Learning, Teaching and Assessment

Learning, Teaching and Assessment is a key priority of all practitioners across the Williamwood community.

The Williamwood community prides itself on being PROACTIVE and working in partnership with all stakeholders to provide highly effective Learning, Teaching and Assessment which meets the needs of all learners. We create courses and learning pathways appropriate to the needs and interests of all our young people. Our vision for Learning, Teaching and Assessment is rooted in our principles of PROACTIVE, which all members of the Williamwood community worked collaboratively to create.

 

Features of highly-effective lessons incorporate our PROACTIVE principles in line with our school vision and values by demonstrating:

  • Purposeful starter building on prior learning and effective retrieval practice
  • Shared learning intentions and measurable success criteria
  • Ongoing learner feedback and adaptive teaching to meet the needs of all learners
  • Varied activities to ensure engagement of all learners, utilising skilled questioning and opportunities for learners to develop their confidence
  • Effective plenary where learners engage and reflect on their learning by revisiting the purpose of the lesson to check for understanding

2024 VSE Feedback

Findings from our Self-Evaluation Actvities

Our Pupil Pop-ins

A Pupil Pop-in will see 2 leaders coming into a classroom for a maximum of 15 minutes.

Within their time in the class, the leaders will be looking at a specific aspect of the classroom environment in line with PROACTIVE. During their time in the class, the leaders will look for excellent experiences to allow them to highlight and identify the impact this has on the Learning, Teaching & Assessment within the classroom environment.

Click to find out what Learning and Teaching is like at Williamwood.