School Improvement Plan Being the best we can be
Action Plan Overview
1. Raising
Attainment Reading
2. Cognitive
Challenge (making
ALL children think)
3. Assessment
informing progress
4. Pupils Personal
Development
5. Building
capacity
What needs to get better?
What needs to get better?
What needs to get better?
What needs to get better?
What needs to get better?
Ensure that more children
achieve the higher demands of
age related expectations in
reading.
Ensure teachers plan for
sequences of learning that
promote advancing and deep
learning.
Ensure that teachers use Depth
of Learning to inform planning so
that every pupil knows how to
make good progress.
Ensure that children are well
prepared for the next stage of
their education and life as adults
in modern Britain.
Objective 1
Objective 1
Objective 1
Objective 1
Ensure that we maximise our
autonomy, professional culture,
and successful partnership work
as we join the Birth to 19 Multi
Academy Trust.
To develop a framework to
improve higher level reading
comprehension for all pupils.
To develop the pedagogy behind
medium term planning to
increase opportunities for
advancing and deep learning.
To ensure teachers use Depth of
Learning with increasing
expertise to identify and address
gaps in learning, so that children
can achieve ARE or higher.
To ensure that children are
taking on responsibility, showing
initiative, working in teams and
learning how to be leaders,
during break and lunch times.
To ensure that the Governors
decision to join Birth to 19 Multi
Academy Trust is implemented
successfully.
Objective 2
Objective 2
Objective 2
To ensure all children know what
they have to do to achieve ARE in
reading, writing and maths.
To reduce the percentage of PAs,
particularly in Early Years and
KS1, and particularly with Roma
and Eastern European families.
To maintain or improve quality
and standards across the school
during this period of transition,
with a particular focus on 5 NQTs
and a newly established
Foundation Stage team.
Objective 2
To ensure all children are
enthusiastic readers with a
growing vocabulary.
Objective 2
To ensure all higher attaining
children in maths develop the
mathematical reasoning skills
and confidence to solve complex
multi-step problems.
Objective 1
Milestones what need to be achieved by July 2017
1. Raising
Attainment Reading
2. Cognitive
Challenge (making
ALL children think)
3. Assessment
informing progress
4. Pupils Personal
Development
5. Building
capacity
July 2017 Milestone
July 2017 Milestone
July 2017 Milestone
July 2017 Milestone
July 2017 Milestone
55-60% Reading expected at
KS2
10% Reading high KS2
Reading progress measure
KS2 to be at least 1.5 in
order to place the school in
at least the top 40% of
schools, and the Pupil
Premium gap to be reduced.
65% Reading expected at
KS1
80% Phonics year 1
60% of children achieved
ELG or above in Reading
(51% 2016)
Whole school pupil reading
survey indicates very high
levels of engagement with
reading both in and out of
school
Fully functioning school
libraries across both sites
Reading leaders working
effectively across the school
10% of children in Yr6 in
writing reaching greater
depth.
13% of children in Yr6 in
maths reaching a high
standard.
10% of children in Yr6 in
reading reaching a high
standard.
5% of children in Yr6
reaching a high standard in
RWM combined.
Effective use of DOL leads to
an increase in children
achieving ARE, in Year 2, 4
and 6.
o Year 2 RWM 55% 65%
o Year 4 RWM 53% 60%
o Year 6 RWM
Expected - 45% 53%
Book scrutinies and pupil
interviews show that
children know what they
have to do to achieve ARE in
RWM.
Children get along in the
playground and behave
well: Positive response
increases from 65% (2016)
to 80% in 2017
Reduce the number of PAs
throughout school to less
than 50 pupils.
Ensure that only 1/3 of the
PAs are in EYFS/Year 1.
Less than 40% of PAs are
Roma or Eastern European.
Clear direction from the MAT
on school improvement
including priorities, selfevaluation and partnership
work for 2017-18
GLD 62% for ch on roll from
09/16 07/17
Phonics 80%
Year 6 RWM High 5%
Reading progress 1.5
Writing progress 1.5 (above
0)
Mathematics progress 2.5
Reading SC achieved (see
priority 1)
All NQTs are assessed as
meeting the Teaching
Standard at the end of their
NQT year
All teaching (excl. NQTs) to be
at least good and moving to
outstanding
41% of teaching over time to
be outstanding
