Vacations: St. John Bosco Arts College

First School Visit
April 23, 2014

We started with St. John Bosco Arts College, and all girls school in Liverpool, England, UK. St. John Bosco is part of the ALT Valley Croxteth School District. The biggest challenges for the community are gangs, violence, and the large percentage of generational poverty. For the majority of their students, no one in their house hold has ever worked and for many, no one in two or three generations have ever held a job. The schools goal is to change life's chances & give choices.

St. John Bosco's Ofsted Grades-
2003: Satisfactory
2007: Good
2010: Outstanding
2013: Outstanding
In 2013, St. John Bosco became a teaching school. They work with other schools in the area to increase the achievement of all students.

Themes from St. John Bosco:
-Student goals on cover of all notebooks and inside each student agenda. Goals are continually set and re-set to celebrate growth and push learning.
-Students only are seen by counselor through advice of the Head or Deputy Teacher. Students are never taken out of class to deal with social/emotional issues.
-Levels/Goals of learning are posted for every class and students are aware of where they are at all points.