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Gaining Ground Together. SSAT Gaining Ground Leadership Conference Villa Park, Birmingham Tuesday 23 March 2010. Peter Shaw Senior Assistant Headteacher Churchmead School John Philip Deputy Headteacher Little Heath School. Little Heath School 11-18 comprehensive c.1 700 students
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Gaining Ground Together SSAT Gaining Ground Leadership Conference Villa Park, Birmingham Tuesday 23 March 2010 Peter Shaw Senior Assistant Headteacher Churchmead School John Philip Deputy Headteacher Little Heath School
Little Heath School • 11-18 comprehensive • c.1 700 students • ‘Outstanding’ OFSTED 2009 + 2005 • HPSS RAPP school • 5 main partners • 2 National Challenge schools • 3 Gaining Ground schools, including Churchmead School. Churchmead School • 11-16 comprehensive • c.600 students • Notice to improve – OFSTED 2007 • Satisfactory – OFSTED 2008 • Specialist school status 2009 • Gaining Ground School – big improvement in KS2-4 CVA 2009
Effective partnerships and developing leadership capacity
Regular visits RaisingAchievementPartnershipProgramme
Sharpening self-evaluation RaisingAchievementPartnershipProgramme
Working together on crucial sections of the new SEF; • Regular review of the Gaining Ground Action Plan to establish priorities and evaluate progress; • Learning walks with Heads of Faculties and members of SLT; • Joint School Review with school SIP and LA adviser.
Shared training for middle leaders RaisingAchievementPartnershipProgramme
Invitation to Middle Leadership Training programme Term 1 Improving lesson observation Term 2 Self-Evaluation and Departmental Review Term 3 Stretching the Gifted and Talented
Making Data Useful RaisingAchievementPartnershipProgramme
Autumn 1 Without Intervention VENN
Students expected to gain 5Cs but NOT expected to gain a C in Mathematics – 8% Succeeding with these students would add8%to the current 5+ A* - C including English and Mathematics predicted figure of 33%.
Current VENN
Moving to SISRA https://www.sisraonline.co.uk
Improving data systems: Our data managers have both been in each other’s school looking at systems used on SIMS enabling both to move forward.
Making mentoring effective RaisingAchievementPartnershipProgramme
Using a system of Assertive Mentoring based on that developed at Hurworth School (Darlington) revolutionises the effectiveness of mentoring: • Use data in Y10 (or even earlier) to identify ‘Key Marginal’ students • Tracking is planned to help transform students’ attainment levels. • Regular teacher prediction of GCSE grades for students based on their current standard of attainment and attitude to learning. • This ensures that students (and their mentors) know exactly where they are and it enables the students to put it right. • Mentors interview students within one school week of the monthly data recording, so all data is live and incontrovertible.
Master Classes RaisingAchievementPartnershipProgramme
To date only held for English Language GCSE for a boys’ group and a girls’ group of C/D borderline students; • Combined motivational work with practical advice to improve performance in the examination hall
An Open door policy RaisingAchievementPartnershipProgramme
Middle leaders and teachers from Churchmead are welcome to visit their colleagues at Little Heath; Exchange of email addresses so that simple questions can be answered immediately;
Other strategies with other partners RaisingAchievementPartnershipProgramme
For Churchmead I brokered support for BTEC Science from another HPSS RAPP school in London as we do not offer it; • For a Gaining Ground partner in Wiltshire I brokered support for their Technology Department from a RAPP school in the West Midlands and our new HOD and an NQT also benefitted from their support; • For a Gaining Ground partner in Hertfordshire we have shared presentations used with KS4 parents to try to involve them more in knowing how to help their children and why they and their children need to aim for the highest qualifications they are able to achieve.
Examples of work with other partners: Analysis of data in schools currently lacking capacity; Training in effective use of data, use of SISRA and SIMS Assessment Manager; Development of whole-school tracking system from KS2 Fine grade scores to KS4; KS5 ‘value-added’ tracking system.
Mid-year review at Churchmead School RaisingAchievementPartnershipProgramme
Saturday School After school boosters PLC withdrawal for Y7 Study + withdrawal and small Group tutoring in English and Maths Gaining Ground Academic Review Days Interventions Action Plan 2009 -2010 Funded by Gaining Ground and LA Grant 1:2:1 Tuition of KS3 students not making Expected progress Year 11 Study Skills Workshop Learning Mentors of other “Students at risk of not making expected progress”. Sims, SISRA and V2L Year 11 Assertive Mentoring