This immersive school visit will include:

• Introductory talk – overview of school context and NACE Challenge journey; cornerstones of more able policy and practice; transformative initiatives and their impact; approach to CPD, ongoing school improvement and maintaining consistently high-quality teaching and learning.
• Learning walk – up to two hours guided tour in a small group, with a focus on effective practice in provision for more able learners and high-quality challenge in and beyond the classroom.
• Q&A – opportunity to ask questions about the school and aspects covered earlier in the day, as well as questions about the NACE Challenge Framework and/or Challenge Award accreditation and reaccreditation.

Questions can be submitted in advance and will be used to tailor the focus of the day. 

"Very thought provoking presentations followed by seeing principles in action. Thank you for your open, collaborative approach – lots of food for thought and a thoroughly enjoyable morning." Helen Roberts, Royal Masonic School for Girls - attended NACE Challenge Award School Experience at Southend High School for Boys, May 2023.

"Very helpful visit covering all areas. Thank you for your time and openness today – excellent experience." Anya Bensberg, St Edmunds School, Canterbury - attended NACE Challenge Award School Experience at Southend High School for Boys, May 2023.

"Well -planned, carefully sequenced day. School was very articulate and accommodating." Julian Cottee Westcliff High School for Girls - attended NACE Challenge Award School Experience at Southend High School for Boys, May 2023.

 
About the school

One of the first schools to attain NACE Challenge Ambassador School status, Toot Hill School has attained the NACE Challenge Award four times – showing sustained commitment to meeting the needs of the more able and providing challenge for all.

A large, comprehensive secondary school, Toot Hill has just under 2,000 students from Year 7 to Year 13. It aims to provide a broad and balanced curriculum for all, with a focus on high-quality teaching and a wealth of enrichment opportunities that inspire a lifelong love of learning. Embodying the ethos of 'challenge for all', it has designed its curriculum with the more able in mind – ensuring all students receive a learning experience rooted in enriching knowledge, and suited to each subject.

Alongside whole-school teaching and learning routines – including First 5, Last 5, Purple Pen to uplift and develop work and questioning for all – Toot Hill School recognises the importance of teachers being able to teach in a way that suits the needs of the class in front of them, and believes its responsive teaching technique is key to the success of its students. 

More able learners report enriching experiences across the school. No two lessons are the same, and learners are purposefully taught core and ambitious subject knowledge alongside skills to develop them into motivated, hardworking and active citizens.

 
Who should attend?

This opportunity is aimed at school leaders, more able coordinators and others leading on provision for more able learners and high attainment in a school or group of schools. It is open to leaders and practitioners from all phases, sectors and stages of development in provision for more able learners – including schools with no previous experience of the NACE Challenge Framework, as well as those already using the Framework and/or holding the NACE Challenge Award.

 
Details

Date: Friday 22 September 2023 (9.00am-12.30pm)

Venue: Toot Hill School, The Banks, Bingham, Nottingham, NG13 8BL

Cost: £75 +VAT (members); £100 (non-members)

If you have any questions about this event, please contact challenge@nace.co.uk.

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