The document discusses changes in teacher performance at Priors Wood Primary School over a 10 week period after implementing a new approach called "Do Something Different". An analysis of appraisals for 41 teaching standards across 10 teachers showed that before the new approach, 81% of standards required improvement, but after the approach this decreased drastically to just 7.5%, with 92.5% now rated as good. Similarly, appraisals of the 10 teachers individually found that before only 3 were rated good, but after 6 were good and 2 were now outstanding. The school saw an efficiency uplift of 6.3% equating to a 3.71 fold return on investment for the new approach.

1. Do Something
Different in Schools
Martin Bailey
at Priors Wood
Primary School

2. From ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’ in 10
weeks?
Martin Bailey

3. There was a major shift from ‘RI’ to ‘Good’
OfSTED Categories
(data range)
Head teacher appraisal of
41 teaching standards across 10 teachers
Before ‘Do’ After ‘Do’
Outstanding
(90+%) 0/41
Good
(80% - 89%) 19.5%
(8/41)
Requires Improvement
(70% - > 80%)
81%
(33/41)
Poor
(>70%) 0/41

4. There was a major shift from ‘RI’ to ‘Good’
OfSTED Categories
(data range)
Head teacher appraisal of
41 teaching standards across 10 teachers
Before ‘Do’ After ‘Do’
Outstanding
(90+%) 0/41
Good
(80% - 89%) 19.5%
(8/41)
Requires Improvement
(70% - > 80%)
81%
(33/41)
Poor
(>70%) 0/41

5. There was a major shift from ‘RI’ to ‘Good’
OfSTED Categories
(data range)
Head teacher appraisal of
41 teaching standards across 10 teachers
Before ‘Do’ After ‘Do’
Outstanding
(90+%) 0/41 0/41
Good
(80% - 89%) 19.5%
(8/41)
92.5%
(38/41)
Requires Improvement
(70% - > 80%)
81%
(33/41)
7.5%
(3/41)
Poor
(>70%) 0/41 0/41

6. 9/10 teachers are now ‘Good’ / ‘Outstanding’
OfSTED Categories
(data range)
Head teacher appraisal of 10 teachers
Before ‘Do’ After ‘Do’
Outstanding
(90+%)
2/10
Good
(80% - 89%)
3/10
Requires Improvement
(70->80%)
4/10
Poor
(>70%)
1/10

7. 9/10 teachers are now ‘Good’ / ‘Outstanding’
OfSTED Categories
(data range)
Head teacher appraisal of 10 teachers
Before ‘Do’ After ‘Do’
Outstanding
(90+%)
2/10 3/10
Good
(80% - 89%)
3/10 6/10
Requires Improvement
(70->80%)
4/10 0/10
Poor
(>70%)
1/10 1/10

8. There was a 3.71 fold Return on Investment
Efficiency rating Equating to salary costs
Before 78.1%
(RI)
£238,442
After 84.5%
(Good)
£257,981
Change / efficiency uplift +6.3% £19,539*
This* equates to a 3.71 fold Return on Investment (£5270)
(Based on 100% efficiency equating to total salary costs of £305, 304)