Cameron Setter

Last week I wrote about ensuring the curriculum is of a high quality, this week I will take a look at how we are assuring it is being taught for all pupils. To what extent does the subject leader and other department responsibility holders assure themselves that there is a high-quality curriculum for all pupils? One of the keys to the quality assurance in our department is the centralised resources for teachers to use. Teachers are provided high quality resources as suggestions to be used and adapted for their classes. Not only is this assuring a high quality curriculum is being taught it has also drastically reduced workload. Over time this bank of resources head been updated and added to do. Another way we quality assure is by going in to lessons and actually seeing what is going on. We have been able to identify some real strengths in the department but also support colleagues who may be struggling. While in lessons we also look back at some of the quality of the work being produced...

This week I've been having conversations with the leadership team about the Maths curriculum. Our discussions were based on two questions: 1. To what extent does the subject leader and their department ensure that a high-quality subject curriculum exists for all pupils? 2. To what extent does the subject leader and other department responsibility holders assure themselves that there is a high-quality curriculum for all pupils?  Ensure In our department we have an overall scheme of work that we follow. We've recently changed our Key Stage 3 scheme of work to focus mainly on Number in Year 7 and Algebra in Year 8. This has come from learning from some of the most successful, similar schools to us. It is also based from experience knowing how important and strong understanding of algebra and number is to everything else in Maths.    We then turn that larger scheme of work into smaller sub units e.g. multiplication, indices, fractions etc. These units have a number of objecti...

I haven't posted for the past 3 weeks seeing as Christmas and New year's was on Saturday and I was otherwise occupied with my children. Therefore this post is a bit of a CPD dump of all of the podcasts and blogs I've consumed over the holidays. There are some real gems in here that I would definitely recommend taking a look at.  🔊 Listen: High performance and happy place collaboration. In this episode they explore what they have learnt throughout the year highlighting similar lessons in both of their podcasts. Have a listen here .  🔊 Listen:  Diary of a CEO with Ben Francis. I've been watching and listening to Ben Francis a lot recently, he is straight talking and communicates his ideas really well. In this episode he talks about using 360 reviews to constantly improve himself and develop. Listen to him speak here .  🔊 Listen:  Best of 2021 conversations: the knowledge project. This highlight reel from the year has some real gems in and well worth a listen. I...