Mowbray School

Investors in Pupils

• Involvement in Investors in Pupils provides excellent evidence of the contribution a school is making to the five outcomes of Every Child Matters and Inclusion

• Within AFL, SEAL and ECM there is an emphasis on listening to ‘pupil voice’.

• IIPs actively engages pupils in the ownership of the school and their learning.

Each classroom has visible information to include all 5 areas ;

• Learning

• Behaviour

• Induction

• Attendance

• Classroom management/responsibilities

Why Schools become involved in IiP

• Something which can become embedded in good school practice.

• Emphasis on valuing all pupils• Reinforces the ethos of our

school• Many areas already in place• High expectations of everyone

in school• Recognises what we do in

school• Developed and refined to meet

the needs of our changing population.

IiP should Impact on;

Attendance –– Improved attendance through

incentives such as awards for full half term attendance at school

Behaviour –

– Where schools have fully embraced the principles and practice of initiatives such as IiP, SEAL & have a positive behaviour policy, staff have noticed that there have been noticeable changes/further improvements in pupil behaviour and commitment to learning.

Impact

Induction- – Induction books and DVDs

help children to feel confident & raise self esteem

– transition from Primary-Secondary

– new pupils to settle,– new adult helpers, – supply teachers.

Classroom management- – helps with economic well-

being – spending money wisely – how important it is to look

after things in the classroom – looking after each other

through the class promise

The 5 key areas of IiP have a positive impact on the personal development & well-being in many ways:

Learning- – IiP children become

better learners through –

– targets, both individual & class, decided by the children, allows them to be involved with their own learning.

Check listDo your children have a good understanding of:

Check list In our school do we have;

• Commitment from-head, all Commitment from-head, all teaching/support/lunchtime staff, teaching/support/lunchtime staff, children & Governors (all stakeholders)children & Governors (all stakeholders)

• IiP on display in every classroom IiP on display in every classroom (including EYFS )(including EYFS )

• Clear understanding of the Indicators in Clear understanding of the Indicators in the IiP handbookthe IiP handbook

• Induction booklets/policy in every Induction booklets/policy in every classroom classroom

• Class vision/mission/promise for every Class vision/mission/promise for every classclass

• Class targets – visual in every classClass targets – visual in every class

• SMART Individual targets for every SMART Individual targets for every childchild

Investors in Pupils

School Council or Class RepresentativesPupil Voice

• Representatives from all year groups

• Elected by their peers• Regular meetings• Set agendas• Tasks and feedback• Budget responsibility• Input to SDP• Jobs of responsibility –

Investors in Pupils - Evidence

IiP assemblies Interviews with children Interviews with staff Target setting with groups and

individual pupils Certificates – Artsmark Healthy School Standard Sports awards Eco- school involvement School Council Class buddies Befrienders Circle Time used to give pupils a

voice

Actions on attendance Positive behaviour strategies Job descriptions School aims Staff CPD Liaison with parents/carers Well structured PSHCE

programme Displays DVD/Video tape recording Pupil/Student work Reading partners Parents in school days SMART days Behind the scenes days

Investors in Pupils

Investors in Pupils Individual targets for Key Stage 2

Individual targets for Foundation & Key Stage 1

Investors in Pupils –Induction Handbook

Displays Finance

Investors in Pupils