This was reflected in some way in most of the sessions i attended throughout the day, emphasising the importance of achieving equity for all students. Engaging parents in raising achievement do parents know they matter. Raising the attainment, achievement and aspiration of children who are looked after children who are looked after still face barriers to attainment and achievement in learning. Raising literacy attainment through film level 1 into film. They must all be based on the simple formula of aimsmeasures and changes. Feedback is valueneutral, it describes what you did and did not do. Already the changes noted by teachers include increased. Accordingly, this strategy aims to support raising the attainment of all learners, with a particular focus on improving the outcomes of those learners from the most. Helping scottish primary schools meet raising attainment. Raising attainment through interventions in literacy and mathematics. Scottish government sg 2014b raising attainment for all scotland.
Commenting on national public examination results, a recent report from the joseph rowntree foundation finds that as so often, all seemed not too far. The articles in this section explore a number of principles which underpin how we plan the history curriculum and. All peer tutoring approaches have the following characteristics. Pdf raising attainment in former coalfield areas researchgate.
Within this strategy, the overarching themes are to raise the attainment of all in achieving excellence, and to ensure equity through closing the gap in education. Attainment meaning in the cambridge english dictionary. Is there research on raising achievement in secondary schools. Effective classroom strategies for closing the gap. These implement the crossparty policy of raising attainment in englands schools to that of more successful countries and, in particular, raising the attainment of moderately and less able students who currently leave school with poor qualifications or none see the importance of teaching white paper 2010 pdf document. More successful schools saw raising the attainment of disadvantaged pupils as part of their commitment to help all pupils achieve their full potential. It involves a range of stakeholders including school leaders, researchers, teachers, parents and learners, as well as local and national policy makers. Wiggins, 1997 characteristics of good improvement feedbackcharacteristics of good improvement feedback. Explore the academic literature, policies and practice relating to raising attainment in scottish schools. Even from the tweets its clear that there is a real buzz and feeling of purpose surrounding this event. National improvement hub a virtual centre of educational expertise that will support the scottish attainment challenge. Given all this, the scottish editorial team for this.
Raising attainment plans raps are tactical, shortterm plans to help schools raise standards. This interactive seminar focuses on the key factors known to impact on a childs learning and achievement, and the drivers that bring about sustainable impact. The latest evidence shows that inspiring scotlands active play programme is helping to raise attainment in primary schools in glasgow. Commissioned by glasgow city council attainment challenge, the tenweek programme trains teachers and works with children in both structured and unstructured play.
Research into raising achievement secondary the key. Learn how they work, whos involved, and how it differs from a school improvement plan. Attainment is a measure of educational progress assessed against recognised standards while achievement goes far beyond this to recognise the range of skills. Raising the attainment, achievement and aspiration of. Raising the achievement of all learners in inclusive. Raising attainment improving life chances learning. Gonzalo, 2011 transaction is the concept of an interaction between individuals and the environment where they communicate goals they want to achieve. Glasgow, dundee, inverclyde, west dunbartonshire, north ayrshire, clackmannanshire and.
Some high impact strategies for raising achievement. The raising attainment for all programme was launched in june 2014, the programme aims to support consistent improvement in attainment and achievement through the development of a collaborative learning system which supports the implementation of improvement methodology and enables shared learning across the country. The raising attainment for all programme by jennifer barnes, senior professional officer scotland, voice scotland. If your gcse english results are good, congratulations. A research project commissioned by the specialist schools and academies trust professor alma harris and dr janet goodall university of warwick the views expressed in this report are the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the department for children, schools and. Professionals at all levels need to understand how poverty influences attainment, and draw on an evidence base of what works, for whom, in. Develop shared expectations across the cluster in literacy and numeracy. To begin to tackle the challenge of the attainment gap requires us first to understand it both the scale and nature of the gap, as. Theory of goal attainment 4 television, or the written word.
Helping scottish primary schools meet raising attainment for all standards i think spellzone has the potential to significantly help us achieve our literacyrelated raising attainment for all objectives. Raising attainment for all pupils, and raising it fastest for disadvantaged pupils why this is an issue on average, pupils in oldham make less progress in english and maths through primary and secondary school, and do worse in their exams at the end of their primary and secondary education than pupils in greater manchester and nationally. Slt ensure that all pupils, particularly in y11, have challenging subject targets based around high expectations, for example near the top of the range indicated by fft d pupil estimates. Raising attainment and closing the gap the scottish government has set itself the objectives of raising attainment for all young people and simultaneously closing the gap between the levels of attainment of children from deprived and more affluent backgrounds. Engaging parents in raising achievement do parents know. Supporting the attainment of disadvantaged pupils gov. You will also find information about the keys cpd toolkit, including a module on raising achievement. Raising attainment through interventions literacy and.
Raising attainment plans the key for school leaders. This does not mean just focusing on exam results, but instead looking at attainment in its widest sense. Commitment to raising attainment for all scottish government. Raising attainment project dundee and includem project update the dundee and includem raising attainment project aims to extend and embed support for s1s3 pupils identified as having, or being at risk of, behavioural or wellbeing issues, with a view to improving educational engagement, attainment and wellbeing. How well are we improving learning, raising attainment and. Three challenges in an unequal society show all authors. Fiona johnson, achahoish and kilmartin primary schools.
Raising the attainment, achievement and aspiration of children who are looked after a best practice report, july 2016 1 introduction this report is published in response to a request for advice from the welsh. Closing the attainment gap what can schools do scottish. The use of stretch aims across all simd quintiles helps to mitigate the risk of leaving behind those disadvantaged children and young people living in affluent areas, by ensuring we seek to raise attainment for all, rather than focusing solely on particular simd quintiles. Raising attainment strategy 201823 7 3 raising attainment for all in the senior phase ensuring excellence description the aim of this outcome is to increase attainment for all learners from s4 s6. This will enable young people to extend and deepen their learning and continue to develop skills for learning, life and work. Raising attainment for all updated voice the union. It involves a range of stakeholders including school leaders, researchers, teachers, parents and learners, as well as local and national policy. We refer to research on effective strategies to raise achievement, and look at factors that influence achievement. Research into how schools are raising the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the cambridge dictionary editors or of cambridge university press or its licensors. Attainment advisors all local authorities have direct access to a named attainment advisor who works collaboratively alongside local authority staff on agreed priorities which support the scottish attainment challenge.
Raising attainment for all in the senior phase ensuring excellence closing the poverty related attainment gap in the senior phase ensuring equity in order to achieve these outcomes, the strategy will focus on the delivery of specific actions and activities. Hm inspectors use these qis when carrying out the external evaluation of progress by individual local authorities in improving learning, raising attainment and approaches. Alanlafferty convener for education and equalities 1 inclusion, achievement, ambition and progress for all. Pdf on jan 1, 2003, christopher chapman and others published raising attainment in former coalfield areas find, read and cite all the research you need. Over the last couple of days ive been following tweets from the raising attainment for all national learning session 2 in glasgow with great interest. Parents involved in opportunities to reflect on learning with children. All teachers must know these individual targets and work towards their achievement. West lothian raising attainment strategy west lothian council. Raising attainment through interventions literacy and mathematics. If you use assistive technology such as a screen reader and need a version of this document in a more accessible.
Throughout all of the recent changes and developments in scottish education, one statistic that hasnt changed is the proportion of teachers who are committed to delivering the highest quality of education for all children and young people in their charge. Raising attainment strategy clackmannanshire council. Participants of this training will be introduced to a series of tools, including the 3cs character, colour, camera and 3ss story, setting, sound, which build teachers abilities to help their learners contextualise and decode film, learning key literacy skills such as inference, deduction and analysis which can be applied to film and other texts. Voice scotland, as a national partner, has committed to becoming part of this learning community, which will support the. This report outlines what teachers, schools, local and national government and other education providers can do to close the education attainment gap associated with poverty in scotland. Raising attainment why focus on raising attainment for all. Raising attainment for all, not just some scottish. Services for education offer schools a range of highly effective intervention programmes, developed by edge. Attainment in s4, the last year of compulsory education has.
The latest welsh government statistics show there is still a wide gap between the attainments of children who are looked after and that of other pupils. It will drive forward improvements in educational outcomes to ensure that everyone is encouraged to be the best they can be. Raising attainment and achievement policy meadowburn primary. With greater powers and funding being increasingly devolved directly to headteachers, so the role of middle leaders in helping their headteachers to raise attainment comes under greater scrutiny. Attainment is an individuals passport to personal, social, cultural and economic opportunities. The scottish governments raising attainment for all programme was launched at the secc in glasgow on 1617 june 2014. I now look forward eagerly to the presentation of the first east renfrewshire diplomas and the first conveners awards for outstanding achievement. Raising attainment raising attainment raising attainment and closing the gap at carluke high school a guide for parents and carers. The theme of this years festival was raising education for all, not just some. These examples are from the cambridge english corpus and from sources on the web. The scottish attainment challenge aims to raise the attainment of children and young people living in deprived areas, in order to close the equity gap. A pedagogy for attainment for all hilary povey introduction current practices in the teaching of mathematics in secondary schools in the uk do not promote attainment for all. At carluke high school, we are committed to working together to create inspirational.
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