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Anita Cliff has been Headteacher at Manor Primary School in Coseley, Wolverhampton, for seven years. In that time she's managed to raise her school to top of the 2005 value-added SATs League Tables. This programme looks at the issues that faced her and how she tackled them. Coseley is an indust...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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[London] :
Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education,
2006.
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| Series: | VAST: Academic Video Online
Inspirations ; 1 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Anita Cliff has been Headteacher at Manor Primary School in Coseley, Wolverhampton, for seven years. In that time she's managed to raise her school to top of the 2005 value-added SATs League Tables. This programme looks at the issues that faced her and how she tackled them. Coseley is an industrial area close to Wolverhampton, and closure of large engineering companies over the years has led to high unemployment in the area. When Anita first arrived at the school there were no policies in place and the children were under-achieving. Anita set about the challenge of transforming the school in the following ways:-Giving the school buildings a makeoverI; ntroducing computers and interactive whiteboards into every classroom; Setting up an ICT Suite; Introducing whole-school policies; Changing the approach to SATs; Working in partnership with parents, governors and children; Finding the fundingIntroducing a wide variety of out-of-school clubs. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (14 min.). |