Student F arrived as a refugee at the start of Year 9. She spoke little English. Although she seemed able in school, she had gaps in the National Curriculum requirements for her age for maths. Student F remained in Year 9 secondary lessons within school, but these maths lessons were supplemented twice a week with the tutorials from the SCP programme to boost language and learning, working through her individual Roadmap of gaps in her understanding and skills.
She has proved a fast learner and very determined. Within two terms, she has mastered speaking English and has closed many of her maths gaps, especially in number, and is moving at pace through the rest of her targets on her Roadmap. She has a great attitude to learning. She works hard in lessons and takes home the work to practise, in order to speed up her own learning and progress.
Although she finds some areas of maths, which rely on language, difficult, (e.g. shape, movement), she is becoming more secure as her English improves and has worked hard to overcome these difficulties.
It is expected that by the first term into Year 10, she will have completed the programme, have a solid foundation from which to advance to GCSE exams.
