Our teachers teach highly effective lessons that enable all pupils to be excellent learners who: enjoy their learning, are self motivated, resilient, articulate, allows them to fulfill their potential and be successful in whatever their next steps are.
Educational research plays a fundamental role in informing and improving teaching at King Edward VI Northfield School for Girls. Our teaching and learning model is based upon research into cognitive science and how the brain acquires and uses new information. Research conducted by Peps McCrea, Barak Roshenshine and Doug Lemov (and many more) is fundamental to how leaders plan their curriculum and how it manifests itself in each and every classroom. Our staff all receive regular CPD training to ensure they have a comprehensive understanding of how to apply the most effective strategies in the classroom.
All teachers plan for a knowledge rich curriculum, sequencing lessons in such a way that allows for plentiful spacing, interleaving and retrieval practice. We have high expectations and teach our girls to have a good work ethic and behaviour that is conducive to learning. There is a strong acquisition of knowledge from the moment they enter the room and throughout the lesson that will be aided by the subject specialist: the teacher. Teachers regularly review pupil’s knowledge, provide an expert explanation and continually scaffold and model along the way. Teachers question pupils’ so they and the teacher know what they can and can’t do and what they do and don’t know . Pupils have plentiful opportunities to practice and for teachers to feedback resulting in a truly responsive teaching and learning environment that allows for professional autonomy within the classroom.
The school has high ambitions for every pupil, including disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) (Ofsted 2024)
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