The city school, Sheffield
Description
Mick Waters Drops In is part of a new series in which Mick Waters, ex-Director of Curriculum at the QCA, uses his long experience in schools to share some of the things that make a successful school. The City School in Sheffield has been a National Challenge School and is currently reinventing itself after some difficult times. Mick walks round with Year 10 students Sarah and Joe and firstly talks to a group of Year 8s about their experience of the school. In the Learning Resource Centre he drops in on a PSHE careers class where an entertaining lesson helps students to start thinking about their futures. He visits a Year 11 maths intervention class and talks to maths teachers who have helped students reach the 30% challenge threshold. He is introduced to the highly successful link between The City School and a school in Lesotho, and also spends time with headteacher Matt Percival to find out his plans for the school's future.
Runtime
19 min
Series
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
2009
Database
Alexander Street
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