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Self-evaluation

Opening up learning through self-evaluation: Cross Arthurlie Primary School

Opening up learning through self-evaluation: Cross Arthurlie Primary School

Headteachers, staff and pupils discuss strategies used to open up learning in order to improve the quality of learning at this primary school. Approaches considered include direct observation and feedback from learners and staff.

Staged intervention strategies: St Luke's High School

Staged intervention strategies: St Luke's High School

Staff outline this school's staged intervention strategy, which is aimed at meeting the learning, social and emotional needs of all learners. Find out about the practice and outcomes of the strategy. St Luke's High School has developed a staged intervention strategy to ensure that students' individual needs are met, whilst providing its students with more choices and more chances. The Headteacher and staff outline the staged intervention strategy, discuss how it supports pupils and teachers, and reflect on how it helps to promote inclusion across the school.

Learning together through self-evaluation: Cumnock Academy

Learning together through self-evaluation: Cumnock Academy

This video explores an secondary school's self-evaluation programme, which aims to open up learning and empower students by encouraging staff to develop and share good educational practice through peer review. Cumnock Academy has taken new, self-evaluating steps to open up learning within the school and empower the students who learn there. The Headteacher, staff and students outline the methods of self-evaluation used at the school, how involving the students empowers both them and their teachers, and how staff are benefiting from sharing educational practice.

Observe, reflect and develop learning: Dunbar Grammar

Observe, reflect and develop learning: Dunbar Grammar

Watch as staff and students from a secondary school discuss the development and impact of their self-evaluation programme, which incorporates the views and observations of stakeholders at all levels. Dunbar Grammar School has developed self-evaluation techniques and practices to open up, develop and improve the quality of young people's learning. The Headteacher, staff, parents and students discuss different methods of self-evaluation and how these have enabled everyone to learn together. This film also reviews some of the approaches taken to promote pupil voice and staff review the benefits of Assessment is for Learning across the school.

Reviews that revolutionise: Fairview School

Reviews that revolutionise: Fairview School

Learn how this new school for children with severe and complex enduring needs has been empowering parents and improving learning through a carefully planned process of communication and evaluation. Fairview School has taken specific steps to support and promote communication and evaluation between parents and staff. Staff and parents outline the introduction of new parent/teacher discussion sessions, the reasons why this form of partnership working empowers staff and parents, and the success of the programme and the benefits it brings to their child's learning.

Smoother transitions : Lairhillock School Nursery Class

Smoother transitions : Lairhillock School Nursery Class

Observe how this nursery promotes active learning and prepares children for their transition to primary school and the benefits of partnership working. View this nursery promoting active learning and preparing children for their step up to primary school. Staff and parents discuss the benefits of active learning and partnerships between a nursery and a primary school.

Using technology to empower young pupils: Coatbridge College Nursery

Using technology to empower young pupils: Coatbridge College Nursery

Find out how a nursery has used ICT to promote learning and shared leadership. Staff discuss how the nursery empowers children and the positive effect it has had on their communication skills. Find out about promoting learning and shared leadership through the use of ICT within a nursery school. Staff at Coatbridge College Nursery discuss the benefits of using ICT, how it empowers pupils and the positive effect it has on their communication skills.

Self-evaluation and growth: Monquitter School

Self-evaluation and growth: Monquitter School

Listen to staff and pupils in this primary school talk about the processes and positive outcomes of self-evaluation and how they contribute to development and growth. Experience the development and growth achieved through reflection in this primary school. Staff and pupils talk about the processes and positive outcomes of self-evaluation.

One common goal for everybody: Monquitter School

One common goal for everybody: Monquitter School

See how this primary school achieved a clear and common vision for development and improvement. See how this primary school achieved a clear and common vision for development and improvement.

Self-evaluation and development: Eyemouth Primary School

Self-evaluation and development: Eyemouth Primary School

Observe how reflection and discussion supports development at this primary school. Hear about the positive outcomes of inter-disciplinary teaching, distributed leadership and self-evaluation. Experience the development and growth achieved through reflection and discussion at this primary school. The staff and pupils talk about the positive outcomes of cross-curricular teaching, distributed leadership and self-evaluation.