Pupils were trained in workshops on how to become effective Peer Tutors and they did a fantastic job. We feel confident that under the Leadership of Lynne and Tay the project will become a key part of this innovative school. Headteacher Lynne reported:

The children thoroughly enjoyed the peer tutoring session. They learned to recognise the skills they needed to be effective peer tutors, such as building rapport, active listening and asking effective questions and they were able to get a good understanding of how a session might work using the LEAP model. The resources provided will enable us to continue with the training at school and we are all very much looking forward to putting peer tutoring into practice across the school. A big thank you to Neil for making it so enjoyable and accessible.

All the best, Lynne

Look out for some new exciting developments on our website in the weeks ahead as we start to work in Partnership with Dr Sarah Temple on Emotion Coaching!

Happy 2016

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Over 1,700 schools took part in the programme in 2012: 94 % of those surveyed said their summer school was a success and 95 % said they would take part again.

For further details please visit: http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/pupilsupport/premium/summer

Coaching for Progress offers a range of packages that could support schools in delivering an effective Summer Schools Programme. Please get in touch to discuss your requirements.

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1. 1) Feedback:
    
   Feedback is information given to the learner and/or the teacher about the learner’s performance relative to learning goals. It should aim to (and be capable of) producing improvement in students’ learning. Feedback redirects or refocuses either the teacher’s or the learner’s actions to achieve a goal by aligning effort and activity with an outcome.
    
   Coaching for Progress is all about pupils working actively towards their goals and how they use feedback to improve their performance.
    
2. 2) Meta-cognitive and self-regulation:
    
   Meta-cognitive and self-regulation strategies (sometimes known as ‘learning to learn’ strategies) are teaching approaches which make learners think about learning more explicitly. This is usually by teaching pupils specific strategies to set goals, monitor and evaluate their own learning.
    
   Coaching for Progress is all about helping pupils thinking more carefully about themselves as learners. Our training is designed to help pupils set meaningful learning goals and then evaluate their own progress towards achieving these goals.
    
3. 3) Peer Tutoring:
    
   A range of approaches in which learners work in pairs or small groups to provide each other with explicit teaching support. In cross-age tutoring an older learner takes the tutoring role and is paired with a younger tutee or tutees.
    
   Coaching for Progress offers training for pupils to help them develop these skills effectively.

 
All the evidence backs up the work we do, Coaching for Progress offers improved outcomes for pupils based on evidence based research.

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He has also announced that inspectors will scrutinise schools’ own assessment data and evaluate the progress made by those pupils eligible for the Year 7 Catch-Up Premium that was recently launched. See here for more information.

This means schools need to be very clear about how they are using this funding and the impact it is having on pupil progress. Coaching for Progress improves academic outcomes for Pupil Premium pupils and can support underachieving Year 7 pupils to make accelerated progress and you can use these funding streams to access support from us.

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