Older students can be excellent role models for younger students and often the learning they have gained can help to shape the progress and achievement of their younger peers in an even more powerful way than through the input of teachers. On Friday in our ‘Friday Faculty Focus’ Head of Faculty for Performing and Visual Arts, Mr Knowles shared with all staff how he is using pupil power to enhance the learning experience for younger students across the faculty.

Through the use of shared google documents drama students from both Key Stage 4 and 5 contribute to a shared learning experience and peer assess and develop their understanding.