Board report

School priorities

The same work gets the same grade, whoever marks it, in MYP and DP.

Owner: Marco Ellison (lead), with Anna Vester and Helen Okonkwo

Sample. 3 of 8 I&S teachers gave the same script a grade within one band (Jun). 6 of 8 after one joint cycle (Aug). Check: after each half-term cycle, in a new subject group. Aim: 7 of 8 within one band, in every subject group, by March. Leading: 2 of 11 subject groups have run a joint standardisation session this term (Aug); aim 11 of 11 by 15 Dec.

So what changes in teaching? Teachers mark against the same annotated samples, so a student gets the same verdict on the same work in any room.

Every student can say what good work looks like and what to do next.

Owner: Anna Vester

Sample. This half term, in 5 of 9 visits, students could say what they will change on the next draft. Check: half term. Aim: Students can say what they'll change, in 8 of 9 SLT classroom visits, by March. Leading: 3 of 10 sampled drafts came back while the student could still change the work (Sep); aim 7 of 10 by March.

So what changes in teaching? Students see the agreed sample before the task, get one next step while the draft is open, and use ten minutes of the next lesson to act on it.

Teachers get better together at one practice, with SLT learning alongside.

Owner: Helen Okonkwo (lead), with Marco Ellison and Jonas Berg

Sample. 9 SLT visits this half term, with a follow-up agreed on 6. The practice itself is not named yet, so it has no count. Check: half term. Aim: the named practice seen in 8 of 10 visited lessons by March. Leading: a follow-up agreed on 6 of 9 SLT visits this half term; aim 9 of 9 every half term from January.

So what changes in teaching? Teachers watch each other use one agreed practice, and SLT is observed on it too.

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