HPL Updates

HPL Update

13 December 2023

Upskill through our transformational CPD Throughout the year we host a range of additional, in-depth virtual training sessions designed for HPL Teachers and Leaders at all levels. 

Research-informed and led by experts, our training sessions will support your quest for securing unparalleled learning outcomes for students. Our training sessions will enable you to utilise your knowledge of HPL in specific subjects, age groups, and disciplines.

Book for the very first CPD event in January!

High Performance Learning CPD Intelligent Student Grouping 

31 January 2024 | 9:15 a.m. - 12:15 pm (UK Time) £119 + VAT per delegate 

How do we group students for greatest impact on learning? Within this professional development session, we will explore the rationale for how we group our students and what considerations affect these decisions. We will reflect on the evidence about the impact of grouping arrangements on student learning and look at current thinking around expertise development and adaptive teaching. 

In this 3-hour session we will: 

• Establish an understanding of ability and mixed ability grouping and how these impact upon teaching and learning. 
• Explore some teaching approaches for managing a range of performance in our classroom. 
• Think about how teachers establish and raise expectations. 
• Suggest further reading and small scale research activities.

This update's Big Question 

For this week’s 'Big Question', we have taken inspiration from the Laidlaw Foundation’s Report - “Building Tomorrow’s Healthy, Confident and Productive Citizens – an education for our children” (December 2023). What emphasis, as educational establishments, should our schools place on wider or transferable skills? Should we merely focus on our subjects and the knowledge needed to achieve high assessment and qualification or should we be teaching those skills that our students will need for life? Or is the teaching of these transferable skills like the VAAs and ACPs in the HPL framework able to achieve both? Have your say in the Subject Communities Forum.

Are you a Science Expert?

This is a call out to Science Leads. We are looking for subject community leaders for Science. You would be leading the HPL community discussion about HPL in your subject, create a lively community and inform others. Those interested in leading a science subject community, please contact Mark Tomlins.

Accrediting or Re-Accrediting Schools’ Surveys

All schools due to accredit or re-accredit in summer 2024 will participate in Perception Impact Surveys in January 2024. Formal letters and instructions will be issued to schools in the coming weeks, to ensure that everyone is prepared and has time to ask any questions they may have.

Pathway Programmes Linking-Up Meetings

Register and save the dates for upcoming WCSA and HPSA (Year 2) Linking Up Meetings. Don't miss out to mingle with like-minded individuals!

Dates for January 2024: 

• 9th January 2024 - 11am (UK Time) - HPSA Year 2 - (Heads/ Principals) - Register here for this meeting 
• 10th January 2024 - 11am (UK Time) - HPSA Year 2 - (HPL Leads) - Register here for this meeting 
• 16th January 2024 - 11am (UK Time) - WCSA Year 2 (Heads/Principals) - Register here for this meeting 
• 17th January 2024 - 11am (UK Time) - WCSA Year 2 - (HPL Leads) - Register here for this meeting

We are looking forward to seeing you there!

IDG's Command Task Magic Encounters Competition

We hope your students are getting on well with their applications for the Magic Encounters Competition and enjoying the challenge! 

We would like to inform you that IDG has extended the deadline for entries until Friday, 5th of January 2024 to ensure everyone has plenty of time to get involved and really develop their ideas! 

If you have already sent in your entries - please do not worry - this extension includes you too and you are more than welcome to continue working on them into the New Year. If you decide to do this, please inform Ellie Couchman at the below email address. Additionally, please send IDG your updated entries when they are completed. 

Winners will now be announced on Wednesday, 31st of January 2023. 

As always, IDG is looking forward to seeing what your wonderful students have come up with and if you have any questions please do contact Ellie.

HPL 5th Annual Conference 2024 - 20th and 21st March 2024 

Connecting Vision to the Classroom

Join us for two days of inspiring and challenging presentations, dynamic workshops and discussions for school leaders on achieving High Performance and the continuing journey towards everyone becoming a high performer. School leaders interested in strengthening their teaching and learning will leave our annual conference with new and innovative ideas, reflections on their own practices and great memories of coming together with colleagues from across the global community of HPL Schools and beyond.

Our 5th Annual Conference will focus on the critical role HPL plays in connecting the visions of school leaders with the real-world classroom. 

We are delighted to bring the HPL family together again and unite to answer questions including: 

• How do you engage staff with your vision and values? 
• How do you transform culture for the better? 
• How does HPL turn vision into reality in context?

FGC Autumn Term Programme Round Up

This term it has been a privilege to welcome guest speakers and colleagues from across the Fellowship and Global Community to the FGC Professional Learning Programme events. We extend our sincere thanks to colleagues who have contributed to this vibrant community of continued professional development. Feedback during and after the events has been overwhelmingly positive with colleagues commenting on how ‘thought provoking’ ‘insightful’, ‘valuable’ and ‘empowering’ sessions have been in shaping their thinking as well as their professional practice.

FGC Spring-Summer Programme 

We are excited to share with you the Spring and Summer FGC Professional Learning Programme. You will find a wide range of engaging, and informative opportunities to further enhance your own professional development and to explore how to maximise high performance learning in your school. View the Spring and Summer FGC Professional Learning Programme here.

January Professional Learning events:

• Sector Networks: HPL in Faith Schools | Chair: Professor Deborah Eyre | 16 January 2024 | 10.30 am and 2.30 pm (UK Time) - Register Here
• Teacher Certification Award Scheme: TCOs and IAs Training | 18 January 2024 | 10.30 am and 2.30 pm (UK Time) - Register Here
  
• HPL in the Classroom: Education for Sustainability | Guest Presenter: Amy Lilley-Stewart | 23 January 2024 | 10.30 am and 2.30 pm (UK Time) - Register Here
  
• Welcome to the Teacher Certification Award Scheme (For Candidates) | 24 January 2024 | 10.30 am and 2.30 pm (UK Time) - Register Here
  
• Explore the Evidence: With Students not to Them | Chair: Mark Tomlins | 31 January 2024 | 10.30 am and 2.30 pm (UK Time) - Register Here

We would like to thank and share our gratitude to Dr. Steffen Sommer from Misk Schools for showcasing the value and impact High Performance Learning can have across the school community in Saudi.

We are exceptionally proud of students at Wesgreen International School for being awarded with the following accolades at the 'Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards':

#1 in the UAE for IGCSE Biology

#1 in the UAE for IGCSE Physics

#1 in the UAE for AS Biology 

#1 in the UAE for A Level Computer Science

#1 in the UAE for A Level Sociology

#1 in the UAE across 4 x subjects 

#1 in the UAE across 3 x subjects

Well done to the Principal, James McDonald and his phenomenal team for this outstanding achievement!

Congratulations to West Kirby Grammar School for being rated as the 'Top State Secondary School' in the Sunday Times Parent Power Guide 2024 for Wirral and Chester & Cheshire West.