Raising Achievement in the Primary School

Roger Smith

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An essential resource

At the present time, there are ever-increasing demands on all schools, headteachers and teachers. Schools which are successful and popular with parents will thrive, grow and continue to develop – thereby raising pupil achievement.

This popular pack suggests ways of making sure that your school is able to achieve this goal. There are questionnaires to use with staff and many ideas for staff meetings and training days.

The pack includes the following sections:

• Target setting – The benefits of setting targets, together with how best to set them, as well as a suggested cycle of target setting which should lead to improvements.
• Planning to raise achievement – Planning and differentiation.
• Staff morale and reducing conflict – Friction between colleagues is always counter-productive. This section suggests ways to manage staff conflict and raise morale.
• Reducing and managing stress – Stress is a constant threat in schools and reduces an individual teacher's capacity to raise attainment. Identifying stress in colleagues is important as well as finding ways to prevent it.
• Successful school organisation – Some schools seem to achieve more than others and it is important to consider the reasons for this. This section looks at leadership, ethos and teacher behaviour.

Contents

• Introduction
• Target setting
• Planning to raise acheivement
• Raising staff morale and reducing conflict
• Reducing and managing stress
• Successful school organisation
• References