Leading them over the ALPS

EDUCATING EDGWARE

• Canons High School is in Edgware

• Judged as Outstanding by OFSTED in 2010 and 2013

• Newly designated as a teaching school

CANONS HIGH SCHOOL

• Mixed Comprehensive

• Academy since 2012

• 1050 students: a very diverse intake

• 65 Languages identified - 152 Gujarati, 116 Somali, 111 Romanian, 77 Arabic … down to single speakers of Yoruba, Lingala and Balochi.

• 43% of students currently eligible for Free School Meals

ADDING VALUE

• KS4 results: in 2013,

• we were in the top 3% of schools in the country for pupil progress

• … and one of the top 100 schools nationally for showing the greatest sustained improvement achieving 5 or more A*-C grade GCSEs, including English and Maths (now above 70%)

• KS5 value: we do even better!

KS4 CURRICULUM

• 3 year KS4 curriculum: core consists of English, Maths, Science and PE.

• In addition, there are 6 options for all students: every student takes 2 options per year: the options are a combination of GCSE and BTEC courses,

enrichment courses and bridging courses

• All students have individual interviews with senior staff before choosing their options, in all three years in KS4 and during Year 11 before making their choices for KS5

Going over the ALPS!

CANONS HIGHA LEVEL RESULTS

Exam YearAverage

Points Score GCSE

A*-B A*-CRussell Group

destination

ALPS ‘T’ Score

2009 5.6 24% 53% <5% 7

2010 5.5 29% 58% <5% 4

2011 5.5 33% 61% <5% 4

2012 5.7 45% 68% 11% 3

2013 5.6 53% 87% 25% 1

A* - C GRADEDISTRIBUTION

53%58% 61%

68%

87%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

RUSSELL GROUPDESTINATION

5% 5% 5%

11%

25%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

MARGINAL GAINS“It’s important to understand the aggregation of marginal gains. Put simply…how small improvements in a number of different aspects of what we do can have a huge impact to the overall performance of the team.”

Dave Brailsford(Former Head Coach of GB Cycling)

CURRICULUM AND TIMETABLING

• ‘Deep learning’

• Shared classes

DATA

RAG meetings…conversations…IAG

ETHOS

• Open mind-set

• Inclusivity and building cultural capital

STUDENT VIDEOS

PEDAGOGY AT CANONSby Sarah Brown

“Pedagogy Leaders at Canons High School will be responsible for helping to lay the foundations of a coherent and systematic approach to professional

development and school improvement that is rooted in highly effective pedagogy.”

UNDERPINNINGPRINCIPLES

Distributive leadership

Grass roots

Classroom focussed

Organic & Agile

Surplus modelSupporting

and developing

teachers

Core purpose -pedagogy

MET

HO

DS 1st year

Accelerated Learning Cycle

Key learning Themes

CHS8

Marginal gains

2nd Year

Further embedding of

1st year

Mentoring/ coaching

Whole school literacy

Whole school A-A*

achievement

HOW IT WORKS

• Research • from journals and visiting other school

• Look for new ideas

• Feed back to Canons

• INSETs, TLCs and Teachmeets• Suggest new teaching methods

• Share/model best practice

• Choice

• Support• Coaching

• Mentoring

• NTEN learning project

IMP

ACT

-ST

AFF

Staff feel:

• Valued• Motivated• Confident• Supported• Trusted

Staff have:

• Opportunities• High expectations• Choice (CPD)• Embraced the pedagogy

Staff are:

• Engaged• Learners• Smart teachers (marginal gains)• Considered risk takers

IMP

ACT

-ST

AFF

CO

NT.

Staff share

• Best practice• Marginal gains• Teach meets• Canons broadside blog• CanonsOPP Twitter

Staff Achieve

•WSR 80% staff were good or outstanding

NO PANIC at OFSTED in June 2013

IMPACT - STUDENTS

Quality of teaching

ALPS T score 1

Language for learning

Motivation

Independence and interdependence

Engaged in learning

Retention of students

PEDAGOGY IMPLEMENTED IN A-LEVEL BIOLOGY

1. The Flipped Classroom & Self- Evaluation:Mid-term planning with Mr Michael Barratt

2. SOLO taxonomy:Classroom model with Joe Freeman

3. Creative Learning:Stop-motion activity with Antony Fernandopulle

4. Investigation and Enquiry & Evaluative Learning:Using Hollywood films with Darren Silver

PEDAGOGY IN BIOLOGY

PEDAGOGY IMPLEMENTED INA-LEVEL BIOLOGY CONT.

5. Language Learning:Glossaries with Sarah Brown

6. Applied Learning & Flipped Classroom:Questions on a David Attenborough film with Sarah Brown

7. Challenge Learning & Language Learning: Xylem and phloem tissues with Sarah Brown

8. Challenge Learning & Self and Peer Evaluation:Test with mixed-up mark scheme with Sarah Brown

9. Self-Evaluation:Test analysis and evaluation with Sarah Brown

Thank you