Personalised learning

We believe there are three key tools for personalised learning and below is how we address these at Challney:

Assessment for learning

This feeds into all lesson planning and teaching strategies. It is about setting clear targets, and identifying what pupils need to do to reach those targets. This has been recently enhance by the introduction of APP (Assessing Pupil Performance)

A wide range of teaching strategies

These are used to promote individual and group learning, as well as teaching. These strategies should build on the learner's experience, knowledge and multiple intelligences, and develop their confidence and competence.

Curriculum choice

In the last inspection, Ofsted referred the ‘curriculum’ as a particular strength at Challney. The curriculum is more than just the subjects taught. However, the actual choice of subjects that are offered to the children and the way the school week is divided is an extremely important part of the ’curriculum’. We have found that a ‘Pathway’ system has led us being able to design a curriculum which is more personalised for different groups of learners.

In Year’s 10 and 11 there are 3 pathways, each with a different core of subjects. The option choices are then tailored to each pathway, ensuring that each pupil can develop their own talents.

In 2010, we have introduced a ‘Pathway’ system for Year 9 which is designed to address the needs of both the more and less academically able. It enables your child to be taught in a class of pupils with similar needs.