Key Stage 4 Information Evening
Lady Lumley’s Loves Learning
Dave Brailsford’s philosophy
“Firstly, you need a team with the skills and motivation to succeed”
“Secondly, you need to understand what you want to achieve”
“Thirdly, you need to understand where you are now”
“Then, you need to put a plan in place to see how you can get
from where you are now to what you want to achieve”
“Also, it’s important to understand the ‘aggregation of marginal
gains’. Put simply….how small improvements in a number of
different aspects of what we do can have a huge impact to the
overall performance of the team
Information Evening Outcomes
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To understand targets-where they come from
and how we use them.
To understand the importance of life and
work during KS4.
To understand the importance of work
experience in planning for the future.
To have a better knowledge of what is
available in Sixth Form/post-16.
Key Stage 4 – “Understand where
you are now”
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New courses
New challenges
Key Stage 4 – where do you want to be
and how are you going to get there?
Richard Bramley– Headteacher-Target Setting
Lorraine Phippen Deputy Headteacher-Key
Stage 4 Student Support
Laura Mead - Work Experience
James Ambrose- Assistant Headteacher and
Head of Sixth Form
Target Setting
Target Setting is based on
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Talk to the person next to you.
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Where do you think targets come from?
Target Setting is always based on
The relationship
between
past performance and
future performance.
Past performance and Future performance
What you did in the past is an
INDICATOR of how well you
will do in the future.
KS2 versus KS4 scores
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In the next slide, Key Stage 2 scores are
compare to Key Stage 4 scores .
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These are for the same students over a
space of 5 years.
The scores Fred Bloggs got in his KS2 test in
1999 are compared to Fred’s KS4 scores in
2004
KS2 average point score
2004 KS4 actual point score
KS4 average point score
KS4 versus KS2 average point score - England
KS2 average point score
There is relationship between past and future exam performance
KS4 average point score
KS4 versus KS2 average point score - England
KS2 average point score
There is relationship between past and future exam performance
Thinking Time
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Any surprises?
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Anything in what you've heard you didn’t
know already?
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Anything you don’t believe?
Why bother setting targets?
Whole School Level
Subject Level
Student Level (the most important)
KS2 to KS4 – the real picture
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The next slide shows every student in Lady
Lumley’s young person's KS4 scores plotted
against the expected KS4 score based on
their KS2 scores from 5 years earlier.
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What do you expect it to look like?
Positive
value-added
This is
actual data
about Lady
Lumley’s
students
from 2010.
Negative
value-added
Expected KS4 score calculated from KS2 average point score
But
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Targets are not a PREDICTION they are an
INDICATION.
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If you (as a student) and we (as teachers and
parents) are doing our job right, you should meet
your target and even exceed it.
All these people
have exceeded
their target
grades
Expected KS4 score calculated from KS2 average point score
Target Setting
Where do the Targets come from?
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We use a national system for setting targets.
This compares us with the top 25% of
schools nationally
Predicts a student’s GCSE grades based
upon their prior attainment at Key Stage 2
and 3.
What does this mean for my child?
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It is a guideline for your child’s attainment at
GCSE.
Students and teachers can strive to exceed
targets.
Two assessed pieces of work every half term
enable us to track student performance closely.
Students who are showing signs of struggling in
a subject can be identified more readily and
supported.
Exams
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All exams will take place at the end of the
course and form part of the overall GCSE
grade.
It is important that you know the dates of any
exams and controlled assessments and
avoid booking holidays or medical
appointments.
Controlled Assessments
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Controlled assessments have replaced
coursework in many subjects.
The assessments are carried out under
exam style conditions, throughout the
course.
The results count towards the final GCSE
grade.
Student Support Team in Key
Stage 4
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Subject Teachers
Subject Leaders
Form Tutors
Pastoral Support- Sarah Monkman
Attendance – Natalie Lazenby
What happens if there is a concern
about a student in a subject?
Subject Teacher
• Intervention at classroom level- discussion
with the student about the issue. Work with
the student to improve the situation. Possible
attendance at drop-in sessions
• If the student continues to be a concern the
Key Stage 4 Student Monitoring Form is
used to alert Subject Leaders for further
intervention
• The student planner should be used for
communication with home.
Subject Leader
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A meeting with the student to discuss the
concerns and agree targets for improvement.
Communication with home – phone
call/letter.
Alert Student Support team and the Form
Tutor
Issues to do with vocational courses are
referred to Christian Walton
Form Tutor
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The Form Tutor should have an overview of each
student in their tutor group.
Through weekly planner checks and individual
interviews and monitoring of the learning diary tutors
will be able to keep a close check on progress.
Tracking and Monitoring ProgressHow does this work?
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Information from staff.
Data generated through pieces of assessed
work each half-term.
Reporting Home- What does this
tell me?
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TARGET GRADE - the minimum grade that you should aim to
achieve in the examinations at the end of Year 11. It is based
both on prior attainment that is achieved at the end of Key
Stages 2 and 3.
CURRENT GRADE – the GCSE grade that you achieved
based on actual assessed pieces of work. At this stage in
Year 10 this may be lower than Target/Forecast.
FORECAST GRADE – the GCSE grade that your teachers
expect you to achieve by the end of Year 11 based on
performance so far.
ATTITUDE TO LEARNING - Your attitude to learning.
The grades are: 1 = excellent, 2 = good, 3 = some concerns, 4
= serious concerns
How do we use the information
from reports?
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To celebrate success
Postcards
Letters
To reinforce interventions already in place
Meeting with student- tutor/student support
Mentoring
Further support
Fronter- Home Learning
Home Learning tasks on Fronter.
Check planners.
Drop-in sessions
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During lunchtimes
Advertised via bulletin boards and
newsletters
How can parents/carers get
involved?
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Home Learning- check Fronter
Check the planner- communicate with tutors/staff.
Subject specific concerns- contact Subject Leaderscontact details are in the information booklet.
General concerns/questions- Sarah
Monkman/Lorraine Phippen
Attend consultation evenings and Parent Forum
meetings
Student attendance at school…….
Attendance
 This
is Simon
 He has 90% attendance
 Is that good?
 What does this mean?
Attendance
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Simon thinks this is pretty good.
So do his parents, are they right?
90%attendance = ½ day missed - every week!!
(Would your boss like you to be off work this
much??).
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Absent half a day every week
Attendance
Lets look a little closer…..
1 school year at 90%
= 4 whole weeks of lessons
MISSED!!
Attendance
What impact might this have on Simon?
Research suggests that 17 missed school days
a year = GCSE grade drop in achievement
(DfES)
The greater the attendance the
greater Simon’s achievement.
Attendance
The school wants to aim for a target of above
95%
Be part of the success story!
Finally
We want to work in partnership; the students,
parents and the school working together in
order to achieve the best possible outcomes
for each individual.
Work Experience
Thinking about the future…
Lady Lumley’s School Sixth
Form
Why Further Education (FE)?
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Gain/consolidate transferable skills
Greater independence
Explore your interest in specific subjects
Meet new people
Improve your career prospects
Improve your potential for earnings
What courses can I do?
At LLS Sixth Form we offer a
wealth of Level 3 AS/2 and BTEC
qualifications
Lots of choice!
Why LLS?
Ensuring your success…
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Excellent pastoral and academic care
Quality teaching and learning experiences
Terrific facilities
Work Experience
Personal Development Programme
Comprehensive UCAS support
Student Voice
Enrichment
Charities/fundraising
Christmas Dinner!
Why LLS?
Ensuring your success…
National ‘ALPS’ data shows four year trend of
improvement at A Level standard
For three out of the last four academic years
Lady Lumley’s School has achieved the
highest points score per examination entry,
at A Level standard, across the Ryedale Sixth
Form partnership and compared to
Scarborough Sixth Form College (DCFS data)
Entrance Requirements…
Minimum: 5 X A*-C Grades
An achievable target?
YES!
A Simple Message…
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Make the most of the opportunities that
present themselves
Take responsibility for your future
Build positive working relationships with
staff.
Be happy and content!
Enjoy success
Post 16 Opportunities-Raising
Participation Age
Students, by law, must be in education or
employment linked to training for at least two
more years.
One day a week of accredited training.
“We are always striving for improvement, for
those 1% gains, in absolutely every single thing
we do.“
Dave Brailsford
Achievement - Something that has been
accomplished, especially by hard work. (Collins
English Dictionary)
These Students Achieved
SO CAN YOU