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“How to Effectively Analyse Data to Raise Student Achievement: A Practical Approach for the Head of Year”

The main features of this course include:

  • The role the Head of Year should play in the target setting process
  • How to analyse the data currently available in schools
  • How the Head of Year can implement intervention strategies to secure improvements in students' performance
  • How the Head of Year can lead their tutor team in developing a system of tutor reviews
  • What the impact of the Remodelling Agenda will be for Heads of Year

Dates

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Synopsis

The new Ofsted framework introduced in September 2005 demands that all schools constantly monitor and evaluate their own performance using data to review performance and set challenging targets for future improvement.

Data gathering and data manipulation are now seen as essential elements in school improvement. Increasingly Heads of Year are central to the drive to raise standards. They are expected to be experts in data handling, target setting and pupil progress working to support tutors as academic mentors.

This practical, topical course will demonstrate how to rigorously analyse and interpret data giving pastoral managers a thorough understanding of data analysis and target setting. The day will be a mixture of presentations, discussions and practical strategies that can be adapted to all schools. There will be opportunities for delegates to discuss and share ideas and strategies

Materials

Course members will receive a handbook containing:

  • Copies of all OHTs and notes for each session
  • Exempler documentation for use in your school
  • Documentation that can be used as an Inset session with your tutor team
  • Examples of tutor reviews that can be used with your team
  • Copies of all data exemplers used by Pastoral Managers

The Day

09.30 Coffee and Registration
10.00 The Use of Data in Secondary Schools
  • The changing role of the Head of Year
  • Use of data to raise student performance and support the target setting process
  • Key issues for schools
  • The Five Stage Cycle of improvement
10.45 Analysing Data Provided by External Agencies
  • How the Head of Year can use the Autumn Package
  • Benchmarking - a practical exercise
  • How the Head of Year can use chance graphs
11.30 Morning Coffee and biscuits
11.45 Analysing Data Generated by the School
  • Standardised tests
  • Likelihood tables
  • Value Added - demonstration of software which generates target GCSE grades made on KS3 SATs
  • Quantitative and qualitative data
12.30 The Role of the Head of Year in the Target Setting Process
  • Data collection - frequency and consistency
  • Use of ICT to collect and analyse data
  • Monitoring trends over the Key Stage
  • Intervention strategies
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Using Data with Students and Parents
  • Creating opportunities for sharing data with students
  • Reporting progress to parents
  • Student self-assessment
  • Academic Tutoring
14.30 Analysing Data at the Individual Student Level
  • A practical session setting targets for individual students
15.00 The Developing Role of the Head of Year
  • Year Leader
  • Leading a team of tutors
  • The Learning Tutor/Mentor
  • The impact of Workforce Reform/Remodelling Agenda
15.30 Ten Practical Tips
15.45 Afternoon Tea and Depart

Dates

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