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Closing Gaps Conference

Exchanging Excellence

Exchanging Excellence® Closing Gaps Conference 2014:

A synthesis of best practice!

Taking place Monday 7th July 2014, 9.30am to 4.00pm at the Hertfordshire Development Centre, Robertson House, Stevenage, SG1 2FQ.

This evidence-based cross phase conference is a must for ALL Hertfordshire schools as we bring together and celebrate best practice that is having the most impact in Closing Gaps and improving outcomes for pupils both nationally and across the county.

John Dunford keynote speaker Closing GapsNational Pupil Premium Champion, John Dunford (pictured), will be our keynote speaker and delegates will be able to choose from a range of practical and inspirational workshops which will draw upon best practice uncovered through the research phase of the Closing Gaps project, led by David Birch and Marc Rowland.

A detailed programme for the day will follow shortly.

This conference will:

  • Provide you with effective, tried and tested strategies on how to close gaps for pupils eligible for pupil premium and improve outcomes for all pupils, both in Hertfordshire and nationally
  • Demonstrate the impact of projects that are already underway in Hertfordshire including the primary phase RANGe project (Raising Achievement Narrowing Gaps effectively)
  • Give you opportunities to engage with other Hertfordshire schools to hear what they are doing, exchange best practice and develop collaborations
  • Offer workshops from a range of schools in different circumstances and contexts that have discovered  approaches that have really made a difference
  • Share our ideas and invite you to help shape Hertfordshire’s plans to take this learning to the next level

The subsidised cost of attending this conference for Hertfordshire schools is £50.00 per person (including all day catering).  To book your place at this event please visit www.thegrid.org/schoolworkforce/training using course code: 14CON/001A

Herts for Learning - Sponsors

Herts for Learning

Exchanging Excellence® is our umbrella programme for all of the work we are doing and plan to do in the future, to find and share best practice and professional learning with our customers on a range of current and relevant topics.  For further information:

Email: exchanging.excellence@nullhertsforlearning.co.uk

Visit the HfL web site: www.hertsforlearning.co.uk

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Exchanging Excellence

Exchanging ExcellenceHerts for Learning launch new best practice programme for Hertfordshire schools

Exchanging Excellence is an exciting new programme being run by Herts for Learning (HfL) for Hertfordshire schools.  It is the umbrella programme for all of the work HfL are doing and plan to do in the future, to find and share best practice and professional learning with their customers on a range of current and relevant topics.

HfL are launching the programme with a cross phase project to find practice that is having most impact in improving outcomes for pupils eligible for pupil premium; whilst ensuring  that other groups continue to be stretched and achieve at least expected progress.

This first project within the Exchanging Excellence programme is called “Closing Gaps” and will be taking place over the next few months.

The project is being led by David Birch and Marc Rowland.  They will be working with the Teaching Alliances, other school leaders and HfL staff, identifying practice where there is evidence of most impact, in schools and settings in different circumstances and geographical areas across the county.  They will draw upon work that is already taking place in specific phases, such as the primary phase RANGe project (Raising Achievement Narrowing Gaps effectively) and work being led by the Teaching Alliances;  bringing all of the relevant professional learning together, identifying common themes and threads and supplementing that with evidence based research taking place nationally.

Information about the project and its findings will be shared and exchanged under the Exchanging Excellence section of the HfL website and regularly updated.  There will be opportunities to attend conferences in the summer term to hear more about the findings and to examine the practice that might be most relevant and useful to your school or setting.

For further information: