ABSTRACT
A similar school to Bawtry Mayflower lies just across the county border in the Nottinghamshire village of Carlton-in-Lindrick. Despite its outward prettiness, the housing scheme from which the majority of the Ramsden primary pupils are drawn is in the top 10% of England’s most deprived areas. The head teacher, Chris Wilson, talks freely about the inspiration of the Ad Astra partnership and its continuing impact within his school regarding the five Perspectives of Poverty. He talks openly about promoting ambition within both pupils and parents such that they have a road map for their future lives. Chris is candid about bringing in outside expertise from the health service and he is proud of his staff and their generation of award-winning ideas. The Ramsden staff promote a broad-based, experiential approach to homework and make innovative use of their subject knowledge specialisms. With his staff, Chris inculcates a long-term understanding of evidence-based practices and, with a fortunate stroke of serendipity, he encourages a Dutch, Leerkracht approach to curriculum development.
