North Baddesley Infant School - School Improvement Plan

School Improvement Plan - How Are We Improving?

The School Improvement Plan enables the school’s vision to be shared and understood by the whole school community. Our aim is to work and learn together as a community in order to improve and be the best that we can be. The School Improvement Plan should give everyone an understanding of where the school is going and what actions will be taken to ensure we get there. We set clear timescales for implementation and determine how to effectively use both human and material resources to support specific goals. It also helps us plan and prioritise our budget and guides how we plan and organise staff training. The School Improvement Plan is designed to give a sharp, clear focus to those aspects of our work which we believe are most in need of improvement.

Everyone has the chance to contribute ideas as to how the school can improve. Staff and Governors meet annually to review how successful our improvements have been and agree priorities for the coming year. We ask parents and children to share their ideas through questionnaires and the school and parent councils. We want everyone to support us and help us improve and this can only happen if we are all involved.

Once we have agreed the priorities, the senior leadership team sets targets for improvement by writing the school improvement plan. This is then shared with everyone.

There are three core targets for the plan and each one relates to one of our eight school aims. We wish to achieve each target as fully as possible; therefore they will drive our training, resources, teaching and learning, monitoring, evaluation and review over the next year.

Professional development INSET days are an important part of this process. In addition to this, all staff are keen to keep up to date with new initiatives. Therefore, individual teachers and support staff have undertaken training throughout the year in order to further their own professional development and to strengthen the subject expertise on the staff.

This is the summary of the school improvement plan for 2012/2013. Please click the tabs below to view our Aims:

Aim 1
Aim 2
Aim 3

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AIM 1, 2012-2013 - TO DEVELOP REFLECTIVE LEARNERS

The Staff and Governors will:

Develop children’s ability to reflect on their learning by::
•	Train all staff in P4C (Level 1 SAPERE) so that P4C can be delivered effectively throughout the school.
•	Deliver weekly P4C sessions as part of the weekly timetable.
•	Use INSET (Friday 26th October and Thursday 28th March) to support the training of staff.

We will know we have succeeded when::

•	Philosophy for Children will be used in all classes.
•	Staff will be confident and effective in the delivery of P4C.
•	"In house" staff will be able to train new members of staff in future years.
•	Children will be able to listen to feedback from others and deal positively with praise, setbacks and criticism.
•	Children will be able to consider different viewpoints and then comment on what they agree or disagree with in a calm and mature manner.
•	Communication skills will be improved.
•	Ensure that P4C is being taught weekly in all classes.

Why do we want to do this?

To develop children's ability to reflect on their learning and communicate effectively when emotions are high. Philosophy for children will allow children to reflect on their own thinking, as well as the thinking of others in their community.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AIM 2, 2012-2013 - TO USE DATA ANALYSIS AND EFFECTIVE MARKING TO SUPPORT ACHIEVEMENT

The Staff and Governors will:

Develop children’s ability to reflect on their learning by::
•	Class teachers analyse own data for progress meetings by scrutinising the progress and attainment of all pupils.
•	Ensure marking identifies WALT and WILF and regularly provides clear prompts for improvements (scaffolded, example and reminder) which children are given time to respond to.

We will know we have succeeded when::

•	Needs are identified effectively by class teachers in class chats.
•	Groupings are flexible and meet the needs of all pupils.
•	All pupils make at least two sublevels of progress in each core subject a year.
•	Pupils at risk of underachieving are accurately identified and appropriate support is put in place.
•	The appropriate WALT and WILF is identified on all work.
•	The WILF is set using the target books for Lit and Num and is the appropriate next step for the child.
•	Regular prompts for improvement support children’s learning and help them make good progress in writing.

Why do we want to do this?

To develop reflective learners and ensure pupils know what they need to do to succeed. Teachers will apply flexible groupings and lessons provide for the needs of all pupils. All pupils make at least two sublevels of progress a year in reading, writing and maths and 30% of pupils achieve L3 or equivalent in reading and maths and 25% in writing.

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AIM 3, 2012-2013 - TO DEVELOP THE CURRICULUM

The Staff and Governors will:

Develop reflective learners through an engaging curriculum by::
•	Identifying engaging half termly topics for all year groups that provide good coverage of foundation subjects over the year.
•	Review and improve enrichment activities and identify more opportunities for child led learning.

We will know we have succeeded when::

•	Clearly identified topics in place with a timescale that allows learning to be maximised.
•	Good coverage of all foundation subjects. Each topic will have 3 taught subjects and English will always lead as the first subject to ensure consistency, even coverage and development of core literacy skills. Continuity between planning for each topic and year group.
•	Topics engage children in learning
•	New trips that engage pupils and support their learning more effectively.
•	Children will have more ownership of the topics and what they learn by naming topics, mind showers of what pupils know already and want to find out, wonder walls to identify questions and learning journeys.

Why do we want to do this?

To develop reflective learners through an engaging curriculum that is fit for purpose. To ensure there is a full range and even spread of foundation subjects and that the topics support the effective development of skills.