1. Transition Project KS4-KS5
Avonbourne College

2. • Size – 1150
• Ages – 11-18
• Specialisms – Business and enterprise, Thinking Skills,
Internationalism
• Sex – Girls (Mixed 6th form)
Introduction to Avonbourne and the context

3. Core purpose
• Self-directed learners
• Less didactic approach
• Teachers as facilitators & coaches
• Teaching as ‘learning design’
• Learning as problem solving, not information
retention

4. Action
• Transition Project Yr11 students
– Training
– ELLI profiles
– Learning conversations
• Staff training
– Whole-staff training day BLP
– Establish cross-college learning communities
• Research, develop and deliver BLP
• Whole-college approach (less 11y)
• Harmonisation
– T&L initiatives under BLP banner
– Lesson planning/observation has BLP focus
– SofW amended to include explicit reference to BLP

5. PDSA – Challenges encountered / what
did we learn?
• Semi-structured interviews
• Engagement
• Training
• Curriculum pressures
• Logistics – all in different classes
• Counter initiatives

6. PDSA – what did we learn?
• Core team essential
• Support form Headteacher
• Time
• Buy in
• Timetable of events
• Flexibility/ adaptability/ resilience

7. Measuring Student Outcomes
• ELLI profiles
– Start, middle, on transition
• Students’ capacities as self-directed learners
– Significant stories of change
• Reflective diaries
• Semi-structured interviews
• Student progress
– Working at grades (captured on SIMS)
– Learning profile score (contribution to own learning)
– Cf cohort
• Surveys
– Staff
– Students

8. Achievements to date
• ELLI group
• Staffing and logistics – KLH, KWT, HPH
• Support and backing
• BLP culture
• Training
• Lesson observation form
• Learning Communities

9. Extract from Semi-structured Interview

10. How will we share our learning?
• All staff taking part in Learning Communities
• Share knowledge and ideas
• Programme evaluation
• ELLI Focus group evaluation
• Share results with Harewood College
• Inform curriculum planning for Avonwood
Primary
• BLP introduced for 6th Form Sep 2014
• Parental engagement

11. Our next steps
• Data analysis from SIMS
• Developing a language for learning
• Further staff training
– BLP
– NQT/new staff
• Student group

12. Any questions?