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Desired outcome Chosen action / approach What is the evidence and rationale for this choice? How will you ensure it is implemented well? Staff lead When will you review implementation? Improved KS3 literacy progress CPD on Accelerated Reader and questioning techniques. Incentives offered by way of Reading Dogs, postcards home and praise/celebration of achievement. Sutton Trust suggests that improvement of questioning leads to higher order thinking becoming an effective tool in raising achievement. Research suggests that positive feedback results in higher confidence levels and better engagements with tasks. (The Effects of Praise on Children’s Intrinsic Motivation: A Review and Synthesis. Henderlong and Lepper. 2002. Stanford.) Staff monitored through Teacher Tracker. SLT Sept 17 Improved KS3 literacy progress Effective marking techniques to be discussed and shared in daily staff ‘Teach meet’. Research from Ofsted (Mar 2016) indicates marking can significantly impact on learning of students. Sutton Trust also indicates effective marking combined with metacognition produces long lasting results. Peer review and assessment. observation by peers. Regular monitoring by SLT with personalised feedback with HoD to identify and cascade good practice and challenge areas of weakness. SBa/JWi/ACr Jun 17 Improved KS3 literacy progress Range of extra-curricular opportunities to support independent learning. Offer of homework clubs and enrichment opportunities with specialist staff. Sutton Trust data indicates that effectively set homework targeting specific skills can offer accelerated rates of progress and learning. Comparatively high levels of social/rural deprivation in Filey area means that access to ICT or extended learning opportunities are limited. Staff allocated to support /deliver session outside school time to monitor attendance and feedback data. Use of LRC to offer access to necessary research tools. Homework monitoring to be done by HoKS with T&L managers. Feedback to individual staff and dept. about frequency/success. JWi/ACr/Api Sep 17 class