Initiatives
There are a number of different initiatives going on within the school, including:
Breakthrough
 Breakthrough's goal is to raise the level of achievement within Finham Park School, by changing the organisational systems of learning and teaching in order to maximize the potential of all pupils, staff and schools. At the same time, it aims to help people develop a set of practical, transferable skills in quality improvement that they can use in any area of their work.
The Breakthrough team is made up of:
Mr Kiddy - Project Manager
Mr Marfleet - Progress Leader | Mr Hewitt - Science
Miss Page - English |
This programme aims to help schools implement sustainable change to their systems for delivering teaching and supporting learning, so that all pupils, regardless of gender, achieve their potential.
It uses change principles to focus on activity to raise boys' achievement:
- strong leadership creating the environment for change
- creating capacity
- focus on teaching and learning
- use of targeted intervention (including mentoring)
- use of data to drive improvement
Using all five change principles will enable a school to move from its existing system to a new and more successful system.
- It provides staff with access to knowledge about raising boys' achievement (Learning Workshops).
- Measures improvements in English, maths and science but also looks at attendance, behaviour and motivation.
- The opportunity for staff to work together to trial changes in their own schools (action periods, Plan Do Study Act cycles and data collection).
- The opportunity to develop capacity and capability for improvement beyond the chosen topic and thus transform the way that they work.
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