School Development
Plan 2014 to 2017
Executive Summary
Our Next School Development Plan
2014 and Beyond
Introduction
The School Development Plan is the document that drives the strategic work to
develop and improve the school. The plan gives everyone in the school community
a clear vision and sense of purpose for improving the school.
This paper presents the five key, “headline” targets agreed by governors, along with
proposed success criteria and key actions for each target. The key targets have
been reached by gathering information from a variety of sources. These include
external evaluations of our work by OFSTED and the Local Authority, alongside our
own extensive and detailed self-evaluation processes – our data analysis, staff
appraisal processes, lesson observations, pupil progress meetings, surveys of
children, parents and staff. The targets draw on discussions governors have had in
our various Full Governing Body and Committee meetings. The targets also reflect
the national agenda of education reform.
Beneath this executive summary lie action plans for specific target areas, curriculum
areas and other areas of the work of the school. These contain the detail of how we
will work to achieve our key targets. There will be development plans for other
areas of the school’s work with actions that do not feature in our “headline” targets
presented here. This is so that all of our leaders can plan their workload to fit into
the school development cycle.
The targets and action plans give governors the opportunity to monitor and evaluate
the work of the school to develop, improve and raise standards. We build into the
action plans monitoring and evaluation activities – these activities will include the
work of Governors through committees and link governor visits.
The five head line targets are listed below:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Raising the proportion of our teaching that is “outstanding”
Developing our ICT curiculum
Introducing the new National Curriculum from 2014
Developing Leadership and Management Structures for our growing
school
5. Premises Development
On the following pages there are success criteria and key actions for each target.
Key Actions and Success Criteria for our Targets
1. Raising the proportion of our teaching that is “outstanding”
Success Criteria:
• Outstanding levels of attainment and progress are maintained.
• Progress of lower attaining children and those with SEN and other vulnerable groups is
above national averages (allowing for fluctuations specific to particular cohorts and
groups)
• Lesson observations show that a majority of our teaching can be judged to be
outstanding
Key Actions:
• Develop systems for peer coaching, teacher visits to other classes
• Clear focus for lesson observation feedback on elements of OFSTED criteria for
“outstanding”
• Tracking, evaluating and reviewing the impact of different “Early Intervention”
programmes to ensure they are being used systematically and effectively across the
school
• Implement new Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice 2014
2. Developing our ICT
Success Criteria:
• Teacher confidence in these areas is raised
• Curriculum plans in these areas are enhanced as a result of new resourcing, training
and planning
• Outcomes for children are improved as evidenced by observations, monitoring of work
and planning and teacher assessment
Key Actions:
• Review of current programmes of study for each of these areas
• Link to sharing of best practice within school and between schools as in (1) above
• Where relevant, buy in consultants to support improvement of planning and delivery in
these areas
• Develop resourcing plans to ensure appropriate resources are in place for any
curriculum modifications
3. Introducing the new National Curriculum from 2014
Success Criteria:
• The statutory requirements of the new national Curriculum are being met by the school
• The school continues to offer a curriculum that is “inspiring, challenging and fun”.
Key Actions:
a. Attending relevant training
b. Planning the updating of current curriculum plans
c. Updating assessment procedures
d. Monitoring impact through lesson observations, work scrutinies, teacher and pupil
feedback
e. Continue implementation of various interventions across the school
4. Developing Leadership and Management Structures for our growing
school
Success Criteria:
• The leadership and management structures enable the efficient running of the school on
a day to day basis and support good communication in the school and between the
school and parents;
• Structures enable teaching staff, including the Senior Leadership Team, to be properly
focused on teaching and learning and raising standards
• Leadership and management roles are clearly defined and there is a clear “career
progression” in school
Key Actions:
a. Finalising the Leadership Team Structure for our school (in terms of teaching and
learning and beyond) for Sept 2015
b. Costing and planning recruitment to this structure
c. Provide opportunities for relevant leadership and management training for staff
5. Premises Development
Success Criteria:
• New facilities support the work of the school and this development plan to improve
standards of teaching and learning and develop the links of the school with partners
Key Actions:
• Reviewing library areas and book corners and re-stocking as appropriate
• Plan and deliver design for the new playground, working with children and staff
• Resource our new classrooms
• Furnish old classrooms