© Crown Copyright 2003 Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004 Behaviour & Attendance The First Year

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004 Aims of the presentation An opportunity to reflect on the:  introduction  development  impact of the B&A strand within the KS3 Strategy as a whole

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004 Aims of KS3 Behaviour and Attendance strand To secure positive behaviour and attendance by:  Supporting school leaders to establish consistent and effective policy and practice  Providing guidance, training and support to increase schools’ confidence in the management of behaviour and attendance  Offering appropriate support to school staff to teach behaviour for learning so pupils learn positive behaviour and the habits of regular attendance

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004 Focus areas for a review of the behaviour and attendance strand Audit The First Year B&A Support materials Consultant support Attendance LEA services

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004 Consider links with: BiP Education welfare service LEMS/ CAMHS Healthy Schools ( Anti-bullying TA Others LEA services -

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004 GCSE Performance : high absence schools 1 compared with all other schools 1 Schools whose absence rates in and were 20% or more above the median for their FSM band High Absence Schools Schools All other Schools

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004 Measuring and monitoring behaviour How do you record incidents of (+/-) behaviour? How do you use the data gathered? Can you compare data to show trends? Is there a balance of subjective and objective evidence? Do conclusions drawn enable you to explore causal factors? Can you see a pattern of improvement?

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004 Clip from ‘Teaching and Learning in Secondary Schools’ DfES 0354/2003

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004 How do we achieve consistency? SMT Leadership Whole school involvement in inception and development Emphasis on lesson structure – starters and plenaries, learning objectives and behaviour objectives Effective recording and use of data Frequent shared review of progress

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004 Focus areas for a review of the behaviour and attendance strand Audit The First Year B&A Support materials Consultant support Attendance LEA services

Key Stage 3 National Strategy © Crown copyright 2004 Core Day Training this term 3 area meetings Tuesday 9 November Crofters, Garstang Thursday 11 November Novotel, Preston Friday 12 November Dunkenhalgh, Accrington