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Success in every subject at St Anselm's Catholic School

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Why Bedrock?

It was really important for SLT at St Anselm’s that they could implement a whole-school literacy solution that was consistent across all subject areas in order to cement literacy and language as a vital strand of teaching for all subjects. Bedrock works for every subject, with a consistent approach to how students learn but enough flexibility to allow every subject the freedom to teach the words they feel are most important.

Bedrock's impact

Anecdotally, learners who are thriving on Bedrock have been able to achieve up to 80 or 90% in exams and these learners attribute this success to their use of Bedrock. St Anselm’s has seen improved end of cycle data for KS3 learners and the inclusion of advanced vocabulary within written work is clear to see.

School size
1,100
Bedrock users
940
Free School Meals
18%
Ofsted rating
Good
Bedrock partner since
July 2021
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"Subjects get to cherry-pick their words, but the way that students learn is completely consistent."
Megan Nee, Literacy Lead at St Anselm's
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St Anselm's Catholic School, located in Canterbury, has been using Bedrock Learning to implement a whole school literacy solution across all subjects in the school. This consistent approach has been crucial to success at St Anselm's, enabling different subjects across the school to appreciate the importance of language.

Teachers at St Anselm's have found that using Bedrock to explicitly teach complex vocabulary ahead of topics and lessons has allowed learners to engage more with the content and understand how to use those complex words in their written responses.

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"We haven't stopped using keywords, we continue to use them, but now they're embedded and students are able to see that word and they already know about it, they already feel comfortable with it. They walk into your lesson and tell you what they already know!"
Lucie Turner, History Teacher at St Anselm's
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St Anselm's has not only seen improvements in their data, but also a large amount of qualitative evidence of the impact that Bedrock has had throughout the school. This includes increased self-confidence among learners thanks to a deeper understanding of the content that they're learning, and evidence of learners embedding new vocabulary into their extended writing answers.

Case Studies

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  1. Image for Success in every subject at St Anselm's Catholic School

    Success in every subject at St Anselm's Catholic School

    "Subjects get to cherry-pick their words, but the way that students learn is completely consistent."

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  2. Image for How we use Bedrock Learning at Coston Primary

    How we use Bedrock Learning at Coston Primary

    "From a workload perspective [for teachers], there is no workload with Bedrock. It's been wonderful for our teachers to use."

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    Why the Harris Federation chose to partner with Bedrock

    "Bedrock Learning certainly has the power to turn students into linguists and open doors to their futures. Vocabulary is the absolute lever point to their future and therefore Bedrock Learning has the power to create their future."

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  4. Image for Doubling national literacy progress at St Mary’s CEVA Primary School

    Doubling national literacy progress at St Mary’s CEVA Primary School

    "I can’t think of a programme that can support children in their vocabulary building better than Bedrock."

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    Data & Reporting within Harris Federation academies

    "As a Literacy Lead overseeing 32 secondary schools, it's a massive challenge. Bedrock Learning certainly gives me the insights and the possibility of penetrating the literacy vision within each of those schools." - Charlotte Evans, Literacy Lead at Harris Federation

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  6. Image for Improving reading comprehension by 20% for KS3 learners at Taverham High School

    Improving reading comprehension by 20% for KS3 learners at Taverham High School

    "Overall, we are seeing that reading comprehension across our Key Stage 3 learners has improved by 20%.”

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  7. Image for Impacting outcomes for Pupil Premium, EAL and SEND learners at Harris Federation

    Impacting outcomes for Pupil Premium, EAL and SEND learners at Harris Federation

    "We have had remarkable success with some of our English as an Additional Language students, they have really shone with this and they love that empowerment of learning new words."

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  8. Image for Using Bedrock for the humanities at St. Anselm's

    Using Bedrock for the humanities at St. Anselm's

    "We had a member of senior leadership from another school come and visit, and they couldn't believe that our Year 8's knew [words] that they were struggling with with their GCSE [learners]. Our Year 8's have just flown with it."

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  9. Image for Partnering with Bedrock across the Harris Federation

    Partnering with Bedrock across the Harris Federation

    "All 32 of our schools are now fully-fledged, signed up members of the Bedrock crew... and this is because we have been able to show evidence of excellence."

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