Review Day

Well, that's another Review Day over with. This is our fourth year of running these and it only seems like yesterday since we launched the first one.

Review Day is a chance for pupils, parent, carers and the form tutor to meet twice a year to review progress and to jointly agree learning targets.

The relationship which is developed between the form tutor, pupils, parents and carers is invaluable. As form tutors rotate with their form groups, this will often mean that they will have this contact for 5 years. At Bishop Gore we recognise that the form tutor is in a unique position in that it is only he/she that has a complete overview of the school experience for the pupils in the form. It is this overview which makes the Review Day dialogue so important.

How will Review Day develop in the future?

We need to ensure that form tutors have access to the most up-to-date learning information from subject areas and are able to communicate learning targets quickly and efficiently to all concerned. We also need to reduce the amount of paper that is used during the day and improve the appointments system. We need to have a regular dialogue with parents and carers in-between Review Days. The key to this must be IT - we recognise the enormous potential of using IT in the Review Day system and will be working hard to develop this over the coming months.