St Joseph’s Achievement for Disadvantaged Children:

A Case Study

St. Joseph’s Catholic SchoolMacklin Street, WC2B 5NA

St. Joseph’s in Context

• 70% ethnic minorities;• 45% EAL;• 40% FSM entitled;• in the 10-20% most deprived nationally;• high pupil mobility.

AmbitionExpertise Creativity Inclusion

The Bolt Effect

AmbitionCreativity Inclusion Expertise

To give children exceptional life chances

End of KS1

100% achieve a Level 2b+

End of KS2

100% of children achieve a Level 4a+ in English and Maths combined

70% of children achieve a Level 5+in English and Maths combined

30% of children achieve a Level 6in Maths

InclusionAmbition Creativity ExpertiseMeeting the diverse and complex needs of each and every individual is embedded in everything that we do as a whole staff

It is the responsibility of the school to enable the child to access and make progress through the curriculum

Equal opportunities is not the same as equal provision

InclusionCreativity Ambition Expertise

• “… teachers’ knowledge of mathematics for teaching must be like an experienced taxi driver’s knowledge of a city, whereby one can get to significant places in a wide variety of ways, flexibly and adaptively.”

(Ma, 1999, p.123)

ExpertiseCreativity Ambition Inclusion

Pedagogy

teaching approaches and activities that foster pupils’ deeper understanding, including through the use of practical resources, visual images and information and communication technology

Assessment

checking and probing pupils’ understanding during the lesson, and adapting teaching accordingly

Curriculum

in understanding the progression in strands of mathematics over time, so that they know the key knowledge and skills that underpin each stage of learning

Understanding

ensuring policies and guidance are backed up by professional development for staff to aid consistency and effective implementation

Identify the barriers

Wider Reading

Model/Plan/Discuss

Importance of Immersion

InclusionCreativity Ambition Expertise

Assessment for Learning

All Join In!

• Jill Mansergh Times tables in ten minutes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXdHGBfoqfw&safe=active

InclusionCreativity Ambition Expertise• Creating Effective Learning Environments – resources • Securing motivation and concentration - • Providing equality of opportunity through a range of

teaching approaches and modifying these for individual needs

• Using appropriate assessments• Setting targets for children• Teaching more able children with their own class and

extending their learning through differentiated group work, extra challenges and opportunities for independent learning e.g. nrich cambridge university. Low threshold, high ceiling tasks

CreativityAmbition Inclusion Expertise

• Storybook maths

• Money in maths week

• Maths through art

• Maths in architecture

St. Joseph’s: A Bright Future

TermlySRSE

ReviewLesson observations

Work sampling

Planning Intervention MappingPlanning of staff CPDSubject Leader Action

PlanningSchool Improvement

Committee

ImplementationTraining

Quality First Teaching

InterventionsSubject Leader

Actions

Analysis

Moderated Assessments

Pupil Progress Reviews

• Tackling barriers, monitoring consistency • Robustly challenge weak teaching