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Enhancing Social Mobility Through Grammar Schools: GSHA Action Plan

Understand the involvement of GSHA in social mobility issues, promoting informed understanding of FSM matters, and protecting grammar schools' autonomy. The action plan includes improving data usage, supporting FSM admissions, developing testing, promoting familiarization, and evaluating outreach practices.

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Enhancing Social Mobility Through Grammar Schools: GSHA Action Plan

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  1. GSHA Action Plan Social Mobility

  2. Why is GSHA Involved? • All political parties are looking at social mobility • Grammar Schools are vulnerable to misconceptions • The issue is too readily used to erode confidence in testing • Many grammar schools make an important contribution to social mobility • The record of grammar schools compares very well to that of the top 500 comprehensives but that is rarely acknowledged

  3. Why is GSHA Involved? • To protect the autonomy of grammar schools • To enable grammars to take control of the agenda • To raise political understanding and promote a more informed understanding of FSM matters • To ensure that the needs of all children are considered

  4. The Action Plan • Improving the use of data in informing practice • Supporting schools that wish to have an FSM admission priority • Supporting Schools in developing testing • Spreading and supporting the effective use of familiarisation • Evaluating and spreading best practice outreach work aimed at able children in primary schools

  5. Action Plan • Complex issues are best dealt with through locally determined decision making

  6. Progress- Data • We have worked with DfE to establish that low attainment of FSM in primary schools is the major factor impacting on FSN numbers in grammars • Dialogue is focused on L5 FSM children • The gap for this group is 27% compared to other L5 children • This amounts to just 2oo children a year across all grammars • At least 20% do not apply to a grammar school

  7. Tests • Working with CEM to support schools adopting tests • Developing cost effective familiarisation (with Sutton Trust • Exploring how tests can provide sector wide data to support baseline assessment

  8. FSM Admissions • Working with DfE to develop guidance for schools wishing to adopt some form of FSM admissions priority • 38 schools have either adopted or are consulting on an FSM priority • 59 schools are considering adoption by 2015

  9. Outreach • Working with Sutton Trust to support sharing of best practice ( 2 pilot areas) • Raising awareness of extensive primary links work already being undertaken

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