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Project 1.
Leading Edge Development Plan
October 2003: Draft 1
Main Aim:
“To identify, extend and share innovation and excellence in remodelling the school workforce
by using world-class ICT to free teachers to teach and raise standards.”
Philip Morant School and College
1. Partners
The Philip Morant Leading Edge Programme has been developed with lead partners:
the DfES;
Microsoft;
Ramesys; and
SERCO.
2. Projects
The are four projects:
Project 1. A Learning Centre for Cover
Project 2. A Central Management Information System to Reduce Teacher Workload and Raise Standards
Project 3. A Document, Time and Collaboration Management System
Project 4. A ‘Connected Learning Community’
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3. Areas of Activity
Areas of activity will include:
workforce remodelling;
use of ICT;
curriculum development; and
behaviour management.
4. Evaluation Strategy
The evaluation strategy will be via the school’s development plan process reporting to the Governors’ Curriculum
Committee and Full Governors. The partnership will commission Birmingham University to carry out a longitudinal study
of the implications of the developments for all staff during the period of the Leading Edge Partnership. The school has
already employed an OFSTED Registered Inspector to carry out an evaluation of aspects of the work and an internal team
has reviewed the first project.
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5. Sharing the Outcomes of the Project
A range of strategies have been employed already to share the outcome of the project beyond the partnership. Over 20
million people have already been made aware of the developments. Outcomes will be shared through the DfES workforce
team, Microsoft, Ramesys and via a range of publications. So far these have included:
Microsoft case study (Microsoft Case Study.pdf);
Microsoft Education Newsletter (Microsoft Education Newsletter October 2003.htm)
Microsoft’s “The Digital Society” Newsletter February 2003
Ramesys case study (Ramesys Case Study.htm)
The Staffroom Newspaper, September 2003
The Times Educational Supplement, June 2003 and November 2002
Article in SecEd, April 2003
The Guardian Newspaper, January 2003
The Daily Mirror, May 2003
Teachers Magazine, May 2003
Computer Weekly and Computer Magazine, September 2003
BBC Essex, March 2003
BBC Look East, March 2003
BBC1 East, The Politics Show, March 2003
Computer Reseller News, March 2003
DfES Pathfinder Video, December 2002
Local press including East Anglian Daily Times, Colchester Evening Gazette and local radio
SecEd Article
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Information will also be shared via the school website. Philip Morant will continue to organise open days and visits which
are very popular and they have already been attended by at least 100 delegates. Members of the school development team
have already made contributions to the following conferences:
C2k Conference Post Primary and Special School Conference, Waterfront Hall, Befast on 30th
September 2003.
Transforming the School Workforce Pathfinder Project at Philip Morant Open Days on 1 st April
2003 and 3rd October 2003
Specialist Schools Trust East Midlands Conference, 12th and 13th June 2003
Philip Morant Workshop “How we cracked the workload issue”
eGovernment Conference 2003, Lake Como, Italy
Philip Morant were finalists for the eEurope Awards for eGovernment 2003 and participated in the Best
Practice Exhibition on 7th and 8th July at Como.
6. History of Innovation
Philip Morant has a history of innovation.
We were in the first group of Grant Maintained Schools and Technology Colleges. We seized these opportunities to develop autonomous
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practices to raise standards of both teaching and learning and to share good practice, both within the school and in collaborative work with other
schools and organisations locally and nationally. This has been enhanced by our Beacon Status, now in its second phase, for which we were
initially invited to apply as a result of an outstanding OFSTED report. Our most recent OFSTED report confirmed again our outstanding levels
of performance, giving us the confidence to be more innovative and to build upon our expertise.
“Philip Morant is an outstanding comprehensive school and college with many excellent features and no significant weaknesses. The quality of
teaching is very high, the monitoring of academic progress is exceptional. Leadership is highly focused on improving standards and teaching.”
Inspection Report March 2001 (Inspection No 188441), page 1.
We are a learning organisation and are always ready to set ourselves rigorous and challenging targets. As a large comprehensive school, we can
draw upon the wide expertise of our very experienced and professional staff and we understand the importance of training teachers new to the
profession.
The wide variety of Projects in which we have been recently involved demonstrate our commitment to leading transformation, going beyond the
school boundary and including other agencies and organisations. These projects are listed and explained briefly below:
i) The DFES School Workforce Pathfinder Project School (2002-3)
ii) Lead School in the Colchester SCITT (commenced December 2002)
iii) Beacon Schools Initiative (2nd phase 2002-5)
iv) ‘Learning@yourfingertips’ (2000-3)
v) Target Setting and Monitoring Best Practice School (1994-2003)
vi) Curriculum Initiatives including the RSA Opening Minds Project (2000-3)
vii) Consortium for School Improvement/Network Learning Community (2000-5)
viii) Technology College initiative (1996-2004)
ix) Self review, Charter Mark and IiP
As a Pathfinder School we have already begun to make very good progress in tackling the agenda set out in the
“Raising Standards and Tackling Workload” National Agreement in that we have:
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made excellent progress in preventing teachers from doing the 24 administrative and clerical tasks;
begun to develop policies and practices to enable teachers to enjoy a reasonable work life balance;
pioneered a unique approach to cover using a Learning Centre with 118 workstations linked to a developing online
curriculum managed through an innovative ICT system (Class Server) and by the teachers via their laptops. This has
enabled us to guarantee that most teachers that they will not have to do cover and that they have timetabled PPA
time;
begun to develop policies and initiatives to reduce teachers overall hours from 54 to 48 over the next three years;
changed the school day by introducing fewer but longer lessons and two week timetable;
reduced the number of meetings and events teacher have to attend;
begun to improve the quality of learning when teachers are away;
reduced the burden of paperwork;
began to introduce a new central management information system which will have an ‘eportal’, allowing teachers,
students and parents access from home.
This is only the beginning. Leading Edge Status enables us to take this cutting edge innovation much
further in ways which will help to show how remodelling can be carried out across the system.
For more information e-mail theschool@philipmorant.essex.sch.uk
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Project 1: Learning Centre for Cover
We aim to continue to pilot the development of the Learning Centre for cover into a high quality and replicable solution to
cover problems for any school and as a possible model for the classroom of the future. The aims is to raise standards of
teaching and learning and remodel the way this is delivered.
Objectives Key Activities Dates Outcomes
1.1 Implement Class Server Version 3 Installation of software October 2003 Software installed.
Training of leaders; training of
1.2 Train teachers in Version 3 November 2003 Staff able to use Version 3
teachers
1.3 Develop teaching resources Review of resources completed January 2004 New resources identified
1.4 Develop eportal Understand how eportal works January 2004 Plan for eportal in place
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Project 2. A Central Management Information System to Reduce Teacher
Workload and Raise Standards
We aim to pilot the development of a new Central Management Information System which enables staff, students and
parents access to information including absence, report information, target setting data, attendance data and rewards and
punishment information which reduces workload and raises standards.
Objectives Key Activities Dates Outcomes
2.1 Implement CMIS Software Installation of software October 2003 Software installed
Training of leaders; training of Ongoing dates for
2.2 Train teachers in CMIS modules Staff able to use CMIS
teachers each module.
2.3 Develop eportal Understand how eportal works. January 2004 Plan for eportal in place
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Project 3. A Document, Time and Collaboration Management System
We aim to develop a new electronic information and document handling system and an electronic task, time and email
system (using Outlook) to improve collaboration, reduce workload and raise standards.
Objectives Key Activities Dates Outcomes
3.1 Implement Microsoft Office System Installation of software October 2003 Software installed
Training of leaders; training of
3.2 Train teachers in Office System January 2004 Staff able to use Office System
teachers.
3.3 Develop eportal Understand how eportal works. January 2004 Plan for eportal in place.
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Project 4. A ‘Connected Learning Community’
This is our long term vision. The aim is for all students, staff, parents and members of the community to have access to the
benefits of e-learning materials and the information task management and collaboration tools. All members of the
community would be connected, laying a real foundation for lifelong learning. This will mean that staff, students and other
members of the community are able to learn and develop in new and innovative ways. We believe this is possible in the
next two to five years.
Objectives Key Activities Dates Outcomes
Develop vision of a connected Work with Microsoft and Ramesys to
4.1 September 2004 Vision developed.
learning community develop vision.
Work with Microsoft and Ramesys to
4.2 Implement vision September 2005 Vision implemented.
implement vision
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