Improvement Teams Monday 17 th October 2016

1. Improvement Teams Monday 17th October 2016

2. Staff Launch Objectives • Understand the Challenge the Gap programme (CtG) • Understand the role of the St. Michael’ CtG group • Know the Pupil Premium Student • Know the St. Michael’s gap • Understand the initial plans to ‘narrow the gap’ at St Michael’s • Understand how St. Michael’s is aiming to ‘mind the gap’

3. Our Mission A whole school improvement programme to break the link between poverty and poor outcomes The Pupil Journey The aim of Challenge the Gap Average pupil Expected attainment on leaving school x x Attainment x Pupil with low attainment Underachieving pupils need to make accelerated, not average, progress

4. Where are we based?

5. St. Michael’s Challenge the Gap • Aim • To enable the St. Michaels PPs 15 to be highly successful learners and narrow the gap. • Objectives • Improve self confidence and motivation • Improve character skills, like persistence and ‘grit’ • Increase the social/cultural capital • Improve aspiration • Improve attainment. Understand the aim of CtG at St Michael’s

6. Defining a Pupil Premium Student . Ever 6 FSM The pupil premium includes pupils recorded in the January school census who are known to have been eligible for free school meals (FSM) in any of the previous 6 years. Adopted or Looked After Children Pupils who were and are looked after by an English or Welsh local authority. Service Child Children who have parents in the armed forces are supported through the service child premium. Know the Pupil Premium Student

7. Pupil Premium Attainment Gap • Attainment gaps between pupils from deprived backgrounds and their more affluent peers persist through all stages of education, including entry into higher education.  • The highest early achievers from deprived backgrounds are overtaken by lower achieving children from advantaged backgrounds by age seven.  • The gap widens further during secondary education and persists into higher education.  • The likelihood of a pupil eligible for FSM achieving five or more GCSEs at A*-C including English and mathematics is significantly less than non PP pupil.  • A pupil from a non-deprived background is more than twice as likely to go on to study at university as their deprived peer.  Know the Pupil Premium Student

8. Pupil Premium Students V Whole Cohortat St Michael’sNational Attainment Gap 2015 – 28% Know the St. Michael’s Gap

9. Narrowing the Gap at St Michael’s • Whole-school approach to tackling gaps • St. Michael’s team • Identifying the St. Michael’s 15 • Engaging the St. Michael’s 15 • Engaging the parents of the St. Michael’s 15 • First steps strategies to narrow the gap • Understand the aim of CtG at St Michael’s

10. St Michael’s Team TIFFANY LIDDY

11. Narrowing the Gap at St Michael’s • Identifying the St. Michael’s 15 • Criteria: • Pupil Premium student • Not being supported elsewhere • Ability to engage with the programme • Could do better ……. • Understand the aim of CtG at St Michael’s

12. Narrowing the Gap at St Michael’s • Engaging the St. Michael’s 15 • Pupil introduction and survey • Group name – AAA (Aspire, Aim, Achieve) • Next steps - teambuilding • Understand the aim of CtG at St Michael’s

13. Strategies so far • Teambuilding • Mentoring programme • English initiative • Improving literacy • Understand the initial plans to ‘narrow the gap’ at St Michael’s

14. The Role of the Mentor - TJL • Make regular appointments • Stick to the appointments • Be prepared during the appointment (have a focus specific to your mentees) • Brief notes if necessary to provide feedback to the team • Motivate students • New effort score criteria - (explain, remind and encourage good or better effort) • Check students are being organised – writing homework in planners, homework is being complete e.g. check Sims during meetings for positive or negatives • Motivate students – raise aspirations • Directing students to appropriate staff when struggling • Talking to the students – Get to know them • If it is not working out then let the team and we will match you to a different student

15. Student Passport - TJL • Understand the initial plans to ‘narrow the gap’ at St Michael’s

16. Student Passport - TJL • Understand the initial plans to ‘narrow the gap’ at St Michael’s

17. Year 12 coach/support • Understand the initial plans to ‘narrow the gap’ at St Michael’s

18. English Initiative • English Ideas so far… • Enrichment trip to Highgate Cemetery to compliment the current scheme of work on Gothic Horror – introducing a practical element to descriptive writing • Lessons on ‘Debating skills’ – to develop oral literacy and confidence. Students need to be able to be able to talk in a formal way in full sentences to help develop their written skills, as well as developing their confidence. • Linda’s small group library lessons- to engage in literacy • Understand the initial plans to ‘narrow the gap’ at St Michael’s

19. Staff To Do: • Mark Pupil Premium books/assessments first • Initiative to create a highly successful PP learner • Understand the initial plans to ‘narrow the gap’ at St Michael’s

20. Staff Task – Patience • In your subject group. • Use the English example • Discuss at least one way in which your department could help in narrowing the gap/help in making these 15 highly successful learners. • Understand the initial plans to ‘narrow the gap’ at St Michael’s

21. Minding the gap • Accountability. • Collecting data throughout the year ie: data relating to effort using the school effort grid

22. Q & A -Patience