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Raising Attainment

Schools are constantly trying to raise science attainment, and young people on Triple Science are no different. No section on teaching and learning would be complete without some practical guidance on improving headline results and contextualised value added scores for all young people that are taking Triple science from 2006. Again, some of the advice is generic, but no less useful.

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• Raising Attainment case study - Beckfoot School, Bradford
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  Beckfoot is a community comprehensive school with 1600 pupils aged 11 to 18. This case study concerns a highly able Year 10 group; one of three groups following Triple Science GCSE courses. Pupils cho...
  
  

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• Raising Attainment case study - Beckfoot School, Bradford
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  Beckfoot is a community comprehensive school with 1600 pupils aged 11 to 18. This case study concerns a highly able Year 10 group; one of three groups following Triple Science GCSE courses. Pupils cho...
  
  
• Raising Attainment case study - Brinsworth and Maltby Comprehensive Schools
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  Brinsworth and Maltby comprehensive schools in Rotherham planned to introduce Triple Science for their more able pupils in September 2008.
  
  
• Raising Attainment - The Nottingham Bluecoat School
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  The Nottingham Bluecoat School and Technology College attracts pupils from a wide range of areas with a wide range of abilities. The school aims to provide learning approaches that enable pupils to l...
  
  
• Raising Attainment Case Study - St Dunstan's Community School , Somerset
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  At the start of Key Stage 4 pupils were introduced to both traditional summative (exam-type) assessment and Assessment for Learning through a class presentation task.
  
  
• Raising Attainment Case Study - Thurston Community College, Bury St Edmunds
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  The programme that has developed at Thurston is based on an association with Quotient Bioresearch and HFL Sport Science (both formerly HFL Ltd), based at laboratories in Fordham near Cambridge.
  
  
• Raising Attainment Case Study - Swavesey Village College, Cambridgeshire
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  Swavesey Village College has adopted a personalised learning approach at Key Stage 4 that provides every pupil with an appropriate science course.
  
  
• Raising Attainment Case Study - Mary Webb School and Science College, Shropshire  (169 KB)
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  Mary Webb is an 11–16 school with 600 pupils on roll, situated in the idyllic village of Pontesbury, Shropshire. Mary Webb School uses Adobe Connect video-conferencing software to deliver a series o...
  
  
• Raising Attainment Case Study - King David High School, Liverpool
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  The development of the scheme of work was assisted by the traditional structure of the science department.
  
  
• Raising Attainment Case Study - King Charles I School, Kidderminster
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  The school is a specialist science college and so has developed many links with the local community, informed by surveys of local interests. They have pursued local organisations with interests in th...
  
  
• Raising Attainment Case Study - Collingwood College, Surrey
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  Collingwood College devised a ‘super revision programme’ for all Year 11 and Year 10 accelerated GCSE Science students. Each department in the school designs their bit to suit the needs of their subje...
  
  

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• Triple Science GCSEs - Strategies for Raising Attainment
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  This publication provides advice for schools exploring the possibility of introducing Triple Science GCSEs. It focuses on strategies for raising attainment generally but within the context of Triple S...
  
  
• The British Association for the Advancement of Science: Events for Educators
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  Webpage giving information on the BA's INSET activities for science teachers: 'We show how you can use our activities to enhance the curriculum, promote your students’ investigative skills and have a ...
  
  

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• Planning acrross the key stage in science
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  The revision of the key stage 3 programme of study provides an opportunity to review and refresh your sequences of work. When reviewing planning across the key stage, developing new sequences of work ...
  
  

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