Byron Court Primary School
Quality Education for All
What problems were in your school and how did you identify them?
Problems:
-No Nursery
-Transient population
-The school expanding from 400+ to 800+ pupils(nearly 5FE)
-High percentage of New Arrivals /EAL pupils
Identified this through forensic self-evaluation; regular external review and data analysis.
What actions did you take?
-Quality First Teaching
-Effective CPD and Action Research to accelerate progress and close gaps e.g LSEF Principles into Practice (P2P) and growth Mindsets/Positive -Learning Dispositions.
-Revision of basic skills and introduction of Guided Reading; Talk for Writing; focused Maths teaching and maths investigations.
-Capacity building through faculties and strong leadership; inclusion team and early identification of needs.
-Strengthened Support staff through weekly CPD meetings
-Early identification of needs and support needed.
-Specialist behaviour support/play therapist.
-Improved pupil progress review meetings with focused attention on underachievement.
-Strengthened class teachers, year team and middle leadership in the gathering and analysis of data to close gaps.
-Produced clear data presentations, including graphic analysis of correlating issues that can result in underachievement.
What were the outcomes?
-Top 3% for progress in the country, in 2016.
-Added value for EYFS.
-Continuous improvement of Phonics results.
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