The Aspirer Teaching Alliance in conjunction with Cheshire East LA

The Aspirer Teaching Alliance  Director of Teaching School – Emma Hooley  Led by Ash Grove Academy - Macclesfield  8 Primary Schools across CE  2 Secondary Schools  LA  Edge Hill University  IOE - London

Our bid….  Pupil premium was a major factor in the initial bid which led us to talk to the LA about helping coordinate the project.  Ash Grove has 80% ever 6 children across the school  Been on a journey to ensure PP children make maximum progress  Now our PP outperform non PP children in every year group  I know we have a lot of children in receipt of PP BUT many of the strategies we use can be used on much smaller scales.

Menu of options and Interventions…. Code: 1 – 1:1 Tuition after school 2 – 1:1 Tuition before school 3 – 1:1 Tuition during school 4 – Saturday School – Basic skills 5 – Saturday School – GT 6 – Saturday School - other 7 – Peer Mentoring 8 – ECAR 9 – BRP 10 – Inference 11 – Speech and Language – delivered in house 12 – PIT (Pulling It Together) 13 – Early literacy support 14 – Wider opportunities (music) 15 – SMCD opportunities (trips) 16 – Parental involvement/ coaching 17 – Summer School 18 – Homework / Coaching club (run by year 6) 19 – Basic skills intervention in school 20 – Counselling in school 21 – Teacher directed 1:1 time in school

The offer….. In shaping the offer we have looked closely at the feedback given before the conference and identified key priorities. In shaping the offer we have looked closely at the feedback given before the conference and identified key priorities. These have been identified as:  Tracking PP pupils, using assessment data and Quality First Teaching  High impact interventions  Promoting better parental engagement  Non academic interventions including pupil motivation / self esteem  Developing the role of the PP governor.

1:1 sessions  Each school will have the opportunity to request half a day of focused audit, discussion and action planning around the use of PP money in their school. These reviews will be led by:  Kevin Simpson – Ash Grove - Macclesfield  Caron Corden – Parkroyal - Macclesfield  Sandie Isherwood – Marlfields – Congleton  Jo Ashcroft – Wilmslow Grange – Wilmslow Signing up sheet in your pack – please hand them to Emma.

Format of the reviews:  We will look at standards and progress  Current provision  Current spending priorities  Any issues around attendance and punctuality  At the end of the session the school will have created a short, medium and long term action plan.

Feedback from trials of these sessions:  ‘The process was very professionally carried out and extremely useful’  ‘I am more than happy to enthusiastically endorse the process. Indeed, I have been doing so already with anyone who will listen.’  The Peer review you carried out with us made a very positive contribution to our self-evaluation and left us with clear action points for development. Graham Hamilton – Lostock Hall

Hubs  Hubs will be formed today (sign up at break)  Hubs will be themed based (based on the needs of the school) and will meet once every half term. The Pupil Premium Champion will be the representative at these meetings. Times and venues can be discussed and decided.  The themes may change / evolve over the year  There will be a focus on innovation and action research – impact! How will the hubs run? – Approximately 1 ½ hours How will the hubs run? – Approximately 1 ½ hours  Session 1 – Feedback from all members of the group  Session 2 - New research and learning  Session 3 – Individual action plans to run back at school

CPD We will run CPD sessions across the year linked to the key priorities set by schools. Ideas might include:  ECAR and literacy based interventions  Maths recovery  Good to Outstanding teaching and learning  Developing social and emotional competencies  Collaborative learning  TEEP  Raising aspirations  Feedback If schools require more bespoke interventions these can be arranged at additional costs.