Achievement 2022- 2023

We have been especially proud this year of our pupils’ achievements in all areas of the curriculum.  The results for year 11 and 13 were very pleasing this year and the impact of certain interventions was evident.   

 Key Stage 5 Accreditations 2023

In the Ocean department we deliver the Princes Trust, Personal Development & Employability Qualification.  All five Year 13s entered achieved either a Certificate (up to 18 credits) or an Award (up to 36 credits).

Seven students completed ASDAN Life skills challenges.   Six students achieved Silver Duke of Edinburgh and six students achieved Bronze Arts award.

Destinations

We saw an increase on the number of students moving on to Canto and was our most popular destination with six attending. 

Five students transferred to college.  Northampton college (2), Moulton college (2) and Milton Keynes College (1); Courses include Entry Level, Accessing College and Employment and Pathway to Employment.

Four students have chosen Mencap and are completing supported internships. One student is on their one-year course and has a placement at a Greene King restaurant in Sixfields. The other 3 students are on their two-year programme; one has been placed at a Hungry Horse restaurant working in the kitchen, one wants to work in retail, preferably in a Pet Shop, and the other is going into a Social Care setting, following successful work experience in a care home.

The remaining seven students have gone to Spectrum (2), social care (2), Workbridge (1), Project care (1) and Gladstone resource centre (1)

A number of the students (5) have chosen to attend a more than one provision to ensure a full 5 day week programme. The student going to Gladstone is doing 3 days and 2 days at the Cube, 2 of the students attending Canto are doing 3 days there and also attending Country Centre for 2 days.  One student attending Workbridge and one attending Northampton College are also going to the Cube 2 days to make up the full week.   

No student is NEET. 

Year 11 impact summary

Nineteen students completed Year 11 in 2023 (thirteen in Mountains, six in Woodland) of these, thirteen left with accreditations.  We were pleased that all these students achieved their predicted grades. 

 Eleven students complete OCR Entry level Maths certificate and all achieved well.  Eight at Entry level 3 and three and Entry level 2.  There were no entries for Maths GCSE this year as no student was working at that level.   

One student was entered for OCR entry level Science and achieved a good result of Entry level 2. 

All students in Mountains worked towards Bronze D of E over the two years in KS4.  They worked really hard to complete the four units, Skills, Volunteering, Physical and Expedition. The full award was achieved by all students.  

Finally, there were twelve students that successfully completed a number of ASDAN Lifeskills challenges.  Six of those students will move on into Billing Brook 6^th form will continue to gain credits towards this award.

Destinations  

The majority of the 19 students from year 11 continued to Billing Brook Sixth Form (seven to Ocean and 6 to woodland 6^th Form).  Two went to Northampton College to complete the Accessing College and Employment course, one went to Moulton College to study Basic Construction Skills.  One went to the Beehive and one went to Daventry Hills 6^th form to continue their learning.  Finally, one student is completing a Princes Trust course.    All started in September and so far have settled well. 

Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Data

All pupils were working below age related expectations and no pupils achieved the Phonics or Multiplication tests. Those pupils not working on a subject specific curriculum were assessed using the engagement model.

Key stage 1 10 pupils at the end of KS1 was assessed using the Engagement model and 7 using the pre-key stage standards. 

Key Stage 2 2 pupils at the end of KS2 were assessed using the engagement model and 18 using the pre-key stage standards. 

PK – Pre key stage Standards 1,2,3,4,5 or 6

HNM – (Science grades are recorded as either age related expectations or has not met )

EM- Engagement model

Internal summative assessments

As well as formal national testing, we carry out a number of internals assessments for Literacy including reading and for maths.  Additional assessments were carried out using ‘Doodle maths’ an online intervention which many pupils' access regularly as part of their maths input, and for some as homework.  We also carry out assessments using Little Wandle SPP and Salford reading tests. Our assessments provided us with both formative and summative data and identifies those pupils who require further interventions. 

Our curriculum model includes an attainment tracker in order for pupils’ attainment to be evaluated. Pupils were baselined at the beginning of the year and then were revisited at the end of the year in order to analyse attainment.  Summative assessment, as well as formative assessment, is an integral aspect of our curriculum. Attainment for English and Maths and essential areas is tracked.   Analysing attainment gives us valuable information to help with future planning. 

EYFS Data

Pupils in Reception follow our Foundations for Life Curriculum which reflects the standards expected in Early Years.  This is tracked through Evidence for Learning and Learning Journeys.   We carried out the EYFS baseline last year and all pupils were recorded as ‘Working Towards”. 

All pupils have a Learning Journey, which is a holistic way of recording how our Reception pupils learn and develop as they move through the Early Year Foundation Stage. Evidence is gathered using pupils work, staff observations, photos, video clips, pupil quotes and parental comments. It has been a valuable way of showing progress over time and the developmental journey that pupils have been on since starting with us in Reception.

Our own tracking system based on Foundations for Life enabled us to track small step progress for pupils throughout the year and showed that pupils had made substantial progress in all areas of learning. 

This year there were eight pupils following the EYFS curriculum who made significant progress in all areas of the EYFS curriculum.

Vulnerable Groups

When looking at those pupils receiving pupil premium there were no discernible differences in the achievement.  Our pupil premium impact report shows improvements across all aspects of the curriculum.

National Data

Due to our pupils learning difficulties, the published national data does not adequately represent their progress or attainment because national data only includes GCSE (or equivalent) results, which are not appropriate for the majority of our pupils.

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