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Achievement for AllDay 4

Wednesday 25th April 2012

Outline of the day

Academic year 2011-2012: developments so far.

Updates and evaluation of AfA work being done in RBWM

Case studiesPupil voice

Academic year 2011-2012: developments so far

Final report from the AfA pilotOfstedExtension of the Pupil PremiumSEN Green Paper – government

response?KS2 writing assessmentIncreasing number of academies:

different models of school improvement

Progress so far in RBWM… Set up RBWM AfA website 2½ days of training so far Session 1

The 3 A Model: Aspiration-Access-Achievement The Extra Mile Project Review of key publications and reports

Session 2 Parental engagement – Trevor Folley

Session 3 Senior Leaders’ meeting

Pan-Berkshire AfA Conference

Activity: AfA promising practiceWhat did you chose as your area of

focus? Why? How did you identify your priority

groups?What were you hoping to achieve?What have you done so far?What were the challenges and how

did you overcome them?What has been the impact so far and

for whom? Evidence?What are the next steps for you?

Activity: AfA promising practice Using the post-its,

categorise the main points from your AfA work according to the 3A model we worked on during Day 1.

What has been the main area of focus?

Are there any areas that need to be developed further?

Case studies

4 headings and a sound biteSituationObjectivesWhat we didResults

Remember…

Activity: speed dating

“Outward Facing Schools” – The Sinnott Fellowship

“I have this vision of the school as a massive safety net. We need to encourage students to get on the high wire and achieve but to have safety nets for them. If you’re not connecting things then there are going to be holes and kids are going to fall through. Bringing the outside world into the classroom and connecting the school to the wider community in every way possible is just as important as formal learning. If we imagine that these connections form nets then the more there are, the smaller the gaps there will be and the harder it will be for anyone to slip through.”

What’s it like to be me?

Ofsted 2012: Behaviour and safety of pupils at the school

Inspectors must take into account a range of evidence to judge behaviour and safety over an extended period, and should consider: the views expressed by pupils, and

different groups of pupils, on behaviour and safety, respect for and courtesy towards others, and their views on harassment, racism, homophobia and different types of bullying

My autism and me

Activity

What do you do already to capture the pupils’ experiences of school life?

What do they say? What have you changed on the basis

of what you’ve found out? What systems have you in place to

enable you to demonstrate how pupils contribute to the development of your school?

Even better if…?

Dates for your diary

Wednesday 23rd May (1.00-4.00pm) Inclusion in Action CPD with English subject

leaders

Friday 29th June Senior Leaders’ Meeting: Dr Charlotte Carter-

Wall

Wednesday 4th July Inclusion in Action CPD: Evaluating the

impact of intervention