...and supportive environment We are very careful with the language we use around our pupils about COVID-19. We avoid phrases like ‘’what you have missed’’, or pupils ‘’being behind’’. Instead,...
The pupil premium is additional funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and close the gap between them and their peers. Pupil premium...
...individual needs of each pupil is more nuanced than the ratio of staff to pupils. We have worked to match pupil needs with the knowledge and skills of our workforce...
...outbreak occurs, while ensuring all pupils and staff are safe. We’re incredibly proud that Star Academies’ robust protective measures have allowed our schools to maximise the number of pupils...
...like people because teaching is a team sport. You have to enjoy being around other people because you’re all working together for the same goal. A pupil joined us from...
...each year, we provide pupils with an award booklet. Each booklet is designed to encourage pupils to record and reflect on the activities they are taking part in during the...
...quote Dr Peter Benson “relationships are the oxygen to human development” and by focussing on developing relationships with pupil to pupil, pupil to staff, staff to parent, school to school...
...Dawn Copping, Chair of the Independent Marking Review Group, to talk to our local cluster of schools. This made us see that there could be another way of marking pupils’...
...pupils. What does flexibility look like in HEARTS? Pupil achievement and well-being comes first in every application for flexible working. We will consider flexible working in all new appointments. We...
...Griffiths, shares his experience using the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) to support pupils at the federation. Selecting pupils for tutoring When selecting which pupils to bring forward for tutoring, we...
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