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Kingsdown School is committed to continually improving the quality of teaching and learning, and in doing so truly championing each and every student in the classroom. Our whole-school teaching and learning framework is built around the concept of TEMPO teaching, which focuses on implementing five key pillars:
Task Design - tasks offer a high level of challenge whilst still being accessible to students through support and scaffolding.
Explanations - teachers ensure explanations are simple, clear and well planned, with new ideas and concepts introduced in a step by step approach.
Modelling - teachers share what success looks like to students before they attempt a task.
Practice - students have the opportunity to practise applying their skills, knowledge and understanding.
Oracy - students have the opportunity to discuss what they are learning with opportunities for questioning, debate and discussion.
Consistent, rigorous and robust checking for understanding underpins each and every aspect of TEMPO teaching to allow teachers to know if and when students are ready to move on from a particular concept.
Hyde Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon SN2 7SH
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Part of the
Kingsdown School is an academy which is a part of the River Learning Trust which is an exempt charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales with registered company number 7966500 and its registered office is C/O Gosford Hill School, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 2NT