School Development Plan
PRIORITIES: Improve the quality of teaching and outcomes for pupils by:-
- Developing the roles of leaders so that they are regularly checking the quality of teaching, providing appropriate support and leading improvements (both whole school and targeted teachers – particularly those new to school)
- Reading – develop the teaching of comprehension
- Writing – embed the writing strategy and ensure that audience and purpose is clear and that pupils develop independent writing skills
- Maths – provide further support and guidance for teachers so that they can plan for progression, deepen pupils’ conceptual understanding of maths and challenge more able pupils.
Priority 1 – Leadership
- Further improve the rigour and effectiveness of Monitoring and Evaluation
- Develop the role of the new SEN leader to ensure that provision and outcomes are improved for these pupils
- Use assessment information more effectively to plan improvements and target support appropriately for pupil groups
- Develop the skills of governors so that they can hold leaders to account more effectively
Priority 2 – Reading
- Improve pupils’ independence in Writing by embedding the school writing strategy
- Develop strategies and initiatives to promote reading for enjoyment
- Improve provision in UKS2 to ensure that more able pupils are suitably challenged in reading
Priority 3 – Writing
- Improve pupils’ independence in Writing by embedding the school writing strategy
- Deepen teachers’ subject knowledge in GPS/Writing so that feedback to pupils is more precise and effective
- Provide targeted support for teachers to improve the quality of teaching of writing
Priority 4 – Maths
- Improve the support for teachers to enable them to plan for progression in maths and ensure that more able pupils are suitably challenged
- Improve the support for teachers to enable them to teach deeper conceptual understanding so that pupils can solve problems and reason in maths
- Provide targeted support for teachers to improve the quality of teaching of maths