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My aim for today:
To start a conversation about:- 21st century schools- “next practice” not just “best practice”- Ways of collaborating and continuing the
dialogue
School 21: the facts
• Free school opened September 2012 in portacabins • 4 to 18 • 75 in a year • Admissions identical to all Newham schools: proximity • Funding identical – per pupil• Above average SEN, EAL, FSM • Currently 4 year groups – Reception, year 1, Year 7,
year 8• Refurbishment of an old secondary school
What are the key ingredients of a 21st century school
Integrity“We are true to our word”
Humanity“We look out
for each other”
Our Core Values
6 attributes: to prepare children for success in the 21st century
And to close the achievement gap Only 44 children on FSM in the whole country get 3As at A level - the odds are stacked against all these children… and more
What is school for?
To create beautiful workTo make a difference to
the world
Small is beautiful: 75 in a year group, 12 in a secondary coaching group, 25 in a primary class
Impact: Students known, gaining in confidence able to grow
Our foundation and focus is the power of the English Language
Impact: progress in reading and writing at 4 and 12 is well above national averages
We have put oracy (talk) at the centre of our school
Impact: the eloquence and self –confidence of our students is striking
Collaboration between primary and secondary including shared CPD
Impact: quality of teaching high with all teaching good or outstanding
Outstanding learning: teachers combining experiential and cognitive learning
Impact:Strong teaching, rapid progress from students, engaged,motivated children
Students are motivated by real audiences, real products, real purpose
Impact: The craftsmanship and reflection results in work that is above their years as evidenced in the products and books
Impact: Children developing e-portfolios of best work, reflection blogs – all helping to accelerate progress
Technology integrated seamlessly into learning
Growth MindsetLanguage of the school
One to one coaching
At our core – we are about developing the well-being and growth of every child
Well-being taught through rich texts
Impact:High attendanceFew exclusionsExcellent behaviour
Structured conversations with parents
A 21st century teacher is a: Project designer Coach Mentor Subject specialist Teacher of English
Language Well-being teacher
And…..a juggler of all these roles!
Integrated technology
Authentic assessment
Real world learning with
partners in the community
Well-being of whole child
A 4 to 18 personalised
journey
English Language /oracy
Student Leadership
Joining cognitive and experiential in Incredible learning
spaces
21st century, collaborative
teacher
GROWTH Each person growing
each day
Immersion and compelling enquiryBig ideas, dilemmas,
controversies
Learner Collaboration Learning pace and scope
in hands of students
KnowledgeExpertise
Acquisition of knowledge, concepts, ideas
Rich use of LanguageWritten and Oral, precise
and expert
Learning at School 21
How we work together
Familiar set up in many schools• Over monitoring and lack of trust • Culture of complaint• Often divisions or outright hostility between
SLT and rest• Everything top down - very few people make
the decisions • Often lots of cliques and political games • Big divisions between teachers, TAs, support
staff • Resistance to change• School – a bubble, everything inward looking • People set in their ways – we’ve always done
it this way• Teachers isolated individuals in their own
classroom
School 21 ambition • Valuing of all staff and each person
contributing fully • Flatter structure with everyone given the
chance to shape the school• Peer accountability and trust as much as
top down accountability • Kindness and supportiveness towards
colleagues • On-going innovation shaped by staff • School porous to new ideas, new people,
new partnerships• Staff always learning, always striving for
better – can do • Teachers genuinely collaborating across
subjects, ages, sectors
A 21st century curriculum
ExperiencesStoriesBig ideas/conceptsAttributes SkillsBodies of Knowledge
How we deliver the curriculum
Toolkit lessons
Mastery lessons
Project based learning
Coaching Time
Foundation Courses
Teacher collaboration
• 2 hour CPD meetings each Wednesday • Assemblies used as CPD• Trios that report back • Paired coaching groups• Outsiders developing toolkit with us• Primary and secondary together • Cross departmental working • Sharing resources on-line • No hierarchy of ideas
Who/what is the enemy?
• The patronising of children with unchallenging work
• The relentless boredom of most school activities
• The overly large impersonal school• The achievement gap between rich and poor• Inertia, conservatism,
Students need to enjoy school today, not just be planning for tomorrow
Questions
Who or what is your enemy?
Which piece of the jigsaw is most important/are you working on?
What do you want to focus in on today?