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Aspiration, Resilience, Opportunity, Excellence - Woodlands School COVID-19 Recovery Plan
Aspiration, Resilience, Opportunity, Excellence

              Woodlands School
            COVID-19 Recovery Plan

       September 2020 to December 2020
Woodlands School                                                                                  COVID-19 Recovery Plan – September 2020 to July 2021

Introduction
On 19th June 2020 the government announced their National Tutoring Programme aimed at supporting schools across England with a £350
million package to set about catching up pupils on lost learning throughout lockdown. The funding is aimed at disadvantaged pupils as it is
estimated that 80% of disadvantaged pupils do not have access to quality tuition. It is unclear yet exactly how the funding will be distributed but
it is our understanding that up to 75% of each one to one and small group tutoring session will be covered by this money.

At present we pay £21 an hour for a small number of Year 10 disadvantaged youngsters to have remote tutoring, one to one, with an
undergraduate in either Maths, English or Science, once a week for 10 weeks through MyTutor. This is the company the government has been
using in parts of the North as a trial for this scheme. We also use private tutors to lead one to one tutoring sessions on a weekly basis on the core
subjects with each of our Looked After Children, this costs £30 an hour.

The key to successful tuition is having clear communication between the tutor and the classroom teacher, to really focus on the key aspects of
learning either missed out on or not fully understood. We know that with specialist tuition is can make up to 5 months progress in 12 weeks if
tuition occurs for one hour a week.

We will look to use technology to increase access as we know that over 200 of our youngsters do not have access to the internet or a laptop or
computer to complete their work. This will be addressed by the middle of September 2020 ensuring all have access to remote learning supporting
our whole school push for memory retrieval and metacognition.

As in recent years we will be extending the school day both at the beginning and end to utilise as much learning time as possible. This will take
place through targeted interventions using morning enhancement – 8.30am-9.00am each morning as well as period 6 lessons from 3.00pm-
4.00pm on a weekly basis; aimed initially at Year 11 and 10 pupils.

Literacy and Oracy will be a priority for all our youngsters and we will set out how we can catch our pupils up on these vital foundations on which
all other learning is built upon.

There is £650 million for schools to use as additional funds to catch up on lost learning in other ways which is to be at the discretion of each
individual Head Teacher. Whilst welcome this works out £28k per school. Given catch up funding been taken away which for Woodlands School,
which amounted to £34k this year, we are operating at a loss before we start.

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Woodlands School                                                                                 COVID-19 Recovery Plan – September 2020 to July 2021

Supporting great teaching
Targets:

      To embed the ‘Thinking School’ model to help support the development of metacognitive skills and aid the catch up of lost learning.
      To launch Retrieval At Woodlands (RAW) to address gaps in learning and encourage memory retrieval through regular subject specific
       opportunity to interleave spaced learning practice.
      To ensure that NQTS/RQTS have a personalised provision to account for premature end to training provision.
      To ensure all lessons are effectively planned to rapidly address gaps in learning.
      To build the confidence of staff in their teaching, some of which may have been detrimentally affected by lockdown, and share good
       practice.
      To ensure our Remote Provision is outstanding, should it be required in the future, to minimise any further disruption to learning.

Pupil assessment and feedback
Targets:

    To ensure assessments take place in the first half-term of the new academic year to gather more details of missed learning to inform
     forward planning.
    To ensure that all teaching staff utilise the first half-term in September 2020 to reteach the key skills and content in every subject based
     on all the information we had gathered during lockdown; based on their interim Schemes of Learning staff have been working on since
     Easter.

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Woodlands School                                                                                 COVID-19 Recovery Plan – September 2020 to July 2021

One to one and small group tuition
Targets:

          To ensure a clear programme is in place for one to one and small group tuition for the start of the academic year for all underachieving
           disadvantaged pupils and for all underachieving pupils to receive support, with a particular focus on disadvantaged pupils.
          To ensure appropriate staffing (internal and external), rooming and expectations are in place.
          To ensure all identified pupils have caught up on their lost learning.

Intervention programmes
Strategic Targets:

          To ensure additional targeted interventions are in place supporting Year 10 and 11 pupils, including earlier starts.
          To ensure additional interventions are in place for Year 7 and 8 pupils, including earlier starts.
          To promote Reading and account for detrimental impact of lockdown by ensuring all opportunities both within and outside of the
           curriculum are exploited.
          To promote Oracy and account for detrimental impact of Lockdown by ensuring all opportunities both within and outside of the
           curriculum are exploited.

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Woodlands School                                                                               COVID-19 Recovery Plan – September 2020 to July 2021

Supporting parents and carers
Targets:

          To ensure that parents are well informed to support pupils working remotely in the event of a future lockdown.
          To educate parents about ‘Memory Retrieval’ and Metacognition so they can support the school in ‘closing the gap’ caused by COVID-
           19.
          To support parents in aiding their children with Literacy and Oracy which may have been detrimentally impacted as a result of COVID-
           19.

Access to technology
Targets:

    To ensure that all pupils have access to Wi-Fi as well as a laptop or computer to engage with all remote learning.

Summer support
Targets:

          To ensure the school is open for extra opportunities such as sport throughout the summer.

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Woodlands School                                                                                  COVID-19 Recovery Plan – September 2020 to July 2021

Key headlines from Recovery Plan
Updated Behaviour Policy to cater for COVID-19. Our expectations          Year 7 and 8 will only do homework in Maths and English, 2½ hours a
remain the same, youngsters are here to learn and teachers here to        week until Christmas.
teach.
Common sense approach to attendance with regard to fines. Names           Pushing ahead with ‘Thinking School’ model, 3 wave approach of 1)
already being monitored.                                                  memory retrieval starter activities 2) memory retrieval homework 3)
                                                                          synoptic assessments.
Assessments for all in first half term to see where the gaps are.         Continue planning for Remote Provision.
Year 7 to sit internal SATs papers in first half term and base sets on    Put in place small group and one to one tuition focusing on the
that and KS2 internal data.                                               disadvantaged. Using staff under teaching allocation and external tutors,
                                                                          including the MyTutor online programme – 1500 sessions booked.
Year 7 not in sets until October half term.                               Year 7 and 8 Literacy focus 4 days a week in tutor time, all reading same
                                                                          book with comprehension tasks.
All faculties to have completed Schemes of Learning for the first         Year 9 and 10 (not in intervention) Oracy focus 4 days a week in tutor
term to cater for any missed learning.                                    time, based on current affairs.

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Woodlands School                                                                                 COVID-19 Recovery Plan – September 2020 to July 2021

Context

Throughout lockdown staff have been working incredibly hard and have set work remotely through our Show My Homework (SMHW) platform
which have been using for 5 years to set homework as well as paper based work for those who do not have access to the internet.

We know from our monitoring of SMHW, as well as our regular calls to vulnerable pupils and weekly tutor calls, that there is a significant
proportion of our youngsters that have failed to consistently engage with the remote learning that has been set; this is despite the best efforts of
staff. We know that this is a similar picture across the country but given that the community we serve is one of significant deprivation; currently
standing at 42% PPG and rising daily given the pandemic, we need to catch up on the lost learning in a clear, structured and impactful way.

Mini-assessments have been set and marked every two weeks by every teacher since Easter. This is to ascertain where pupils are with regard to
the understanding of their remote learning. This will help us further understand the gaps that need to be addressed and we have been working
on Interim Schemes of Learning since Easter to utilise the first half-term in September to put in place additional assessments as well as a clear
programme to catch up on the missed learning or key subjects and concepts. Whilst we accept that this will not close the significant gap left by
Covid-19, staff have been informed that the time dedicated in the first half term would only play part of the catch up provision.

From 22nd June face to face meetings with Year 10 pupils were conducted for a week to ascertain learning needs and gaps. These were 15 minute
sessions that then led to another week of face to face meetings with subject specialists to tackle key misunderstood elements of chosen subjects
following the structure of one to one tutor sessions. For the final two weeks of term, Year 10 pupils have been offered three hours of teaching in
the core subjects of Maths, English and Science every day. This has helped us gain more information on learning needs of our Year 10 youngsters
which has helped inform future planning.

This document is based on the recommendations included in the ‘COVID-19 support guide for schools’ produced by the Education Endowment
Foundation June 2020.

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Woodlands School                                                                                   COVID-19 Recovery Plan – September 2020 to July 2021

Transition support
Targets:

      To ensure that all pupils are inducted back to the school given the time spent out of a formal education setting.
      To update whole school pastoral policies, with new rules and procedures, and communicate clearly and consistently to staff, pupils and
       parent/carers. Demonstrating reasonable and proportionate expectations in response to COVID-19.
     To ensure high levels of engagements from our previously hard to reach pupils and families, in regards to attendance and punctuality.
     To use a targeted approach to meet the needs of individuals within our school.
     To maintain a sense of community cohesion within year groups and across the school.
     To ensure all pupils are clear on the expectations for their return and are clear as to what school will look like come September through
       the use of a ‘Welcome Back’ video.
     To ensure all new Year 7 pupils get the opportunity to speak to their tutor and ask any questions before they start at Woodlands through
       a remote ‘Meet the Tutor’ event.
     To ensure all Year 7 and 8 pupils keep up to date with their catch up English and Maths homework tasks through additional form time
       support from the Progress Mentor team.
     To utilise Catch Up intervention programmes, such as Lexonik with pupils in Key Stage 3 to ensure they have the literacy skills to manage
       curriculum demands.
Tasks to achieve Target      Staff             Timescale     Resources Needed Success criteria Monitored By Progress
                             Responsible
To ensure that all pupils    All staff – HTu Until           Data from Well-        When all pupils SLT                    This target has been fully
are inducted back to the     and SAm           October       being                  safely back in                         completed.
school given the time                          half-term     questionnaires/        and ongoing
spent out of a formal                                        Tutor calls/           issues                                 SMHW wellbeing survey –
education setting.                                           Bulletin/ Staff        addressed                              using show my homework
                                                             briefings/                                                    quiz function, every week
                                                             Quality First                                                 every form tutor has set a
                                                             Teaching                                                      wellbeing quiz for every
                                                             Inter-team                                                    child in the school. This
                                                             meetings between                                              gave all pupils the
                                                             all Resilience                                                opportunity to share how
                                                             affiliated staff                                              they are feeling and if they

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                                                         have any concerns in
                                                         regards to their wellbeing
                                                         and mental health. Any
                                                         concerns that have been
                                                         raised by pupils were then
                                                         followed up by the
                                                         Pastoral and Safeguarding
                                                         Teams.

                                                         HOY, Tutor calls and home
                                                         visits:

                                                         Year 7 tutor calls – the
                                                         Year 7 team have made
                                                         5,418 calls - (if they are
                                                         contacting all 3 numbers).
                                                         As HOY, NWy has made
                                                         200 calls to her vulnerable
                                                         pupils and 455 calls to un-
                                                         contactable parents
                                                         (Average 70 extra calls per
                                                         Wednesday). NWy and
                                                         her team have made in
                                                         the region of 6,073 calls.

                                                         Year 8 tutor calls – the
                                                         HOY has made 331 calls,
                                                         (which are averaging three
                                                         calls a week per pupil, due
                                                         to working parents/no
                                                         answers and vulnerable
                                                         needing to be called more

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                                                          than once). The Year 8
                                                          team have made just
                                                          under 6000 (5958
                                                          average) calls.

                                                          Year 9 – have made 5,985
                                                          calls (if they are contacting
                                                          all 3 numbers). 428 relate
                                                          to phone call requests via
                                                          parent emails and repeat
                                                          calls due to difficulty
                                                          making contact. In total
                                                          the Year 9 team have
                                                          made in the region of
                                                          6,593.

                                                          Year 10 – the team have
                                                          made in the region of
                                                          2655 plus calls/
                                                          conversations. However
                                                          this is if all calls were
                                                          made on first attempt if it
                                                          has taken more than one
                                                          attempt which in many
                                                          cases. The HOY has
                                                          personally made over 300
                                                          calls to un-contactable
                                                          parents.

                                                          Year 11 – form tutor have
                                                          made approximately 1135
                                                          call, this does not include

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                                                                                                             the several attempts
                                                                                                             made with numerous
                                                                                                             families, plus an additional
                                                                                                             350 calls to other
                                                                                                             vulnerable and JAM
                                                                                                             pupils. The HOY 11 also
                                                                                                             made an additional 200
                                                                                                             calls to those families who
                                                                                                             did not engage with these
                                                                                                             wellbeing calls. In addition
                                                                                                             to an additional 20 home
                                                                                                             visits were made to these
                                                                                                             families.

                                                                                                             73 home visits have been
                                                                                                             made by the Pastoral
                                                                                                             Team where tutors or
                                                                                                             pastoral staff have been
                                                                                                             unable to make weekly
                                                                                                             contact.
To update whole school      SAm, Dfu and   July and    Improving           When below       SAm/DWt          This target has been fully
pastoral policies, with     SEl            September   behaviour in        policies                          completed.
new rules and                              2020        schools guidance    amended/rewrit                    All pastoral policies have
procedures, and                                        report              ten and signed                    been reviewed and
communicate clearly and                                DfE Behaviour and   off by governing                  COVID-19 inserts have
consistently to staff,                                 discipline in       body                              been published.
pupils and parent/carers.                              schools 2016                                          Behaviour management
Demonstrating                                                               Behaviour                       long and short reads have
reasonable and                                         INSET                 policy                          been published within the
proportionate                                          opportunities to     Resilience                      staff bulletin.
expectations in response                               communicate and       policy                          All year groups had
to COVID-19.                                           provide further      Attendance                      pastoral action plans

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Woodlands School                                                                        COVID-19 Recovery Plan – September 2020 to July 2021

                                                         training to policy    policy                          written, maximising a
                                                         amendments                                            multi-agency approach
                                                                              (With a specific                 and consistency planning
                                                         Short/long pastoral focus on                          when supporting our most
                                                         reads within school relationships                     vulnerable pupils on their
                                                         weekly staff         and consistency,                 return.
                                                         bulletin             rather than a                    Lead practitioner assigned
                                                         Pastoral CPD         sanction                         to develop the whole
                                                         posters for          focused policy.                  school rewards policy
                                                         department offices With a higher                      New NQT form tutors
                                                                              priority on                      benefiting from a buddy
                                                         Weekly pupil         rewarding of                     system and coaching from
                                                         focused              and teaching                     experienced form tutors.
                                                         meetings/worksho learning
                                                         ps                   behaviours
                                                                              Identifying
                                                                              which staff need
                                                                              the most
                                                                              support - high
                                                                              number of
                                                                              NQT’s in
                                                                              September)
To Ensure high levels of    SAm, Htu, SEl,   July 2020   Weekly pastoral      When there is    SAm/DWt         Weekly rotas –
engagement from our         All HOY, DFu     and         meetings             an increased                     throughout lockdown the
previously hard to reach    and Resilience   ongoing     throughout June      sense of                         school remained open to
pupils and families, in     Team                         and July to identify community                        all key worker, hard to
regards to attendance and                                vulnerable pupils    cohesion                         reach and vulnerable
punctuality.                                             and their families,  Increased pupil                  pupils.
                                                         RAG rating the       engagement,
                                                         intervention need, and an                             Easter Holiday, half term
                                                         ensuring that the    increased value                  and bank holidays –
                                                         right families are   of the school’s                  throughout the Easter,

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Woodlands School                                       COVID-19 Recovery Plan – September 2020 to July 2021

                   challenged and / or   curriculum and                       half term and bank
                   supported to          intervention                         holidays the school has
                   continue              opportunities                        continued to remain open
                   throughout the        provided by the                      to 15 of our key worker,
                   academic year         Raising                              hard to reach and
                   September 2020        Standards Team                       vulnerable pupils. During
                                         When there is a                      this time all pupils have
                   A collaborative       falling persistent                   been engaged in well
                   team approach         absence figure                       planned and resourced
                   when writing          Improving                            lessons and activities
                   personalised          attendance                           delivered by over 104 staff
                   intervention plans    figure (95%                          who have happily given up
                   for individual        plus)                                their holiday time to
                   pupils and their      Increased pupil                      support the school
                   families, utilising   attainment                           community.
                   expertise both in
                   school and                                                 376 pupils across all 5 year
                   externally                                                 groups were identified by
                                                                              the pastoral team as being
                   Support groups                                             vulnerable / hard to reach,
                   and events both                                            including all EHCP and SEN
                   remotely and on                                            pupils, those that are
                   site, empowering                                           looked after by the
                   families to support                                        Safeguarding team,
                   their child within                                         including all LAC pupils,
                   the school.                                                and others identified by
                   Enabling pupils and                                        HOY and the remaining
                   families to become                                         pastoral team. Staffs have
                   less dependent of                                          been in contact with these
                   school intervention                                        pupils and their families
                   and independent                                            on a weekly basis,
                   resilient problem                                          including over the 2 week

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                   solvers                                       Easter holiday. All other
                                                                 pupils have been
                   EEF “working with                             contacted once a week
                   parents to support                            since Easter by their form
                   children’s learning”                          tutors. Every pupil is
                                                                 spoken to each week.

                                                                 1805+ calls have been
                                                                 made to the vulnerable
                                                                 pupils identified by
                                                                 HOY/Pastoral team.

                                                                 420+ calls have been
                                                                 made to our EHCP pupils

                                                                 245+ calls have been
                                                                 made to other identified
                                                                 SEN pupils

                                                                 823+ calls have been
                                                                 made to our most at risk
                                                                 pupils who are overseen
                                                                 by the Safeguarding Team.

                                                                 When comparing 2020
                                                                 half term 1 attendance
                                                                 data, from the same point
                                                                 last year you will see
                                                                 below a whole school
                                                                 attendance improvement
                                                                 of 1.25% and a whole
                                                                 school PA improvement of

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                                                                                                              2.19%. See year group
                                                                                                              break down of attendance
                                                                                                              and PA below:

                                                                                                              See below the comparison
                                                                                                              of 2019 HT1 – 2020 HT1
                                                                                                              attendance data:

                                                                                                              Y7: improved by 1.19%
                                                                                                              Y8: improved by 1.75%
                                                                                                              Y9: improved by 2.39%
                                                                                                              Y10: reduced by 0.64%
                                                                                                              Y11: improved by 1.44%
                                                                                                              Whole school: improved
                                                                                                              by 1.25%
                                                                                                              Current PA figure is:
                                                                                                              Y7: improved by 2.19%
                                                                                                              Y8: improved by 6.32%
                                                                                                              Y9: : improved by 5.95%
                                                                                                              Y10: reduced by 6.84%
                                                                                                              Y11: improved by 4.19%
                                                                                                              Whole school: improved
                                                                                                              by 2.19%
To use a targeted      SAm, Htu, DFu    July 2020   All year groups        When there is     SAm/DWt          This target has been fully
approach to meet the   and Resilience   and         have in place an       an increased                       completed.
needs of individuals   Team             ongoing     “EEF” style tailored   sense of                           Identified pupils from the
within our school.     All HOY,                     approach to            community                          pastoral action plans
                       Life Coaches                 support an             cohesion                           allocated Resilience
                       Counsellors,                 individual’s           Increased pupil                    Coaches, Life Coaches,
                       Safeguarding                 behaviour              engagement,                        Counsellors and
                       Team, SEl,                   complimenting the      and an                             Attendance Coaches.
                       Attendnance                  new schools            increased value                    There have been no CSS or

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                         Team and                   behaviour and        of the school’s                     Alt Ed referrals during this
                         LAC advocate               other pastoral       curriculum and                      half term and zero
                                                    policies’            intervention                        exclusions (both fixed and
                                                                         opportunities                       permanent).
                                                    These are to be      provided by the
                                                    presented in a       Raising                             When comparing 2020
                                                    series of year       Standards Team                      half term 1 Inclusion data,
                                                    group action plans   Reduction in the                    from the same point last
                                                    for the pupils’      number of SLT                       year you will see an
                                                    return in            detentions,                         increase of only 4
                                                    September, stating   inclusions and                      inclusions. (2019 HT 1 = 38
                                                    who is getting       continued                           inclusions, 2020 HT1 = 42
                                                    what support         reduction in CSS                    inclusions).
                                                    /intervention, for   referrals/Alt Ed
                                                    what reason, by      pupil provision                     When comparing 2020
                                                    whom and by                                              half term 1 SLT detention
                                                    when.                                                    data, from the same point
                                                    Collaboration                                            last year you will see
                                                    between all                                              an increase of 72.5% SLT
                                                    Resilience,                                              detentions. (2019 HT 1 =
                                                    Pastoral,                                                51 SLT detentions, 2020
                                                    Safeguarding, Well                                       HT1 = 88 SLT detentions).
                                                    -being,
                                                    Attendance,
                                                    Learning
                                                    Development to
                                                    ensure all
                                                    vulnerable pupils
                                                    have targeted
                                                    plans
To maintain a sense of   SAm and all    September   In response to       When there has     SLT              This target has been fully
community cohesion       HOY            2020        pastoral needs and   been developed                      completed.

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within year groups and   trends identified     schedule of                        Weekly remote virtual
across the school.       within weekly         assembly                           assemblies were
                         pastoral meetings     presenters and                     successfully delivered
                         throughout July,      pastoral /                         throughout school partial
                         develop a program     resilience                         closure.
                         of remote virtual     themes that are                    These assemblies were
                         year group            targeted in                        then discussed at a Senior
                         assemblies that       direct response                    Leadership level designed
                         can either be pre-    to issues that                     to respond to the current
                         recorded or           have arisen due                    and specific needs of our
                         presented live to     to COVID-19                        school community.
                         tutor groups within                                      Since the start of term
                         their tutor bases                                        there hasn’t been a need
                                                                                  for remote virtual
                                                                                  assemblies.

                                                                                  These assemblies have
                                                                                  been designed to
                                                                                  maintain a sense of
                                                                                  community cohesion, see
                                                                                  the assembly themes
                                                                                  below:

                                                                                  20th April – Wellbeing
                                                                                  27th April – Resilience
                                                                                  4th May - Needs of others
                                                                                  11th May - Why think?
                                                                                  18th May – Ramadan
                                                                                  1st June - Spirituality /
                                                                                  Morals
                                                                                  8th June - Community and
                                                                                  Citizenship

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                                                          15th June - Positive
                                                          thinking
                                                          22nd June – Humility
                                                          29th June - Decision
                                                          making
                                                          6th July       - Engage
                                                          and excel
                                                          13th July - Does it add up?

                                                           Weekly challenges and
                                                           “just for fun” activities
                                                           were posted within the
                                                           schools weekly
                                                           newsletter, celebrating
                                                           the pupils achievements
                                                           on twitter.
                                                          Key events such as
                                                          leavers’ assemblies and
                                                          videos were produced and
                                                          shared within our
                                                          community.

                                                          Year 6 transition - The
                                                          successful delivery of 2
                                                          remote transition days for
                                                          our incoming Year 7 pupils
                                                          is progressing well. The
                                                          schedule was a balance
                                                          between academic
                                                          activities and fun and
                                                          informative activities
                                                          during break and

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                                                          lunchtimes. There were
                                                          lots of opportunities for
                                                          the pupils to become fully
                                                          engaged and feel well
                                                          informed and comfortable
                                                          about joining our school
                                                          community. The school
                                                          prepared and organised
                                                          the following elements for
                                                          the transition period:

                                                          1. Parent/carer electronic
                                                          information booklet,
                                                          which outlines all the
                                                          information they need to
                                                          be informed of before
                                                          joining us.

                                                          2. The virtual tour of the
                                                          school, which has been
                                                          viewed over 990 times.

                                                          3. Schedule for lessons on
                                                          the 2 taster days.

                                                          4. Specialist staff to
                                                          provide videos, with a
                                                          brief introduction of staff
                                                          and their role within
                                                          school.

                                                          5. Virtual tour of specialist

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                                                                                                                    rooms, to provide the
                                                                                                                    pupils with the relevant
                                                                                                                    rules and procedures for
                                                                                                                    that specific department/
                                                                                                                    area.

                                                                                                                    6. Virtual assemblies
                                                                                                                    which were live streamed
                                                                                                                    on the 29th and 30th
                                                                                                                    June.

                                                                                                                    7. Hosted live stream
                                                                                                                    information presentation,
                                                                                                                    followed by a question
                                                                                                                    and answer session on the
                                                                                                                    30th June at 6pm.
                                                                                                                    8. Pre-recorded ‘meet the
                                                                                                                    tutor’ videos so they may
                                                                                                                    introduce themselves to
                                                                                                                    their tutor group
                                                                                                                    members via the website.
To ensure pupils are clear   NWh (With      July and        Support from staff   When the          SLT              This target has been fully
on expectations for their    support from   September       in filming/editing   ‘welcome back’                     completed.
return and are clear as to   SLT/staff)     2020            Confirmed Health     video has been
what school will look like                                  and Safety           completed and
come September through                                      guidance             well received
the use of a ‘Welcome                                                            and pupils feel
Back’ video.                                                                     calm and
                                                                                 confident about
                                                                                 their return to
                                                                                 school
To ensure new Year 7         NWh - New      9th July-16th   Bookings             When all pupils   SLT              This target has been fully

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pupils get the opportunity form tutors        July        Zoom                 will have spoken                      completed.
to speak to their tutor and and SLT                                            with their form                       An extensive virtual Year 6
ask any questions before                                                       tutor before                          transition programme was
they start at Woodlands                                                        they start                            successfully produced and
through a remote ‘Meet                                                                                               delivered via the school
the Tutor’ event.                                                                                                    website.
                                                                                                                     Live YouTube
                                                                                                                     presentations were
                                                                                                                     carried out by the Head
                                                                                                                     Teacher and HOY 7.

                                                                                                                     Zoom was utilised to carry
                                                                                                                     out live virtual meet your
                                                                                                                     new form tutor sessions
                                                                                                                     for the Year 6 pupil and
                                                                                                                     their parent/carer.
To ensure all Year 7 and 8    SFo, Progress   3rd         Staffing             All pupils           SLT, NWy, RHe,   Ongoing
pupils keep up to date        Mentors, Year   September   Training for         complete all         DBe & RMe
with their catch up English   7 and 8 form    to 18th     Progress Mentors     homework tasks                        Metacognition training is
and Maths homework            tutors          December    on metacognition     to deadline                           planned for PMs. All PM
tasks through additional                      2020                                                                   are allocated to forms in
form time support from                                                                                               Y7 and Y8 and are
the Progress Mentors.                                                                                                supporting the form time
                                                                                                                     activities.
To utilise Catch Up       SFo, EJo and        From        Catch Up funding     Outcome data         SLT              Ongoing
intervention programmes, trained staff        September   Staff training for   from Lexonik
such as Lexonik with                          2020        identified staff     intervention                          All training in Lexoniks and
pupils in Key Stage 3 to                                                       shows a growth                        Catch Up Literacy and
ensure they have the                                                           in literacy skills                    Numeracy have been
literacy skills to manage                                                      for all                               completed. All baseline
curriculum demands.                                                                                                  assessments of Y8 catch
                                                                                                                     up pupils have been

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                                                          completed. Intervention
                                                          programme starts from
                                                          02.11.2020.
                                                          Progress made in reading
                                                          age by pupils participating in
                                                          Lexoniks in the Autumn term
                                                          was very positive, although
                                                          school closure before
                                                          Christmas prevented the
                                                          completion of assessment
                                                          with all pupils. Lexoniks have
                                                          now shared resources so
                                                          that the intervention can be
                                                          completed this half term
                                                          remotely.

                                                          Y7 English curriculum
                                                          covering KS2 literacy and
                                                          grammar skills, both in
                                                          preparation for the
                                                          internal KS2 SATs and
                                                          after.

                                                          Y8 catch-up morning
                                                          enhancement tutor
                                                          groups have been set up.

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Pupil assessment and feedback
Targets:

       To ensure assessments take place in the first half-term of the new academic year to gather more details of missed learning to inform
        forward planning.
     To ensure that all teaching staff utilise the first half-term in September 2020 to reteach the key skills and content in every subject based
        on all the information we had gathered during lockdown; based on their interim Schemes of Learning staff have been working on since
        Easter.
Tasks to achieve Target        Staff              Timescale Resources Needed Success criteria Monitored by Progress
                               Responsible
To ensure assessments take HoFs, HoDs,            By mid-        Assessments        When all pupils SLT                   Completed for all years
place in the first half term   ERo, EJo and       September                         have completed                        by October half term.
of the new academic year       NWh                2020                              an assessment                         Schemes of Learning
to gather more details of                                                           in every subject                      amended to reflect gaps
missed learning to inform                                                           area and clear                        in learning.
forward planning.                                                                   ways forward
                                                                                    identified                            Year 8 & 9 data across
                                                                                                                          all subjects measured
                                                  October                                                                 against prior data
                                                  2020                              When the data                         (either remaining the
                                                                                    entry process                         same; one sub-level
                                                                                    has been                              below; two sub-levels
                                                                                    simplified for                        below).
                                                                                    Years 8 and 9
                                                                                                                          Completed by October
                                                                                                                          half term

                                                October
                                                2020                                When all Year 7
                                                                                    have sat
                                                                                    internal SATs in

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                                               Autumn 1, and                       Completed for all years
                                               the data is used                    by October half term.
                                               to generate                         Schemes of Learning
                                               targets for Year                    amended to reflect gaps
                                               7, allowing to                      in learning.
                                               set pupils. No
                                               individual                          All interim assessments
                   January                     subject data                        have been sat and
                   2021                        entry                               pupils are now engaged
                                                                                   with the normal
                                               When Year 10
                                                                                   curriculum once more.
                                               and 11 have
                                               completed                           Year 8 & 9 data across
                                               interim                             all subjects measured
                                               assessments                         against prior data
                                                                                   (either remaining the
                   June 2020                                                       same; one sub-level
                                                                                   below; two sub-levels
                                                                                   below).

                                               When ERo has                        Completed.
                                               provided CPD to                     Each HoD to provide a
                                               staff on how                        one-page document,
                                               they can create                     summarising the
                                               and assess                          curriculum changes
                   July 2020                   interim                             made to each year
                                               assessments                         group in light of the
                                                                                   interim assessments.

                                               When EJo has
                                               provided

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                                                                           guidance to
                                                                           HoDs and HoFs
                                           July 2020                       on how to use
                                                                           interim
                                                                           assessments to
                                                                           enter Year 8 and
                                                                           Year 9 data

                                                                          When SLT have
                                                                          checked interim
                                                                          assessments are
                                                                          in place for all of
                                                                          the faculties
                                                                          they line
                                                                          manage
To ensure that all teaching HoFs, HoDs     Until       Interim Schemes of When interim        SLT              Completed
staff utilise the first half- and All      October     Learning           Schemes of
term in September 2020 to teaching staff   half-term                      Learning are in
reteach the key skills and                                                place and
content in every subject                                                  redressing the
based on all the                                                          learning gap of
information we had                                                        our pupils
gathered during lockdown;
                                                                                                               Completed
based on their interim                                 July 2020           When all
Schemes of Learning staff                                                  interim
have been working on since                                                 Schemes of
Easter.                                                                    Learnings have
                                                                           been completed
                                                                           by the end of
                                                                           this term

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Woodlands School                                                                      COVID-19 Recovery Plan – September 2020 to July 2021

                                                      July 2020           When SLT have                      Completed
                                                                          checked with
                                                                          the faculties
                                                                          that they line
                                                                          manage that all
                                                                          interim
                                                                          Schemes of
                                                                          Learning are
                                                                          ready for
                                                                          September and
                                                                          are of a decent
                                                                          quality
To ensure KS2 internal SATs ERo, EJo, HDI   October   Internal SATs       When KSc has                       Completed
data is used to create end  and KSc         2020      papers              provided
of KS4 targets for Year 7                                                 timeline to all
pupils.                                                                   staff

                                                                          When KSc has                       Completed
                                                                          arranged
                                                                          logistics for
                                                                          internal KS2
                                                                          SATs

                                                                          When HDI has                       Completed
                                                                          uploaded KS2
                                                                          data to SMID

                                                                          When HDI has                       Did not use PiXL
                                                                          uploaded data                      Microwave; internal
                                                                          to PiXL data                       SATs used instead.
                                                                          system

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Woodlands School                               COVID-19 Recovery Plan – September 2020 to July 2021

                                   When LD Team                       Completed
                                   have identified
                                   Target Pathway
                                   pupils

                                   When HODs                          Completed
                                   have set Year7
                                   classes

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Supporting great teaching
Targets:

       To embed the ‘Thinking School’ model to help support the development of metacognitive skills and aid the catch up of lost learning.
       To launch Retrieval At Woodlands (RAW) to address gaps in learning and encourage memory retrieval through regular subject specific
        opportunity to interleave spaced learning practice.
     To ensure that NQTS/RQTS have a personalised provision to account for premature end to training provision.
     To ensure all lessons are effectively planned to rapidly address gaps in learning.
     To build the confidence of staff in their teaching, some of which may have been detrimentally affected by lockdown, and share good
        practice.
     To ensure our Remote Provision is outstanding, should it be required in the future, to minimise any further disruption to learning.
Tasks to achieve Target        Staff Responsible Timescale Resources Needed Success criteria Monitored By Progress
To embed the ‘Thinking         NWh and             Ongoing      Schemes of            When results     SLT               Expectation of
School’ model to help          teaching staff                   Learning              are consistently                   Memory Retrieval
support the development                                         CPD                   above national                     starter embedded in
of metacognitive skills and                                     RAW knowledge         average in all                     to Teaching and
aid the catch up of lost                                        QA process for        key measures                       Learning policy and
learning, using the three                                       assessments                                              shared with staff as
wave approach: 1) Memory                                                                                                 expectation per
Retrieval starter activities                                                                                             lesson observation
2) Memory Retrieval                                                                                                      criteria. Lack of
homework 3) Synoptic                                                                                                     monitoring activities
assessments.                                                                                                             means we cannot
                                                                                                                         assess impact of this
                                                                                                                         at this stage but will
                                                                                                                         do when monitoring
                                                                                                                         begins again.

                                                                                                                          Staff have completed
                                                                                                                          questions for RAW in
                                                                                                                          December 2020.

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                                                                                                                  One Retrieval at
                                                                                                                  Woodlands lesson
                                                                                                                  every half-term in
                                                                                                                  each year group in
                                                                                                                  PSHRE, dedicated to
                                                                                                                  developing
                                                                                                                  metacognitive and
                                                                                                                  memory retrieval
                                                                                                                  skills.
                                                                                                                  This programme has
                                                                                                                  started and will
                                                                                                                  continue when all
                                                                                                                  pupils return.

                                                                                                                  One Mastery at
                                                                                                                  Woodlands lesson
                                                                                                                  every half-term in
                                                                                                                  each year group in
                                                                                                                  PSHRE, dedicated to
                                                                                                                  developing revision
                                                                                                                  skills at key points in
                                                                                                                  the assessment
                                                                                                                  calendar. This
                                                                                                                  programme has
                                                                                                                  started and will
                                                                                                                  continue when all
                                                                                                                  pupils return.
To launch Retrieval At      NWh and          January   CPD- in                Completion of      SLT              Staff have completed
Woodlands (RAW) to          teaching staff   2021      collaboration with     RAW and                             question banks for
address gaps in learning                     launch    Tassomai               effective launch                    RAW Dec 2020.
and encourage memory                                   Staff time to create   Pupil
retrieval through regular                              RAW question           engagement                          Programme launched

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subject specific opportunity                     banks                with RAW                             with all stakeholders
to interleave spaced                             Effective            Improved                             (parents and pupils)
learning practice.                               sanction/reward      outcomes                             December 2020
                                                 system                                                    however owing to
                                                 Assemblies                                                the fact that many
                                                 Parents Evenings                                          were self-isolating,
                                                 ICT support                                               we will need to
                                                 Woodlands                                                 repeat this when
                                                 Connect                                                   pupils return. RAW to
                                                                                                           launch at Easter
                                                                                                           (provisionally)

                                                                                                           Woodlands Connect
                                                                                                           ensuring pupils have
                                                                                                           access to ICT facilities
                                                                                                           to support with RAW.

                                                                                                           Pastoral detention
                                                                                                           systems adapted to
                                                                                                           incorporate the new
                                                                                                           RAW sessions.
To ensure that NQTS/RQTS NWh/ADy/NHo   Ongoing   One to one Initial   Successful         SLT               Weekly sessions for
have a personalised                              needs Meetings       completion of                        NQTs.
provision to account for                         Staffing to          NQT/RQT year                         Additional PPA time
premature end to training                        accommodate          PAM                                  given to observe
year and provide the                             reduced TT for       observations                         others etc.
necessary CPD to ensure                          NQTs                                                      Programme to be
that any gaps in training are                    Personalised NQT                                          designed to support
accounted for.                                   provision                                                 NQTS during
                                                 Personalised RQT                                          lockdown 3.0.
                                                 provision                                                 Personalised calls to
                                                 Funding for                                               be made to garner

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                                             additional reading                                      CPD needs.

                                                                                                     Regular drop in to
                                                                                                     lessons suggest staff
                                                                                                     have settled well.
                                                                                                     Personalised support
                                                                                                     programme to be
                                                                                                     designed following
                                                                                                     October half term.
                                                                                                     This will continue
                                                                                                     when all staff return.

                                                                                                     New NQT form tutors
                                                                                                     benefiting from a
                                                                                                     buddy system and
                                                                                                     coaching from
                                                                                                     experienced form
                                                                                                     tutors. Completed.
To ensure all lessons are   NWh   Autumn     CPD                  Successful       Middle            Staff have received
effectively planned to            term/ong   Middle Leader        Middle Leader    Leaders/SLT       CPD June and Sept
rapidly address gaps in           oing       learning walks       learning walk                      2020 on effective
learning.                                                         data
                                                                                                     lesson planning and
                                                                  Assessment
                                                                  data (interim                      this has been
                                                                  etc.)                              monitored by post
                                                                                                     holder learning
                                                                                                     walks. Lockdown 3.0
                                                                                                     has halted
                                                                                                     monitoring of this
                                                                                                     but this will continue

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                                                                                                                 when all staff return.

                                                                                                                 Teaching and
                                                                                                                 Learning CPD built in
                                                                                                                 to department
                                                                                                                 meetings. This was
                                                                                                                 completed.
To build the confidence of    Middle         Autumn     CPD for middle       Successful        Middle            Post holder learning
staff in their teaching, some leaders/SLT    term       leaders              Middle Leader     Leaders/SLT       walks have taken
of which may have been                                  Middle Leader        learning walk                       place. Following half-
detrimentally affected by                               learning walks       data
                                                                                                                 term, more focus will
lockdown, and share good                                Briefing slot to
practice through                                        share good                                               be placed on the
supportive, non-                                        practice with                                            sharing of good
threatening learning walks.                             incentives                                               practice. This will
                                                                                                                 continue when all
                                                                                                                 staff return.

                                                                                                                 Teaching and
                                                                                                                 Learning CPD built in
                                                                                                                 to department
                                                                                                                 meetings. This will be
                                                                                                                 ongoing.
To ensure our Remote           NWh/ERo/KVa   Autumn     CPD on Microsoft     Increased pupil   SLT               Completed. CPD has
Provision is outstanding,                    term/ong   Teams/Live lessons   engagement                          been provided to
should it be required in the                 oing       Review of Remote     with home                           staff on two
future, to minimise any                                 Learning Policy      learning
                                                                                                                 occassions. Pupils
further disruption to                                   Home Learning        Improved pupil
learning and more                                       Audit supported by   outcomes                            have had the
effectively mirror pupils’                              SLT line                                                 following training on
normal school experience.                               managers/middle                                          Microsoft Teams:
                                                        leaders                                                  two tutor time

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                                                             sessions, one PSHRE
                                                             lesson, two
                                                             assemblies and a
                                                             variety of
                                                             instructional videos
                                                             provided on our
                                                             school website.

                                                             Pupils are now
                                                             receiving five live
                                                             video lessons per
                                                             day, mirroring their
                                                             normal curriculum.
                                                             Work is checked at
                                                             the end of each
                                                             lesson and is
                                                             reported to HoY and
                                                             SLT if pupils are note
                                                             engaging.

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One to one and small group tuition
Targets:

          To ensure a clear programme is in place for one to one and small group tuition for the start of the academic year for all
           underachieving disadvantaged pupils and for all underachieving pupils to receive support, with a particular focus on disadvantaged
           pupils.
         To ensure appropriate staffing (internal and external), rooming and expectations are in place.
         To ensure all identified pupils have caught up on their lost learning.
Tasks to achieve Target          Staff            Timescale        Resources Needed Success criteria Monitored By Progress
                                 Responsible
To ensure a clear                ERo and NWh By mid-               Pupils names/        When all             SLT             GLE now utilised,
programme is in place for                         September        staffing/ rooming    underachieving                       through the Teach
one to one and small group                        2020                                  pupils receive                       First Academic
tuition for the start of the                                                            the support,
                                                                                                                             Mentoring
academic year for all                                                                   with a particular
underachieving                                                                          focus on                             Programme, to
disadvantaged pupils and                                                                disadvantaged                        work with HPA and
for all underachieving pupils                                                           pupils                               LAC pupils in English
to receive support, with a                                                                                                   and History.
particular focus on
disadvantaged pupils.                                                                                                        1500 MyTutor
                                                                                                                             sessions completed
See appendix 1-4                                                                                                             for HPA pupils.

To ensure appropriate           HoFs, HoDs,      By early        External staffing      When all           SLT               Successful
staffing (external), rooming    ERo and NWh      September       have been sourced      external staff                       recruitment of 16
and expectations are in                          2020            and budgeted for       have been                            new staff (13 NQTS)
place.                                                           i.e. MyTutor and       trained and                          for Sept 2020.
                                                 Agree scope     existing tutors        utilised on how
                                                 of KS3/4                               to make one to
                                                 intervention                           one and small
                                                 and groups                             group tuition

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                   by Fri 10/7.                   effective and
                   JNE adapt tt                   regular tuition
                   and advise                     takes place
                   those
                   affected by                    When all staff                      Complete. Teachers
                   Tu 14/7                        under-allocation                    are now being fully
                                                  have been                           utilised in their free
                   Agree/advise                   maximised to
                                                                                      periods.
                   Year7 TP                       provide
                   staff of                       additional
                   precise role                   Maths/English
                   until                          and Options
                   Autumn                         time in PSHRE
                   half-                          or PE lessons in
                   term                           Year 11 -
                                                  For example,
                                                  use of Mon 1
                                                  11A PE lesson,
                                                  Mon 2 and Wed
                                                  5 for Year 11
                                                  PSHRE (those
                                                  pupils that
                                                  dropped ICT in
                                                  Year 10 to have
                                                  extra
                                                  English/Maths)

                                                  When the KS3
                                                  PSHRE                               Complete. Teachers
                                                  timetable has                       are now being fully
                                                  been amended                        utilised in their free
                                                  to ensure

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                                                                         Maths/English                       periods.
                                                                         staff made
                                                                         available for
                                                                         KS3/4 catch up
                                                                         Redeploy Target
                                                                         Pathway
                                                                         teachers in Year
                                                                         7
To ensure all identified   HoFs, HoDs,    July 2021   Assessment data on When all          SLT               Interim
pupils have caught up on   ERo, EJo and               SMID and PAM       internal/externa                    assessments have
their lost learning.       NWh                                           l staff have been                   now been sat in
                                                                         trained and                         each year group
See appendix 1-4                                                         utilised on how                     (where appropriate)
                                                                         to make one to                      across all faculties.
                                                                         one and small                       Year 11 PPEs have
                                                                         group tuition                       been sat and Smiths
                                                                         effective and                       Proformas
                                                                         regular tuition                     produced in every
                                                                         takes place                         subject for every
                                                                         showing                             pupil, highlighting
                                                                         positive                            strengths and areas
                                                                         increase in                         for improvement
                                                                         results

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Intervention programmes
Strategic Targets:

         To ensure additional targeted interventions are in place supporting Year 10 and 11 pupils.
         To promote Literacy and account for detrimental impact of Lockdown by ensuring all opportunities both within and outside of the
          curriculum are exploited.
        To promote Literacy and account for detrimental Oracy of Lockdown by ensuring all opportunities both within and outside of the
          curriculum are exploited.
Tasks to achieve Target       Staff           Timescale      Resources Needed Success criteria Monitored By Progress
                              Responsible
To ensure additional          EJo, ERo and By mid-           Morning               When all                         PPEs in November (Year
targeted interventions are    Raising         September enhancement and identified pupils                          11) and Y10 PPEs re-
in place supporting Year 10 Standards         2020           Period 6 staffing     have caught up                  scheduled for summer to
and 11 pupils.                Team                           and planning          and improved                    account for lost learning
                                                                                   their existing                  time due to Year group
See appendix 1-4                                                                   grades                          bubble self-isolation and
                                                                                                                   lockdown

                                                                                When Year 11                       4 Year11 Maths boost
                                                                                PSHRE and PE                       groups during PE time and 1
                                                                                time to be                         English boost group in place
                                                                                utilised to offer
                                                                                                                   for entire academic year.
                                                                                English and
                                                                                Maths
                                                                                intervention for                   Taking place daily (20
                                                                                Year 11                            groups in Year 11; 10 in
                                                                                                                   Year 10). Targeted pupils to
                                                                                                                   be reviewed after PPEs and
                                                                                When Morning                       DfE guidance on how to
                                                                                Enhancement                        award teacher assessed
                                                                                groups ready to                    grades.
                                                                                start in

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                                                                            September                          Complete. Taking place
                                                                                                               weekly/fortnightly. 75
                                                                                                               different groups. Targeted
                                                                                                               pupils to be reviewed after
                                                                                                               PPEs and DfE guidance on
                                                                            When Period 6                      how to award teacher
                                                                            ready to start in                  assessed grades.
                                                                            September
                                                                                                               RAW Knowledge sessions
                                                                                                               provided for pupils less
                                                                                                               motivated with
                                                                                                               intervention. Suspended
                                                                                                               during lockdown and to be
                                                                                                               reviewed upon pupils
                                                                                                               returning to school.
To promote Literacy and      NWh, LSm,     By mid-     Three Wave Model     Consistent                         Literacy programme
account for detrimental      RPu and DBe   September   Reading books for    programme of                       launched in tutor with all
impact of Lockdown by                      2020        tutor                class reading for                  Year 7-8 reading class texts.
ensuring all opportunities                             SOLA                 Year 7 and 8
both within and outside of                             Vocab books          tutor time (4                      Weekly DEAR time for Year
the curriculum are                                     Staff CPD            times a week)                      7-8.
exploited.                                             Parent CPD           Evidence of                        In the process of arranging
                                                       Extra-curricular-    literacy being                     extra-curricular literacy
See appendix 1-4                                       Spelling Bees etc.   developed in                       opportunities.
                                                                            lessons
                                                                            Engagement in                      Additional literacy
                                                                            extra-curricular                   opportunities for pupils to
                                                                            activities                         engage with during
                                                                            Improved                           lockdown.
                                                                            outcomes
To promote Literacy and      NWh, LSm,     By mid-     Current affairs      When all pupils                    Oracy programme launched
account for detrimental      RPu, DBe      September   platform             in Year 9 and 10                   in tutor with all Year 9-10

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Oracy of Lockdown by         2020   SOLA                  (10 who are not                   working on a range of Oracy
ensuring all opportunities          Staff CPD             in intervention)                  skills on a daily basis.
both within and outside of          Extra-curricular      have an Oracy
the curriculum are                  opportunities- Jack   focus 4 days a                    Weekly DEAR time for Year
exploited.                          Petchey               week in tutor                     7-8.
                                                          time using                        In the process of arranging
See appendix 1-4                                          current affairs                   extra-curricular Oracy
                                                          to stimulate                      opportunities.
                                                          discussion
                                                          Evidence of                       Additional literacy
                                                          Oracy being                       opportunities for pupils to
                                                          developed in                      engage with during
                                                          lessons                           lockdown.
                                                          Improved Oracy
                                                          skills

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Supporting parents and carers
Targets:

          To ensure that parents are well informed to support pupils working remotely in the event of a future lockdown.
          To educate parents about ‘Memory Retrieval’ and Metacognition so they can support the school in ‘closing the gap’ caused by
           COVID- 19.
       To support parents in aiding their children with Literacy and Oracy which may have been detrimentally impacted as a result of COVID-
           19.
Tasks to achieve Target      Staff              Timescale Resources Needed        Success criteria Monitored By Progress
                             Responsible
To ensure that parents       NWh, ERo and Autumn           Suggested working      Improved pupil SLT                   Complete. Several video
are well informed to         new Assistant term            timeline               engagement                           tutorials for how to use
support pupils working       Headteacher                   Suggested questions with remote                             Microsoft Teams has
remotely in the event of a                                 for parents to pose    learning                             been sent to all
future Lockdown through                                    to pupils              Improved                             parents/carers and
parental training.                                         Parental workshops outcomes                                 shown to all pupils in
                                                           on remote learning                                          school. An
                                                           Regular forums with                                         accompanying letter
                                                           SLT                                                         was also sent.

To educate parents about    NWh, STa and      Autumn       Parental               Increased            SLT               Training to be delivered
‘Memory Retrieval’ and      new Assistant     half term    workshops/online       parental                               remotely to parents in
Metacognition so they       Headteacher       2 in prep    training               engagement                             November 2020.
can support the school in                     for Jan                             with training
‘closing the gap’ caused                      2021                                provided
by COVID-19 through                                                               Improved
parental workshops.                                                               outcomes

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To support parents in        LSm, NWh and    Autumn      Online Parent        Increased        SLT               Training to be delivered
aiding their children with   new Assistant   half term   Literacy sessions    parental                           remotely to parents in
Literacy and Oracy which     Headteacher     2/ongoing   Parent workshops     engagement                         November 2020.
may have been                                                                 with training
detrimentally impacted as                                                     Improved
a result of COVID-19                                                          Literacy/Oracy
through online CPD.                                                           Improved
                                                                              outcomes

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Access to technology
Targets:

        To ensure that all pupils have access to Wi-Fi as well as a laptop or computer to engage with all remote learning.
Tasks to achieve Target       Staff              Timescale Resources Needed Success criteria Monitored By Progress
                              Responsible
To ensure that all pupils     ERo, TCu, KVa & By mid-           Identification of   When all pupils SLT                  Over 250 laptops have
have access to Wi-Fi as well NWI                 September PPG pupils who do have access to                              now been distributed
as a laptop or computer to                       2020           not have the        Wi-Fi as well as                     to pupils who need
engage with all remote                                          means to access     a laptop or
                                                                                                                         them, and routers
learning.                                                       remote learning     computer to
                                                                External providers engage with all                       have also been
                                                                of routers and      remote learning                      provided to those
                                                                laptops or                                               families that need
                                                                computers                                                them. We are not
                                                                                                                         expecting more pupils
                                                                                                                         to need them, but will
                                                                                                                         request a top-up from
                                                                                                                         the DfE if needed.

                                                 September                          When all pupils
                                                                                                                        All contacted.
                                                 2020                               in Years 7 to 10
                                                                                    have been
                                                                                    contacted
                                                                                    where there are
                                                                                    concerns
                                                                                    regarding
                                                                                    internet
                                                                                    connectivity
                                                 October
                                                                                                                        All contacted.
                                                 half term                          When all pupils

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                                               currently in Year
                                               6 (Year 7 in
                                               September)
                                               have been
                                               contacted in the
                                               first few weeks
                                               of the autumn
                                               term, in the
                                               same way

                   September                   When all                            Donations have been
                   2020                        donated PCs                         ongoing.
                                               and government
                                               laptops have
                                               been distributed
                                               to pupils in
                                               Years 7 to 10
                                               who have opted
                                               to collect them

                   October                     When all                            See above.
                   half term                   routers have
                                               been provided
                                               to those pupils
                                               without internet
                                               connectivity at
                                               home, if they
                                               have opted to
                                               collect them

                   October                     When further                        Security settings have
                   half term                   laptops have                        been installed on

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                                               been purchased                      many and any new
                                               through HP and                      PCs/laptops that come
                                               Computeraid,                        in will go through the
                                               and will be
                                                                                   same process.
                                               distributed to
                                               pupils once
                                               appropriate
                                               security settings
                                               have been
                                               installed on all
                                               devices

                   September                   When all pupils                     Complete.
                   2020                        have received
                                               training on how
                                               to use Microsoft
                                               Team effectively
                                               at the start of
                                               September

                   July 2020                   When all staff                      Complete (and
                                               have been                           additional training
                                               provided
                                                                                   provided in January
                                               training on how
                                                                                   2021)
                                               to use Microsoft
                                               Team with
                                               pupils on 16th
                   January                     July                                Training to be
                   2021                                                            delivered in November
                                               When all pupils                     2020.
                                               have received
                                               training on

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                                   Tassomai

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Summer support

Targets:

       To ensure the school is open for extra opportunities such as sport throughout the summer.
Tasks to achieve Target                  Staff           Timescale            Resources     Success criteria                     Monitored By
                                         Responsible                          Needed
To ensure the school is open for extra                   July 2020                          When a programme of summer           Completed
opportunities such as sport throughout                                                      sport has been set up and offered    August 2020
the summer.                                                                                 to all Woodlands pupils

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Appendix 1. KS3 Intervention Action Plan

Intervention        Staff           Actions Required    Resources Needed     Success Criteria    Monitored By    Progress
                    Responsible
Homework            DBe/RMe/ASe &   DBe and RMe to      Homework             Autumn 1:           ERo/EJo         Year 7 & 8 Results
exclusively English HHy             develop             resources (e.g.      pupils to                           Analysis meeting Nov
and Maths –                         homework            Collins literacy     achieve the                         11th. Eng/Ma/Sc data to
minimum 2.5                         resources.          resources and        same                                be discussed and targets
hours each per                                          Hegarty Maths)       Maths/English                       set.
week. Autumn                                                                 grade as 2020
Term only                                                                    Spring 2

                                                                             Spring 1: pupils
                                                                             to achieve a
                                                                             higher
                                                                             Maths/English
                                                                             grade than in
                                                                             2020 Spring 2
KS2-3 transition   KSc              KSc reviewing the   Internal SATs exam   Autumn 1: all       ERo/SFo         Internal SATs completed
curriculum for                      KS3 curriculum      papers               Year 7 pupils to                    and Year 7 pupils in set
year 7 pupils.                      with English,                            be provided                         based on the data. Year
                                    Maths and                                with a scaled                       7 and 8 Raising
                                    Science                                  score and put                       Standards meetings to
                                                                             into sets                           be held by KSc to review
                                    2:1 approach to                                                              KS3 curriculum and
                                    lessons during                           Autumn 2: Year                      pupil progress.
                                    the Autumn Term                          7 pupils to be on
                                                                             track compared
                                    KSc to arrange                           to previous Year
                                    Year7 internal                           7 trends
                                    SATs
Tutor time:        LSm, NWh and     NWh, RPu and        Whole-class texts    All Year 7 and 8    NWh/EJo/ERo/ Literacy programme

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literacy focus.      RPu           LSm to buy                                 pupils to be      SAm               launched in tutor with
                                   resources                                  engaged in                          all Year 7-8 reading class
                                                                              whole-class                         texts.
                                   NWh, RPu and                               reading every
                                   LSm organising                             tutor time
                                   programme
                                                                              Spring 1:
                                                                              progress scores
                                                                              in English

                                                                              Summer 1:
                                                                              progress scores
                                                                              in English
Embedded             LSm and MCh   ERo/EJo to         PiXL Unlock             Spring 1:         NWh/EJo/ERo       Weekly DEAR time for
literacy and                       provide CPD to all resources.              progress scores                     Year 7-8.
numeracy across                    staff in November                          in Maths and                        In the process of
the curriculum –                                                              English                             arranging extra-
all subjects to                    LSm, overseen by                                                               curricular literacy
teach literacy and                 NWh, to embed                              Summer 1:                           opportunities.
numeracy                           PiXL Unlock                                progress scores
explicitly.                        within curriculum                          in Maths and
                                                                              English
Tassomai             NWh           All HoDs/HoFs to    All staff and pupils   A high          NWh/HoFs            Staff have completed
homework                           ensure questions    to have access to      percentage of                       their RAW question
programme.                         are completed by    Tassomai               Tassomai tasks                      banks.
                                   December                                   completed (TBC)
                                                       All pupils to have                                         Assembly, PSHRE lesson
                                   NWH to lead on      access to the                                              dedicated to educating
                                   promoting           internet and a                                             pupils about RAW. Due
                                   Tassomai from       laptop at home                                             to self-isolation, not all
                                   January                                                                        pupils were in school for
                                                                                                                  this and it was

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                                   Pastoral team to                                                              consequently completed
                                   lead on Tassomai                                                              remotely. This will
                                   Club for                                                                      therefore need to be
                                   disengaged pupils                                                             repeated when pupils
                                                                                                                 return.

                                                                                                                 Remote parent CPD re
                                                                                                                 RAW and live Q and A.

                                                                                                                 Woodlands Connect has
                                                                                                                 ensured all pupils have
                                                                                                                 internet access to
                                                                                                                 complete RAW.

                                                                                                                 Pastoral detention
                                                                                                                 systems adapted to
                                                                                                                 incorporate the new
                                                                                                                 RAW sessions.
External           DWt, KSc and    SLT to look into    External              Summer 1:         ERo/KSc           Complete. GLe to
colleagues         ERo             professional        colleagues,           progress scores                     provide tutoring in
(especially                        network.            particularly with a   in Maths and                        school from November
primary) to                                            primary               English                             2020 through the Teach
provide small-                     JNe to look at      background                                                First Academic
group tuition to                   possible roomings                                                             mentoring programme.
pupils.                            and timings.                                                                  180 1 to 1 tutoring
                                                                                                                 placements provided to
                                                                                                                 pupils on the MyTutor
                                                                                                                 programme.
Target Pathway     ERo, KSc, JNe   SFo and JNe to      Maths/English         Autumn 1: Year    ERo/EJo/SFo/J     Completed. AUT1 target
teachers to        and SFo         look into where     resources             8 pupils to       Ne                pathway teachers
provide small-                     staff and rooms     Target Pathway        achieve the                         delivered small group
group tuition to                   can be used for     teachers              same                                tuition successfully.

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pupils in Aut1                        small-group                               Maths/English
only.                                 tuition during                            grade as 2020
                                      Autumn 1                                  Spring 2
                                      DBE/RME to
                                      provide
                                      Maths/English
                                      resources that
                                      non-specialists
                                      could deliver
Small group        ERo, EJo and JNe   ERo and EJo to        Staff teaching                                         Completed. Autumn 1:
tuition in Maths                      identify pupils to    Target Pathway                                         3 Year 8 English & 3 Year
and English                           target for small-                                                            8 Maths small group
                                      group tuition.      English and maths                                        tuition groups
                                                          staff under                                              Ongoing for whole
                                      JNe to provide list allocation                                               academic year:
                                      of available staff                                                           1 Year 8 Maths small
                                      and times. Maths                                                             group tuition groups
                                      and English                                                                  2 Year 8 English small
                                      teacher to be                                                                group tuition groups.
                                      taken off of
                                      PSHRE to free up
                                      hours

                                      JNe to provide list
                                      of English and
                                      Maths teaching
                                      staff who may be
                                      available to
                                      provide tuition
                                      during Target
                                      Pathway times
                                      prior to these

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                   groups
                   commencing

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Appendix 2. Year 9 Intervention Action Plan

Intervention       Staff Responsible   Actions Required       Resources Needed      Success Criteria Monitored By        Progress
Small-group        ERo, EJo and JNe    ERO/EJO to identify    English and Maths     Autumn 1: Year 9 ERo/EJo             Complete. Autumn 1:
tuition in Maths                       pupils to target for   staff who were        pupils achieve                       2 Year 9 English & 1
and English.                           small-group tuition    due to teach          the same grade                       Year 9 Maths small
                                       Consider:              PSHRE                 in Maths and                         group tuition
                                       -English and                                 English as in                        Ongoing for whole
                                       Maths: predicted 4     Teaching staff to     2020 Spring 2                        academic year:
                                       or above (Autumn       cover                                                      4 Year 9 English small
                                       1) but not on a 4 in   Maths/English         Spring 1: Year 9                     group tuition groups.
                                       Spring 2 current       teachers PSHRE        pupils to achieve
                                       data                   lessons               a higher progress
                                       -Home Learning                               score in Maths
                                       Monitoring data                              and English than
                                       -Disadvantaged                               in Autumn 1
                                       data.
                                       -Attitude to
                                       Learning data

                                       JNe to provide list                          Summer 1: Year                       Complete data
                                       of available staff                           9 pupils to                          analysis in Summer 1.
                                       and times. Maths                             achieve a higher
                                       and English teacher                          progress score in
                                       to be taken off of                           Maths and
                                       PSHRE to free up                             English than in
                                       hours                                        Spring 1
MyTutor for HPA    ERo/KVa             ERo to contact         All pupils to have    Autumn 1: Year 9 ERo/KVa             1500 MyTutor
pupils in Maths,                       MyTutor to gauge       access to a laptop    HPA pupils to                        sessions booked for
English and                            availability and       and the internet at   achieve the same                     targeted pupils (one-
Science.                               price                  home                  grade in maths,                      to-one).

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                                                                             English and                           1080 MyTutor three-
                                  ERo to identify HPA                        Science as in                         to-one sessions also
                                  pupils to be                               2020 Spring 2                         to be booked when
                                  involved                                                                         available.
                                                                             Spring 1: Year 9
                                  ERo and RLa to                             HPA pupils to
                                  look at funding the                        achieve a higher
                                  MyTutor                                    progress score in
                                  programme                                  Maths, English
                                                                             and Science than
                                  KRo to organise                            in Autumn 1
                                  communication to
                                  relevant                                   Summer 1: Year
                                  parents/carers                             9 HPA pupils to
                                                                             achieve a higher
                                                                             progress score in
                                                                             Maths, English
                                                                             and Science than
                                                                             in Spring 1
Tutor time: Oracy   LSm and ASm   NWh, ERo and LSm        Current affairs    Comprehension         NWh/SAm         Oracy programme
focus.                            to provide CPD          resources          skills of pupils to                   launched in tutor
                                  staff on how to         provided to form   show marked                           with all Year 9-10
                                  utilise strategies to   tutors each week   improvement                           working on a range of
                                  promote Oracy                              (may be                               Oracy skills on a daily
                                                                             quantifiable                          basis.
                                  LSm and ASm to                             through English
                                  provide Oracy                              and Humanities
                                  resources to all                           progress data)
                                  Year 9 and 10 form
                                  tutors
                                  Some available
                                  staff to monitor

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