Ben Davis, Head Teacher
Grove Primary, Wolverhampton
“Junior Jam deliver music, computing and Spanish - a SMART PPA Carousel. It runs 2 days a week at Grove and 3 days a week at the 2 other schools in our MAT, Field View and St Martin’s Primary. This has been running since September 2018.
We saw Junior Jam as a way to quickly inject some good quality provision for our children as well as provide PPA cover for teachers. The children have really enjoyed the delivery and sessions from specialist instructors who are enthusiastic and passionate about their subject. Having different role models and staff that are not teachers, enables a wide range of positive relationships to develop. Some children who previously were more hesitant to engage with their learning are now enthused to join in and are excited about the prospect of different lessons.
Junior Jam enables staff to plan together. Also, the staff now have less areas of the curriculum to plan for, so can focus their energies on planning less subjects more effectively. I would recommend Junior Jam because it quickly provides engaging lessons in school that the children enjoy. Junior Jam also enables teachers to plan together every week and are able to focus on planning fewer lessons in more detail.”