School Development Plan
This is a summary of our School Development Plan. In order to write this document, we seek feedback from pupils, parents and staff. It focuses on key areas of improvement.
Quality of Education
• To ensure a fit for purpose curriculum is in place for all learners
• To develop and embed a total communication, vocabulary and language development approach across school
• To ensure outstanding teaching and learning throughout school • To accelerate progress for disadvantaged pupils
• Improve the attainment and progress measures in Maths across the school due to the impact of Covid
• Continue to improve reading provision, engagement and outcomes throughout the school
• Ensure consistent quality first teaching and high expectations of the Write Stuff approach, leading to improved outcomes in writing
• Improve spelling proficiency throughout school, raising profile and improving outcomes
• Pupils outcomes are at least in line with national average
Personal Development
• To support the physical and mental health and resilience of pupils as they continue to move on from the pandemic
• The curriculum provides opportunities to develop children’s confidence, resilience, values and character
• To ensure all our pupils are aware of how to keep physically healthy
• To develop the effectiveness of the student voice
• To develop links between the school and the local community
• Staff and children to understand racial equality. To ensure all school practices promote equality through curriculum opportunities
Behaviour and Attitudes
• To improve the standard of presentation of work
• Ensure all our pupils are staying safe online both at home and school
• Continue to improve overall rates of attendance for all groups of pupils
• Educate, encourage and support pupils with safety in our community
• To support parental involvement with their child’s learning
• Behaviour remains good at Fir Tree
Leadership and Management
• Distributed Leadership empowering leaders to be more effective developing the quality of education
• Ensure teacher’s workload is manageable and appropriate and reduce wherever possible
• Develop school to school support offer to further develop staff’s knowledge of Leadership and Management
• To embed a new Assessment System that enables teachers to track progress
• Ensure parents are active partners in their child’s learning and education