Making Good Progress

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Making Good Progress
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Background

• Aim to improve the rate of progress which
  children make year by year, as well as between
  key stages
• One of 10 Local Authorities
• 491 schools overall
• 405 schools with KS2 pupils
• 86 schools with KS3 pupils
• 108,751 pupils
• June 2007 to July 2009

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Schools in Mid Essex

• 3 Project schools
• Alec Hunter Humanities College
• Notley High School
• Tabor Science College
• 16 partner primary schools

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Leading and managing the pilot in Essex

• Tracy Goodway Teaching and Learning
• Marilyn Miners English Strategy
• Pete Revett Mathematics Strategy
• Lynn Wright Teaching and Learning
• Theresa Pierce Assessment for Learning
• Chris Smith Progression data and Target
• Tracker
• Alison Fiala Primary Strategy Manager
• Chris Christofides Secondary Strategy Manager
• HORIZONS Alan Jacobs and Phil Willavoys

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Leading in Mid

• Marilyn Edwards
• Primary Deputy Strategy Manager
• Nicola Pruden
• Secondary Deputy Strategy Manager
• Fran Johnson Ashley Brett
• Carole Sleightholme Cathy Howes
• Link Consultants

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The key strands

• Assessment
• Single level tests
• Individual tuition
• Progression targets
• Progression premium

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Assessment

• Termly pupil progress tracking in KS2 and KS3
• Maths writing and reading
• Results and trends shared as pilot progresses
• 2 levels progress
• First data capture - December

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Assessing pupil progress - APP

• Available for all schools in January on the
  Primary Framework website
• Periodic assessment
• Standards files
• Levels 2-8
• Assessment foci (AFs)
• Low/secure/high

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Single level tests

• Reading, writing and maths
• When ready tests December and June
• Levels 3-6 in December
• Levels 78 added for June test
• Test papers can take different levels,
  different tests
• No ramping
• Time
• Externally written and marked
• Test/SATS in Yr 6
• Secure in level
• Security monitoring by DSMs

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Individual tuition

• 10 hours for 10 KS2 and 10 KS3
• Children KS2 2b or below
• Children KS3 - 3 or below
• Out of school
• Individual
• English and/or Maths
• 2 hours teacher/tutor briefing
• Recruitment
• Training

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Progression targets

• To increase the number of pupils who make 2
  levels of progress in the Key Stage
• All children/all schools
• 4 minimum increase in those children making 2
  levels of progress
• SDA/SIP will support with setting the targets

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Progression premium

• Payable to schools in the pilot which make
  excellent progress
• Per pupil, per subject, for each additional child
  that makes 2 levels of progress within the Key
  Stage
• Approx. 500 per child
• Could be used to further enrich the school
  curriculum

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Additional for Essex

• HORIZONS package
• Facilitators
• Half termly pilot lead meetings
• Termly cross phase meetings

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• Many children who do well at one stage of their
  education slow down or stall at the next stage. I
  want a relentless focus on the progress of each
  individual maximising the chances for every
  child to learn, achieve, and fulfil their
  potential. New approaches to assessment will help
  parents, pupils and teachers to track progress
  better, so that no child gets left behind.
  
• Alan Johnson