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Leading them over the ALPS
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EDUCATING EDGWARE
• Canons High School is in Edgware
• Judged as Outstanding by OFSTED in 2010 and 2013
• Newly designated as a teaching school
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CANONS HIGH SCHOOL
• Mixed Comprehensive
• Academy since 2012
• 1050 students: a very diverse intake
• 65 Languages identified - 152 Gujarati, 116 Somali, 111 Romanian, 77 Arabic … down to single speakers of Yoruba, Lingala and Balochi.
• 43% of students currently eligible for Free School Meals
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ADDING VALUE
• KS4 results: in 2013,
• we were in the top 3% of schools in the country for pupil progress
• … and one of the top 100 schools nationally for showing the greatest sustained improvement achieving 5 or more A*-C grade GCSEs, including English and Maths (now above 70%)
• KS5 value: we do even better!
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KS4 CURRICULUM
• 3 year KS4 curriculum: core consists of English, Maths, Science and PE.
• In addition, there are 6 options for all students: every student takes 2 options per year: the options are a combination of GCSE and BTEC courses,
enrichment courses and bridging courses
• All students have individual interviews with senior staff before choosing their options, in all three years in KS4 and during Year 11 before making their choices for KS5
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Going over the ALPS!
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CANONS HIGHA LEVEL RESULTS
Exam YearAverage
Points Score GCSE
A*-B A*-CRussell Group
destination
ALPS ‘T’ Score
2009 5.6 24% 53% <5% 7
2010 5.5 29% 58% <5% 4
2011 5.5 33% 61% <5% 4
2012 5.7 45% 68% 11% 3
2013 5.6 53% 87% 25% 1
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A* - C GRADEDISTRIBUTION
53%58% 61%
68%
87%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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RUSSELL GROUPDESTINATION
5% 5% 5%
11%
25%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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MARGINAL GAINS“It’s important to understand the aggregation of marginal gains. Put simply…how small improvements in a number of different aspects of what we do can have a huge impact to the overall performance of the team.”
Dave Brailsford(Former Head Coach of GB Cycling)
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CURRICULUM AND TIMETABLING
• ‘Deep learning’
• Shared classes
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DATA
RAG meetings…conversations…IAG
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ETHOS
• Open mind-set
• Inclusivity and building cultural capital
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STUDENT VIDEOS
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PEDAGOGY AT CANONSby Sarah Brown
“Pedagogy Leaders at Canons High School will be responsible for helping to lay the foundations of a coherent and systematic approach to professional
development and school improvement that is rooted in highly effective pedagogy.”
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UNDERPINNINGPRINCIPLES
Distributive leadership
Grass roots
Classroom focussed
Organic & Agile
Surplus modelSupporting
and developing
teachers
Core purpose -pedagogy
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MET
HO
DS 1st year
Accelerated Learning Cycle
Key learning Themes
CHS8
Marginal gains
2nd Year
Further embedding of
1st year
Mentoring/ coaching
Whole school literacy
Whole school A-A*
achievement
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HOW IT WORKS
• Research • from journals and visiting other school
• Look for new ideas
• Feed back to Canons
• INSETs, TLCs and Teachmeets• Suggest new teaching methods
• Share/model best practice
• Choice
• Support• Coaching
• Mentoring
• NTEN learning project
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IMP
ACT
-ST
AFF
Staff feel:
• Valued• Motivated• Confident• Supported• Trusted
Staff have:
• Opportunities• High expectations• Choice (CPD)• Embraced the pedagogy
Staff are:
• Engaged• Learners• Smart teachers (marginal gains)• Considered risk takers
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IMP
ACT
-ST
AFF
CO
NT.
Staff share
• Best practice• Marginal gains• Teach meets• Canons broadside blog• CanonsOPP Twitter
Staff Achieve
•WSR 80% staff were good or outstanding
NO PANIC at OFSTED in June 2013
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IMPACT - STUDENTS
Quality of teaching
ALPS T score 1
Language for learning
Motivation
Independence and interdependence
Engaged in learning
Retention of students
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PEDAGOGY IMPLEMENTED IN A-LEVEL BIOLOGY
1. The Flipped Classroom & Self- Evaluation:Mid-term planning with Mr Michael Barratt
2. SOLO taxonomy:Classroom model with Joe Freeman
3. Creative Learning:Stop-motion activity with Antony Fernandopulle
4. Investigation and Enquiry & Evaluative Learning:Using Hollywood films with Darren Silver
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PEDAGOGY IN BIOLOGY
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PEDAGOGY IMPLEMENTED INA-LEVEL BIOLOGY CONT.
5. Language Learning:Glossaries with Sarah Brown
6. Applied Learning & Flipped Classroom:Questions on a David Attenborough film with Sarah Brown
7. Challenge Learning & Language Learning: Xylem and phloem tissues with Sarah Brown
8. Challenge Learning & Self and Peer Evaluation:Test with mixed-up mark scheme with Sarah Brown
9. Self-Evaluation:Test analysis and evaluation with Sarah Brown
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Thank you