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Yorkshire & Humber ICT consultants network Narrowing the Gap

Yorkshire & Humber ICT consultants network Narrowing the Gap. Michael Hawkins Regional Adviser NtG 22 nd October 2009. Why don’t they do well?. Underperforming groups – who do we mean?. Children in care (LAC) White/Black Caribbean Black African and White/Black African Black Other

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Yorkshire & Humber ICT consultants network Narrowing the Gap

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  1. Yorkshire & HumberICT consultants networkNarrowing the Gap Michael Hawkins Regional Adviser NtG 22nd October 2009

  2. Why don’t they do well?

  3. Underperforming groups – who do we mean? Children in care (LAC) White/Black Caribbean Black African and White/Black African Black Other Pakistani White Other Gypsy, Roma and Traveller of Irish heritage Children eligible for free school meals

  4. Underperforming groups - what have we achieved?

  5. Breaking the Link: Everyone’s Business (DCSF, 2009) For most pupils school is a rich and rewarding experience, but it is an uncomfortable fact that at every ability level in the system, pupils from poor backgrounds achieve less well than their counterparts. Real progress in breaking the link between deprivation and low educational attainment relies most of all on the leadership of every teacher in every school, and on their ability to transmit their own passion for transforming opportunity.

  6. Breaking the Link: Everyone’s Business (DCSF, 2009) About half (48%) of pupils entitled to FSM are to be found in the third of schools with greatest concentration of disadvantage, and the other half are spread across the other two thirds of schools. Of the roughly ten per cent of pupils identified by schools as gifted and talented, there is a significant under-representation of those from disadvantaged backgrounds … great potential is currently going unrecognised, and perhaps undeveloped.

  7. The relative gap in performance between FSM and non-FSM children is greatest in the least deprived schools

  8. FSM/Non FSM by GO region (SFR December 2008)

  9. Improvement 07–08 by GO region

  10. Strategies for Success for schools, settings and LAs

  11. Extra Mile Activities Securing attention, engagement & mutual respect Participatory learning; listening campaign; local culture and values; recruiting, training & retaining the right staff Raising aspirations Broaden horizons; culture of achievement; relevant curriculum Equipping pupils with skills for the future Spoken & written language; social, emotional, behavioural skills Hold them to it Traditional values & behaviour; track and intervene; rewards & incentives; support at transition points

  12. The golden thread ‘Narrowing the Gaps: from data analysis to impact’ available at http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk

  13. Narrowing the Gaps ‘Resources to support the achievement of Black and minority ethnic, disadvantaged and gifted and talented pupils’ available at http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/node/227331

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