Secondary Curriculum, Assessment and Data Professional Community

This new Professional Community (which launched in Autumn 2023) is focused on ‘Curriculum, Assessment and Data’ and provides input and support for those senior leaders with responsibilities for one of more of these areas within their school setting. The Professional Community brings together colleagues from schools across Devon, Somerset, Plymouth, Torbay, and the wider region to network, connect with leading practice, hear from expert speakers, and provide mutual support. Visit HERE to find out more about Professional Communities.

Our aim is to provide a termly professional community meeting. Agendas for the meetings are based on feedback from members of the community about the areas they would most like to hear about, and therefore focus on themes that are directly relevant to them. There is a heavy emphasis on sharing ideas, practice and strategies that are having the real impact in schools today.

The Focus for this session will be:

1. Insights into the new OfSTED Framework and Report Cards – led by Chris Ellison (ex-HMI and Lead OfSTED Inspector)

1. Grade Boundary Fluctuations – Ofqual’s perspective on why subjects will sometimes see significant fluctuations in their grade boundaries from one year to the next and how schools can mitigate against this

1. Pupil Mobility – one school’s response to this challenge

1. Working with particularly hard-to-reach disadvantaged sub-groups – a discussion on strategies for supporting and challenging:

• High Prior Attaining disadvantaged pupils
• White disadvantaged boys

Alan was until very recently the Headteacher of Uffculme School; consistently one of the highest performing comprehensive schools in the South West region. He has a strong track record in curriculum and assessment having previously served for several years as a senior leader with oversight of these areas. He is now the Director of School Performance for the Blackdown Education Partnership, a MAT with schools in Devon and Somerset, with responsibility not only for curriculum, assessment and data analytics, but he also leads the Trust’s drive to improve the outcomes for disadvantaged and vulnerable students.

Deputy Heads and Assistant Heads with responsibility for your school’s curriculum, assessment (inc. examinations), and/or for the oversight and analysis of your data.

SWIFT Members: no charge

Other colleagues: no charge

Please note: Payment is by INVOICE ONLY. Please select invoice as the payment method at check out.

SWIFT Partner providing course (including invoicing) is the Blackdown Education Partnership.

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SWIFT members:

• This is a 'no additional charge’ event under the SWIFT Offer to Schools. You may withdraw, without penalty, provided minimum notice of 24 hours before the start time of the event is given.
• If less than 24 hours’ notice is given, for each date of a course for which there is no additional charge, then the following charges will apply per applicant: £25

Non-members of SWIFT:

• More than 21 days to date of event: Full refund available (minus £25 admin fee)
• Between 20-7 days to date of event: 50% refund available (minus £25 admin fee)
• 6 days or less to date of event: No refund available (plus £25 admin fee)

Should a training course recruit insufficient numbers to make it viable, we reserve the right to cancel the course, without penalty, giving minimum notice of 24 hours.

Full Terms and Conditions are available HERE.

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