Using ICT to raise achievement at Seven Kings High School

1. "Friendship, Excellence and Opportunity" Using ICT to raise achievement at Seven Kings High School Clive Rosewell (Deputy Headteacher)

2. School Profile • Successful, high achieving multi-ethnic, mixed comprehensive school • 84% 5A*-C (2004) • 1350 students on role (420 in the sixth form) • Designated school for integration of pupils with physical disability • Technology College and Leading Edge School • Ethos – wonderful pupils! • Pleasant Learning Environment – e.g. carpets in classrooms and corridors • Reflective learning school e.g. AFL ICT - A central part of the schools success

3. School Ethos • The school exists for students • Our designation as a Leading Edge School reflects our success in enabling the students of all abilities to succeed. • Our success is not accidental Derived from the high quality of the teaching and non teaching staff and the importance placed by the school on learning, teaching and achievement. • Key learning principles • There is no known ceiling to achievement – intelligence can be developed • Each student must know what to do in order to improve and how to do it! High expectations on their own are not enough. • Consistency of experience is fundamental. We are a team and consistency makes us greater than the sum of our parts. • Every student has the right to be successful and the ability to achieve. • Our job is to create learning; not process and record what we find.

4. ICT Facilities • Full Wireless Cisco Network • Laptops for all Teachers • 24 Hour network access – VLE installed Summer 2005 • 8 well-equipped ICT rooms • 150 + Laptops for student use • Interactive whiteboards, data projectors in classrooms • 4 ICT Technicians • Multi-Media Technician • Fully Computerised reports and Assessment system All purchases linked to expected outcomes Not buying kit for the sake of it If it will not make a difference, don’t buy it!!

5. Using ICT To Raise Standards • Learning and teaching • Administration • Target setting • Cross-curricular delivery of ICT “E-confident schools use ICT to make subject teaching more effective”Charles Clarke (speech to the CEO’s, Birmingham June 2003)

6. "Friendship, Excellence and Opportunity" Using ICT To Raise Standards “ICT is highly valued at Seven Kings and is seen as a crucial part of every child’s education. ICT is seen as a tool to support and enhance learning rather than an end in itself” Learning and Teaching Policy (Seven Kings High School)

7. ICT @ KS3: Seven Kings • A Cross-Curricular Model - ICT is simply a powerful ‘Tool for Learning’ [AFL] • ICT learning opportunities in every Scheme of work • We cover the KS3 ICT Strategy across the curriculum WHO target-audience WHY the end-user’s learning experience WHAT preparation involved (research/planning) HOW tasks to complete (the ‘making’) WHERE place(s) to create the end-product WHEN deadlines to be met The Six Cardinal Questions of ICT Learning!

8. High Standards for KS3 Cross-Curricular ICT • “Cross-curricular ICT Leader” appointed September 2004 • ICT strength and rigour in ALL subjects • ICT as a requirement in all KS3 subjects • ICT Levels given in all KS3 subjects • Research & Communication Skills [RACS] • Extra resources in Science, Maths and DT – Time and hardware • Science Maths and DT responsible for Level 6+ opportunities and targets “One of the few schools in the country to deliver cross-curricular ICT effectively”OFSTED Inspector 2003

9. Key Stage 4 – 5 A*- C (Whole School) • 78% 2003, • 84% 2004 • 88% 2005 (predicted!) Adding Value to pupil outcomes Fisher Family Trust and Autumn Package Prediction based upon prior attainment at KS2 GCSE 5 A* -C50% • Key Stage 3 ICT level 5+ • 2004 85% • Key Stage 4 – GNVQ ICT • 2002, 76% Pass Rate • 2003, 86% Pass Rate • 2004, 93% Pass Rate • Key Stage 5 – whole school • Average points score per student of 313.5 • 62.4% of all grades at A/B. • Key Stage 5 – ICT • AS: 45 Students, 100% Pass Rate • A2: 32 Students, 100% Pass Rate

10. Transition Cross Phase Initiative • Regular meetings with four primary and one special school. • Sharing good practice. • Peer to peer observations. • Enrichment activities utilising ICT: • Design Technology – Pro Desktop • History – Supporting their learning using Multimedia software • Music – composing and editing music using software • Media – filming and editing

11. The Bridges Project • Children in Year 6 and 7 working on the ‘Bridges Project’ • Seven Kings staff teaching in primary schools; • Project work on bridges; A trip to Tower Bridge; • Visit’s to SKHS to use ICT and Technology to begin to design a bridge; • A summer project is set for the students; • Year 7 when students manufacture their designs. • ‘Best Work Folder’ issued to all students in Year 6 coming to SKHS. • Children select their own best work for discussion with teachers at SKHS.

12. Technology Week

13. Self and Peer Assessment • Use of Mark Schemes • Students create their own mark schemes based on given criteria • Students write specific scheme for different levels or grade boundaries. • Use of Student Seating • Pairs or groups with equal balance of able and less able students. • Students sat in pairs or groups of equal ability. Example of work a level / grade above their working level provided. • Students identify what they need to move their work to the next level. • Whole class activity where answers are shared by all students in a discussion chaired by the teacher.

14. Self and Peer Assessment • Feedback and Target Setting • Students create and complete feedback sheet for other students or themselves and focus on areas for improvement. • Use of traffic lights to show student understanding:- Red dot = lack of understanding / uncertainty about the task. Orange dot = reasonable understanding / could have done better. Green dot = clear understanding / goal achieved. • Use of Targets • Students to be given the opportunity to act upon their targets. • Redrafting. • Setting of tasks using similar skills.

15. Strategies for Questioning

16. "Friendship, Excellence and Opportunity"

17. ICT as an enabling tool for personalisation Using ICT effectively can help personalisation • Effective teaching – planning and differentiation • Flexible curriculum • Student access to ICT • Student Interviews • Student data accessible and available at point of need Using Data and ICT alone is not personalisation

18. ICT and Target Setting Raise Achievement Why Use Data? • Identify barriers, problems and successes • Compare our performance against National benchmarks • Ask questions • A starting point for discussion - Inform future planning NOT a one stop answer to our problems

19. Target Setting To Raise Achievement At Key Stage 4 and 5 two grades for every student (KS3 to follow) • Minimum Grade MG (should get) • Target Grade TG (could get) “The corridor of achievement” • NOT a predicted grade • Indicate potential performance • Challenge underachievement

20. Using ICT to raise achievement at Seven Kings High School Clive Rosewell (Deputy Headteacher) c.rosewell@skhs.net www.skhs.net