Next Practice in Resourcing Personalisation - Bridgemary Community Sports College

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At Bridgemary, previous innovations include the pick and mix curriculum at Key Stage 4, vertical mentor groups, and the ability-not-age curriculum, and students can opt to take SATs and GCSEs early. This extended school employs a police officer permanently as a member of staff, and hosts several ‘academies' for the students and community - for example the Engineering Academy is taught by the naval engineers from the local dockyard. The field trial will build on the established ability driven curriculum to personalise when the learning takes place. They will focus on how they might start offering a combination of teaching times and slots for students who will be able to create a flexible day. Initially the target groups for learning windows will be those at risk of learning failure, including under performance of Gifted and Talented students and those students who, at present, select opportunities outside of the ‘normal' day.

This might mean that provision will be made for students who choose to be in or out of school. Perhaps some students might attend a local college or training course, and some might choose to take two hours during the day where they look after siblings before continuing working virtually or back in school outside traditional hours. In order that the offering can be made to all students, the college is committed to a complete reconstruction of the timetable, and redefinition of the professional roles of staff.

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