primary national strategy bedfordshire la middle school intensifying support programme october 2006...
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PrimaryNational StrategyBedfordshire LA Middle School Intensifying Support Programme
October 2006
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Why do schools need to constantly improve?
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What determines success?
• POVERTY
• YOUR FAMILY
• NEIGHBOURHOOD
• QUALITY OF SCHOOL
(20xMORE SIGNIFICANT THAN THE OTHER FACTORS)
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EXPECTATIONS
MIDDLE SCHOOLS INTENSIFYING SUPPORT PROGRAMME
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Schools
SIAPCs
PSCL
IPG DfES
Main elements of support
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Aims of the project
In key stage 2:
•Raise standards and improve the quality of teaching and learning in English and mathematics;•Improve the leadership and management of English and mathematics;•Increase the involvement of School Improvement Partnership and SIAs in supporting the strategies to raise standards in English and mathematics;
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Why key stage 2.........?
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L A Commitments
• Select schools that fall into the category of low attainment and/or little progress since 2000;
• the Primary Strategy Manager to provide leadership/management for the development of the MSISP and to have oversight of the programme;
• commit a group of named SIAs from the LA’s school improvement team to support the identified schools;
• provide support from consultants, ASTs and member of the IPG and successful subject leaders
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School Commitments
• for the HT and key staff to agree their commitment to the MSISP as their prime school improvement and self evaluation programme
• to focus on the improvements needed through a Raising Attainment Plan
• to use funding provided to provide release for coordinators/key teachers
• to track pupil progress across the year at eight week intervals
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Model of Intervention
POOR&
ACUTE
UNDERPERFORMING
GOOD OR BETTER
Category Schools
Outstanding schools
No choice offer
solutions
High Choice
SCHOOLS
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All partners involved in the MSISP will be expected to be able to:
• understand strategies for improving standards in literacy and mathematics;
• have a good knowledge of effective teaching and learning, • have experience as a consultant and or as school SLT member• have excellent presentation, communication and IT skills;• analyse a range of data and information in order to make
informed decisions;• manage and handle information effectively, offer a clear
analysis and identify key issues;• produce considered opinions for the development and/or
modification of local and national practice.
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Project Cycle
IPG to provide data on pupil progress
IPG to provide data on pupil progress
IPG to provide a profile on each school
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Alignment and communication
Resource Allocation
Leadership of project (GB) 25 days (total)
PSCL 8 days per school
SIAs 8 days per school
PCs 10 days per school
Funding per school £3000
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ISP school improvement cycle
1. Audit of Non-negotiables Collecting the evidence and
identifying the priorities
2. Termly Raising Attainment Plan
3. Professional Development Meetings Setting whole school curricular targets
Identifying teaching strategies 4. Carry out actions Assessment for Learning LA and school support and monitoring
5. RAP reviewevaluation of impact on pupil progress
Challenge and Support
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Pupil tracking linked to expectations
Developing the role of the Leadership Team
through:
• Effective use of pupil tracking data
• Mapping and planning the use of intervention
• Analysis of work and NC tests to identify school
curricular target focus
• Plan subject specific support
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• Raising Attainment Plan reviews need to focus around the single key question;
‘To what extent are the actions we have carried out in the plan raising standards and accelerating the progress of target groups?’
Supplementary questions-– How do you know? (monitoring and evaluation
evidence)– Are judgements accurate? (quality assured)
Using RAP reviews to strengthen impact
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IST – Pupil Tracking
Performance Below Median
Individual TargetHalf Termly Assessment
Performance Above Median
Comments
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IST – Pupil Report
Pupil contextual information
Half termly results
Progress versus target graphs Comments
from Pupil data sheet
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IST – Pupil Monitoring and Tracking Sheet
Half Term
Special Needs / under - performing
Target Group
On Track
More Able (including Gifted and Talented)
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IST – School / Group Report
Group filter
Half termly results
Progress versus target graphs
Half termly conversion rates
Half termly level distribution graphs
Half Term