Important things to know when visiting Leamington School

It is our pleasure to be hosting you and share some of the many things that are happening across our school.  

In order to make the most of your visit we expect you to watch the clips below to understand the "why" behind what you will see.  Without this background information it will be easy to miss the really subtle and important things that are happening in our classes that while only might make a small difference, cumulatively these things make a measurable gain.

​These presentations will hopefully draw your attention to what is important and should maximise your time in classes to see things in action in a way that explains the back story behind why we are doing what we are doing. 

Typical Visit Scenario


Prior to Visit - Become familiar with clips in this section to understand the background of what we are doing. 

During Visit -
  1. First spend time in classes seeing in action some of the things we are doing.  Talk with the children to get them to explain how their class functions.
  2. Once you have experienced our classes, meet with people as needed to ask further clarification questions about what was seen. 

Key Thinking that drives our School

An overview of our School -(Essential - Start here!)
Flexible learning spaces - targeting student needs more effectively - Coming.
Our language of Learning - Our Cogs (Essential - Watch this second)
Using digital devices to enhance  task design for both authenticity   and cognitive complexity. - Coming
Making learning explicit - Using Progressions to make learning visual (Essential - Watch this third)
Leadership lessons - the key leadership principals that have nurtured a culture of relentless incremental improvement. 
"It's not how fast your wheels are spinning, it's how much traction you are generating."
"Lots of little things a little bit better every day"
Better tomorrow than I am today