A Craigmillar Journey to School Improvement

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A Craigmillar Journey to School Improvement

• Lindsey Watt, Headteacher

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Castleview 2004

• HMIE required a return visit
• High exclusion rate
• Low attainment
• Unworkable behaviour policy
• Poor Attendance (staff and pupils)
• Disillusioned, sceptical staff
• Loss of Headteacher 2 x Acting Headteachers
• School had not moved forward

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2004 - Ensure Improvement in

• the structure of the curriculum by establishing
  clear expectations about what pupils are to learn
  and how this will be planned and assessed
• raising attainment in reading, writing and
  mathematics by ensuring appropriate levels of
  pace and challenge for all pupils in their
  learning
• monitoring pupils progress to help further
  develop their learning experiences.

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Investment in Leadership by City of Edinburgh
Council
Sciennes
to
Castleview
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All schools should reflect aspects of the 6
Columban Values
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Awareness of the public perception of
Craigmillars Young People ?
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Focus on the reality
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Create the Long-term Vision - A High Quality
Learning Experience
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Eradicate barriers to learning

• School Environment
• Home Environment
• Health Well-Being

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Culture of leadership and ownership of learning
at every level
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School Environment

• Stabilise Staffing
• Create Calmness, respect
• and love
• Curriculum for Excellence
• a mandate for change
• Development of TL approaches
• Planning Assessment
• Encourage and map a Journey of Learning
• Teach transferable skills and apply in other
  contexts
• Teamwork CTs, PSAs, SfL, EAL, EWO, HOTS
• Quality Continuous Professional Development
• Promotion of partnerships in the City

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Persevere - Attainment and Achievement
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2011 Cabinet Secretary For Life Long Learnings
Attainment Group
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• 1. Increasing the ambition, aspiration and
  expectation of every child and young person.
• 2. Delivering excellent learning and teaching
  in every classroom, every day
• 3. Developing effective leadership at all
  levels
• 4. Engaging family and the wider community
• Focus on Literacy and numeracy as
• platforms on which to build future
  learning.
• Using information intelligently to understand
  progress.

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Partnerships

• Cluster Primaries and High School
• Richmonds Hope
• Nairn's Oatcakes
• Community Citizenship Project
• Castlegreen Care Home
• Social Work
• Community Police Park Rangers
• Edinburgh University School of Architecture
• Queen Margaret University
• Benmore Outdoor Centre
• Historic Scotland
• Families and Schools Together - FAST
• Thistle Foundation

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Historic Scotland Inspirational
TeachingCurriculum for Excellence in Action
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Culture of Belief became the Norm
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HMIE 2013 HMIE 2013
Improvements in performance Very good
Learners experiences Very good
Meeting learning needs Excellent
Curriculum Excellent
Improvements through self-evaluation Very Good
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Culture of leadership continues
MAKING THE DIFFERENCE TEAM Winners in this
category needed to demonstrate that leaders who
guide or direct others can be anyone, from the
smallest child to the highest ranked person in
the organisation. Teams can also lead the way.
Leadership is about inspiring and motivating
others and supporting others to achieve a common
goal.
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Get a Life! You dont know what is around the
corner!
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New Challenges
Widen Transition Experiences Extend Broad
General Education Develop Curriculum for
Excellence Increase Opportunities for
Interdisciplinary Learning Eradicate the poverty
of ambition
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What did I do today that made a difference?
lindsey.watt_at_castleview.edin.sch.uk