Jon Watson Executive Principal The Canterbury MultiAcademy Trust Comprehensive education for boys and girls in partnership with Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys Schools for all the talents ID: 812727
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Personalised Learning Pathways at The Canterbury High SchoolJon WatsonExecutive PrincipalThe Canterbury Multi-Academy Trust
Slide2Comprehensive education for boys and girls in partnership with Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys’ Schools for ‘all the talents’
Slide3Pathways11- (13) 14 EBacc + foundation, but includes drama, dance and ‘red box’(13) 14- 16 EBacc + options including the idea of pathways with G&T sport/performing arts and Inclusion & Engagement personalised provision 16 – 19 A comprehensive and inclusive pathway provision
Slide414 – 19 Pathways(13) 14-16EBaccCoreDriven by need for attainment & Progress 8EBacc/coreAn increasingly narrow range of options (13) 14-16Driven by Pot 3 PointsSportPerforming ArtsPractical LearningInclusion & Engagement16 – 19An A level pathway A Vocational Pathway (BTEC)An elite Sport PathwayAn elite Performing Arts PathwayAn Occupational and Entrepreneurial PathwayA High Needs/ Skills for Life Pathway
Slide516-19 PathwaysBut, it is possible to mix ‘n’ match across pathways and levels of outcomes(GCSEs available only in maths and English)
Slide6How ?The 6th form Timetable08.55Period 109.50Period 210.45Break11.00Period 312.00Period 41.00Lunch2.00Period 53.00Period 6
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Staffing contracts have changed (but a lot is good will)
Some courses delivered by partner school
Some courses offered on a tutor model
Some courses offered using IT remote learning (TUTE)
Some programmes were largely delivered contracted to 3
rd
party providers on an on roll/off site model
Sport and Performing Arts benefit from professional infrastructure
Performing Arts now planning first year of university course
Flexibility
of offer, flexibility of combinations, flexibility of levels; flexibility of ‘entry requirement’; flexibility of time
Slide7Has it worked ?Different students, different aptitudes, different abilities, different skills and different needs.‘Schools for all the talents.’Size mattersOnly a large 6th form can offer the variety of courses, the variety of levels and the variety of experiences necessary to prepare young adults for their next step. September 2013 = 333 students (when Canterbury 6th form consortium ended)September 2014 = 415 studentsSeptember 2015 = 578 students September 2016 = 710 studentsChanges to ESFA ‘3rd party’ funding regulations impacted slightly. But….September 2017 = 609 students
Slide8Effectiveness of leadership and management Leaders and board members would agree that it is difficult to encapsulate the school and its philosophy in a few words. One headline statement, ‘As much as possible, as often as possible, for as many as possible’ is a good starting point. However, it does not include the school’s key values of ‘courtesy, responsibility, honesty, equality, respect and morality’ or the belief that, ‘Every child is good at something’. What is clear is that board members, leaders and staff passionately believe in the statements above. They oversee a unique, large, vibrant and increasingly popular school, with a quite exceptional curriculum delivered in outstanding facilities. They never sway from doing what they believe is right for a pupil, regardless of any reduction to their headline measures. Ofsted October 2017, said…