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Thriving in Adversity

•Does your school serve a challenging community?
•Are your students lacking in aspiration and motivation?
•Want to deliver a world class education in testing times?


William Atkinson Sir William Atkinson: One of Britain’s most successful head teachers and an NCSL National Leader of Education. Since 1995 he and his team have transformed Phoenix High School from a failing school to the highest performing school in England in the government’s Achievement and Attainment Tables. In 2008 he was knighted for services to education and community.

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What is Adversity?

Special Measures / Satisfactory School

  • Low morale
  • Ineffective leadership
  • Reluctance to change

Pupil Behaviour

  • Poor attendance
  • Disruptive attitudes
  • Insolence
  • Aggression
  • Low aspirations
  • Gang culture

Relationships

  • Union issues
  • The blame ethos
  • Pupil/staff friction

Teaching

  • Satisfactory and unsatisfactory teaching
  • High staff turnover

Pupil Culture

  • 50-70% in carer/single parent households
  • Poor achievement
  • High pupil mobility 
  • “Super cool” subculture
  • Low prior attainment
  • Low reading ages
  • 40% on free school meals
  • Culturally diverse

A World Class Vision

World Class Education Systems

  • Finland case study
  • Intelligent benchmarking
  • What can we translate to Britain?
  • Latest from critical US education thinkers eg. Tony Wagner

Staffing with Good to Outstanding Teachers

  • Recruitment
  • Retention
  • Bonuses 
  • Further professional development

Regenerating the Community

  • Parents as partners
  • Building community links
  • Keeping it local 
  • Outstanding community cohesion

Personalising the School Experience

  • Setting up learning zones
  • Boosting extra-curricular activities
  • School as a safe second home
  • Mentoring students

The Phoenix High School Toolkit to accelerate all pupils’ progress

Improving the Quality of Teaching

  • A 21st century curriculum
  • Curriculum models
  • Lesson planning
  • Differentiation
  • Lesson observation
  • Removing unsatisfactory teachers
  • Intelligent target setting
  • Maximising pupil involvement

Influencing the Student Culture

  • How to raise expectations
  • Inculcating a love of learning
  • Setting behaviour standards
  • Bringing positivity to their futures
  • Whole-school culture to support and celebrate learning
  • Recognising the role of effort in influencing achievement
  • Providing a wide range of extra- curricular activities

Celebrating Success

  • How to see success
  • Catch children doing well
  • Praising the right actions

When and How to be Tough

  • Negotiating with ACAS
  • Coping with failing individuals
  • Lesson-monitoring systems
 
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