:00:00. > :00:10.Welcome to Wednesday's Look North. On the programme tonight: failing
:00:11. > :00:12.our pupils? Yorkshire's first regional Ofsted report reveals
:00:13. > :00:21.attainment levels in our primary schools are the lowest in England.
:00:22. > :00:25.It is a poverty of expectation. It is a poverty of aspiration for
:00:26. > :00:29.children and young people who attend schools in our most deprived But
:00:30. > :00:33.we'll be talking to a former education chief who says Ofsted is
:00:34. > :00:36.wrong. Ministers. Also tonight: A man's arrested after
:00:37. > :00:45.his pregnant girlfriend dies following an attack by their dogs,
:00:46. > :00:50.believed to be illegal pit bulls. And after the storm surge, it is not
:00:51. > :00:55.just pulled `` building and people that have been affected, animals
:00:56. > :00:56.have become victims too. The best of the sunshine has been over the
:00:57. > :01:14.hills. The forecast follows later. For the first time the schools
:01:15. > :01:18.watchdog Ofsted has published a report into educational standards
:01:19. > :01:21.across our region. And it's not easy reading. Last year, children leaving
:01:22. > :01:26.primary schools in Yorkshire had the lowest attainment levels in England.
:01:27. > :01:30.At secondary level, there are big variations. In Barnsley, Doncaster
:01:31. > :01:35.and Bradford, more than half of schools require improvement or are
:01:36. > :01:43.inadequate. In fact in Barnsley 78% of pupils attend schools which are
:01:44. > :01:55.not yet good. But York is singled out as performing well with 9% of
:01:56. > :01:58.schools good or outstanding. This season football fans in Barnsley
:01:59. > :02:02.know what it is like to be marooned at the bottom of the league table.
:02:03. > :02:06.That worry about what it means the future. Should parents feel the same
:02:07. > :02:11.sense of frustration about the quality of education available in
:02:12. > :02:15.town? The report says 78% of pupils in Barnsley go to high school that
:02:16. > :02:21.are inadequate or require improvement. Horizon community
:02:22. > :02:26.college is a new school that hasn't been inspected yet. The principal
:02:27. > :02:30.says the league tables only tell half the story. Barnsley has for
:02:31. > :02:34.many years been the bottom of league tables. That is now changing. If I
:02:35. > :02:40.was a parent, I would be confident in sending my children to Barnsley
:02:41. > :02:43.schools. What we are doing is working together to make sure
:02:44. > :02:47.wherever that young people live in Barnsley, they go to their local
:02:48. > :02:51.school and it is a good or outstanding school. Barnsley isn't
:02:52. > :02:56.the only authority where there is a lack of good or outstanding high
:02:57. > :03:00.schools. Towns with economic problems are sitting at the foot of
:03:01. > :03:04.the England league table. Yorkshire authorities are at the bottom of the
:03:05. > :03:14.league tables for secondary schools. Bradford, Doncaster and Barnsley.
:03:15. > :03:21.Bradford in 138th placed, Doncaster 143rd and Barnsley, 149 out of 150.
:03:22. > :03:28.The reasons for the high number of schools that are not yet good live
:03:29. > :03:33.mainly in the expectations from local authorities, from school
:03:34. > :03:38.leaders, Academy chains, as to what they expect pupils can achieve. Her
:03:39. > :03:43.Majesty's inspectors will be in schools that are not yet good. I
:03:44. > :03:49.will authorise sending in inspectors to take a look at Doncaster,
:03:50. > :03:52.Barnsley and Bradford. Is there too much inspection? One Yorkshire beat
:03:53. > :03:59.thinks that is the problem. Often raising questions that `` but not
:04:00. > :04:01.providing answers. They tell you about the problems but don't stay
:04:02. > :04:06.around saying this is the way to put it right. That is a real weakness of
:04:07. > :04:11.our education system at the moment. On the ground, the expertise to say
:04:12. > :04:16.it is tough, you must feel demoralised having this Ofsted
:04:17. > :04:20.report. Let us see what positive things you can do to put your house
:04:21. > :04:24.in order and give these children the education they deserve. In Barnsley,
:04:25. > :04:29.the future is looking brighter because primary schools are showing
:04:30. > :04:34.improvements. Next year, the Ofsted spotlight may have switched to
:04:35. > :04:37.another time and town. Chris Edwards is a former Ofsted inspector and
:04:38. > :04:46.former Chief Executive of Education Leeds. He's now an education
:04:47. > :04:52.consultant based in York. Some say inspection doesn't work. Will it
:04:53. > :04:58.scare teaching staff? We have created a monster. There is fear of
:04:59. > :05:02.Ofsted. They have a commanding control and bullying approach that
:05:03. > :05:07.is actually meaning that we are getting mediocre instead of
:05:08. > :05:12.outstanding. What we have got to do, like Finland and Singapore and
:05:13. > :05:16.Canada, stop this nonsense about constantly measuring and weighing
:05:17. > :05:22.the pig and recognise it doesn't give you a better pic. Ofsed says
:05:23. > :05:30.poverty of expectation, poverty of aspiration. I have spoken to
:05:31. > :05:37.colleagues and they are appalled. It is insulting to argue. I spoke to
:05:38. > :05:42.one head and he said of the 100 or so staff, he would say 90% of those
:05:43. > :05:47.people had expectations that were incredibly high of the children and
:05:48. > :05:50.aspirations for those children. They are working hard to get them on
:05:51. > :05:54.apprenticeships and get them into the world of work and give them the
:05:55. > :05:58.skills they need. I think it is deeply worrying that we have got
:05:59. > :06:03.this culture in education where we are creating something which is
:06:04. > :06:08.unhelpful. Those teachers have to turn up tomorrow in their schools
:06:09. > :06:12.and you have just said, 78% of them are not good enough. There has to be
:06:13. > :06:20.solutions on how to put that right. Ofsted is a British tuition because
:06:21. > :06:24.many other countries may not have that kind of inspection. Barnsley
:06:25. > :06:29.say they are doing good work. They shouldn't be too discouraged, is
:06:30. > :06:32.that what you are saying? We have some models that we carry. We have
:06:33. > :06:40.had the London challenge, education Leeds, the city of York schools
:06:41. > :06:44.learn together. They talked about a co`operative approach where schools
:06:45. > :06:48.share. We ought to flip the thing and start saying, where is the
:06:49. > :06:51.brilliant practice in Barnsley? Where is the brilliant practice in
:06:52. > :07:03.Bradford? How do we make that commonplace? How do we do that? It
:07:04. > :07:09.takes time. In Leeds, we took results from below 40% to 80% in
:07:10. > :07:13.five years. I think you have got to take time. When you read the
:07:14. > :07:18.research, it talks about sustained leadership, focus on teaching and
:07:19. > :07:26.focus on a culture which isn't the destructive and hopeful thing that
:07:27. > :07:37.cost 250 million. How quickly could you do that? There is success that
:07:38. > :07:42.we could celebrate and share and move forward. It took us five years
:07:43. > :07:49.in Leeds to do that. That could be done in each of those authorities.
:07:50. > :07:53.Get rid of Oxford `` Ofsted? Yes. Thank you. A mother of four who's
:07:54. > :07:56.also understood to have been pregnant has died after being
:07:57. > :07:58.attacked by her two dogs in Leeds. 27`year`old Emma Bennett suffered
:07:59. > :08:02.serious injuries on Monday afternoon as we reported on Look North that
:08:03. > :08:05.night. Police believe the dogs are American pit bull terriers which are
:08:06. > :08:08.illegal in this country. A man's now been arrested on suspicion of
:08:09. > :08:14.offences relating to the Dangerous Dogs Act.
:08:15. > :08:19.She was a mother of four with another child on the right way. Here
:08:20. > :08:24.we see the moments just after Emma Bennett had been subject to the
:08:25. > :08:27.horrific dog attack. It will cost her her life. Police guarding the
:08:28. > :08:33.alley and one of her dogs standing still. Soon the police moved in.
:08:34. > :08:39.Seven officers first dropping the dog then restraining it with
:08:40. > :08:42.specialist equipment. It was here at the back of the house that those
:08:43. > :08:46.photographs were taken. Please came to the property after panicked phone
:08:47. > :08:52.calls from neighbours. They had heard a woman screaming coming from
:08:53. > :08:58.inside the house. Cries of, no, no, no. What they were hearing was Emma
:08:59. > :09:01.Bennett being attacked by dogs and receiving horrific injuries that
:09:02. > :09:07.would ultimately cost her her life. This morning, neighbours were trying
:09:08. > :09:13.to comprehend the news. Not a nice way to go. I do feel sorry for the
:09:14. > :09:17.girl. It is not nice at all. I don't think people should be allowed to
:09:18. > :09:22.keep dogs like that. They need licenses. That may prove to be the
:09:23. > :09:28.case. Police Brive they are prohibited American put bills ``
:09:29. > :09:32.police believe they are prohibited American pit bulls. They lived with
:09:33. > :09:39.the dogs for some time but why would they suddenly turn? One expert has a
:09:40. > :09:42.theory. A dog could buy it because it is stressed out by fireworks
:09:43. > :09:47.going off or something that is totally unnatural to that dog. In
:09:48. > :09:51.this case, I had heard that the lady suffered with epileptic fits. It
:09:52. > :09:55.could have been where she was having a fit. The dogs would have been
:09:56. > :09:57.spooked out by what it had seen and I think that is what has happened.
:09:58. > :10:15.In a statement, the family said: That support was evident outside the
:10:16. > :10:19.house today as police began their investigations into how and why Emma
:10:20. > :10:28.lost her life. Later on Look North: The true cost
:10:29. > :10:29.of the clear`up. ?1 million worth of repair works begins in Scarborough
:10:30. > :10:39.following last week's tidal surge. A 14`year`old boy who was knocked
:10:40. > :10:42.down outside a Sheffield school has died from his injuries. Lawrence
:10:43. > :10:51.Moorhouse was hit by a car close to Sheffield Park Academy. The school
:10:52. > :10:54.paid tribute saying they were deeply saddened by his loss. His family
:10:55. > :11:03.have said Lawrence was well liked and had lots of friends.
:11:04. > :11:06.Marks and Spencer have announced that 300 jobs will be created at a
:11:07. > :11:09.new distribution centre in South Yorkshire but it will mean job
:11:10. > :11:13.losses in Bradford. The Bradford depot opened in 2010 but just over a
:11:14. > :11:17.third of the workforce there will be affected by the plans for the new
:11:18. > :11:20.centre in Sheffield. M say they're in consultation with around 100
:11:21. > :11:23.employees and efforts will be made to find them alternative jobs.
:11:24. > :11:26.It's been confirmed today that the damage caused by last week's tidal
:11:27. > :11:29.surge in Scarborough will cost around ?1 million to put right.
:11:30. > :11:32.That's just the bill expected for council properties. It's not yet
:11:33. > :11:35.known how much repairs to private properties will be. We also found
:11:36. > :11:38.out today that it wasn't just buildings and people displaced by
:11:39. > :11:45.the storm. A number of seals have also had to be re`housed. Phil
:11:46. > :11:52.Bodmer reports. The waters may have receded but
:11:53. > :11:58.almost a week on from the North Sea storm surge, workers were still
:11:59. > :12:02.clear in terms of silt from the road today. They estimate the cost of
:12:03. > :12:06.damage caused by the storm surge will run into at least ?1 million
:12:07. > :12:10.and that is just for council property alone. It is now going to
:12:11. > :12:15.ask the government for financial support to help pay for that
:12:16. > :12:20.clean`up. We can't afford to pay for all of it and we need that
:12:21. > :12:25.government assistance. A scheme was set up by the government to help
:12:26. > :12:29.local authorities to cover the cost of catastrophic civil emergencies
:12:30. > :12:35.such as the flooding that we experienced last week. The Newcastle
:12:36. > :12:42.packet on Scarborough Sand side was one of a number of properties
:12:43. > :12:48.engulfed last week. The water was up to the eighth step there and it
:12:49. > :12:52.covered me. It was unbelievable. Cat has run the pub for many years and
:12:53. > :12:57.has never witnessed anything like it. The damage here runs into
:12:58. > :13:04.thousands of pounds but Kath says she needs to reopen as soon as
:13:05. > :13:08.possible. We have never been affected by sea water. Rainwater,
:13:09. > :13:13.yes, but never sea water. We have got to be opened the Christmas. Up
:13:14. > :13:18.here, it isn't too bad. If we don't have a carpet down, so be it. As
:13:19. > :13:24.long as we can get the seller 100%, I can get my beer back on and my
:13:25. > :13:27.customers back. At the Sea life Centre, they have taken in seals and
:13:28. > :13:33.otters from Norfolk after storm surge damage shutdown their
:13:34. > :13:41.Hunstanton enclosure. There has been very little beach around here where
:13:42. > :13:46.they can come out on. The ones we are seeing are generally right at
:13:47. > :13:50.the tide line and a very tired. Work has begun on repairing parts of the
:13:51. > :13:54.sea wall. The physical clear up should be complete in the next few
:13:55. > :13:58.weeks. Recovery financially, however, may take longer.
:13:59. > :14:03.Before seven o'clock: What would we do without the internet?
:14:04. > :14:07.Meet the city`centre residents who complain they'd get a faster
:14:08. > :14:11.broadband speed in the middle of the Dales.
:14:12. > :14:14.And the Yuletide pub singers keeping Christmas traditions alive in
:14:15. > :14:26.Sheffield. I have been trying to remember when
:14:27. > :14:30.I first used the internet, but it has been around for over 40 years,
:14:31. > :14:35.so it was probably about 1980s when broadband was a reference to my
:14:36. > :14:39.trousers! And speeds were just snail like.
:14:40. > :14:43.Well it's much faster now for most of us, but hundreds of people on a
:14:44. > :14:46.new estate just four miles from the centre of Leeds are getting
:14:47. > :14:50.painfully slow speeds, with damaging effects on their lives.
:14:51. > :14:53.This week they've won a partial success in their campaign for better
:14:54. > :14:59.broadband. Here's our Business Correspondent Danni Hewson.
:15:00. > :15:06.Karl Thomas works from home on the new Forest Village estate in
:15:07. > :15:10.Middleton. He is in IT so a decent broadband connection is essential.
:15:11. > :15:16.Far too often he just has too sit and wait. I was at the stage when I
:15:17. > :15:22.was looking into renting office space so I could work from home
:15:23. > :15:26.because it was no longer viable. Paul is deaf and relies on Internet
:15:27. > :15:30.to communicate by sign language with his family and friends. Slow
:15:31. > :15:36.broadband can make that impossible, cutting him off from the outside
:15:37. > :15:40.world. They receive speeds of 1.3 megabits per second, that is lower
:15:41. > :15:47.than the 2 megabits per second class as a basic broadband connection. The
:15:48. > :15:50.national average is 14.7. What are the main reasons? Poor
:15:51. > :15:55.infrastructure, particularly the Long distance between here and the
:15:56. > :15:58.local telephone exchange. Last year residents started the campaign for
:15:59. > :16:05.superfast fibre`optic broadband. The tea said it would cost too much and
:16:06. > :16:10.demand would be too low. `` BT. I think they have got their assessment
:16:11. > :16:12.wrong. The evidence for that is clear because they looked at the
:16:13. > :16:17.area and thought there wouldn't be a lot of demand. There was a huge
:16:18. > :16:22.amount of demand. Earlier this week after two years of campaigning,
:16:23. > :16:26.there was success as BT upgraded this cabinet to superfast broadband.
:16:27. > :16:31.It means Paul and Carl's problems should soon disappear but others
:16:32. > :16:36.nearby are not so lucky. BT is connecting two thirds of British
:16:37. > :16:43.homes to superfast broadband. Two other cabinets on this estate are
:16:44. > :16:50.not included. We have many invested billions. We are working with
:16:51. > :16:54.government to get superfast broadband out to West Yorkshire.
:16:55. > :16:58.People will have to rely on the subsidised government scheme that is
:16:59. > :17:02.only just getting started. Cole says the campaign will go on until
:17:03. > :17:07.everyone on the state gets an Internet connection fit for the
:17:08. > :17:10.21st`century. People cower `` people power can
:17:11. > :17:13.work sometimes. Football now and we could soon be making plans to follow
:17:14. > :17:15.Chesterfield all the way to Wembley again!
:17:16. > :17:18.We'll need The Spireites to beat Fleetwood home and away over two
:17:19. > :17:22.legs in February, in the Northern Area JP Trophy Final. Chesterfield
:17:23. > :17:25.are still in with a great shout, after last night's penalty shoot`out
:17:26. > :17:28.win against Oldham, in a match that finished 1`1 in normal time. But
:17:29. > :17:32.Fleetwood are still in it at the expense of Rotherham United, whose
:17:33. > :17:40.poor keeper Adam Collin let in this howler over in Lancashire last
:17:41. > :17:44.night. Nuah Dicko scored for the Millers in a 2`1 defeat.
:17:45. > :17:49.The BBC's annual celebration of sport comes to Leeds this weekend.
:17:50. > :17:52.It's the first time the city has hosted the Sports Personality of the
:17:53. > :17:57.Year Awards, but the ceremony itself is marking its 60th anniversary.
:17:58. > :18:02.A special programme on BBC One tonight looks back at the history of
:18:03. > :18:06.the show. But we thought we'd get in first to remind you of how the best
:18:07. > :18:07.in Yorkshire sport have been honoured in the past. Ian Bucknell
:18:08. > :18:16.reports. There is nothing that captures the
:18:17. > :18:28.imagination in the way that sport does in the UK. We love sport, that
:18:29. > :18:40.is why we do. `` who better to say what it means so much. He has been
:18:41. > :18:44.on a three times. `` he has been honoured three times. The first
:18:45. > :18:50.Yorkshire winner was also the first woman to become top sports
:18:51. > :18:57.personality. Anita Lanesborough was Olympic, Commonwealth medallist.
:18:58. > :19:01.Dorothy Hyman was second in 1962 but a year later, in recognition of a
:19:02. > :19:07.host of international medals, she went one better. It is the icing on
:19:08. > :19:15.the cake. You want to do well in your own event but it is... I think
:19:16. > :19:22.it is the pinnacle of all awards. Mainly because it is a public vote.
:19:23. > :19:28.1969, leaves United won the fit `` football league title with a record
:19:29. > :19:33.number of points. Their boss became sports manager of the year. The only
:19:34. > :19:37.time that award was given. 2002, it was back to the theme of strong
:19:38. > :19:46.Yorkshire woman as Jane Tomlinson was recognised for her tireless work
:19:47. > :19:57.for charity as she fought cancer. This year, it is time for Hannah
:19:58. > :20:00.Cockroft. Is a Paralympian, it is something that I don't think has
:20:01. > :20:05.ever happened before. Yorkshire will play a part this year as host but
:20:06. > :20:13.will we also have another white rose winner? We will find out on Sunday.
:20:14. > :20:17.I can remember that Jane Tomlinson moment. I was bawling my hours ``
:20:18. > :20:21.bawling my eyes out! And for a full look back through the archives
:20:22. > :20:24.Sports Personality of the Year at 60 will be on tonight at nine o'clock.
:20:25. > :20:30.Let's stay on a celebration of Yorkshire sporting talent. And let
:20:31. > :20:33.me suggest that this club is the most successful in the country. It's
:20:34. > :20:36.in Wakefield and its stunning track record is this. Gold medals in six
:20:37. > :20:43.consecutive world championships dating back to 2003. And in the last
:20:44. > :20:45.few weeks Wakefield Gym Club added two more impressive titles to its
:20:46. > :20:47.books. Ashleigh Long and Eleanor Simpson
:20:48. > :20:49.became world tumbling champions, so we sent Paul Ogden who loves a
:20:50. > :21:05.tumble out to meet them. Thanks very much. I will put my back
:21:06. > :21:10.out if you don't watch it. I will not be trying this. We are looking
:21:11. > :21:14.at a sporting centre of excellence here in Wakefield. We will meet them
:21:15. > :21:19.surely, our new world champions but first, I want to illustrate exactly
:21:20. > :21:24.what tumbling is. We are talking about gymnastics without the
:21:25. > :21:28.apparatus. None better than Dan Lanagan who will illustrate the
:21:29. > :21:39.point for us. Ready, Dan? Take it away.
:21:40. > :21:47.Brilliant landing. No other people here to applaud him. He has some
:21:48. > :21:51.team`mates of equal if not better calibre. Congratulations Alan being
:21:52. > :21:59.world champion. How do you feel about it? It is a great experience
:22:00. > :22:06.to experience it. At 13, it is amazing. Were you emotional when he
:22:07. > :22:10.found out? Very emotional. All the team on `` team`mates and the
:22:11. > :22:15.support, it is amazing. Ashley Cole you had a real reason to be
:22:16. > :22:20.emotional. I broke my foot last year in the same arena so to go back and
:22:21. > :22:25.be in the same place, it was hard but to come out as a world champion,
:22:26. > :22:29.it was unbelievable. Congratulations to you both and the coach. So we
:22:30. > :22:33.come out as a world champion, it was unbelievable. Congratulations to you
:22:34. > :22:37.both and the coach. Surrey, what staggers me a was in the first ever
:22:38. > :22:39.Olympics but they took it out because there is not enough
:22:40. > :22:46.competitors in the women's section to get it back into the Olympics.
:22:47. > :22:49.They looking magnificent condition and drive a cart and horses through
:22:50. > :22:55.the theory that young people don't look after themselves. In Wakefield,
:22:56. > :22:59.they do. They are fine ambassadors for the sport. Harry, next time you
:23:00. > :23:07.go to the gym, this is what I am going to be expecting from you.
:23:08. > :23:11.I would do it every night, actually. Now tis the season to be merry but
:23:12. > :23:15.when was the last time you sang Christmas carols at the pub? I
:23:16. > :23:17.thought not! Well in the north of Sheffield and north Derbyshire
:23:18. > :23:20.there's a tradition of doing just that. These aren't your well`known
:23:21. > :23:23.carols though, they're Christmas songs that have been sung in these
:23:24. > :23:25.pubs since Victorian Times and passed down the generations. Here's
:23:26. > :23:38.Mark Ansell. Just another Sunday singalong at
:23:39. > :23:43.this pub in Sheffield or so it looks. There is something much more
:23:44. > :23:57.festive and much more traditional going on here. He comes back from
:23:58. > :24:03.Scotland every December to exercise his vocal call `` chords. It goes
:24:04. > :24:08.back to a time when people created music of their own. These people
:24:09. > :24:13.were blacksmiths, shoemakers, tailors, they were ordinary people.
:24:14. > :24:18.There was an absence of music in church and they created this music.
:24:19. > :24:24.They filled the gap. There are around 20 pubs where they sing these
:24:25. > :24:27.carols, including here. I have heard they belt them out in this place so
:24:28. > :24:47.I am going to check this out. These are songs that my grandparents
:24:48. > :24:52.sang and going back, we kept them alive here. In a lot of the
:24:53. > :24:56.country, there were local carols that have gone. I play to make sure
:24:57. > :25:01.I have got a chair. It is the only time I can get sat down. It is a
:25:02. > :25:05.really good atmosphere. The people come from miles around. I have come
:25:06. > :25:09.from Edinburgh for this today and I haven't been disappointed. The
:25:10. > :25:18.amnesty has been amazing and more than I expected. I will be back.
:25:19. > :25:21.There is no more room at the inn so they are spilling outside. Let us
:25:22. > :25:31.hope the neighbours are feeling festive.
:25:32. > :25:37.I want to go where they are. In the bleak midwinter, long, long
:25:38. > :25:41.ago. We are on day 11. Let me show you
:25:42. > :26:07.three pictures week `` that you have sent in.
:26:08. > :26:21.A big change coming through as we discussed last night. Tomorrow,
:26:22. > :26:24.mostly cloudy with patchy rain and then we are going to get a
:26:25. > :26:30.succession of weather fronts pushing in from the Atlantic. At times, it
:26:31. > :26:37.could become very wet and very windy indeed. No sign of any cold spell
:26:38. > :26:49.whatsoever. A messy day with rain at first. The weekend looks set to be
:26:50. > :26:54.the best time for good weather. We are expecting the breeze to pick up
:26:55. > :27:00.and the cloud to push on from the south`west. Eventually, that fog
:27:01. > :27:01.will lift into low cloud. We have a ground frost right now with
:27:02. > :27:20.temperatures around one Celsius. Tomorrow looks set to be a cloudy
:27:21. > :27:25.day. A dry start with some cloud pushing in from the west. Eastern
:27:26. > :27:37.areas have seen very little of that rain. Top temperatures coming in at
:27:38. > :27:40.nine Celsius. Friday is looking wet at times. That is the forecast.