St Joseph’s Achievement for Disadvantaged Children:
A Case Study
St. Joseph’s Catholic SchoolMacklin Street, WC2B 5NA
St. Joseph’s in Context
• 70% ethnic minorities;• 45% EAL;• 40% FSM entitled;• in the 10-20% most deprived nationally;• high pupil mobility.
AmbitionExpertise Creativity Inclusion
The Bolt Effect
AmbitionCreativity Inclusion Expertise
To give children exceptional life chances
End of KS1100% achieve a Level 2b+
End of KS2100% of children achieve a Level 4a+
in English and Maths combined
70% of children achieve a Level 5+in English and Maths combined
30% of children achieve a Level 6in Maths
InclusionAmbition Creativity ExpertiseMeeting the diverse and complex needs of each and every individual is embedded in everything that we do as a whole staff
It is the responsibility of the school to enable the child to access and make progress through the curriculum
Equal opportunities is not the same as equal provision
InclusionCreativity Ambition Expertise
• “… teachers’ knowledge of mathematics for teaching must be like an experienced taxi driver’s knowledge of a city, whereby one can get to significant places in a wide variety of ways, flexibly and adaptively.”
(Ma, 1999, p.123)
ExpertiseCreativity Ambition Inclusion
Pedagogy
teaching approaches and activities that foster pupils’ deeper understanding, including through the use of practical resources, visual images and information and communication technology
Assessment checking and probing pupils’ understanding during the lesson, and adapting teaching accordingly
Curriculumin understanding the progression in strands of
mathematics over time, so that they know the key knowledge and skills that underpin each stage of learning
Understandingensuring policies and guidance are backed up by professional
development for staff to aid consistency and effective implementation
Identify the barriers
Wider Reading
Model/Plan/Discuss
Importance of Immersion
InclusionCreativity Ambition Expertise
Assessment for Learning
All Join In!
• Jill Mansergh Times tables in ten minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXdHGBfoqfw&safe=active
InclusionCreativity Ambition Expertise• Creating Effective Learning Environments – resources • Securing motivation and concentration - • Providing equality of opportunity through a range of
teaching approaches and modifying these for individual needs
• Using appropriate assessments• Setting targets for children• Teaching more able children with their own class and
extending their learning through differentiated group work, extra challenges and opportunities for independent learning e.g. nrich cambridge university. Low threshold, high ceiling tasks
CreativityAmbition Inclusion Expertise
• Storybook maths
• Money in maths week
• Maths through art
• Maths in architecture
St. Joseph’s: A Bright Future
TermlySRSE
ReviewLesson observations
Work sampling
Planning Intervention MappingPlanning of staff CPDSubject Leader Action
PlanningSchool Improvement
Committee
ImplementationTraining
Quality First Teaching
InterventionsSubject Leader
Actions
AnalysisModerated AssessmentsPupil Progress Reviews
• Tackling barriers, monitoring consistency • Robustly challenge weak teaching