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Raising Achievement Partnership Programme LITTLE HEATH SCHOOL An HPSS RAPP school HPSS Schools Graduating Conference RAPP – a first year perspective London 26 February 2009

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Raising Achievement Partnership Programme

LITTLE HEATH SCHOOL

An HPSS RAPP school

HPSS Schools Graduating Conference

RAPP – a first year perspective

London

26 February 2009

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Mixed Comprehensive school (1 707 students) on the outskirts of Reading

Over 400 students in the Sixth Form (doubled in size since 2002)

Little Heath School OFSTEDNovember 2005 Grade: 1 (Outstanding)February 2009 Not yet published

LITTLE HEATH SCHOOL

Gained HPSS status in 2007, choosing Raising Achievement Transforming Learning (now HPSS RAPP) as our second specialism. Began work in April 2008 (and seriously from September!)

Gained Consultant School status (Established) in October 2008

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HPSS RAPP

What has it involved for Little Heath School?

1. Partnerships with other schools

2. Helping other schools / organisations with ‘one-off’ support / intervention

3. Contributing to the local and national agenda through presentations at events and Conferences

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Partnerships with other schools• Little Heath School formed raising Achievement

Partnerships with 3 National Challenge Schools in July 2008:– X School West Berkshire LA– Y School Reading LA– Z School Bracknell Forest LA

• From December 2008 we have also been working in partnership with a school that has been placed in Special Measures by OFSTED:– W School West Berkshire LA

Raising achievement with dignity

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Support for partner schools• Strategies have been intensive and varied, but as a

priority have focused on raising standards of achievement, including achieving (as a minimum) higher than 30% A*-C including English and Mathematics by 2009

• Teacher training by Little Heath staff during INSET days and after school

• Supporting effective teaching and learning, including ‘buddying up’ departments, hosting visits to Little Heath School and twilight teaching in partner schools

• Data analysis, for example drilling down in order to identify pupils in need of support or intervention.

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The National Challenge• As part of their DATA ENABLER package the SSAT have

developed a simple resource that enables you to show either GCSE results or mock results or predicted grades or FFT estimated grades in a VENN diagram.

• Using this you can visualise the National Challenge• We use this at Little Heath and I also use this with our

National Challenge partners• It enables swift identification of those students who will not

gain 5+A*-C including English & Maths (and why)• It’s free at http://www.visualisingthenationalchallenge.co.uk

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Small school – each student = c.1%

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RAPP Host Days / Events• We planned several of these into the

2009/09 school calendar; the Host Days were themed around the 3 main strategies highlighted in our ‘RATL Offer’:

• Tracking and Monitoring Students

• Student voice and empowering students

• Post 16 strategies to raise achievement

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Bespoke Support• Both as an HPSS RAPP school and as a

Consultant School we get regular requests, sometimes from the SSAT but often direct from schools, for specific support:– A school wanting to visit to consider RAPP as a

specialism– A school wanting more information related to a

Conference presentation– A school wanting help with a specific issue– The SSAT wanting a showcase or rondeval on a specific

issue

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The National Agenda

• I decided that the only way to make RATL / RAPP work was to enhance the reputation of Little Heath School

• The surest way of accomplishing this appeared to be to actively seek opportunities to contribute to the SSAT’s programme of events

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Events and Conferences RATL Cohort D Conferences – Rondevals Strategies for maximising achievement at 5+A*-C GCSE

including English and Mathematics•York, 23rd September 2008 •London, 30th September 2008 •Birmingham, 17th October 2008

SSAP Wave 2 Conference - Rondeval Strategies for maximising achievement at 5+A*-C GCSE including English and Mathematics

•London, 13th October 2008

RATL Spectrum Conference 1. Building Success in the Sixth Form2. Identifying needs and working as a team in implementing intervention

strategies •Newbury, 5th January 2009

SSAT Maximising Achievement at KS4 Conference – ShowcaseStrategies for maximising achievement at 5+A*-C GCSE including English and Mathematics

•London, 21st January 2009

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The Moral PurposeWe strive to contribute in as many ways as we are able

Activity / Topic Event

SEAL Training the SE Region Secondary B and A leads and their LA leads in GuildfordTraining in Kent LA

Enhancing KS3 & KS4 Science; SETPOINT Conference at Little Heath attended by 17 schools and colleges

Target Setting, Monitoring and Support (KS5)

ALPS training to 18 Lancashire schools & colleges at Accrington

Quality of teaching and learning (KS5)

ALPS training to 18 Sussex schools & colleges at Fontwell

Widening participation post-16 Training at various conferences and events

Tracking progress towards AS and A2 student / subject targets

Training at various conferences and events

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Outcomes for our studentsInvolvement in HPSS RAPP (RATL) is having a positive impact on the students at Little Heath School for the following reasons:

– Spending from the RAPP budget on school improvement;– Our staff looking at the issues and problems facing other

schools have discovered new ideas and strategies that have also improved performance at Little Heath;

– Materials prepared for use in partner schools have improved practice at Little Heath; for example, revision materials produced for Mathematics GCSE;

– The school has benefited from the spark provided by our presenter at SSAT Conferences also hearing other excellent ideas from other schools;

– A growing number of students are gaining confidence from being involved in presentations and hosting visits from partner schools.

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Contact details

Phone: 01189 427337

07827871706

Email: [email protected]