Raising Attainment and closing the gap in the Senior Phase

Terry LanaganExecutive Director of Educational

Services

Learning and Teaching• IDL & Cooperative Learning in Senior Phase• S4 – S6 timetabled together in some schools• Enhanced vocational education for all: both in-

school and at college• Enhanced consortia arrangements• Bespoke model of work experience• Embracing the principles of DYW

Support Mechanisms• Monitoring and target-setting• Mentoring• Supported Study• Saturday morning classes• Easter Revision School• Authority Masterclasses• Raising Attainment teachers

Scrutiny

• Leadership for Learning visits – action plans• Improvement Plans and Standards & Quality

Reports• The support & challenge role of the QIO• Educational Services Committee – standing

item on Raising Attainment (16 reports so far)

Data Analysis

• Robust analysis of SQA data – authority, school, department and teacher levels

• Challenging underachievement• Analysis of specific factors: gender, poverty etc• Robust tracking of leaver destinations• Insight

3-18 Raising Attainment Strategy

• Improvement Framework• Learning Community approach• Cross-sectoral work• Developing a 3-18 curriculum which is

progressive, coherent and challenging

Closing the Gap

• Year-on year improvement S4- S6 across all measures

• 39.1% of learners in WD in SIMDs 1 & 2• 5.8% of learners in WD in SIMDs 9 & 10• WDC placed 3rd in Scotland for SOLACE

Benchmark of % of students from SIMDs 1 & 2 achieving 5+ Level 6 by end of S6