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Case Study 3Monitoring the Delivery of the
Planned CurriculumLex Hayes Ashfield Girls’ H.S.
Ashfield Girls’ High SchoolA Specialist School for ICT
• 11-18 school for girls.• Intake mostly C2, D selection Grades or
pupils who do not sit test.• Mixed ability in all subjects.• ICT Specialist school.• 640 pupils (oversubscribed since 2001).• 45 staff.
Delivering the planned Curriculum – how a school can use NovaT absence data to minimise disruption to :
• Staff Absence• Classes’ curriculum• Individual pupil’s curriculum
Ashfield Girls’ High SchoolA Specialist School for ICT
NovaT Cover Data – 3 Useful Reports• Staff Absence Statistics• Class Summaries• Pupil’s classes covered
Ashfield Girls’ High SchoolA Specialist School for ICT
Staff Absence Statistics (1)• Enables us to look at absence patterns of
individual staff and allows us to make arrangements to minimise effects
• Enables us to look at other planned staff commitments i.e. school visits, training etc to minimise these staff missing further days and allows us to prevent these staff missing the same days
(data examined each fortnight or monthly)
Ashfield Girls’ High SchoolA Specialist School for ICT
Staff Absence Statistics (2)• Enables us to look at overall planned
Staff Development commitments e.g. training, exam boards etc and allows us to plan and rationalise training, SDD etc. for the following year
(data examined each term or half yearly)
Ashfield Girls’ High SchoolA Specialist School for ICT
Class Summaries• Enables us to look at which staff have
missed certain classes and allows us to place subject specialists in these classes from rota or subs to minimise disruption (fortnightly)
Ashfield Girls’ High SchoolA Specialist School for ICT
Why use digital portfolios?
Data on the number of periods that an individual pupil has been covered:
• Enables us to see if a student has been covered in a large number of classes over all subjects and may trigger extra support or inform parental interviews etc. (as necessary).
• ahayes022@ashgirls.belfast.ni.sch.uk
Ashfield Girls’ High SchoolA Specialist School for ICT