IMPROVING Attainment

Our Ambition...

  • We want children and young people to be supported to reach their learning potential at all stages of their education

  • We want parents to recognise the contribution of learning to health, well-being and personal attainment
  • We want parents to feel that they have increased access to learning opportunities
  • We want to see improved attendance levels and engagement of  children and parents within education

How we will achieve this…

  • Common approach to assessment across THRiVE schools
  • Shared attendance policy to support consistent attendance
  • After school support within community
  • WE CAN aspiration campaign
  • Parent programmes and access to adult education and lifelong learning
  • Easter and Summer programmes to support transitions
  • BOOST and Family Learning
  • Aspire
Post-Covid 19 school attendance levels across NI has been negatively impacted and in this area there is more work to be done to offer support to pupils and parents to be in school regularly. THRiVE has hosted attendance workshops to bring together key agencies and learn from evidence and best practice examples. Improving attendance will be a priority for THRiVE in 2024/25.
John Doe

Boost

B Bringing together home, school & community,
O One focus group – pupil attainment in literacy and numeracy
O Outcomes tracked from Primary 4 to 7
S Smart & diverse interventions
T Transparent and accountable Leadership.

Barnardo’s Family Connections delivers the BOOST programme in all six THRiVE primary schools. BOOST works with children in Key Stage 2 needing a boost with their literacy and numeracy.

Parents are actively involved to encourage literacy and numeracy learning at home. Parents and children come together for family learning sessions, playing and learning in fun activities after school.

In Your Corner

Abbey Community College, in partnership with Monkstown Boxing Club deliver the ‘In Your Corner’ programme to pupils in Year 12 to support young people to build aspiration, re-engage with learning and help achieve at GCSE. Pupils are based in the Boxing Club for a programme of personal development, literacy, numeracy, STEM and ICT.

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