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United Learning: Bringing out the best in everyone UNIVERSITY PreparatION G NIN NITED LEAR U 2 INTRODUCTION G NIN Welcome to this first edition of ‘Bringing out the Best in In education, we have been less used to the sorts of Everyone’. These case studies illustrate the range of ideas knowledge management systems and approaches ITED LEAR and experience to be found in United Learning schools. which have become the norm in other parts of the N As an organisation, we are unique in our composition: economy in meeting the knowledge management U embracing a range of independent schools and academies; challenge. However, there has been growing awareness and unusual too in seeking to develop and share practice of the benefits of joint practice development and across schools working in very different contexts. school-to-school collaboration in order to improve the quality of schools. Increasingly capturing the results of At the heart of our shared approach is a sharp focus on innovative development work, and connecting teachers the progress, achievement and welfare of every child and together to refine and develop practice has become young person. We believe that every one of the students in a priority for all those interested in the success and our schools is capable of progressing and making a success progress of young people. of their life, and we seek to provide an excellent education to them all as the basis for this. We aim to offer more to This publication is therefore at once celebration and young people through working together than any one of tool. In highlighting the schools and individuals who us could alone. have developed new and effective practice, it provides recognition for that innovation and developing practice. We aim to leave no stone unturned in our efforts to In writing up what they have done, those concerned improve the education and opportunities we offer. These have taken the opportunity to reflect on developments case studies outline just a few of the pieces of work so far and on what they might do next. This publication which have emerged as a result. Their range is great: from now also provides an opportunity for others to identify supporting the very youngest children through to entry to the practice and get in touch with its originators. university; from use of technology as a pedagogical tool, to involving parents and using pupil voice; and in teaching What a learning organisation needs most of all, of basic literacy and numeracy, the most able young people course, is individuals who are willing and able to learn and those with special educational needs. Each area of and develop and to share with others. I am hugely practice has been tested and examined by colleagues, with grateful to colleagues who have been prepared to new ideas developed and implemented. contribute to this publication: they exemplify both the determination to improve practice and the willingness Any learning organisation must (amongst other things) to share it. I hope that this publication will help to capture its knowledge, reflect on its practice thoughtfully, create further opportunities for colleagues to share in refine and develop its work in the light of the evidence, these developments and to take them further. connect colleagues together and provide opportunities for feedback. It is not straightforward to do any of these things effectively. This publication provides a contribution to all of them. Capturing your knowledge as an organisation is important because if you do not, you are doomed to make the same and new mistakes on the way to re-discovering the things you already knew. Yet, it can be difficult in a complex organisation if people who may never have met and who Jon Coles may work in different parts of the world are tackling Chief Executive similar problems without necessarily being aware of that. United Learning 3 G NIN CONTENTS UUNIVERSITY PREPARATION NNuRSERY AND PRIMARY n UCAS Preparation at Guildford n Outstanding Nursery Care High School .........................6 at Ashford School ................9 ITED LEAR n n Preparing EAL Students Creative Junior Curriculum at N for University at Sunderland High School .....11 U Ashford School ....................8 n Subject Specialist Teaching at Guildford High Junior School ...............................12 n Raising Aspirations at Hanwell Fields Community School ....14 n Read Write Inc Programme at Hull Collegiate Prep School ...............................15 n Eco Awareness Project at Rowan Preparatory School ...............................16 n INSPIRE Parent Workshops at Hanwell Fields Community School ............17 LLITERACY AND NuMERACY EENTERPRISE AACADEMIC AND RRuNNING SCHOOLS n Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ English n Aspirations Tracker at VOCATIONAL SuBJECTS n Creativity at Accrington at Lambeth Academy .........40 Barnsley Academy ..............49 n Asset Languages at Academy ...........................62 n Accelerated Reading at n Employer Engagement at Sunderland High School .....54 n ‘Big Voice’ at Accrington Ashford School ..................41 Manchester Academy ........50 n Foreign Language Leader Academy ...........................63 n Raising Literacy Levels at The n Master Cutler’s Challenge at Award at Barnsley n Paddington 10 at Paddington Regis School ......................42 SheffieldS prings and Park Academy ...........................55 Academy ...........................64 n Three Year Literacy Plan at Academies .........................51 n Creativity in Art and Design n Data Collection at Accrington Academy ..........44 n Creating Enterprise at Ashford School ..............56 Walthamstow Academy .....66 n Sixth Form Readers at Opportunities at Surbiton n Textiles at The Regis n New Technologies at Northampton Academy ......45 High School .......................52 School ...............................58 Accrington Academy ..........67 n ’L’ is for Literacy at n Business in the Community n Hospitality and Catering at n Boarding at Ashford Walthamstow Academy .....46 at Stockport Academy ........53 Sheffield Park Academy .....60 School ...............................68 n Music-Literacy Project at n Intensive EAL Tuition at n Local Authority Scrutiny Northampton Academy ......47 The Regis School ...............61 Committee at Stockport n Outstanding English and Academy ...........................69 Maths at William Hulme’s Grammar School ................48 4 G NIN IINCluSION AND SEN TTRANSITION EENRICHMENT DDEVELOPING PEOplE n Inclusion Unit at Paddington n Year 7 Graduation Days at n Extending the School Day at n Reflective Leadership at Academy ...........................18 Barnsley Academy ..............23 Midhurst Rother College ....25 Ashford School ..................33 TED LEAR I n Global Targets at Sunderland n Transition at North Oxfordshire n Extracurricular Programme at n Leadership Development at High School .......................20 Academy ...........................24 William Hulme’s Grammar Walthamstow Academy .....34 UN n E-Learning at School ...............................27 n Developing Talented Teachers The Regis School ...............21 n PEP Pro at North Oxfordshire at William Hulme’s Grammar n Inclusion at Hanwell Fields Academy ...........................28 School ...............................35 Community School ............22 n Combined Cadet Force at n Middle Leaders Accountability AKS and Army Cadet Force at Cycle at Manchester Academy ........29 Paddington Academy .........36 n Debate Mate at Walthamstow n Teacher Support at Sheffield Academy ...........................30 Springs Academy ...............37 n Internationalism at Lambeth n Leading Edge at The Regis Academy ...........................31 School ...............................38 n The Akenkan Project at n Using iPads in Teacher Surbiton High School .........32 Development at Kettering Buccleuch Academy ...........39 NNuRTURING SpORTING IINNOVATION IN TEACHING NNEIGHBOURLINESS GGROupNESS TALENT n Learning Outside the n Community Engagement at n King James Bible Oratorio n Sports Academy at Classroom at Hampshire Sheffield Park Academy .....85 led by Lincoln Minster Bournemouth Collegiate Collegiate School ...............76 n Friday Night Project at The School ...............................89 School ...............................70 n Cross-curricular Sport at Regis School ......................86 n ICT across the Group .........90 n Hockey Champions at Salford City Academy .........77 n Partnership with n Best in Everyone Induction AKS ...................................72 n Year 7 Competency Marlborough College at Conference ........................91 n Youth Sport Trust Partnership Curriculum at Shoreham Swindon Academy .............87 n United Learning Masters at Salford City Academy .....73 Academy ...........................78 Programmes ......................92 n Sports Personality Evening at n Skills and Styles Week at The Regis School ...............74 Guildford High School ........79 n Football Academy at North n Advanced Performance Oxfordshire Academy .........75 Baccalaureate at Barnsley Academy ...........................80 n Mentoring at Hull Collegiate School ...............................81 n Study Buddy at Caterham School ...............................83 n Forest School and Outdoor Learning at Hanwell Fields Community School ............84 5 UNIVERSITY PreparatION G n UCAS Preparation at Guildford High School NIN n Preparing EAL Students for University at Ashford School NITED LEAR U UCAS Preparation at GUILDFORD HIGH SCHOOL Successfully preparing