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Raising Attainment and closing the gap in the Senior Phase

Explore innovative approaches in senior phase education including cooperative learning, vocational education, work experience, and support mechanisms to enhance student achievement and close attainment gaps. Learn about monitoring, mentoring, and data analysis for continual improvement.

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Raising Attainment and closing the gap in the Senior Phase

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  1. Raising Attainment and closing the gap in the Senior Phase Terry Lanagan Executive Director of Educational Services

  2. Learning and Teaching • IDL & Cooperative Learning in Senior Phase • S4 – S6 timetabled together in some schools • Enhanced vocational education for all: both in-school and at college • Enhanced consortia arrangements • Bespoke model of work experience • Embracing the principles of DYW

  3. Support Mechanisms • Monitoring and target-setting • Mentoring • Supported Study • Saturday morning classes • Easter Revision School • Authority Masterclasses • Raising Attainment teachers

  4. Scrutiny • Leadership for Learning visits – action plans • Improvement Plans and Standards & Quality Reports • The support & challenge role of the QIO • Educational Services Committee – standing item on Raising Attainment (16 reports so far)

  5. Data Analysis • Robust analysis of SQA data – authority, school, department and teacher levels • Challenging underachievement • Analysis of specific factors: gender, poverty etc • Robust tracking of leaver destinations • Insight

  6. 3-18 Raising Attainment Strategy • Improvement Framework • Learning Community approach • Cross-sectoral work • Developing a 3-18 curriculum which is progressive, coherent and challenging

  7. Closing the Gap • Year-on year improvement S4- S6 across all measures • 39.1% of learners in WD in SIMDs 1 & 2 • 5.8% of learners in WD in SIMDs 9 & 10 • WDC placed 3rd in Scotland for SOLACE Benchmark of % of students from SIMDs 1 & 2 achieving 5+ Level 6 by end of S6

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