19 Partnership Board.

Objectives

The group is empowered to enact the elements of the City’s 14-19 Action Plan delegated to it by the 14-19 Partnership Board, with focus on 16-19. These include:

·        Developing an appropriate and broad 14 -19 curriculum offer that enables young people in the city to have access to the range of vocational and academic courses, seeking to ensure efficient use of resources through collaboration.

·        Supporting the development of a more extensive and inclusive offer, ensuring progression pathways exist.

·        Providing a forum in which individual partners should test at an early stage of curriculum design/planning whether/how far their plans fit within the city wide offer. See Appendix for Terms of Reference of Sixth Form Colleges’ Accord.

·        Continuing to support appropriate networks across the city to share and celebrate good practice between schools, colleges and training providers in the Partnership.

·        Sharing information on relevant funding issues to obtain maximum added value for learners.

Accountability

The 16 – 19 Curriculum Group is accountable to the Brighton & Hove 14 – 19 Partnership Board through the 14 -19 Curriculum Group.

Membership

The 16 – 19 Curriculum Group will consist of Senior Management Team representatives responsible for curriculum development or planning from:

• Each of the city’s 11 - 18 Schools
• Each of the city’s Further Education and Sixth Form Colleges
• Children and Young People’s Trust representative
• LA/LSC representative
• Opportunity to co-opt additional members for specific purposes as required

One member of the Children and Young People’s Trust 14 –19 team will coordinate the group and provide secretariat support and provide a link with the 14-19 Partnership Board and other groups.

·        Member of Senior Management Team (Deputy/Assistant Head/Principal) or equivalent, with the authority to agree recommendations which may affect their own institution/organisation.
If a member is unable to attend, a representative with appropriate delegated responsibility should attend in their place.

·        Knowledge of the 16 – 19 curriculum, including delivery and assessment skills

·        To be able to take an objective view of City-wide education and training issues and an equally dispassionate review of where resources should best be directed.

·        To be willing to give time to the Group’s work, including participating in working parties and consultation exercises with colleagues outside the group.

·        To be willing to undertake further professional development and familiarisation with aspects of the curriculum and training provision to be implemented.

Organisation of Meetings:

·        Papers will be sent out two weeks in advance of the meeting and members are expected to come prepared to agree recommendations on behalf of their institutions.

·        The 16 –19 Curriculum Group will meet once each term as a minimum, and other stakeholders can be invited by prior agreement with the Chair.

·        The 16-19 Curriculum Group will elect a Chair on an annual basis who will lead the Group’s work and liaise closely with the 14 -19 Development Consultant who will convene and co-ordinate the membership of the group and its activities between scheduled meetings.

·        The chair will also be expected to attend and report to the 14 -19 Curriculum Group to ensure that an effective communication link is developed.

·        In the absence of the Chair, chairing the meetings will be decided by members in conjunction with the 14 –19 Development Consultant.

·        The group will review the aims and composition of the group each year in the summer term to ensure the group continues to reflect the 16 – 19 agenda.

·        Meetings shall be deemed quorate when six of the members are present and decisions will be made via consensus or via a vote if this is not possible. The vote will require a minimum of two thirds of the eligible members to vote in favour for the motion to be passed.

·        Declarations of interest must be lodged with the Chair at the beginning of each meeting.

·        Observers are able to attend each meeting of the 16-19 Curriculum Group, with prior notification to, and agreement of, the 16-19 Coordinator and/or Chair.

January 11^th 2010

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