Learn how core values unify and connect a school community.

Love. Respect. Peace. Wisdom. Responsibility. Honesty. Forgiveness. Resilience. Perseverance.

Priority Area

Rationale

Implementation (Action)

Impact (Result)

Area 1

• Effective Leadership 
• Effective Governance
• C of E School: SIAMS 1

• To continually improve our school.
• To promote our Church of England status and embed our character.

• Coaching and CPD for SLT.
• Re-structure leadership team.
• Re-structure phase team.
• Implementation of SLMT.
• Streamline finance department.
• Streamline Office department.

• Strengthen SLT leadership skills.
• Strong and unified leadership.
• St Mary’s continues moving forward and living the vision.
• Increased income streams. Christian values embedded in school culture and ethos.

Area 2

• Safeguarding
• Behaviour
• Attendance
• C of E School: SIAMS 1

• To protect and support children at risk.
• To improve home and school relationships.
• To promote our Church of England status and embed our character.

• Implementation of Safeguarding Task Force.
• Unify key policies, with strong consideration given to induction of new staff.
• SLT: safer recruitment training.
• Strengthen EYFS practice.
• Implementation of Internal SEBDOS.
• Embed core values and give me 5: behaviour management practice.

• Achieve the IQM award.
• Strong home-school partnership: achieve Leading Parent Partnership Award.
• Distributed and cohesive leadership of safeguarding.
• Strong work force: consistent practice.
• Christian values embedded in the school culture and ethos.

Area 3

• Developing Teaching
• Curriculum
• Inclusion
• C of E School: SIAMS 2 & 6

• To invest in staff to have the tools, knowledge, skills, and expertise to continually raise standards and professionalism.
• To deliver a curriculum that is inclusive, ambitious, broad, balanced for all and reflects the school’s Christian vision.
• To deliver an EYFS curriculum that is language rich and provides the best start in life for all children.

• INSET cycle in place.
• Review and unify key polices.
• Staff PD focus on:

• SEND
• Behaviour Management
• Formative assessment
• Summative assessment and data analysis
• Teaching & Learning practice

• Curriculum review: ICT, RE, PE, Music
• EYFS: EEF Advocate
• EYFS: WRM Jigsaw trial group

• Achieve the IQM award.
• Achieve History Quality Mark award.
• Achieve School Games Mark Award.
• Curriculum is bespoke and our 4 curriculum principles of diversity, moral & values, current affairs and the world environment are threaded.
• The school vision is visible and lived.
• Strong work force: consistent practice-WALKTHRU embed.
• Teaching is bespoke and adaptive through strong use of assessment and data.
• Christian values embedded in the school culture and ethos.

Area 4

• Achievement

Quality of Education

• Inclusion
• C of E School: SIAMS 7

• To raise outcomes for the lower 20- 30% in reading/writing/maths by providing a high-quality, adaptive education.
• To promote our Church of England status and embed our character.

• Review & unify key policies.
• Setting: writing and maths.
• Embed English Handbook.
• Embed CS in EYFS and KS.
• Embed CS and NELI for EAL.
• Embed Flashback 4, knowledge organisers: science, humanities.
• Embed vocab books: English/humanities; maths/science.
• Embed homework policy.
• Embed intervention: Catch-up numeracy, fast-track phonics, pinny time, handwriting.

• Language and number development in EYFS is strong.
• Children can speak English in grammatical sentences.
• Reading outcomes are stronger, with particular focus on lower 20-30%.
• Writing outcomes are stronger, with particular focus on lower 20-30%.
• Maths outcomes are stronger, with particular focus on lower 20-30%.
• Interventions are evidence-informed and data -led.

Area 5

• Personal Development 
• Wellbeing
• C of E School: SIAMS 3, 4 & 5

• To nurture children’s physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and live the Christian vision.
• To nurture a culture of justice and responsibility.

Grow pupil voice

• Expand the ELSA team.
• Review offers for pupil clubs.
• Training for Pupil Voice leads: SC, Spanish, PE, Eco, Science, Maths, CW
• Implement Pupil Voice meeting schedule
• Pupil Voice leads to have clear priorities.
• Review induction of new staff/mobile pupil cohort.

• The wellbeing vision is lived and noticeable across and throughout the school.
• Children feel they belong and are safe.
• Vision and values evident in CPD, planning and staff and pupil behaviors.
• Work in collaboration with a wider community and neighbours.

Area 6

• Health & Safety
• Premises & Grounds
• C of E School: SIAMS 1

• To promote a safe, and well- resourced, positive learning environment that meets the needs of all.
• Strong communication between home-school.
• To promote our Church of England status and embed our character.

• Review & unify key policies
• Streamline site and premises team.
• First Aid process review.
• Website review.
• Nursery refurbishment.
• Modular Hut remodel to facilitate:

1. Nurture hub
2. Accessible toilet and intimate care hygiene room
3. Learning hub

• Small inclusion room refurb: YR hub
• Holly Hall sound boarding.

WALLART

• YR department

• Strong home-school communication.
• Strong in-school communication.
• The school has reflective/quiet spaces.
• Harmonious school environment.
• School learning spaces meet the needs of all learners and the curriculum.
• Peace Garden & Memorial complete
• Polytunnel tidied and cleared.
• Forest school is integral to EYFS & KS1 CP.
• School grounds tidy and welcoming.