Excellent teaching is the most valuable way in which we can deliver a world class curriculum.
We:
- Invest in bespoke CPD, delivered in school and through external providers.
- Ensure that lessons are taught by subject specialists and invest in those staff to ensure their 2nd specialism is at expert level.
- Teaching is underpinned by key pedagogies
- Mutual respect in the classroom
- Language for learning is explicit
- Consistent, explicit expectations
- Introduce pace and challenge including stretching understanding beyond examination requirements.
- Meta cognition skills (targeted Qu, Retrieval practice, interleaving (re-visisting)
- Ensure that students receive a range of regular feedback to ensure that misconceptions and skills gaps are addressed.
- Carry out a range of assessments including low stake testing to secure long term learning.
- Ensure that assessment is used to adapt teaching to meet the needs of the individual class
- Staff wellbeing
- Recruit quality subject specialists.
- Create robust systems to ensure the seamless transition at each KS.
