I work at Oasis Academy Nunsthorpe in Grimsby, situated in an area of high social, economic and educational deprivation, with an overall free school meals figure of 76 per cent.
With poor year 6 results, my school urgently needed to raise the attainment of our year 6 cohort of 72 children. When I was asked to be raising standards lead and develop a strategy to raise the attainment of our year 6 cohort, I was eager to implement something which would also achieve sustainable impact.
The initial question was how to identify the students who were “quick wins” – the key marginal students who were close to English-maths combined (EMC) but who needed a boost in one, two or all three subjects.
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