Academy Transformation Trust

Improving Education Together.

Lisa Crausby

Principal Improvement Director

About Us

Who is Academy Transformation Trust?

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We’re a not for profit sponsor of 21 primary and secondary academies, and further education providers based in the Midlands, East of England and South East.

We are in our fourth academic year.

We believe every child matters and deserves a first class education. Our family of academies are open to everyone as we believe every child deserves the very best chance in life.

We’re on a mission

Our mission is to provide the very best education for all pupils and the highest level of support for our staff to ensure every pupil leaves our academies with everything they need to reach their full potential.

This is a team effort

• We’re here to make education better and give every pupil the best chance in life

• Share Ideas and Opinions

• Innovate, Create & Disrupt

Small steps become giant leaps

Academy Improvement Strategy

Achievement Strategy

Steps to Success

1. Due diligence

2. Baseline review

3. Categorisation of the academy

4. Flight path

5. Principals’ Performance Management Targets

6. Overall Evaluation and Effectiveness Document - SEF

7. Transformational Improvement Plan

8. Improving teaching, learning and assessment

9. Commissioning the team/ using Champions and Lead Practitioners

10. Data drops – Trajectory of Improvement

11. Improvement Boards – tackling lines of enquiry

12. Bespoke reviews

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Our 5 Hallmarks

• World Class Curriculum

• World Class Culture

• World Class Teaching

• World Class Learners

• World Class Achievement

AssessmentBy the end of 1st week July 2016 GL PTM, PTE, Year 7-9, PTS (end of KS 3)

By the end of July 2016 Transition tests for Y6 pupils (if preferred)

2nd week August 2016 KS 5 exam results - protocols sent out by Mark Larigo

3rd week August 2016 KS 4 exam results - protocols sent out by Mark Larigo

By end of September Y7 CAT testing (analyse reports by tutor group, set, gender

etc)

KS 3 re-sits for those not at age related expectations PTE,

PTM, PTS End of Key Stage 3 (Year 7s sit Age 11 tests, Year 8s

sit Age 12 etc..) Analyse combined reports: CAT/ PTE/PTM/

NGRT A to identify gaps

NGRT for the vulnerables in reading – all pupils Y7-11

By the end of NovemberPASS completed (Analyse focus groups separately, SEND,

DPs)

By the end of Autumn Term 2 Y11, Y12, Y13 mock exams (Y10 end of term assessment)

By the end of Autumn Term 2 TA for Key Stage 3

By the end of Spring 2 Mock exams for Y11, Y12, Y13/ End of term assessment Y10

GL Progress Tests in English, mathematicsYears 7-9, science

end of KS 3. Teacher Assessments for all other subjects at KS Year 10 Mocks

By the end of July 2017 Transition tests for Y6 pupils (if preferred) during induction

2nd week August 2017 KS 5 exam results

3rd week August 2017 KS 4 exam results

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What makes an effective teacher?

We asked our pupils and teachers,

what makes a good teacher?

World class building blocks Pupil entitlement

Commitment to our pupils to:

feel safe and valued

enjoy their learning

reach their full potential achieve well develop skills for their futures celebrate their successes

Teacher Toolkit.

Commitment to our teaching staff to:

feel safe and valued

be supported in the classroom

access high quality resources

benefit from best practice

be reflective practitioners

celebrate their successes

Monitoring and evaluation

Commitment to supporting our team through:

consistent robust approaches

developing strengths

supporting areas for development

mentoring and coaching

identifying training needs

proactive CPD planning

Personal Development

Commitment to developing our team by:

meeting the needs of all staff

high quality induction and training

utilising strengths across the academy

providing recruitment opportunities

workforce development

succession planning

Strengthening partnerships

Commitment to developing our

partnerships by:

strengthening relationships at all levels

sharing expertise

improving practice

providing timely support

increasing capacity

collaborative research opportunities

Successes

1. All academies have moved to Good by their second inspection, almost all from an inadequate baseline

2. All academies in Essex have been transformed to Good from an inadequate baseline in the predecessor school

3. All secondary academies are internally categorised as Good. 4. All Early Years’ Provision is judged as Good by Ofsted5. We have no secondary academy below the government’s minimum

standard for the second consecutive year6. Two academies have been awarded with World Class Curriculum

status7. We are growing our Lead Practitioner network through SSAT to

develop system leadership

Languages for Life

Find out how we introduced Latin into our academies

Thank you