Balance Pilot

Solution Satellite 1 – Balance Project 3: Balance Pilot in partnership with Angel Solutions and St Vincent de Paul Primary School Please note this Pilot has a cost implication for school Partner company:

Angel Solutions

Company Lead name:

Andy Kent

Linked School Partner

St Vincent de Paul Primary School

Headteacher name:

Lisa Salters

Name of project:

Balance Pilot

Outcome of project:

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To introduce 8 Schools to the Balance formative assessment tool To enable teachers to reduce workload To improve teacher well-being Explore Ofsted framework changes in 2019 around broad curriculum To strengthen teacher’s understanding of formative assessment.

Anticipated start date:

January 2018

Number of schools who could participate:

8 Schools

Total Project Cost

Various licence costs (depending on the schools that participate) plus £3600 total cost for hub training days.

Cost – Per school

Balance Licence: Balance licence is charged at £4 per pupil across your whole school. Through negotiation with Angel solutions you will pay 50% of this cost.

In addition the Trust will be covering all £450 costs for all 8 schools to allow each school (2 colleagues per school) to attend 3 full hub days

Outline of project:

Initial Meeting at Angel Solutions to find out more about Balance and what it can do for your school. To book on see link below. https://doodle.com/poll/96d4a3pb8gtyb24p 

Once you have decided if you want to be involved or not

ALPSIT will choose 8 schools to participate.

Is this opportunity right from your school?

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The hub brings together 2 colleagues from each of the 8 schools in the pilot on 3 separate days each with a specific focus. The hubs provide CPD around Balance as well as methodologies and tools you can use practically in the classroom, sharing of best practice, looking at changes to the Ofsted framework in 2019 around broad curriculum and how Balance can be used to support and evidence this.

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Balance is a tool that has refreshed us as professionals and it has created opportunities for us to develop and just be better for our children in our schools Laura Moreton, Deputy Head, St. Michael’s in the Hamlet, Liverpool

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So pleased we were able to attend - the Hub was inspiring, thought-provoking, challenging with plenty of time for reflection...taking assessment seriously, about learning culture and journey not a new short-term bandage.

Jess Merritt, Assistant Head, Lozells, Primary, Birmingham

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The hub is a great place to continue your own learning journey and help others on theirs. I always leave the hub full of ideas and feel rejuvenated and ready to take the children to the next step on their learning journey applying what we’ve been discussing at the hub.

Liz Doherty, Holy Family, Liverpool

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Want to know more about the philosophy behind Balance? Watch our feature video here.

Balance is a formative assessment tool for Primary Schools that identifies exactly what children know and don't know, and helps to inform their next steps for learning. It's more than just software!

Is your school looking for a new way to accurately assess your pupils learning?

Are you looking to engage your children in their own learning via conversation and ownership?

Are your teachers exhausted with taking home huge amounts of marking and inputting too much data?