studenta-hertfordshiregridforlearning.ppt

Celebrating Success Your team work pheonomenally hard so take the time to celebrate success: - drinks on a Friday - cards/postcards - recognition What next for Goffs? We do not claim to have all the answers and we are always developing. Our ideas for next year include: Parental Engagement Culture of Home Learning Continue to raise aspirations Top performing students You must try The money you spend may not always close the gap, but we must at least try everything we can to ensure ALL students have the best chance of success Questions If time permits I am happy to take questions. Alternatively my email address is tsp@goffs.herts.sch.uk Challenge: If we are answering Yes to all of the above then it is our responsibilty to try and narrow these gaps * Remember these strategies are not rocket Science – they are essentially the basis of good RA strategies. The funding gives the opportunity to focus exclusively on these students and do more of the fantastic strategies. * ?Effective Spending of the Pupil Premium and Demonstrating SuccessThomas SparksAssistant Principal Why did you join the teaching profession? Take a minute to think why you came into teaching. Why did you join the teaching profession? “To make a difference to students” “To ensure children have a better education than I did” “ To inspire children” “To promote a love of learning” “To ensure every child succeeds” Hopefully not, “because you finish at 3pm and get long holidays”!!!!! Why did you join the teaching profession? Pupil Premium is all of these things. It provides the funding to: - make a difference to students - improve outcomes for students - inspire children About the School Based in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire Population is a mixture of wealthy parents and working class students who will be first generation university students. Approx 18% are Pupil Premium. Journey of improvement. Our Pupil Premium Statistics 2013 Results – all key measures narrowed significantly and were SIG+ on Rais