Targeted Intervention

At Maplewell Hall School, we have developed a range of effective intervention strategies to help support all pupils, including a particular focus on pupils eligible for the Pupil Premium.

We have applied the well-recognised research of The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to determine suitable methods aimed at boosting the progress and achievement of all our students. The EEF suggests that when conducted effectively, small-group tuition has an impact of +4 months progress, one-to-one tuition has an impact of +5 months progress and Teaching Assistant interventions have an impact of +4 months progress.

We apply a three-wave approach to the academic intervention we offer.

Wave 1 – Classroom-based intervention:

Classroom-based interventions refer to the ways in which we support our students in the classroom. This could be using TAs or LSAs to work one-to-one or in small groups with students in the class, it may refer to our stringent use of retrieval practice in lessons or how we use adaptive teaching to meet the needs of the students.

Wave 2 – In-school intervention:

In-school interventions refer to additional learning opportunities that students have access to during the school day but outside of their usual lessons. These are usually organised by heads of core subjects and led by teachers and TAs.

These sessions are offered to selected students in years 10 and 11 and are designed to help students fill gaps in their knowledge and prepare for examinations.

Phonics interventions are offered to all years groups and students are selected based on their reading age.

“Small group tuition is defined as one teacher, trained teaching assistant or tutor working with two to five pupils together in a group. This arrangement enables the teaching to focus exclusively on a small number of learners, usually in a separate classroom or working area. Intensive tuition in small groups is often provided to support lower attaining learners or those who are falling behind, but it can also be used as a more general strategy to ensure effective progress, or to teach challenging topics or skills.” ~EEF

Wave 3 – After-school intervention:

After-school intervention refers to additional academic support sessions we run for core subjects that take place after school. These sessions are available to all students on GCSE pathways in year 11.

These sessions are run by subject teachers and TAs and often focus on exam technique, preparation and topic-based revision.

Wave 2:

Maths specialist TAs work with small groups of students to build their confidence in applying the skills taught in lessons. The intervention groups we currently have are:

• Year 11 topic-based revision for GCSE (small groups) - all GCSE students in year 11 have been allocated a session per week.
• Year 11 ELC assessment (small groups) - selected students in year 11 invited to one session per week.
• Year 10 topic-based revision (small groups) - all year 10 GCSE students invited to one or two sessions per week.

Additionally, Year 11 Higher Tier GCSE - selected year 11 students invited to attend sessions to learn Higher Tier content for their examinations; 4 sessions per week with the Head of Maths.

Wave 3:

Maths teachers and TAs deliver topic-based revision sessions and examination practice and preparation to students in year 11 on a GCSE pathway – These sessions run on Thursdays after school.

National Tutoring Program:

In 2021 the government announced funding would be available to support children and young people to catch up on missed learning caused by the impact of COVID-19. As part of this they have launched the National Tutoring Programme which provides small group and 1-to-1 tuition in the core subjects of maths, English and science.

These sessions aim to identify gaps in knowledge that have developed and then use this information to inform intervention both in and out of the classroom. These sessions will be run by Maplewell Hall staff, who have undertaken relevant training to be NTP tutors.

Students who receive after-school tutoring through the NTP will have a weekly session with their tutor for 15 weeks. The tutor will work with the student’s subject teachers to decide on areas for development across the 15 hours of tutoring.

Student Voice:

Whilst extra tuition has a significant impact on pupils’ academic achievement and outcomes, it also contributes holistically to pupils’ personal development, raising confidence and helping with organisation of time.

“I enjoy doing maths now, I find after-school intervention helpful.” – Marcus, year 11.

“Higher maths has pushed me to learn more complicated topics.” – Skala, year 11.

“I think it’s important to have intervention to help us get good grades in our GCSEs. I find it helpful to look at things we learned before like in English intervention we are looking at Language papers.” – Jack, year 11.

“My extra session with a TA recaps what we are learning in lessons that day and it helps me to learn it.” – Lewis, year 10.

FAQS FOR PARENTS

How will I know if my child has after-school tuition? If we feel your child would benefit from after-school tuition, you will receive an invitation to the appropriate sessions.

What about transport? After-school tuition finishes at 4:45pm. Parents/carers will need to pick up students from school’s reception at this time.

If you have any other questions regarding KS4 intervention (core subjects) or the Pupil Premium, please contact Mrs Greenhill Chamberlain. If you have any questions regarding the National Tutoring Program (NTP), please contact Mrs Durrands.