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Harrow Way Community School Specialist School in Maths & Computing Headteacher’s Report to Governors Autumn Term 2016 Be Ready · Be Respectful · Be your Best

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Harrow WayCommunity SchoolSpecialist School in Maths & Computing

Headteacher’s Report to GovernorsAutumn Term 2016

Be Ready · Be Respectful · Be your Best

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Head Teacher’s Report to Governors - December 2016

Contents

A: General

x Introduction x General developments x Students x Premises x Community & Partners x Chair of Governor Update x Whole teaching staff development x Equality x Forthcoming school events

B. Monitoring the School Improvement Plan 2016 - 2017

Strategic Priority 1: Leadership and Management All leaders will be highly ambitious for the school and demonstrate an uncompromising and relentless drive for excellence and continual improvement in achievement

Strategic Priority 2: Teaching, Learning and Assessment To develop outstanding teaching and learning in our school Strategic Priority 3: Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare Develop and create an environment with outstanding behaviour and safety for all

Strategic Priority 4: Outcomes for Students Develop outstanding achievement and attainment for the students of our school

C. Appendices

Updated Self Evaluation SEF and Executive Summary and SIP

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A: General

Introduction We have enjoyed an excellent start to the new academic year.The Autumn term has again been an enormously busy time for the school. We have had a wide range of activities taking place. This term we have enjoyed the Year 11 Drama students’ adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ and our performing arts students are busy preparing for their Winter Concert on the 13th December. Our Sports Teams have been so busy this term, with many of our football teams having a good run in the County Cup Programme. Other events this term have included our annual Presentation Evening in November and the Christmas Fair in December. We have been continuing our work on Anti-Bullying area revisiting the power of language, year 10 students led an assembly for year 8 around swearing and acceptable language between peers and we stopped as a whole community to consider the issues and impacts of bullying during Anti Bullying Week. Our open evening was very well attended and the 1st time I made 3 presentations to a packed auditorium. Early indications show 221 1st Choice applications and 94 2nd Choice. Comments from visiting parents as usual were very positive. Governors will be aware of the new accountability measures that were introduced in 2016. As you will be aware, the class of 2016 followed a 3 year KS4 curriculum model, not designed to yield P8 maximisation. The new accountability measures were introduced when they were half-way into Year 9. From the 178 students, only 115 had all 8 slots filled, 67 had at least 1 empty slot. Our overall Progress 8 score including AEC students was -0.20 with AEC students removed this is -0.10. The students with a full set of P8 slots achieved a P8 score of +0.18. Our Attainment 8 and A*-C including English & Maths were all in line or just above National. You will see from the S&C minutes the performance of the different groups. The photographs from student visits to Bath, Warner Bros Studios, Marder’s Traction Engines, Ypres, Cheltenham Literary Festival, and Portland and uploaded to our website and Twitter feed are testament to the variety of experiences we offer to our students. Students

We are full in Year 7, 8, 9 and 11 and have a waiting list for Year 7. We are now back at PAN for Year 7, having been at 183 at the beginning of the year. We have recently had an appeal upheld in favour of a Year 9 student and so are over PAN in that Year Group.

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Numbers on roll At the time of writing the number of pupils on roll is:

Disadvantaged SEND EAL LAC Service Students

Safeguarding Report Summer Term 2016

Summer

Term 2014

Autumn Term 2014

Spring Term 2015

Summer Term 2015

Autumn Term 2015

Spring Term 2016

Summer Term 2016

Autumn Term 2017

Number of CYP on CP/CiN plans

13 17 27 22 25 28 27 29

Number of CYP on CAF/EH

Plans

7 18 16 19 28 21 23 20

Number of referrals to

CRT 9 16 7 14 26 21 21 14

Number of CYP

currently vulnerable + monitoring

5 9 5

10 13 31 25 20

Total 34 60 55 65 92 101 96 83

Boys Girls Total Year 7 83 97 180 Year 8 108 72 180 Year 9 88 93 181 Year 10 85 91 176 Year 11 87 93 180 Total 451 446 897

Groups Total % of NOR Disadvantaged (FSM + Ever6) HWCS Pupil Premium Report (update)

225 25.3

Service children 65 7.2

LAC 9 1.0

SEN Need 119 13.2

EHCP 10 1.1

Statement 1 0.1

EAL (English as an Additional Language) 71 7.9

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CYP Children and Young Persons CP Child Protection CiN Child in Need CAF Children & Family EH Early Help CRT Children’s Reception Team Exclusions Data – to 2nd December Click on the link to view Exclusion data presented to Students & Curriculum Committee and updated to 2nd December. Exclusion Data

Attendance - Period: 5th September 2016 to 5th December 2016

Premises We have a major building project starting after Christmas on the 3 storey main block. This will take 12 weeks at a cost of £160,000 and will involve work to improve the flat roof. Scaffolding work will start over the Christmas break. Miss Walker and her Dance students are really happy with the new Dance Studio which has been in full use since September. The use of the Food Pod at break and lunchtimes is very popular with the students and the main food sales in the Auditorium have been restructured in a cafeteria style service. Community and Partnerships The Andover and Area Heads continue to meet every half term. The meetings rotate around the schools and we take an opportunity to discuss best practice in the host school. I have drafted a terms of reference for the group. The basic premise for the group is to:

x Encourage and facilitate schools to work together to raise standards x Address common, local problems and manage local issues jointly

Group % Presents % AEA % Authorised Absences

% Unauthorised Absences

%Possible % Attend

Year 7 96.03 0.53 2.54 0.90 100.00 96.56

Year 8 95.48 0.40 2.89 1.23 100.00 95.88

Year 9 93.91 0.98 3.01 2.11 100.00 94.89

Year 10 93.54 1.14 3.25 2.07 100.00 94.68

Year 11 90.89 3.44 2.76 2.90 100.00 94.33

School 93.99 1.29 2.89 1.83 100.00 95.28

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x Promote educational inclusion x Share best practice across the group of schools x Provide a forum that allows discussion regarding current educational legislation and

policy

Every half term we attend the PiXL Main Meeting. PiXL is very focused on Key Stage 4 outcomes and introduces and shares strategies and principles, the majority of which have been successfully applied in many schools for five years or more. Through this we have access to an extensive range of supporting resources and an associate who visits Harrow Way up to school five times a year.

Overview of local partnerships and network meetings - Date Network Attended by 13.9.16 PiXL Main Meetings MJS/NPE 11.10.16 AAPL Meeting MJS 14.10.16 Andover & Area Heads MJS 18.10.16 HW Cluster Meeting MJS/MW/EE/JMcL 10.11.16 PiXL Main Meeting NPE 15.11.16 Learn Alliance Ofsted Review MJS/CL 2.12.16 HSEL Conference MJS 9.12.16 Andover & Area Heads MJS Community Programmes - UPDATE Please follow the link below to our Community Programme for 2016/17 HWCS Community Courses

Equality Bullying/Racial incidents: 5th September 2016 to 5th December 2016 Click on the link to Bullying/Racial Incidents Data to 5th December in S&C Meeting Jan 2017 Bullying and Racist Incident Log Whole teaching staff development Date CPD Provider Whole School INSET:

Behaviour for Learning; Rewards; Key Groups; Literacy, Numeracy & Problem Solving; Safeguarding; Feedback; Assessment

Internal

Whole School INSET: Disadvantaged Students Internal Link to Teaching & Learning Report for Autumn 2016

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Forthcoming School Events

Date Time Function/Activity Tuesday 13th December 7.00 – 8.00 pm Winter Music Concert (Public Event) Friday 16th December 1.00 pm Staff Farewells (Katy Woods, Rian Torres, Jenny Newell)

School Improvement Plan (SIP) and Self-Evaluation Plan (SEF) As part of our monitoring and evaluation process I have published a review of our SIP/SEF for the autumn term for Governors as part of my Head Teachers report. SLT review and update the SEF on a termly basis. (See below)

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SEF: Leadership and Managem

ent SIP

– Priority 1

All leaders w

ill be highly ambitious for the school and dem

onstrate an uncomprom

ising and relentless drive for excellence and continual im

provement in achievem

ent C

urrent SEF RA

G-rating: A

utumn T

erm 2016

SIP

Priority – Leadership and

Managem

ent O

utstanding

Good

Requires

Improvem

ent Inadequate

Impact on outcom

es/Student Progress

2=

Im

pact on teaching and learning – PM and CPD

2=

Curriculum

1=

Self-evaluation

1-

Expectations, culture and behaviour

2=

G

overnance

2=

Prom

otion of equality of opportunity

2=

Protection from

radicalisation and extremist view

s

2=

Safeguarding and care

1-

OV

ERA

LL:

2+

D

evelopments:

SIP

A

ctions/ Improvem

ents Im

pact

1.1 - To further develop an inclusive, innovative and diverse curriculum

, which raises achievem

ent across the school and m

eets the needs of all learners in all year groups

We have further em

bedded the HW

CS Guarantee in

its second year including increasing the number of

Digital Leaders to m

onitor blogs with m

ore time

provided, maintaining the excellent program

me of

activities with Icknield given a change to their

staffing, and to ensure a smooth transition to Year

8. Follow

ing the staff audit in June 2016 and using the D

fE teacher workload recom

mendations w

e will

form a w

orking group to look at the key actions for H

arrow W

ay and agree a way forw

ard. We did a

training session with staff at a staff m

eeting

We are continuing to build partnerships (Teaching

School Alliances, M

rs Lowing is our key lead in this

area) Perform

ance Managem

ent reviews and planning

meetings have taken place and shared w

ith the pay com

mittee

The Harrow

Way Com

munity School ‘G

uarantee’ a series of educational experiences, w

hich we

guarantee to offer our students and for them to

work tow

ards has now been launched to the new

intake in Septem

ber

1.2 - Strengthen and develop Careers Education including the essential elem

ents of Career Planning, Careers Information,

Work-R

elated Learning and Employability Skills

1.3 - Introduce the Harrow

Way Com

munity School ‘G

uarantee’ a series of educational experiences, w

hich we guarantee to offer

our students and for them to w

ork towards.

1.4 - Undertake a review

of the staffing structure, retention patterns and career developm

ent pathways in all areas

1.5 - Further strengthen Performance M

anagement procedures,

so we can develop staff at every stage in their

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career/professional development

(teaching) on the 5th Decem

ber Link governor m

odel generally working term

ly (w

ith report) and governor visit programm

e in place. Som

e of these meetings have not taken

place. New

Annual report on Pupil Prem

ium and

Year 7 catch up spending shared with governors.

We have now

put together an ICT 3 Strategic plan sim

ilar to the building and site plan W

e have continue to attend CPD and ITT sub

groups of LEARN

Alliance to develop links in these

area and our part of the NQ

T programm

e and good to outstanding program

me. W

e have also developed relationship w

ith Anton Teaching School

alliance and are involved in running the second M

iddle Leader training with A

ndover area schools

Seven departments have undergone the M

ETAL

process: PE, D&

T, Health and Social Care,

Hum

anities (Geography, H

istory, RE), Film/M

edia and SEN

D. In addition to joint lesson observations

these include learning walks and w

ork sampling

with the H

ead of Departm

ent. N

ew H

WCS M

iddle leader handbook launched. We

have launched the use of the new self-evaluation

programm

e (MER) for all activities carried out by

Middle Leaders/SLT

Our self-evaluation is rigorous and captures a

realistic picture of the school’s performance to

which staff contribute.

Assem

bly format and rota is up and running w

ith evidence posted in H

eadteachers SMSC blog. A

nti-Bullying action plan now

in place. E Safety week

has continued the theme and considered how

to stay safe online and create a safe digital footprint attended a H

ampshire led course on SM

SC and has

led a discussion at SLT, action plan being prepared.

1.6 - Further develop middle/senior leader accountability for

progress, consistently high achievement and quality of teaching

1.7 - Ensuring that self-evaluation is rigorous and captures a realistic picture of the school’s perform

ance to which staff

contribute 1.8 - W

ork closely with the governing body to ensure they are

fully informed and can consistently hold school leaders

rigorously to account 1.9 - Through highly effective, rigorous planning and controls, governors w

ill ensure financial stability, including the effective and efficient m

anagement of financial resources such as the

pupil premium

funding, curriculum costs and staff deploym

ent 1.10 - Continuing to build partnerships (Teaching School A

lliances, networking w

ith outstanding schools) which lead to

enhanced educational and comm

ercial opportunities for HW

CS and further enhance the learning environm

ent at Harrow

Way

Comm

unity School 1.11 - A

s a Level 2 Rights Respecting School further enhance our

culture where learners understand rights, respect and

responsibilities

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Current SEF R

AG

-rating: Autum

n Term

2016 SIP

Priority – T

eaching, Learning and A

ssessment

Outstanding

Good

Requires

Improvem

ent Inadequate

Learning (Likely to be consistent with Engagem

ent w

ith Learning in PDB&

W)

2=

Teachers’ Expectations

2+

Teachers’ expertise, planning and strategies

2=

Equality and diversity

2=

Teaching of RW

CM

– Reading, writing,

comm

unications & m

aths

2=

Assessm

ent

2=

M

arking, homew

ork, reports to parents

2+

O

VER

ALL:

2=

Developm

ents: SIP

Teaching, Learning and A

ssessment

A

ctions/ Improvem

ents Im

pact

2.1 –Opportunities, through CPD

, for staff to recognise and understand the characteristics of outstanding learning, so that teacher planning facilitates exceptional progress. O

fsted Action P

oint

Harrow

Way has a very structured CPD

programm

e led m

y Miss Low

ing. We have had a num

ber of tw

ilights sessions and INSET days focused on key

areas in our school improvem

ent plan. O

ur CPD focus for 2016/2017 has focused on

improving outcom

es for SEN/ D

AP students. M

r Fluellen and M

iss Lowing led an excellent IN

SET session in O

ctober – Breaking B

arriers document

Triad groups have started well W

e are sharing good practice – T+L idea of the w

eek/ T+L group/ CPD

library/ T+L bulletins. Miss Bull has also launched

are new w

ebsite ALT. The art of learning and

Student –teacher relationships are strong and older students in particular value the tim

e staff are willing

to give up to support them.

Questioning continues to im

prove – there is less hands up overall and good challenge although not as m

any ‘supplementary questions as there should

be’. M

arking and feedback is good – there is evidence of som

e excellent student responses to key pieces of w

ork in many subjects. M

arking to support literacy is also m

ore evident. O

verall presentation of work is good w

ith only a

2.2 -To devise our own approach to form

ative assessment, to

support pupil attainment and progression so w

e can check what

students have learned and whether they are on track to m

eet expectations at the end of the year 2.3 -M

ake sure that marking provides students w

ith useful feedback on how

well they are doing and w

hat they must do to

improve their w

ork and then and respond and act upon feedback given O

fsted Action P

oint 2.4 -Ensure all teaching is good or better w

ith structured

SEF: Teaching, Learning and Assessm

ent SIP

– Priority 2

To develop outstanding teaching and learning in our school

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support for weaker teaching

teaching. Click on the link - ALT

We have an O

ngoing focus on feedback and ongoing focus on questioning W

e have rolled out our Attachm

ent Aw

are training To SLT/Y

ear Leaders and some key staff

We have launch lesson observations w

ithout grading to M

Ls (including new observation form

s) W

e have completed a num

ber of work sam

pling activities over the term

centred on feedback and progress of D

isadvantaged students. We have put

some folders together show

ing best practice exam

ples in all subject areas. M

r Fluellen led assemblies looking at the

iCOM

MU

NICA

TE strand of our Literacy DN

A and

introduced the new acronym

‘PART’ that stands for

iPRESENT, iA

DA

PT, iRESPECT and iTH

INK

to help us consider how

we com

municate w

ith each other across the school. W

e have launched the seating plan software M

INT

Art, G

eography, History, English and Science are

part of the Ham

pshire Assessm

ent project

small am

ount of graffiti. Students w

ork well in team

s and overall are developing greater independence – w

hen dem

anded they can work w

ell in silence. Behaviour for learning is good w

ith many staff

having clear routines for ensuring lessons start at a fast pace. Staff are m

ore aware of their SEN

D and

Disadvantaged students and in the best lessons

extra support is provided through scaffolds/questioning/ seating. Follow

ing an INSET day on this them

e all staff have plans in place to support these students. H

omew

ork is being set more consistently by m

ost staff – the K

S3 projects have been refined to reflect new

Schemes of W

ork and departments are

starting to look at how hom

ework m

ay be best used to support new

KS4 requirem

ents although this is not yet em

bedded. 97% of staff are using Show

my

Hom

ework regularly w

hich is high when com

pared to other schools. There is good evidence of extended w

riting opportunities and increased challenge at K

S3 in m

any subjects.

2.5 - Ensure teaching staff have the necessary professional developm

ent to prepare students for the new G

CSEs (Revisions strategies, m

emory techniques and exam

ination preparation) 2.6 - Ensure all staff (teaching and support staff) have relevant coherent activity based professional developm

ent 2.7- Further develop the skills of M

iddle Leaders and SLT in lesson observation and evaluating teaching over tim

e 2.8 -To deepen our understanding and application of how

new

technologies can enhance learning and have a 3-year ICT financial spending plan in place 2.9 - Further prom

ote students’ literacy, numeracy and problem

solving skills in all curriculum

areas. O

fsted Action P

oint 2.10 -Im

plement the SEN

D code of practice

2.11 -Hom

ework is regularly set in order to encourage

independent learning and develop students’ study, research and tim

e managem

ent skills O

fsted Action P

oint

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SEF: Personal D

evelopment, B

ehaviour and Welfare

SIP – P

riority 3 D

evelop and create an environment w

ith outstanding behaviour and safety for all C

urrent SEF RA

G-rating: A

utumn T

erm 2016

SIP P

riority – Personal D

evelopment,

Behaviour and W

elfare O

utstanding G

ood

Requires

Improvem

ent Inadequate

Engagement in Learning (Likely to be consistent

with Learning in Teaching, Learning and

Assessm

ent)

2-

Citizenship and SMSC

2=

Behaviour

2-

Pupil’ attitudes

2=

Safety and m

utual support (at school and alternative placem

ents)

2+

Bullying

2=

H

ealth and well being

2+

Guidance

2+

OV

ERALL:

2=

Developm

ents: SIP

– Personal D

evelopment, B

ehaviour and W

elfare

Actions/ Im

provements

Impact

3.1 - To model the behaviours w

e expect from our students

ensuring that respect, responsibility, cheerfulness and optimism

prom

ote high self-esteem across the school

Staff training around consistency with behaviour

managem

ent took place in September. W

e continue to em

bed our 3 simple rules – Be Ready –

Be Respectful – Be your Best.

We have review

ed behaviour policy, consider suggestions from

pivotal Paul’s review and the

impact of A

ttachment A

ware ethos.

PLD system

in place and reviewed half term

ly

Num

ber of lost days for fixed term exclusions has

lowered com

pared to the same tim

e last year A

second meeting has taken place w

ith the LA,

primary behaviour support team

and the federation A

ttendance – see link Bully B

ox – email reporting of concerns launched in

3.2 - Further develop consistent behaviour managem

ent in classroom

s and further secure good behaviour around the school (out of class) 3.3 -Further reduce the num

ber of fixed term exclusions

3.5 - Investigate vertical tutoring as a strategy to a harmonious

school comm

unity

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3.6 - Develop further the role of the Year Leader/Tutor in

monitoring students’ progress

Continue to develop procedures at break and lunchtim

e. A

t a recent staff meeting w

e went through the

Harrow

Way Checklist and rem

inded everyone on our expectations and strategies for behaviour. A

ttendance last year was our best ever and w

e have m

ade great improvem

ents over the last few years.

Mrs M

cLaughlan gave a very informative

presentation to S&C

Regular m

eetings with H

ouse leaders have taken place and they coordinated a very successful Christm

as fayre. M

rs Pearce has continued to develop and refine our procedures for dealing w

ith and logging bullying incidents. W

e had a very successful anti bullying w

eek and I have been delighted by the im

provements w

e have made in the area

We continue to use a variety of strategies to help

reduce fixed term exclusions. I am

pleased to say that the num

ber of days lost to fixed term

exclusions has reduced by 40% com

pared to this tim

e last year. W

e have continued to ensure staff are up to date in safeguarding and child protection training including new

appointments or returners and are aw

are of the signs for Radicalisation and extrem

ism.

anti bullying week.

Case reviews fortnightly in place, all notes recorded

and on SIMS.

Praise postcards going home in praise w

eeks. Learners of the w

eek becoming em

bedded across school. Term

ly schedule of house activities produced to further prom

ote the house system across the

school. JM

c holds regular meetings w

ith Year Leaders re attendance of key individuals. A

ttendance groups continue to support those with

low attendance

Weekly updates are sent to all tutors, Year leaders

and SLT. Link to Graphs:

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

3.7 - To maxim

ise opportunities for leadership among our

students and promote student voice

3.8 To embed the attendance strategy and philosophy of attend

and achieve 3.9 - Introduce a w

hole school enrichment program

me to excite

and inspire learners to aim high and to support learning and

engagement

3.10 - Continue to work collaboratively w

ith Harrow

Way

families to ensure positive outcom

es for all 3.11 - Ensuring students at H

arrow W

ay are fully aware of

different forms of bullying, including cyber-bullying and

prejudice-based bullying, and actively try to prevent it from

occurring 3.12-Ensure the school’s arrangem

ents for safeguarding students including e-safety are exem

plary

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SEF: O

utcomes for Students

SIP – P

riority 4 D

evelop outstanding achievement and attainm

ent for the students of our school

Current SEF R

AG

-rating: Autum

n Term

2016 SIP

Priority: O

utcomes for Students

Outstanding

Good

R

equires Im

provement

Inadequate

Pupils’ progress

2=

D

isadvantaged pupils’ achievement

2=

Subject progress

2=

Skills – reading, w

riting, comm

unications and m

aths (RWCS) across the curriculum

2=

Attainm

ent

2=

A

ttainment and closing gaps

2=

National benchm

arks: Expected progress floor standards

2=

Progression

2+

O

verall:

2=

D

evelopments:

SIP P

riority 4 Outcom

es for Students

Actions/ Im

provements

Impact

4.1 - Maxim

ising the number of students at K

S4 achieving 5A*-

C including English and Maths so results are w

ell above our FFT (D

) Estimate and ensure Progress 8 w

ill be at least in line with

the national average in 2016 and then above in following years.

Governors w

ill be aware that G

CSE grades are changing. G

CSEs in England are being reformed

and will be graded w

ith a new scale from

9 to 1, w

ith 9 being the highest grade. English literature, English language and m

aths will be the first

subjects to be graded in this way from

August 2017.

The subjects with the highest num

bers of candidates (e.g. arts, hum

anities, languages) will

follow in 2018 and m

ost others in 2019. During this

OV

ERARC

HIN

G SU

CCESS CRITERIA

2017: K

ey Stage 4 August 2017: P

rogress 8/Attainm

ent 8 Score in line/above the N

ational Average

(On Track)

English and Maths G

rade 5+ to be above the N

ational average: (FFT Top 20% English 5+ (58-

62%) 7+ (18-22%

); (FFT Top 20% M

aths 5+ (59-63%)

7+ (20-24%). A

chieving a Grade 5+ in English and

4.2 - Further improving the num

ber of students achieving 3 and 4 levels of progress in English and M

aths (KS2-4)

4.3 -Reducing in-school variation so our best practice becomes

standard practice

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4.4 -Successfully implem

ent all the changes to assessment,

attainment and progress m

easures and ensure all stakeholders fully understand and are successfully using them

to set challenging targets for students so they m

ake rapid gains in their learning

transition, students will receive a m

ixture of letter and num

ber grades. This is happening as GCSEs are

being reformed to m

ake them m

ore challenging, to keep pace w

ith employers’ and universities

demands. In the first year each new

GCSE subject is

introduced, students who w

ould have got a grade C or better w

ill get a grade 4 or better. Grade 9 w

ill be m

ore difficult to achieve than a grade A*.

We have continued to track carefully the progress

of our disadvantaged/SEN/B

oys students. This is a regular agenda item

for SLT meetings. W

e also have a regular Thursday m

eeting with the data

team w

here we discuss progress and interventions

We are continuing to m

aximise achievem

ent through our involvem

ent in PiXL and will continue

to use these strategies further next year. W

e have carefully monitored the perform

ance of those subjects that have underperform

ed over the last tw

o years. In D&

T we have seen im

provements

in Catering and Product Design. G

eography and H

istory Predictions are also looking positive in 2017

Maths (48-52%

) – (On Track)

100% gaining 5 A

* to G grades (O

n Track) A

ll other subjects - Key Stage 4 students m

aking the expected levels of progress (3 levels) and above 70%

+ 3 levels of Progress 30% + 4 levels of Progress

(All Level 5s at K

S2 – 4 Levels of Progress) (O

n Track) Close the gaps betw

een Boys/D

isadvantaged/SEND

students w

hen compared w

ithin school and nationally. (B

oys and DA

Ps still som

e underperform

ance) Threshold and value added for the three EBacc subject pillars (O

n Track) SLT/M

iddle leaders/S&C governors are all aw

are of the Curriculum

and Accountability changes and

the timeline for H

WCS to prepare for these changes

4.5 -Further develop a range of strategies to maxim

ise achievem

ent through our involvement in PiXL

4.6 - The attainment and progress of disadvantaged pupils to be

at least match or are rapidly approaching those of other pupils

nationally and in the school. 4.7 -The learning of groups of students, particularly those w

ho are disabled, those w

ho have special educational needs and the m

ost able, is consistently good or better.

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Overall Effectiveness

Outstanding

Good

Requires

Improvem

ent Inadequate

Quality of teaching, learning and assessm

ent

2=

Leadership and managem

ent; personal developm

ent behaviour and welfare; outcom

es for pupils

2=

SMSC and Physical W

ell Being

2=

Safeguarding

1-

O

verall:

2=

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