The CLF Strategic Plan-2012-2013-Vision and Objectives

Objective 1-To support all of our Academies on their journey to sustained Outstanding performance through partnership, support and collaboration

 Operational Goals and Objectives for 2012-13 to help us to achieve objective 1

• The CLF SLT will participate in commissioned learning reviews across the different Academies, each lead by one of the Academy Principals in an Academy other than their own
• The CLF Satisfactory to Good coaching programme for teachers led by BBA staff in partnership with all CLF Academies will develop the confidence and competence of teachers to move from Satisfactory to Good.
• The CLF Academy support provision in English and Maths will continue to provide one day per week per Academy support in these subjects in 2012-13
• The termly Federation Network Night (FNN) meetings and the one day conferences planned for 12 July 2013 and 4 November 2013 will focus on sharing the effective practice taking place in and across the CLF
• Our teaching school alliance including our partnership with UWE will add additional capacity to the CLF and bring new areas of expertise that we can learn from

 Objective 2 -To develop, support and train our staff so that they can be inspirational leaders, outstanding teachers, and excellent supporters of student learning

Operational Goals and Objectives for 2012-13 to help us to achieve Objective 2

• Four CLF Leadership programmes will continue into 2012-13.
  • Emerging Leaders Cohort 5 and 6 in Bristol
  • Emerging Leaders Cohort 2 in Weston super Mare
  • Emerging Senior Leaders Cohort 2
  • Middle Leaders School Improvement Programme Cohort 1
  • The CLF CPD programme will include the curriculum network meetings and CLF teaching and learning conferences but will be enhanced in 2012-13 with the following CPD opportunities:
    • The annual Leadership seminar in November 2013
    • The invitation to all CLF Academies to host colleagues from other Academies on their own INSET days
    • The CLF Principals will facilitate exchanges for staff between the Academies in term 6 2012-13 to broaden the experience of staff who would benefit from shared learning another Academy
    • Our students will continue to have opportunities to work and learning together. In 2012-13 this will focus around the following:
      • The CLF VI Form Year 12/13  Teachers for Tomorrow Programme
      • The re-launched CLF Federation Voice
      • Post 16 CLF Sports teams who will use the curriculum model in place in 2012-13 to play competitive sport on Wednesday afternoons
      • Post 16 CLF Arts students who will perform again at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
      • The development of the post 16 model into a new and substantive structure from 2012-13
      • The CLF Governance structure will expand to reflect the expansion in 2012-13.   The key areas of development next year will be the following:
        • Induction for new Academy Councillors
        • A closer relationship between the board and council agendas, including the following Big Questions for 2012-13 (The following are suggestions that would reflect the point in the Academic year where the issue is relevant for the board and council)
        • Each Chair of Academy Council will be a guest visitor at one Council meeting of another Academy to see how a different Academy manages their meetings
        • Each Academy Council will contribute at least one councillor to the CLF Learning Committee and the CLF F and GP committee

Objective 3-To lead a sustainable future for the Cabot Learning Federation so that outstanding performance can be secured for future generations of students in our Academies

Operational Goals and Objectives for 2012-13 to help us to achieve Objective 3

• A CLF ICT Network team that is capable of providing in house ICT network support to our Academies
• The CLF Central finance and HR team will continue to provide high quality support and guidance to each Academy and has been expanded to meet the demand created by new Academies in 2012-13
• We will work with a cross section of our community partners to review and share the effective links that are making a difference to learning and community cohesion through three seminars that will take place during the academic year.
• We will recruit and develop a team of parent champions who believe in the CLF partnership to articulate the benefits of federated work to the wider community beyond any single Academy
• We will widen and strengthen our primary partnership work to include new primary schools in Bristol,  S Glos and Weston super Mare and develop the CLF team to respond to this challenge
• We will work with the CLF Board to consider the development of CLF Primary Academies in East Bristol to develop the CLF as a 4-19 federation
• We will use Teaching School Status to increase the income generation of the CLF so that each year for the next three years the surplus generated exceeds 150K