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/ Salford Agreement 2008-11 Refresh
Meeting of / Salford Strategic Partnership Executive
Meeting date / 25 March 2009
Contact officer / Juliet Blackburn
Contact details / 0161 793 2563

1. Recommendations

1.1  It is recommended that the Executive:

a)  Notes the changes made to the Salford Agreement through the recent refresh process

b)  Notes the timescales for submitting the refresh to Government Office North West

2. Purpose of this report

2.1  The purpose of this report is to provide the Executive with an update on the progress made by partners in updating the Salford Agreement 2008-11, as part of the annual refresh process.

3. The Refresh of the Salford Agreement

3.1 Salford Strategic Partnership was requested by Government Office North West (GONW), along with all other local strategic partnership areas, to undertake an annual refresh of the Salford Agreement 2008-11 that Government signed-off in June 2008.

3.2 The refresh offers an opportunity to undertake some general “housekeeping” of the Salford Agreement including provision of data which was not available when the Agreement was completed. There were a number of baselines and targets which could not be calculated in the original Agreement as they were either new indicators or the methodology was still under discussion at a national level. In addition the Place Survey has been undertaken nationally since the Agreement was signed, and now provides the baselines for a number of indicators.

3.3 The process for refreshing the Agreement has involved negotiations between Salford Policy Leads and GONW policy leads. A roundtable meeting was held between Salford and GONW on 26th February to agree updates. A draft of the refreshed Salford Agreement was submitted to GONW on 2nd March and the final version will be submitted to GONW on 26th March. A draft of the refreshed Agreement was also considered at the Council’s Cabinet Briefing session on 10th March 2009.

3.4 At sign-off in June 2008 the Salford Agreement had 84 performance indicators in total, including 34 designated (or key) indicators, 34 supporting indicators and 16 statutory education and early years indicators. The refresh processes has identified the following:

·  38 indicators remain unchanged

·  No new indicators have been added

·  7 indicators are being removed (6 of which are education indicators relating to Key Stage 3 tests which are being removed nationally, and the remaining one is the local indicator for parenting ability of drug and alcohol users referred to in paragraph 1.4 above)

·  39 indicators have been updated as a result of plugging data gaps which existed at sign-off in June 2008

3.6 Appendix 1 sets out the final version of the refreshed Salford Agreement (subject to marginal changes due to be made to the following indicators; NI 15 Serious Violent Crime, and LPI 73 Media City), which will continue to be worked on prior to submission to Government Office North West.

3.7  The table in Annex A includes all Salford’s designated targets in the agreements that are subject to performance reward grant. Completion of Annex A is a requirement from Government. Of particular note are those economic indicators where current targets will not be included in the performance reward grant calculation in light of the current economic recession – they are referred to as “not locked down”. All targets for these designated economic indicators will be further reviewed later this year, and subsequently “locked down” for the calculation of reward grant.

3.8 All final amendments to the Salford Agreement will be approved by the Leader during the week commencing 23rd March in advance of final submission on 26th March. The amended Salford Agreement 2008-11 will be made available to Cabinet and Salford Strategic Partnership once approved by Central Government.

3.9  Government Office will submit Salford’s LAA to the Secretary of State on 27th March for final approval early in April.

4. Conclusion

4.1  Significant progress has been made in finalising the Salford Agreement refresh, with all partners providing dedicated resource to the process which has played a pivotal role in enabling Salford to meet key deadlines with GONW.

4.2  The refreshed Salford Agreement will represent a refinement of last year’s Agreement. Despite the economic recession, the refreshed LAA, will retain the key priorities for the city, ensure that targets are sufficiently stretching and sustain the ambitions set out in the Agreement last year.

Juliet Blackburn

18 March 2009

Salford Agreement 2008-11 Refresh

Version 20/3/09

Think Family / SSP Delivery Partners
*Lead partner / Refreshed/No change/Removed/
New /
Indicator number and description / Baseline / Targets /
2008/9 / 2009/10 / 2010/11 /
Improving educational attainment
1. 
NI 72
/ Achievement of at least 78 points across the Early Years Foundation Stage with at least 6 in each of the scales in Personal Social and Emotional Development and Communication, Language and Literacy / 52%
(2007) / 53.4% / 55% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Refreshed
No change
to baseline / No change to
target / No change to
target / New target
established
56.20%
2.
NI 73 / Achievement at level 4 or above in both English and Maths at Key Stage 2 (Threshold) / 72%
(2007) / 80% / 79% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Refreshed
No change
to baseline / No change to
target / No change to
target / New target
established
79%
3.
NI 74 / Achievement at level 5 or above in both English and Maths at Key Stage 3 (Threshold) / 61%
(2007) / New PI / 70% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Removed
NI 74 to be removed due to KS3 tests being removed from curriculum
4.
NI 75 / Achievement of 5 or more A*-C grades at GCSE or equivalent including English and Maths (Threshold) / 38%
(2007) / 43% / 44.5% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Refreshed
No change
to baseline / No change to
target / No change to
target / New target established
48.5%
5.
NI 83 / Achievement at level 5 or above in Science at Key Stage 3 / 64%
(2007) / 73% / 74% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Removed
NI 83 to be removed due to KS3 tests being removed from curriculum
6.
NI 87 / Secondary school persistent absence rate / 8.4%
(2006/7) / 7.5% / 6% / 5% / * Salford City Council* / Unchanged
7.
NI 92 / Narrowing the gap between the lowest achieving 20% in the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile and the rest / 35%
(2007) / 29.2% / 30.7% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Refreshed
No change
to baseline / No change to
target / No change to
target / New target established
31.3%
8.
NI 93 / Progression by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2 / 82%
(2007) / New PI introduced / 95% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Refreshed
No change
to baseline / No change / No change to
target / New target established
93%
9.
NI 94 / Progression by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2 / 76%
(2007) / New PI / 92% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Refreshed
No change
to baseline / No change / No change to
target / New target established
90%
10.
NI 95 / Progression by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 / 19%
(2007) / New PI / 30% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Removed
NI 95 to be removed due to KS3 tests being removed from curriculum
11.
NI 96 / Progression by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 / 49%
(2007) / New PI / 56% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Removed
NI 96 to be removed due to KS3 tests being removed from curriculum
12.
NI 97 / Progression by 2 levels in English between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 / 49%
(2007) / New PI / 61% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Removed
NI 97 to be removed due to KS3 tests being removed from curriculum
13.
NI 98 / Progression by 2 levels in Maths between Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 / 21%
(2007) / New PI / 30% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Removed
NI 97 to be removed due to KS3 tests being removed from curriculum
14.
NI 99 / Looked after children reaching level 4 in English at Key Stage 2 / 63%
(2007) / 48% / 50% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Refreshed
No change to baseline / No change to target / No change to target / New target established
54.2%
15.
NI 100 / Looked after children reaching level 4 in Maths at Key Stage 2 / 60%
(2007) / 52% / 65% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Refreshed
No change to baseline / No change to target / No change to target / New target established
54.2%
16.
NI 101 / Looked after children achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs (or equiv) at Key Stage 4 (inc Eng and Maths) / 7%
(2007) / 15% / 21% / N/A / Salford City Council* / Refreshed
No change to baseline / No change to target / No change to target / New target established
25%
17.
LPI 71 / All children being encouraged to fulfil potential and achieving some qualifications( % of children achieving accreditation recognised within NQF by the age of 16) / To be set / 90% / 92% / 94% / Salford City Council* / Refreshed
New baseline 97% (2007) / New target 98%
(Actual 98.4%) / New target 99% / New target
100%
Improving parenting
18.
NI 22 / Perceptions of parents taking responsibility for the behaviour of their children in the area
>PS / 77%
(not taking responsibility
Baseline to be reviewed when PS results finalised
Jan 09 / 75%
Targets to be reviewed when PS results finalised / 74%
Targets to be reviewed when PS results finalised / 73%
Targets to be reviewed when PS results finalised / Salford City Council*
Pendleton College
Salford College
Eccles College
Salford Council for Voluntary Service / Refreshed
20.6%
Place Survey
(2008/9) / n/a / 23% / 25%
19.
NI 50 / Emotional health of children / 75%
would talk to friends if they couldn’t talk to parent
/carer
(Tell us survey 2007) / 78% / 81% / 85% / Salford City Council*
Salford Primary Care Trust
Salford College
Pendleton College
Eccles College / Refreshed
New baseline
TellUs3
67.3
(2008) / n/a / 70% / 73%
20.
NI 111 / First time entrants to the Youth Justice System
aged 10-17 / To be developed / To be developed / To be developed / To be developed / Youth Offending Team* ( and relevant statutorily responsible partners) / Refreshed
New definition to also include a) Number of first time entrants receiving their first pre court disposal (reprimand or final warning)
b) Number of first time entrants receiving their first court disposal (only for those who already go to court) / 2160
(2007/8) / 2116.8
(TBC by CSD) / 2074.46
(TBC by CSD) / 2032.97 (6%)
(TBC by CSD)
Reducing numbers of Looked After Children
21.
NI 59 / Percentage of initial assessments for children’s social care carried out within 7 working days of referral / 76%
(2007/8) / 80% / 80% / 80% / Salford City Council* / Unchanged
22.
NI 61 / Timeliness of placements of looked after children for adoption following agency decision that the child should be placed for adoption / 81.5%
(2007/8) / 85% / 85% / 85% / Salford City Council* / Unchanged
23.
NI 65 / Percentage of children becoming the subject of a Child Protection Plan for a second or subsequent time / 20%
(2007/8) / 12% / 12% / 12% / Salford City Council* / Unchanged
24.
NI 66 / Looked after children cases which were reviewed within required timescales / 99.6%
(2007/8) / 100% / 100% / 100% / Salford City Council* / Unchanged
25.
NI 68 / Percentage of referrals to children’s social care going on to initial assessment / 53%
(2007/8) / 63% / 65% / 70% / Salford City Council* / Refreshed
N/A / New target 85% / New target
85%
26.
NI 71 / Children who have run away from home / care / 1020
Referrals / NI to be introduced 09 / 969
referrals / 918
referrals / Salford City Council* / Refreshed
New definition
Children who have run away from home / care overnight / New baseline
Level 8
(Self Assessment 2008/9 / N/A / New target
Level 10 / New target
Level 13
27.
LPI 72 / Reducing number of Looked After Children / 532
(113 per 10000)
(2007/8) / 506
(107 per 10000) / 460 / 420 / Salford City Council* / Unchanged
Reducing child poverty
28.
NI116 / Proportion of children in poverty / 27.8%
(2007) / 26.07% / 24.33% / 22.60% / Salford City Council*
Jobcentre plus* / Unchanged
(Will stay the same until new data has been released).
New definition (unconfirmed)
The number of children living in households whose income is below 60% of the national median / New baseline
to be agreed at the end of 2009/10 / New target
to be agreed at the end of
2009/10 / New target
To be agreed at the end of 2009/10 / New target to be agreed at the end of 2009/10
Think Neighbourhoods / SSP Delivery Partners
*Lead partner / Refreshed/No change/Removed/
New /
Indicator number and description / Baseline / Targets /
2008/9 / 2009/10 / 2010/11 /
Reducing the fear of crime
29.
NI 15 / Serious violent crime / 2007/08
134
Baseline change since June submission