At Frank Wise School we believe that it is essential that the achievements of our pupils are celebrated as effectively as possible with as wide an audience as possible. We carefully capture a summary of each pupil’s learning against their individual targets and across the curriculum more broadly, and showcase key highlights of achievements from their year through Records of Achievement.
These include photographs and video footage distributed as an end of year summary as part of the Annual Review process. As well as highlighting individual achievements, we also celebrate whole class achievements and experiences such as involvement in school productions or going on day trips and residential visits.
Following a process of careful consultation with families and the evaluation of impact on pupil outcomes beyond the school, we took the decision to discontinue our use of commercial accreditation systems. This was on the basis that they are poorly understood and, as such, have limited currency in the wider world, risk distracting from a focus on the developmental requirements of the individual and were rarely considered by the pupils’ destinations. Instead, we work towards the pupils leaving in Year 14 with a personal portfolio of competency, aligned to their EHCP outcomes and supplemented with developmentally appropriate evidence of capability linked to their intended destinations, be that further education, employment or care settings.
