Moat Farm Junior School, Sandwell

The school targeted children on the S.E.N. register (Stage 2-5) and allocated four x 25min sessions per child each week O.I.L.S.

For the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of the new Integrated Learning System we have compared the progress made before and after its introduction.

The data has been broken down into Year Groups and classes but the names of the children and staff have been removed for reasons of confidentiality. The Salford Reading Tests were administered by class teachers as part of the normal testing lay down by the school's Assessment Policy.

The Year 3 figures have not been included in the overall analysis. The reason for this is that these children were not on role for the whole of the evaluation period.

However, the Year 3 figures are shown separately. These indicate the amount of progress made in the 5-month period of access. (A year 4 class with only two S.E.N. pupils has also been omitted for the same reason).

• A total of 45 children on S.E.N. register (Stage 2-5) were involved in the pre and post OILS evaluation.
• A further 14 year 3 children on S.E.N. register (Stage 2-5) were involved in post OILS testing only.

"The recently introduced Open Integrated Learning System facilities are greatly enhancing special needs provision and leading to even greater rates of progress in literacy".

"There is excellent information technology support provided through the Open Integrated Learning System which facilitates individual learning programmes for pupils, thus enabling them to make good progress within the curriculum."

"In a very recent initiative through newly installed computers and programmes, pupils are making better progress than could be expected."

"The recently introduced Open Integrated Learning System which allows identified pupils access to individual learning programmes is proving very successful in motivating them to improve their literacy, and make progress through their individualised programme."

"The reading progress of pupils with special educational needs is enhanced by the use of Information Technology, through the use of the recently adopted Open Integrated Learning System".

" The Global Literacy Resources have added an ICT dimension to the Literacy Hour and produced clear evidence of learning gains."

"...for 90% of the targeted SEN group (45 children) the average gain after 7 months of using Global English was 9.5 months"

Contact: Ms Dianna Sperry
Winner of the 1999 'Best use of ICT for a Primary School', National Lloyds/TSB Teacher Awards.
Telephone: 0121 552 1215

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