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Case studies

This section of the site provides opportunities for schools to share good practice with other schools involved in The Secondary National Strategy, KS3.
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Leadership and management
Case studySchoolLEA
A pilot school one year on All Saints' RC School Nottinghamshire
Achieving excellence and enjoyment: recognising individuals, celebrating families and communities
Engaging subject specialists in induction course development
Key Stage 3 and other initiatives Lord Lawson of Beamish School Gateshead
Key Stage 3 and the library N/A Nottingham Education Library Services
Partnership teaching to support new arrivals
Reworking school management team priorities Whitecross School Gloucestershire
Special Schools Networks N/A Cheshire
Supporting new arrivals with GCSE design and technology coursework
The phonics project Greenbank Residential School Cheshire
Transforming provision for new arrivals
Year 8 mentoring Danum School Technology College Doncaster
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Behaviour & attendance
Impact of a fast track prosecution pilot on a group of year 10 students Kingsthorpe Community College Northamptonshire
Improving attendance during the National Key Stage 3 SATs week in identified schools facing challenging circumstances City of Nottingham
Improving behaviour for learning for a targeted set of students

Hampton Community College

Richmond upon Thames

Rewards and sanctions to uncover inclusion and teaching and learning issues Abbot Beyne Staffordshire
The impact of a whole-school approach to improve out-of-class behaviour Dartmouth High School Sandwell
The impact of improved systems for managing, monitoring, communicating and celebrating attendance Poltair Community School and Sports College Cornwall
The positive impact of a pilot scheme on the punctuality of a Year 8 cohort Whitley Abbey Coventry
The role of the 'A2L' system in improving behaviour and attendance Aylesford Sports College Kent
To show how a strategically managed intervention can reduce absence John O' Gaunt Community Technology College West Berkshire
To show how a structured range of interventions can move a school from satisfactory to good Beacon Hill High School Business and Enterprise College, Blackpool
Using Attendance Panels to fast track Filsham Valley East Sussex
Using Penalty Notices to improve pupil attendance Stoke-on-Trent
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English
Case studySchoolLA
Challenging Year 9 pupils in English Greenford High School and Drayton Manor Ealing
Cross-curricular approach to literacy Kidbrooke School Greenwich
Easter holiday Year 9 English Booster Tudor Grange School Solihull
Effective curricular continuity and data transfer No school Reading LEA
English starter activities N/A Brighton and Hove
Exploring a novel - Holes N/A Nottinghamshire
Implementing Literacy Progress Units Featherstone High School Wakefield
Improving English pedagogy through use of ICT - Blogs, Wikis and forums
Improving English pedagogy through use of ICT - Bringing prose to life
Improving English pedagogy through use of ICT - Buddy's moods
Improving English pedagogy through use of ICT - Following and constructing an argument
Improving English pedagogy through use of ICT - Images and words
Improving English pedagogy through use of ICT - Poetry memes
Improving English pedagogy through use of ICT - Poetry podcasts
Improving English pedagogy through use of ICT - Presenting poetry
Improving English pedagogy through use of ICT - Snapshots of the world
Improving English pedagogy through use of ICT - Stormbreaker
Improving English pedagogy through use of ICT - Text matrix
Improving English pedagogy through use of ICT - The Great Cabbage Controversy
Improving English pedagogy through use of ICT - The Signalman
Improving pupils' progress with Literacy Progress Units Eastbury Comprehensive School Barking and Dagenham
Improving self-esteem and motivation with Literacy Progress Units St Ambrose Barlow High School Sefton
Literacy across the Key Stage 3 curriculum Barr Beacon School Walsall
Literacy across the curriculum spelling evening Edlington School Darlington
Raising boys' achievement in writing Portslade Community College, Summerhill Junior School and Patcham Junior School Brighton and Hove
Support for Year 7 in English and mathematics Reading Girls' School Reading LEA
The phonics project Greenbank Residential School Cheshire
Theatre in Education to boost Year 9 results N/A North Lincolnshire
Training your department N/A Leicester City
Transition activities N/A Doncaster
Transition and transfer Joseph Swan School Gateshead
Using Big Books Hebden Green Community School Cheshire
Using Literacy to raise educational achievement Stanley School of Technology Durham
Year 9 Booster practice in English Garth Hill School Bracknell Forest
Year 9 English Booster in a low-achieving school King Richard School Portsmouth
Year 9 mixed-ability Booster sessions The Hayling School Hampshire
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Mathematics
Case studySchoolLA
Activities for able, gifted and talented pupils in mathematics Adams Grammar School Telford and Wrekin
Addressing pupils' weaknesses with Springboard 7 Sion Hill Worcestershire
Extra support to implement the Year 7 catch-up programme Launceston College Cornwall
Implementing the Year 7 catch-up programme Woodfield Middle School Worcestershire
Improving mathematics results with Year 9 Booster programme Langley High School Sandwell
Planning a revision day The Northicote School Wolverhampton
Progress with Leading mathematics teachers initiatives N/A Hertfordshire
Support for Year 7 in English and mathematics Reading Girls' School Reading LEA
Using the Booster fund to offer additional support Weston Road High School Staffordshire
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Science
Case studySchoolLA
After-school Booster sessions for Year 9 science Highdown School Reading
Easter Booster school Halewood Community Comprehensive School Liverpool
Effective curricular continuity and data transfer No school Reading LEA
Gifted and talented - science masterclass N/A Hounslow
Ideas and evidence research project
Improving pupils' motivation with Year 9 science Booster Kettlethorpe High School Wakefield
Organising a Booster day Failsworth High School

Oldham

 

Transition activities N/A Doncaster
Transition activity in science using data loggers N/A Kent
Transition and transfer Joseph Swan School Gateshead
Transition in science N/A South Gloucestershire and Bristol
Using the booster fund to organise a revision day Heathfield Community College Sussex
Using the science passport for transition Ringmer Community College East Sussex
Year 9 science booster within curriculum time Walton School Staffordshire
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ICT
Case studySchoolLA
Annotation of a piece of non-fiction – Using the 'insert comment' and 'tiling' functions in Word to teach authorial voice
Creating a photo story – supporting writing to inform, describe and persuade
Creating our future: a quest for excellence Smithills School Bolton
Employing a variety of sentence structures to create more effective short stories
Five schools, one partnership Brockwell Middle School, Parkside Middle School, Southlands Middle School, Stonelaw Middle School and Cramlington Community High School Northumberland
Impact of sample teaching units N/A Bolton
Moving image as a stimulus for planning descriptive writing
Re-structuring sentences in order to promote variety within own writing
Strengthening pedagogy with ICT: Early adopters' project - case study 1 - Barnsley Barnsley Learning Services
Strengthening pedagogy with ICT: Early adopters' project - case study 2 - Bristol and Bath Spa Cotham School Bristol LA and Bath Spa University
Strengthening pedagogy with ICT: Early adopters' project - case study 3 - Hartlepool Hartlepool
Strengthening pedagogy with ICT: Early adopters' project - case study 4 - Kent Hillview School Kent
Strengthening pedagogy with ICT: Early adopters' project - case study 5 - Kirklees Batley Girls' High School - Visual Arts College Kirklees
Strengthening pedagogy with ICT: Early adopters' project - case study 6 - Liverpool Gateacre Community Comprehensive School
St Francis Xavier's College
Liverpool
Strengthening pedagogy with ICT: Early adopters' project - case study 7 - North Lincolnshire

Vale of Ancholme Technology College
Brumby Engineering College
Foxhills Technology College

North Lincolnshire
Strengthening pedagogy with ICT: Early adopters' project - case study 8 - Wakefield 13 Wakefield schools Wakefield
Using ICT in mathematics case study 1 - 'Engaging the boys'
Using ICT in mathematics case study 11 - 'Enlargement and ratio'
Using ICT in mathematics case study 14 - 'Real life gradients'
Using ICT in mathematics case study 16 - 'Similar triangles and ratio'
Using ICT in mathematics case study 2 - 'Year 11's use a spreadsheet'
Using ICT in mathematics case study 4 - 'Sequences through polygons'
Using ICT in mathematics case study 5 - 'Symbolically, numerically, orally, graphically'
Using ICT in mathematics case study 6 - 'Sequences in Logo'
Using ICT in mathematics case study 7 - 'Visual stimulation'
Using Sample Teaching Units Priestnall School Stockport
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Foundation subjects
Case studySchoolLA
Developing thinking skills in RE Ashton Park School Bristol
Extending assessment for learning Cheshunt School Hertfordshire
Improving pupil motivation and engagement Sir Graham Balfour High School Staffordshire
Interactive assessment methods Alderbrook School Solihull
Teaching and learning in the foundation subjects The Minster School Nottinghamshire
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