Shooting Star
For children and young people in school settings or being supported through mentoring and out-of-school programmes
Who is the Shooting Star for?
The Shooting Star has been developed for children and young people in school settings or being supported through mentoring or out-of-school programmes. It aims to capture more holistic outcomes and give a greater emphasis to outcomes beyond academic achievement.
The Shooting Star helps children and young people and the people supporting them to identify progress towards key outcomes like aspiration, contribution and learning, and give clarity on where to focus next.
Using the Outcomes Star approach
The Shooting Star is designed to be used as part of the Outcomes Star approach. That’s why we provide essential training and ongoing support to all licenced practitioners, so you can embed the Outcomes Star approach in your practice.
How does the Shooting Star work?
The Shooting Star covers six key outcome areas that help children and young people in a way that intends to complement a sometimes narrow focus on exam results. It assesses their progress towards each outcome following a five-stage Journey of Change.
You and the people you support will fill out the Star together, and use it to better identify where their strengths lie and where they might need more help, and to make plans for moving forward along the journey.
Outcome areas
Aspiration
Contribution
Confidence
Learning
People and support
Communicating
The Journey of Change
01
Not interested
02
Considering it
03
Having a go
04
Working on it
05
Actively enjoying it
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Always rooted in expertise and experience
The Shooting Star was developed in collaboration with Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) and with funding from Nesta and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
