​Sketchnotes provide a visual description of the practice and approaches which HM Inspectors have observed during scrutiny activities and are worth sharing more widely.​ ​This sketchnote provides a visual description of the excellent progress made in Renfrewshire Council in improving learning, raising attainment and closing the poverty-related attainment gap, published in February 2019.​​

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Inspection highlights

Excellent progress with improving learning, raising attainment and narrowing the poverty-related attainment gap

What is making a difference in Renfrewshire Council?

"In Renfrewshire our children should have no poverty of aspiration, ambition or opportunity."

1. Very strong self-evaluation

• high-quality data
• successful interventions
• securing improvement

2. Highly effective leadership

A shared vision and an ethos of empowerment of staff, to improve outcomes for children and young people, their families and communities.

• planning
• quality assurance
• service delivery
• collaboration
• innovation

3. Professional learning

• high-quality learning and teaching including special training for classroom assistants
• family and community learning programmes
• promoting alternative thinking strategies

4. Consistent improvements

• governance of Scottish Attainment Challenge
• closing the poverty related attainment gap in literacy, numeracy, health and wellbeing
• meeting leavers needs

Case studies

PDF file: data-Literacy-Support(glowscotland.org.uk)

PDF file: RNRA Whole School Systemic Change(glowscotland.org.uk)

PDF file: Parents in Partnership (PIP)(glowscotland.org.uk)

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PDF file: Sketchnote - Renfrewshire Council – Closing the Attainment Gap - February 2019 (352 KB)

Case study - Data literacy support

Case study - Nurture

Case study - Parent / carer partnership