Hsis School Improvement Update Issue 7
Summer 2017
NEW: Hsis Conferences and more free resources from Rising Stars
Dear Colleagues, Welcome to our Summer Term 2017 School Improvement Update. I hope that you have all had a restful Easter break and that the summer term has begun smoothly. As always, the summer term is a busy one for all schools and academies – not least because of the assessment and testing season. Last year, as we know, was the first year of the new tests under the new assessment arrangements and, let’s face it, despite everyone’s best efforts, we were all to some extent working in the dark. Despite this, Havering children performed extremely well and we rank very highly in the 152 Local Authority ‘League Table’: Key Stage 1 Attainment
Reading
Writing
Maths
x/152 LAs
29/152
21/152
17/152
Percentile Rank
19th
14th
11th
I am sure you would have noticed that in Hsis we have added a range of new Conferences to our CPD programme with national keynote speakers. On the programme are conferences for Ofsted, EMA, English, Maths, Science, Online Safety, Social Media, Google for Education – and there are more in the pipeline, with attendance free for Hsis Package 1 and 3 schools. The conferences thus far have been very well evaluated: Managing Your Ofsted Inspection: “Allyson’s courses are always grounded in common sense. She provided us with lots of practical strategies which are already proving to be very helpful.” (Bernadette Matthews, Headteacher, St Joseph’s Catholic School) “A brilliant conference - one of the best! I could have listened to her all day!” (Matt Dineen, Headteacher, Harold Court Primary School)
Key Stage 2
EMA Conference - Surviving, Striving and Thriving:
Attainment
RWM
Reading
Writing
Maths
x/152 LAs
8/152
10/152
2/152
17/152
Percentile Rank
6th
7th
2nd
12th
“Thank you for a fantastic experience today.”
Progress
RWM
Reading
Writing
Maths
x/152 LAs
-
40/152
27/152
48/152
“Great conference; lots of valuable information.”
Percentile Rank
-
27th
18th
32nd
“Fantastic speakers and workshops.”
The 2016 LA RaiseOnline also shows that disadvantaged pupils made better progress than their non-disadvantaged peers in Reading and Writing in Havering. Our disadvantaged pupils also made better progress than non-disadvantaged pupils nationally! We have been closing the gap, narrowing the gap, diminishing the difference! Well done to everybody in schools for this excellent performance.
Added to this, you will hopefully have now received the new Switched On Online Safety and Switched On Minecraft resources produced with our partners at Rising Stars.
Despite the uncertainty of last year, we now have a clearer idea about standards, moderation, arrangements, tests and interim frameworks, etc, so we can go in to this year with great confidence and optimism.
Wishing you all an enjoyable and successful summer term,
We are working hard to ensure that Havering schools receive top quality professional development and that each event adds value to individuals and their schools.
Grahame Smith School Improvement Manager