Closing the Gap - the achievement of pupil groups (G17-CTG-NB-01)
10/10/2017 in Nicholas Chamberlaine School Enquire about Course
Duration: one evening course
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
16 places available
Price: £95
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Course description
Target Audience – governors from all Primary,
Secondary, Special Schools & Academies
Governors are required to monitor and evaluate how well pupils are learning, and to use their assessment
as a basis for school improvement. A priority for
governing boards is to ensure that all groups of pupils
are performing well in relation to both national
expectations and to other pupils within the school.
The latest Governance Handbook and Ofsted Inspection Handbooks emphasise more clearly
than ever the need for governing boards to hold their school to account for closing the gap in
performance between any low achieving groups and the other pupils.
A particular focus of this session is on pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds who qualify
for Pupil Premium funding (including those qualifying for free school meals). Delegates will
consider examples of good practice identified through Warwickshire’s current Closing the Gap
programme.
The course will also consider other nationally recognised pupil groups, such as those with
special educational needs and disabilities, but delegates will discuss any groups of pupils in
their own school who are at risk of under-achieving.
The course aims to:
• Establish the key pupil groups in each school and identify useful measures of performance
• Outline governors’ statutory roles and responsibilities with regard to specific groups
• Explore how governors can monitor and evaluate the achievement of pupil groups, with
particular reference to Pupil Premium outcomes
• Consider examples of good practice and the questions that governors should be asking of
their school
