Departmental/subject action plan template

Use and adapt this template to set out your long-term and short-term priorities and any associated actions for your department/subject. The template can be used
by both primary and secondary phase middle and senior leaders.

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DEPARTMENTAL/SUBJECT ACTION PLAN

Subject: Subject lead: Year:

CONTEXT

INCLUDE:
A brief overview of the context of your department
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
What factors have impacted your department over the past year or two (e.g. new leadership or new initiatives)?

DEPARTMENT LONG-TERM PLAN (2-3 YEAR TIMESCALE):

INCLUDE:
3 or 4 long term goals

DEPARTMENT PRIORITIES (1 YEAR TIMESCALE):

INCLUDE
3 or 4 medium term goals based on your school self-evaluation

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DEPARTMENT/SUBJECT PRIORITY 1:

Member of staff with overall responsibility:

Targets Actions to be taken By whom By when Resources Success criteria Monitoring RAG
needed
Small, achievable steps

Break down the  Include the steps Who is By what Include the What does success look like? Assign a Colour
priority into you will take in responsible time will costs involved member of code this
What impact will this have on your
smaller targets order to achieve for each these in meeting this SLT to box.
school?
the target action? actions be target. monitor
Make these Red: task
completed? How will you measure this? this
SMART (specific, Consider the not
objective
measurable, time it will take; Consider: evidence, milestones, impact started
achievable, whether this on learners, outcomes What
Amber:
relevant, time- will be strategies
task
bound) allocated will they
started
release time for use to
but not
the staff monitor?
complete
member; if
supply cover is Green:
used, the cost task
of this. complete
d
Resources:
what
equipment do
you need to
buy, and how
much will it
cost?

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