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G School Improvement Plan 2019 2020
G School Improvement Plan 2019 2020
CONTEXT
staff, parents and children have been involved in the process of evaluating the school’s performance in order to identify the priorities for the coming years.
The school’s vision statement lies at the heart of this development plan.
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AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT
The areas for improvement identified are:
Key Issue 3: To improve the personal development, behavior and welfare of pupils
1. To promote self-responsibility, respect and tolerance for others as part of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
2. To improve whole school attendance
3. To develop pupils’ attitudes and resilience to learning
4. To offer a broad and balanced curriculum which promotes the personal development of pupils, developing creativity and a healthy lifestyle
5. To promote the personal development and well-being of pupils through work in school with individuals, families and outside agencies
Key issue 4: To improve pupil outcomes by raising standards and improving progress
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1. To improve pupils speaking and listening skills
2. To improve the teaching of phonics
3. To improve levels of attainment and progress in reading
4. To improve levels of attainment and progress in writing
5. To improve levels of attainment and progress in maths
Key issue 5: To improve and develop the early years foundation stage provision
1. To engage parents and guardians in their children’s learning in school and at home
2. To provide a highly stimulating environment with an organization of the curriculum that provides rich, varied and imaginative experiences
3. To ensure that children are highly motivated and eager to join in, demonstrating curiosity, imagination and concentration
4. To ensure assessment is accurate and that provision across all areas of learning is planned meticulously so that every child undertakes highly
challenging activities.
5. To improve outcomes so that pupils are well placed to achieve well
CONTENTS
KEY ISSUE 3: TO IMPROVE THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, BEHAVIOUR AND WELFARE OF PUPILS 12
KEY ISSUE 4: TO IMPROVE PUPIL OUTCOMES BY RAISING STANDARDS AND IMPROVING PROGRESS 17
KEY ISSUE 5: TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP THE EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE PROVISION 20
Target Detail
Lead Start/Rev Resource
Ref. Target(s) Action Person ./End s/Costs Success Criteria Monitoring Evaluation (Impact)
1.1 To develop Use pupil, parent SC Ongoing Time to Leaders will understand Summaries of pupil,
the quality of and staff analyze the school’s parent and staff
leadership and questionnaires to responses effectiveness and questionnaires
management understand the recognize areas for
across the effectiveness of the
development.
school school
Use performance LT Annual None Teachers feel supported • Lesson observations
management to lead cycle of in developing their • Learning walks
to professional PM professional skills. • Staff questionnaires
development that • Performance
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encourages, management records
challenges and
supports teachers’
improvement.
Create a climate in LT Ongoing None • Teaching will be more • Lesson observations
which teachers are innovative. • Learning walks
motivated to take • Teachers will feel able to • Staff questionnaires
risks and innovate to try out new ideas with
improve learning for pupils
their pupils. • Pupils’ learning will
improve
Safeguarding is LT Ongoing Disaster • Pupils will be safe • Annual safeguarding
effective. Annual Awareness • Staff will understand • Termly safeguarding
report Seminars how to keep pupils safe audits
and how to recognize • Training records
pupils who are at risk
1.1 To develop Pupils are protected LT June 2019 None • Staff will understand • Behavior records
Cont the quality of from radicalization - Ongoing how to recognize pupils • Training records
. leadership and and extremism who are at risk and how
management to help them
Diversity is
across the • All pupils will feel part of
welcomed and a diverse and inclusive
school Cont./- equality ensured community
PSHE, whole school
assemblies and
promote cohesive
community
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1.2 To embed Rigorous monitoring SC and Weekly None School’s self-evaluation • Monitoring records
rigorous of plans, teaching, Subject and future development • Performance data
systems that and data leaders plan will be based on
are used to sound observations and
inform the Rigorous monitoring SC Termly None data
school’s self- of provision through
evaluation and
observation of
identification of
interventions and
future areas of
data analysis
development
Analysis of pupil SC/LT Termly None
progress data
By July 2020 the progress of vulnerable groups will be at least good or better.
By July 2021 all teaching will be at least good and at least 20% will be outstanding
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Target Detail
Lead Start/ Resource
Ref. Target(s) Action Person Rev ./End s/Costs Success Criteria Monitoring Evaluation (Impact)
2.1 To ensure all Monitoring of SC/LT Weekly DH release All teaching will be at monitoring reports
teaching is at planning, teaching cover least good.
least good and marking.
and a Provide training for SC Ongoing Training All teaching will be at monitoring reports
significant
staff development and supply least good
proportion is
costs
outstanding
Provide SC/SAC Ongoing Cover costs • There will be a school • monitoring reports
opportunities for ethos of collaboration • Staff survey
peer observation and support
and lesson studies • All teaching will be at
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least good
Use ICT to enhance SL Ongoing SL cover • The use of ICT will • Lesson observations
teaching and to costs improve the quality of • Learning walks
motivate and teaching • Planning scrutiny
challenge pupils • Pupils will be more • Pupil voice interviews
further engaged in their learning
2.2 To improve Provide SC/SAC Ongoing Supply Teaching will be at least • Lesson observations
the quality and opportunities for cover good • Learning walks
effectiveness peer observation • Monitoring reports
of questioning, and lesson studies • Termly data tracking
marking and Moderation of work SLT Termly Moderation Feedback is effective in • Monitoring reports
feedback to
at inset/staff clusters - improving pupils’ • Termly data tracking
ensure that it
meeting Consortium cover outcomes
has a direct
impact upon moderation
outcomes for meetings
children Feedback from SC Half-termly None Teachers will • Monitoring reports
monitoring cycle understand how to • Termly data tracking
improve pupils
attainment
Target setting SC Termly PPM Teachers will be more Termly data tracking
process and pupil supply confident in setting and
progress meetings cover meeting challenging
with SC targets for their pupils
2.3 To improve Identify barriers to SC/SAC Ongoing Curriculum • Pupils in vulnerable • Data analysis
the teaching learning for resources groups will make
of and vulnerable pupils TA support increased progress,
provision for and implement narrowing the gap in
Additional
vulnerable provisions to their attainment
groups, teacher • More able pupils in
overcome them
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particularly Provide additional support vulnerable groups will
pupils. support for more Homework achieve the expected
able vulnerable Club SAC standard at greater
pupils e.g. booster release depth
groups. time
2.4 To improve To ensure that SL Ongoing None More able pupils will • Data analysis
the teaching differentiation achieve beyond • Lesson observations
of and (including expected • Planning scrutiny
provision for questioning) • Work scrutiny
the more able provides challenge
children for more able pupils
across the
school
To run booster SAC/SLT Sept 2019 SAC More able
groups for the more Review release time disadvantaged pupils
able pupils July 2021 will achieve beyond
especially more able expected
disadvantaged
pupils
KEY ISSUE 3: TO IMPROVE THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, BEHAVIOUR AND WELFARE OF PUPILS
Outcome Targets
By July 2020 the school will continue to demonstrate the school’s achievements in pupils’ personal development
Target Detail
Lead Start/Rev Resource
Ref. Target(s) Action Person ./End s/Costs Success Criteria Monitoring Evaluation (Impact)
3.1 To promote GMRC lessons will SC/SAC Ongoing - None Pupils will demonstrate • Pupil questionnaires
Self ensure pupils weekly self-responsibility and • Pupil voice interviews
responsibility, understand the respect for others • Lesson plans
respect and social and • Lesson observations
tolerance for emotional aspects
others as part of of learning
pupils’ spiritual,
moral, social and
School assemblies SC Ongoing – None Pupils will recognize • Pupil questionnaires
will promote a sense daily their role as part of the • Pupil voice interviews
cultural
development of community and school and wider • Assembly
recognition community
Pupils will be SC Ongoing rewards – Pupils will be active in • Pupil voice interviews
encouraged to Points, taking responsibility for • Pupil questionnaires
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undertake badges etc. the organization of the
responsibilities e.g. school and their
break time buddies, classroom
admin assistant,
classroom monitor
roles
3.2 To improve Attendance will be Office Ongoing None • Attendance will be • Attendance data
whole school followed up from the greater than 96% • Record of letters sent
attendance first day of absence • No pupils will be regarding attendance
Rigorous monitoring SC/DO Ongoing - None persistent absentees
and follow up of termly
attendance data
A policy of no term SC/DO Ongoing None
time absences will
be made explicit
with regular
newsletter
reminders
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3.3 To develop Create a climate All Ongoing None • Pupils will ‘have a go’ at • Lesson observations
pupils’ where risk-taking in answering questions • Learning walks
attitudes and learning is promoted etc. • Pupil voice interviews
resilience to • Pupils undertake tasks • Pupil questionnaires
learning with greater challenge
• Problem solving skills
will be improved
Feedback to pupils All Ongoing None • Pupils will feel positive • Work scrutiny
will recognize the about their • Pupil voice interview
positives and give achievements • Pupil questionnaire
clear guidance on • Pupils will understand
improvement how to improve their
work in order to achieve
the required standard
3.4 To offer a rich, Maintain the AB Start:July Sports • Healthy Schools Status • Healthy Schools’
broad and school’s status to 2019 premium • Pupils will understand accreditation
balanced ensure the pupils’ ongoing funding what constitutes a • Pupil voice interviews
curriculum physical health and healthy lifestyle • Pupil questionnaires
which mental well-being • Pupils will develop
promotes the some simple
personal Mindfulness mindfulness techniques
Develop SC/AB Start:July
development training to help their mental well-
of pupils, mindfulness practice 2019
being
developing throughout the ongoing
creativity school to support
and a pupils’ mental
wellbeing
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healthy Through a range of SC Ongoing Sports • Pupils will participate in • Pupil voice interviews
lifestyle PE activities e.g. premium more sport • PE monitoring
Varsities, inspire funding • Pupils will feel positive • PE event/match reports
pupils to adopt a about participating in • Records of participants
more physically sport
active lifestyle
Offer extended SC/ Ongoing Sports A greater number of • Records of participants
school opportunities Game premium pupils will participate in • Pupil voice interviews
that include sports On extra curricular sports
clubs
Participate in the SC/BG August Curriculum Pupils will have a better • Pupil voice interviews
Nutrition Week resources understanding of • Participation in the
initiative which healthy eating and how Entrepreneurship food
promotes healthy to prepare healthy food bazaar
lifestyles by
encouraging pupils
to grow food, cook
and exercise
Use ICT to Comp Ongoing computers, • Pupils will be able to • Pupil voice interviews
enhance the Tr. etc use ICT to support their • Planning scrutiny
curriculum and /SAC own learning • IT assessments
prepare pupils for • They will have at least • Lesson observations
life in the 21st age appropriate IT skills
Century
3.5 To promote Work with SC/ Ongoing None Pupils will • Pupils and parent
the personal professional GS demonstrate good questionnaires
development colleagues to self-esteem and
and well-being identify pupils and mental well-being
of pupils families at risk
through work
in school with Support individuals SC/ Ongoing Mentoring Pupils will • Pupil and parent
individuals, and families GS Counselling questionnaires
demonstrate good
families and through mentoring, self-esteem and
outside counselling and
agencies mental well-being
Family Support
Worker services
KEY ISSUE 4: TO IMPROVE PUPIL OUTCOMES BY RAISING STANDARDS AND IMPROVING PROGRESS
Outcome Targets:
KEY ISSUE 5: TO IMPROVE AND DEVELOP THE EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION STAGE PROVISION
Outcome Targets
By July 2019 at least 70% of pupils will achieve a Good Level of Development by the end of Reception
By July 2020 the progress made by pupils in Reception will be outstanding
By July 2021 at least 80% of pupils will achieve a Good Level of Development by the end of Reception
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Target Detail
Lead Start/Rev Resource
Ref. Target(s) Action Person ./End s/Costs Success Criteria Monitoring Evaluation (Impact)
5.1 To engage Invite parents to SA/SC/LM Ongoing Event cost • Parents will feel able to • Parent questionnaire
parents and School Events Php 500,000 support their child’s • Governor visits
carers in their learning • Learning walks
children’s • Parents will feel part of
learning in the school partnership
school and at
home
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5.2 To provide a Provide additional SA/SC/LM Ongoing Training • Pupils will make at least • Planning scrutiny
highly training for staff costs good progress in • End of Year
stimulating (teacher and support Php100,00 Reception assessments
environment staff) on creating a 0 • The Reception • Learning walk
with an stimulating environment will be • Lesson observations
organisation environment stimulating and varied • Pupil voice interviews
of the • Pupils will demonstrate
curriculum Provide new and All Ongoing Additional very positive attitudes
that provides stimulating resources to learning
rich, varied resources and Php50,000 • The curriculum will be
and environments for well organised and
imaginative pupils’ learning motivating
experiences
Support pupils to All Ongoing None
take risks and
explore
5.3 To ensure that Support children to All Ongoing Training • Pupils will be keen to • End of year
children are choose challenging costs learn assessments
highly and stimulating Php20,000 • Pupils will be active • Learning journals
motivated and activities participants in their own • Lesson observations
eager to join Encourage excellent learning • Pupil voice interviews
in, • Pupils will work • Classroom environment
attitudes to learning
demonstrating cooperatively
through role
curiosity, • Staff will help pupils to
modelling
imagination make rapid progress in
Encourage children Reception
and
to learn together
concentration
and from each other
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Use skilful
questioning to
extend speaking and
thinking skills
5.4 To ensure Staff get to know All Ongoing Training • Pupils will make rapid • End of year
assessment is children well and costs progress in Reception assessments
accurate and respond to their Php20,000 • Individual pupils with • Learning journals
that provision needs and interests additional learning • Lesson observations
across all Accurate needs (including • Pupil voice interviews
areas of disadvantaged pupils) • Parent/carer
assessments are
learning is will make at least good questionnaires
made for each pupil
planned progress • Classroom environment
meticulously Individual targets • Accurate assessments
so that every are identified and will ensure the
child shared with pupils curriculum meets the
undertakes and their individual needs of
highly carers/parents pupils
challenging Skilful questioning • Parents and pupils will
activities. deepens thinking know their targets and
skills and supports work in partnership to
understanding achieve them