Special Measures to Outstanding in less than 2 years

Developing A

Professional CultureLeaving lesson grades behind

Context

Special Measures

Challenges faced

• Typically poor quality of teaching

• No culture of sharing – working in isolation

• No conversations about learning

• No analysis of teaching – non judgemental data

• Below floor achievement and attainment

Quality of teaching

Inadequate

Satisfactory

Good

Outstanding

Actions

What did we do?• Establish a shared vision and values system:

RM3 vs RM14

• Teacher standards & CSE

• Checklist to establish high performing

baseline

• Introduced Iris cameras

• Coaching & appraisal process

Staff Targets1. Set half

termly

2. Teachers

choice

3. Linked to Iris

and action

points

Good to Great

Measuring pupil activity:

“In our writing starters I always

thought that the ratio of my input

to pupil activity was 10:90

When I used the counters I

found that I was leading as

much 40% of the session –

feedback needed to be much

snappier”

Beyond lesson grades

• Created bank of model videos: excellence

and errors

• Coaching time in staff meetings

• Removed lesson gradings

Impact• Weekly coaching visits

• Small action points – marginal gains

• Tiny tweaks lead to huge gains: 53%, 86%,

97.5%...

100% Level 4 English & Maths @ KS2

Top 1% for progress two years running

Value added of 103+

Broadford Primary is an

exciting and dynamic place to

learn

High expectations of staff have

resulted in exceptional

advances since the previous

inspection

Staff have had, and continue to

have, the necessary support

and training to improve their

practise. The school has used

the Teachers’ Standards

extremely well to set out what

is expected.

What next?

Ensure that teachers consistently teach

outstanding lessons by sharing excellent practice

to help each other refine their performance and

increase their already high levels of achievement

in reading, writing and mathematics.

Professional

culture• Staff reading library & twitter

• Additional Iris Cameras purchased

• Built up culture of sharing, talking about teaching,

always looking for tweaks

• Empowered teachers to take ownership of

development

• Constantly tweaking and refining – growth

mindsets

Any Questions