Our Vision
Camden is a place where everyone has a chance to thrive and where nobody gets left behind.
Camden Learning is a force for excellence and impact, driving the establishment of a school-led system where members share responsibility for ensuring all our children thrive, enjoy learning and achieve well, so they leave school as confident, successful learners and good citizens.
Our goals: what we will achieve
- High standards
- Exceptional schools
- No child left behind
- Joint endeavour
- A centre of innovation and excellence
- Active, global citizens
Our priorities for 2021: what we will do
1
Building Camden Learning as a force for improvement- Develop and implement the Education Strategy
- Produce a new Strategic Plan 2021-2024
- Implement the new organisational structure
- Produce a 3 year business plan
- Refresh the offer to schools 2021-2023
- Recruit additional directors to build the skills base and capacity of the Board
- Establish a review and evaluation framework for Camden Learning
- Support the development of local education partnerships across London and at national levels
- Raise the profile of Camden Learning with teachers and governors in Camden and with other partners and key stakeholders so they see its potential
2
Developing sustainable improvement in quality and equity- Support schools –individually and collectively-through the pandemic with time, practical support and guidance
- Improve transition between KS2 & KS3
- Improve performance at Maths at KS4
- Improve attendance
- Reduce the number of exclusions from Camden schools
- Produce a Post -16 strategy and plan to improve breadth, quality and take-up and begin implementation.
- Set up an initiative to encourage greater use of technology for learning and for engagement of parents
- Ensure our most disadvantaged and vulnerable children have digital access
- Promote and support improvements in the health and wellbeing of CYP, encouraging healthy habits
- Devise a programme to support schools in tackling the issues around racism raised by BLM and in developing their curriculum so it supports a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable society
- Lead, or participate in, a range of initiatives designed to overcome the many barriers to learning that continue to damage the lives of young people
3
Supporting teachers and leaders so they thrive in Camden- Provide data, analysis and review services to support rigorous school self-evaluation and planning
- Provide bespoke support for schools with additional needs
- Ensure the arrangements to embed the new early careers framework work effectively
- Support the new set of learning hubs to keep on task and to be effective
- Ensure vibrant subject networks are well supported to operate effectively in the primary sector
- Refresh the website so it is a stronger aid to improvement and good practice
- Review the approach to professional learning and development in Camden
- Create more capacity and opportunities to use excellent practitioners from Camden schools to create and develop better practice
- Devise a recruitment and retention strategy to: i) recruit and retain leaders and teachers and ii) to accelerate progress towards a workforce more reflective of the community
4
Enriching learning in Camden- Embed STEAM opportunities and partnerships within the curriculum, careers education and extra-curricular opportunities
- Use the opportunity of integrating Music within Camden Learning so more children learn an instrument and participate in cross school activities
- Seek to establish the Camden Learning Centre (CLC) as a force for support and inspiration across schools in Camden and as a going-concern
- Refresh our approach to working with governors so more are engaged across schools to support the new set of Camden Learning Hubs
- Produce an evaluation of CL’s work and progress on safeguarding
- Create opportunities for conversations about current issues and future thinking to encourage reflection and stimulate action
- Develop and implement the Education Strategy
- Produce a new Strategic Plan 2021-2024
- Implement the new organisational structure
- Produce a 3 year business plan
- Refresh the offer to schools 2021-2023
- Recruit additional directors to build the skills base and capacity of the Board
- Establish a review and evaluation framework for Camden Learning
- Support the development of local education partnerships across London and at national levels
- Raise the profile of Camden Learning with teachers and governors in Camden and with other partners and key stakeholders so they see its potential
- Support schools –individually and collectively-through the pandemic with time, practical support and guidance
- Improve transition between KS2 & KS3
- Improve performance at Maths at KS4
- Improve attendance
- Reduce the number of exclusions from Camden schools
- Produce a Post -16 strategy and plan to improve breadth, quality and take-up and begin implementation.
- Set up an initiative to encourage greater use of technology for learning and for engagement of parents
- Ensure our most disadvantaged and vulnerable children have digital access
- Promote and support improvements in the health and wellbeing of CYP, encouraging healthy habits
- Devise a programme to support schools in tackling the issues around racism raised by BLM and in developing their curriculum so it supports a fairer, more inclusive and sustainable society
- Lead, or participate in, a range of initiatives designed to overcome the many barriers to learning that continue to damage the lives of young people
- Provide data, analysis and review services to support rigorous school self-evaluation and planning
- Provide bespoke support for schools with additional needs
- Ensure the arrangements to embed the new early careers framework work effectively
- Support the new set of learning hubs to keep on task and to be effective
- Ensure vibrant subject networks are well supported to operate effectively in the primary sector
- Refresh the website so it is a stronger aid to improvement and good practice
- Review the approach to professional learning and development in Camden
- Create more capacity and opportunities to use excellent practitioners from Camden schools to create and develop better practice
- Devise a recruitment and retention strategy to: i) recruit and retain leaders and teachers and ii) to accelerate progress towards a workforce more reflective of the community
- Embed STEAM opportunities and partnerships within the curriculum, careers education and extra-curricular opportunities
- Use the opportunity of integrating Music within Camden Learning so more children learn an instrument and participate in cross school activities
- Seek to establish the Camden Learning Centre (CLC) as a force for support and inspiration across schools in Camden and as a going-concern
- Refresh our approach to working with governors so more are engaged across schools to support the new set of Camden Learning Hubs
- Produce an evaluation of CL’s work and progress on safeguarding
- Create opportunities for conversations about current issues and future thinking to encourage reflection and stimulate action
Our approach: how we will do it
- Enable practitioners to lead, drive and inspire
- Use collaboration and networks to improve and share practice
- Keep a forensic focus on teaching and learning
- Share intelligence and act on evidence
- Joint enterprise between Camden schools and the Council
- Access the best from beyond Camden
- Create a culture of collective and civic responsibility
- Energise schools and the community and build pride in the Camden partnership