“B Squared’s Connecting Steps is a core element of our school assessment that enables us to reflect holistic progress across a diverse cohort of learners from Early Years, Primary and Secondary, through to our Further Education Unit.”
Kathryn Stazicker, School Data Lead, Hope School and College
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Hope School and College is using
B Squared’s Connecting Steps assessment software with a variety of our different assessment frameworks to show progress for its diverse range of learners.
Early Steps for pupils on the Early Years Foundation Stage (2021) from birth to the Early Learning Goals and beyond.
Engagement Steps for pupils working below the Pre-Key Stage Standards, who aren’t yet engaged in subject specific learning (designed to support the Engagement Model).
Progression Steps covers an ability range from Pre-Key Stage Standards up to pupils working towards the lower GCSE grades.
Steps 4 Life for students with SEND working towards independent living. Designed to help Prepare for Adulthood, covering life & employability skills.
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Reflecting holistic progress across a diverse cohort of learners
Hope School and College is a large and popular innovative special school catering for pupils from the ages of 2-19 who present a diverse range of needs. These include severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties and complex medical needs. Its highly dedicated staff aim to provide an enriched, progressive and stimulating education and future for all students.
According to School Data Lead, Kathryn Stazicker, “Using Connecting Steps from B Squared for our assessments provides quick and easy information we can use to plan and embed targets in lessons. It also provides measurable data for reporting to parents and other stakeholders. This valuable assessment data allows targeted next steps to be set that can be generated quickly, saving on teacher workload.”
Celebrating small steps of progress
“We can easily identify and celebrate even the smallest achievements, and highlight pupils who are making excellent progress. We can also see areas for development and recognise where pupils show elevated skills or special interests.”
Data driven planning to meet individual learner’s needs
“Teachers use B Squared assessment data to inform the planning of lessons and interventions for classes, groups and individuals. Whole school data can help to describe the current cohort and changes in need across a key stage or the whole school. Frameworks are comparable, which means teachers can see and compare levels of achievement for pupils using different assessment frameworks. This is essential as part of a pupil’s transition through the school.”
Safe and reliable with excellent customer support
“We have worked with B Squared for over 20 years and seen the software develop significantly and the assessment frameworks evolve in line with Government guidelines. Connecting Steps is a secure, reliable, cost-effective system, with assessment frameworks that can be used to reflect holistic progress across a diverse cohort of learners. The customer service team is always quick to support where needed.”
Teacher workload is reduced
“As a school data lead, I can clearly see teacher workload is reduced using Connecting Steps. The system very quickly generates data which is really useful for looking at classes, subjects or learning over time.”
“Working with B Squared has enabled us to demonstrate, plan and analyse pupil progress across a large setting, taking into account unique starting points, ‘spikey’ profiles and individual learning needs. We can track and follow our learners from their first day in Early Years until they move to employment or other post 19 opportunities.”
Kathryn Stazicker, School Data Lead, Hope School and College
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