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Wednesday 25th April 2012

 Academic year : developments so far.  Updates and evaluation of AfA work being done in RBWM  Case studies  Pupil voice

 Final report from the AfA pilot  Ofsted  Extension of the Pupil Premium  SEN Green Paper – government response?  KS2 writing assessment  Increasing number of academies: different models of school improvement

 Set up RBWM AfA website  2½ days of training so far  Session 1  The 3 A Model: Aspiration-Access-Achievement  The Extra Mile Project  Review of key publications and reports  Session 2  Parental engagement – Trevor Folley  Session 3  Senior Leaders’ meeting  Pan-Berkshire AfA Conference

 What did you chose as your area of focus? Why?  How did you identify your priority groups?  What were you hoping to achieve?  What have you done so far?  What were the challenges and how did you overcome them?  What has been the impact so far and for whom? Evidence?  What are the next steps for you?

 Using the post-its, categorise the main points from your AfA work according to the 3A model we worked on during Day 1.  What has been the main area of focus?  Are there any areas that need to be developed further?

4 headings and a sound bite  Situation  Objectives  What we did  Results

“I have this vision of the school as a massive safety net. We need to encourage students to get on the high wire and achieve but to have safety nets for them. If you’re not connecting things then there are going to be holes and kids are going to fall through. Bringing the outside world into the classroom and connecting the school to the wider community in every way possible is just as important as formal learning. If we imagine that these connections form nets then the more there are, the smaller the gaps there will be and the harder it will be for anyone to slip through.”

 Inspectors must take into account a range of evidence to judge behaviour and safety over an extended period, and should consider:  the views expressed by pupils, and different groups of pupils, on behaviour and safety, respect for and courtesy towards others, and their views on harassment, racism, homophobia and different types of bullying

 What do you do already to capture the pupils’ experiences of school life?  What do they say?  What have you changed on the basis of what you’ve found out?  What systems have you in place to enable you to demonstrate how pupils contribute to the development of your school?  Even better if…?

 Wednesday 23 rd May ( pm)  Inclusion in Action CPD with English subject leaders  Friday 29 th June  Senior Leaders’ Meeting: Dr Charlotte Carter-Wall  Wednesday 4 th July  Inclusion in Action CPD: Evaluating the impact of intervention