This programme looks at Kippax Greenfield Primary School on the outskirts of Leeds where staff have transferred the responsibility for learning from teacher to pupil. Headteacher Val Sian confesses that a stale national curriculum bored her - and her pupils. In response she decided to pursue a policy of independent learning to such an extent that three-part lessons and conventional lesson planning have become a thing of the past. But she admits that giving pupils such power at has not been an easy journey. Although now successful - the school has progressed from an Ofsted satisfactory to outstanding in five years - the change has been implemented alongside a rigorous behaviour policy and a big change of culture for teachers. This programme will be of great interest to those interested in developing independent learning.

Video Series: Professional Skills
Release Date 2006