Archived decisions

Template for reporting in the BV Performance Plan and to Members

Headings

Name:

Best Value of the Sold Services of HIAS

Proposed improvements

Sustain the current service within business planning regime

Progress in implementing the Improvement Plan

Outcome 1: Maintain the quality, range and integrated nature of HIAS, operating within business planning

    · Part-time school based consultants increased to cover provision of advice in art, history, geography, PE, IT, primary phase and secondary phase.

    · Full curriculum coverage maintained.

    · Earnings for 2001/02 met target; 02/03 on target.

    · Development of school-based consultants to continue.

    · National standards no longer mandatory but achieving standards forms basis for all HIAS continuing professional development.

    · HIAS CDP policy and practice consulted on and rewritten.

    · Core professional development provision from 11/4/03 begins process of enabling all to meet standards.

Outcome 1 progress:

Ongoing apart from introduction of national standards, delayed nationally, to be ongoing in summer term 2003.

Outcome 2: Improve the regular evaluation of the service's quality and impact on schools.

    · Evaluation of sold services by sampling of visits made undertaken with very high satisfaction rates. 230 schools contacted in 2 out of 3 annual samples in 02/03. The very few expressions of dissatisfaction managed as part of service performance review process.

    · Restructuring of senior posts in HIAS relate impact of HIAS work more closely to improved pupil performance. Evaluation of all HIAS work planned. Usefulness of attached inspector survey considered for 2003, because of reduced contact with most schools that are effective or highly effective.

    · No schools went into special measures, serious weakness or underachieving in autumn 2002.

Outcome 2 progress:

Ongoing

Outcome 3: Improve the planning for succession, retention and recruitment of staff.

    · Succession planning considered as part of widening use of school based staff, including ASTs, leading teachers and consultant headteachers as part of the Hampshire teaching and leadership college.

    · Average age of HIAS reducing.

    · Improved opportunities for dialogue between managers/leaders and staff.

Outcome 3: progress:

Ongoing, except efficiencies of plant use accelerated through greater numbers of home-based staff

Outcome 4: Sustain the cost effectiveness of HIAS

    · Break even likely to be achieved in 02/03 year end. 60% of HIAS staff now home based for work purposes, releasing office space and plant. Sickness losses within budget. All loss making sub-businesses either improved or closed.

    · Overheads continue at high rate, largely owing to IT costs and medium term expenditure to equip home workers.

Outcome 4 progress:

Ongoing, expect break even achieved a year early.

Future Plans

The disciplines of business planning will be used to continue to advance the progress towards outcomes within time-scale specified in BV action plan. BV outcomes considered completed by summer 2003, to be continued within service business planning, to identify 2.5% savings or improved performance since inception of BV review. Discussions will continue with other parts of HCC about IT provision, costs, service and reliability. Homeworking will continue to be monitored and costs tracked.
More work will be undertaken to relate the impact and effectiveness of the sold services of HIAS to pupils' improved performance..

Contact for further information

Chris Wilson on 846517.