Grammar School Head Association - Interesting Practice

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GRAMMAR SCHOOL HEADS ASSOCIATIONInteresting Practice

Curricular Themes Interesting Practice Details

Contraction of KS3 to 2 years/Accelerated Learning

Skipton Girls High SchoolTel: 01756 707600

Email:[email protected]

Two Year Key Stage 3Accelerated Curriculum KS4 & 5

Second year of SATS for Yr 8Students moving to stage not age from Y8

Chatham Grammar School for Boys Tel: 01634 830083


Accelerated Curriculum KS2 in two years assessed in Yr.8. GCSEs mostlyin Yr10. AS/GCSE Yr.11 AS/A2 Yr 10 A2/HEModules/Cambridge Pre-U Yr.13

Fort Pitt Grammar School, ChathamTel: 01634 842359


Accelerated learning 2 yr KS3, 2 yr KS4 Yr11 mixed (personalised).Currently about to be tweaked a little to offer evenmore personalisation.

Lawrence Sheriff SchoolTel: 01788 542074


NCSL case study on personalisation at the school. See attached papers.

Devonport High School for BoysTel: 01752 208787


Contraction of KS3 from 3 years to 2 Drawing connection between subject areas,removing repetition in the curriculum and injectingmore urgency and pace at KS3. The gained time inyear 9 will be used to enable students to achieveCoPE awards, start GCSEs and take part inextended events designed to develop leadership

and independent learning skills. Planning isunderway for an 09 start for Year 7. Acurriculum wall is being developed so that staff,governors and students can see what is currentlystudied each half term in each subject area theywill then be invited to suggest connections in avisitors book before the best models and ideasare adopted.


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Pupil Voice



Student Voice: Are we Listening See attached papers

Fort Pitt Grammar School, Chatham

Tel: 01634 842359Email:[email protected]

Asking Students: Student Voice: skills, knowledge and attributes

that they would like to have by the end of KS3.

Queen Elizabeths Grammar School, AlfordTel: 01507 462403


Students as Observers 15 x Yr 11 students trained (in house 2 days) after GCSEs. Observe and give feedback to teachers onlessons. Part of GTP and NQT programme of observations and many other teachers havevolunteered to have lessons observed. Student

perception is seen to be very valuable.Lancaster Girls Grammar School


Student Voice Wells established peer mentoring programme.Learning walks in partner secondary schools.Pupil researchers carried out a review of uniform

and made a number of changes. Currently lookingat pupils researching learning at LGGS. Some

pupils will be trained with staff to observe learningin lessons. (Building Learning Power learningreview programme).

Crossley Heath SchoolTel: 01422 360272


Pupil Voice Enhanced Student Voice/Leadership opportunities,including annual student conference for students in5 schools.

Personalised Learning Lawrence Sheriff School


The Key Elements The school defines personalised learning as givingevery individual the equal opportunity to learn in away and at a pace appropriate to them.

Altrincham Grammar School for GirlsTel: 01619 807173


Free option choice at KS4 and timetable buildaround Choices at KS5.

Encourages personalised learning.

Reading SchoolTel: 01189 015600


Collegiate management structure and the NineGateways.

Personalisation of the curriculum.


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CPDLawrence Sheriff School


See attached papaers.



CPD as of September 09 5 Training Days to be added to holidays and allstaff to undertake 25 hours of personalised trainingin lieu of these additional days. Some time will be

central whole school training of course.Altrincham Grammar School for Girls


Robust CPD/Performance Management system. Also for non-teaching staff.

Crossley Heath SchoolTel: 01422 360272


Qualifications for staff. Masters Degree in Educational Leadership being provided specifically for staff in the partner schools by Edgehill University (at minimal cost).

Vertical Tutor GroupsLawrence Sheriff School


See attached papers.



Vertical Tutor Groups In place since 2005 an evolved system notchanging whole school at once.



Vertical Tutor Groups across 11 18 2005 family groupings peer support andmentoring.

Diplomas and IBDevonport High School for Boys


ICT Diploma We are part of the city wide learning campus

delivering an unprecedented 10 Diploma lines of learning across Plymouth from September 2009.DHSB leads on Engineering at Level 2 and 3 andwill have a significant role to play in the deliveryof Level 3 ICT.

Newstead Wood School for GirlsTel: 01689 853626


Newstead leads an Engineering DiplomaConsortium.

In partnership with a boys secondary school andan FE college, we lead delivery of the Diploma atall 3 levels. We aim to increase the number of girlsgong in to Engineering HE and employment. We


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support he LAs 14 -19 consortium arrangementsto create access to all courses for all students and toraise standards, particularly at KS5.

Torquay Boys Grammar SchoolTel:01803 615501


International Baccalaureate Introducing IB 2009. Schools interested in IBmight like to hear of requirements up toaccreditation.

Queen Elizabeths Grammar School, Alford


14 19 Diplomas Running Level 3 Engineering Diploma.



Diploma in Engineering Increased uptake in Science A Levels especiallyPhysics and Further Maths. Substantial increase innumber moving into engineering and science atHE. Offering Level 3.

Newstead Wood School for GirlsTel: 01689 853626


Newstead is one of Londons designated IBschools and will introduce it in 2010.

The IB will be on offer to all post-16 students inthe area. It will give students a 3 rd learning

progression route from KS4 and into HE (Addingto A levels and Level 3 Diploma). It will help us toretain our most able students who currently leaveto study the IB elsewhere.

Reading SchoolTel: 01189 015600


IB from 2009. We can help others with application andestablishment

KS3 Deep Learning; Enquiry Based Learning; MetacognitionThe Skinners School

Tel: 01892 520732Email: [email protected]

KS3 metacognition programme Designed in house and delivered in a weeklylesson, with principles rolled out across subjectteaching.

Newstead Wood School for Girls Tel: 01689 853626Email:[email protected]

Key Stage 3 Deep Learnng curriculum. Thematic, PLT-based study. Learning Journals for assessment. Cross-curricular and AOL staff team.

Gravesend Grammar School Tel: 01474 331893


KS3 Curriculum Development Enquiry based Learning in Year 7, deliveredthrough teams a of generalist and fewer specialists.


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Churston Ferrers Grammar SchoolTel: 01803 842289


Learning to Learn We have been piloting a series of activities aimedat developing effective learners. This involvescurriculum structures and curriculum days.



Hub School for SSAT on Deep Learning Thinking Student use of VLE for learningconversations. Students as Lead Learners.

International Links



Language College Working with CILT, Goethe Institute, Reuters and13 schools Making Languages our Business.Partner schools abroad for e.g. Work Experience.Uniting the two specialisms of language and

business and enterprise. Business Language awardwith international business. Spanish School of theYear with the Spanish Embassy.

The Crypt SchoolTel: 01452 530291


Link with Suzhou Foreign Language School, China Independently set up link, now established for twoyears, with a teacher from Suzhou coming to us for 10 weeks each Autumn, teaching Mandarin to

boys, and also in partner secondary schools. Studyvisit being arranged.

Lancaster Girls Grammar SchoolTel: 01524 32010


Very strong international links. International school and now working on aUKIERI project. Fifth year of exchanges with anIndian school. Several Comenius projectssuccessfully completed currently working with 5European schools on a Physics based project.Participate in the International Science Fair. Our Science students have visited Korea, Japan andThailand.

Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Tel: 01200 423118Email:[email protected]

Wide range of International Links Exchanges with China, France, German, Spain.Work Experience in France and Germany.

Sustainability The Skinners School

Tel: 01892 520732Email: [email protected]

School-wide focus upon sustainability. Very strong focus upon sustainability nationalfinalists for Ashden Award and DCSF SustainableSchools Award.


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Churston Ferrers Grammar SchoolTel: 01803 842289


Lead School for sustainability. Strong links with Devon Wildlife Park and schoolsin Peru. Lots of in house work done with primaryschools.

PartnershipsDevonport High School for Boys

Tel: 01752 208787


Teaching students not on roll. We belong to The Link Partnership a group of 5schools in our region committed to providing

access to a range of additional courses to learners post 16 if they are not available in their homeschool.



Executive Headship Head is executive Headteacher of an inner citycomprehensive school in Coventry (for this year only). Deputy Headteacher is also associateheadteacher of the school.

Kendrick Tel: 0118 9015859


Soft Federation and Joint Trust status formed withReading Girls School which we helped move outof special measures. I am now Exec Head of bothschools at request of LA.

Shared Inset, good practice, practical support for core subjects and MFL and business studies. Helpwith marketing school and strategic leadership.

Herschel Grammar SchoolTel: 01753 520950


Exclusions unit for consortium. We run an exclusions unit for 10 schools. (7 non-selective).

Altrincham Grammar School for GirlsTel: 01619 807173


Support for non-selective schools. Supporting inner city comprehensive.

The Henrietta Barnett SchoolTel: 0208 458 8999


ISSP partnerships with 2 other state schools and 2independent, facilitated by London Gifted andTalented.

Joint Science project at planning stage; meting of Heads of 6 th Form to share practice took place inAutumn Term, with a second planned for May.

Poole Grammar SchoolTel: 01202 692132


Poole LSS PRU support.

Local Poole EBD school.

Poole PRU in special measures SLT supportingPRU management and leadership in coming out of special measures.

A local EBD school uses us to start the return toschool programmes for pupils. Ie. they come into acomparatively calm learning environment and sostart to get used to school again before going back


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to their mainstream school. Staff at EBD schoolgive inset to PGS staff re behaviour management.

The Skinners SchoolTel: 01892 520732

Email: [email protected]

Academy sponsors We are the Lead Sponsor for an Academy.Detailed information can be given to othersthinking of taking the same route.

Bournemouth School


Academy sponsors

Lancaster Girls Grammar SchoolTel: 01524 32010


Support for non-selective school Support local 11 16 comprehensives.



Support for non-selective school Support local Nat.Challenge school. Trust status.

Chatham House Grammar School Tel:


Support for 3 local National Challenge Schools HPSS bid this term to assist 3 schools with Englishand establishment of rugby academy for Thanetincluding secondary schools which dont play thegame.

Torquay Girls Grammar SchoolTel:01803 613215


Specialist school partnership with Torquaycommunity college.

Through our Humanities Specialism we have provided both teachers and LSAs to support theteaching of Geography in our partner comprehensive with consequent rise in GCSEresults.

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