Post 16 Progression & Retention

1. Post 16Progression & Retention Parental Engagement Haybridge High School & Sixth Form In partnership with the Specialist Schools Trust

2. Project Schools • Haybridge High School • Wye Valley Sports College • Tewkesbury School • Wilnecote High School • Easingwold School • Salt Grammer School • Grange School • The John Kitto Community College • Biddenham Upper School • Northallerton College • Stantonbury Campus

3. Process of the Project • Audit of Current Practices • Case Study (new initiative) • Toolkit

4. The Wye Valley School PARENT VOICE A New Look

5. Home factors 80% Within school factors 8-20% Why involve parents • The difference parents make

6. Positive Difference • More parental involvement • Led by parents and staff in partnership • Impacting on all areas of the school • Linking to whole school areas • Linking to the Governors • Greater knowledge for all parents • Link with Student Voice • Improved Academic achievement • Increased Expectations • Future Potential • Economic Wellbeing • Pupils are clear that ‘troublemakers’ do not have • parental support for learning • Parents need information they can use and • understand

7. STUDENT VOICE

8. SCHOOL PARLIAMENT

9. PARENT VOICE

10. PARENTS PARLIAMENT

11. SUMO4SCHOOLS Tewkesbury School Leadership Coaching Programme A Personal Development Programme for Pupils with Potential

12. Aims of the programme SUMOShut Up, Move On • To tackle low aspiration and low achievement in a selected group pf Y12’s and Y10’s • To raise confidence, self belief and self esteem through proven coaching techniques • To involve parents in the coaching of their children Using a proven and highly successful coaching programme written by Paul McGee

13. How we went about this… • Selected pupils who have the potential to influence others and increase their achievements and aspirations • Selected Year 12’s as role models and to be coaches to the Year 10’s. • Selected Year 10’s whose barriers to learning fit into the emotional intelligence area. • Group & 1-2-1 sessions with Years 10 & 12 • Gave parents the chance to be involved in the coaching of their child • Parent evenings / other contact

14. What strategies were used? • In the group sessions the S.U.M.O. programme included the use of: • Changing your T-shirt • The BSE crisis (blame someone else) • Developing fruity thinking • Ditching Doris Day • The Beachball

15. And for parents… • Understanding their child’s personality • Using the Beachball • Addressing faulty thinking • Developing emotional support at home (5 languages of love) in order to increase children’s self belief and positive attitude

16. Did S.U.M.O. work? • All Y12’s completed the year & Increase in results • Increased confidence, attendance, participation and awareness of future choices • Active decisions in terms of peer groups • Actual use of S.U.M.O. terms in lessons to (encouraging self and others

17. And parents… • Positive feedback from parents at the meetings • Enjoy the chance to be involved • One parent expressed delight at her son making active decisions about his peer group

18. The future for Tewkesbury… • To continue using • To expand it’s use to students who have behaviour issues • To continue to keep in touch with the last years leaders and coaches / coachees SUMOShut Up, Move On

19. Developing Parental Engagement Wilnecote High School

20. Key Objective • To develop closer links between school and home, as a way of improving sixth form attainment • 6th Form increased rapidly – 45% Yr 11 Cohort • Pass rate 93% • Satisfactory results compared to Alis and CVA data

21. School Context • Lack of parental support • The catchment area • Income is lower than the national average • Higher lone parents • Only 12% of the parents been through any form of higher education • Low skilled jobs, unemployment being below the national average • 30 – 40 % of the sixth form are eligible for EMA.

22. The Project The main aim for this early part of the project is:- • To empower parents to fully support their children • Production of a parental handbook • Induction Evenings and Workshops • Student shadowing • It was felt that once parents valued sixth form education and felt able to support it, we could then move on to empowering parents into being an active part of the process.

23. Parental Handbook • Given out at Induction evening • Used until Christmas • Too much too soon! • Changes:- • A4 Folder • Sections given out at appropriate times • Additional useful information given – timetable, calendar etc

24. Induction Evening • Excellent attendance • Established clear links • BUT – follow up workshops not working due to lack of communication in the interim

25. Student Shadowing • Ideal – parents attend lessons alongside the student – fully understand demands • Barriers – staff and students unhappy, parents find it daunting

26. The Future • Following on from the initiatives • To enhance the frequency and quality of the dialogue between home and school • To raise awareness with teaching staff of the importance of post 16 parental support • Empower parents to be proactive by forming a parent’s council

27. Post 16Progression & Retention Update Next Year