PRIORITY AREA

KEY IMPLEMENTATION (actions)

IMPACT (result)

1.Learning & Teaching

Raise outcomes for the lowest 20- 30% 

LANGUAGE & READING

• Ensure a rigorous phonics teaching scheme, it is taught daily from nursery.
• Class reading and guided reading to be in place.  
• To improve pupil reading pace to across the school.
• To invite and train volunteer readers to support.
• Discuss key language use by the author.
• Improve resources to match protected characteristics and make text relatable.

• Reading has a high profile across the school.
• Every child to be a confident and fluent reader and have a love for reading.
• Reading supports and informs writing styles.
• Volunteers supporting across the school.
• Resources are inclusive and relatable to modern Britain.

WRITING & SP&G

• Introduce setting across the year groups.
• Phase leads to be part of the setting plan to support the least and most able.
• Speaking & listening focus.
• Expect high standards of punctation.
• Expect high standards of handwriting.
• Close monitoring of handwriting interventions.

• Children write more frequently and grammatically accurately.
• There is a streamlined and progressive teaching and learning approach to writing.
• Punctuation improves from their start point.
• Handwriting improves from their start point.

MATHMATICS

• Introduce setting across the year groups.
• Phase leads to be part of the setting plan to support the least and most able
• Continue to teach mathematics language.
• Flashback 4 and vocab books are used across the school to consolidate learning.
• Introduce Catch-Up Numeracy Intervention in KS2

• Stretch and challenge children in maths.
• Data shows outcomes have improved.

2.Curriculum

Our curriculum will be inclusive, ambitious, broad, and balanced for all.

• Review PE, Computing and RE subjects.
• Develop subject leaders to know their craft using the visionary motto.
• Ensure curriculum areas include our 4 key principles.
• Flashback 4 and vocab books used across the school to consolidate learning in Science, History, Geography.

• The 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.

3.EYFS

We will be language rich EYFS and provide the best start in life for all children.

• Launch colourful semantics to improve oral English sentence structure across the EYFS.
• Teach phonics in line with KS1 and support those falling behind.
• NELI continues to support language development.

• Language and number development in EYFS is strong.
• Children can speak in English grammatical sentences.

4.Pupil Wellbeing

We will nurture children’s physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and live the vision.

• Provide an induction process for EAL children so they are best prepared for a cultural change.
• Continue positive language use for behaviour and wellbeing management so it is embedded.

• The wellbeing vision will be lived and noticeable across and throughout the school.
• Children feel they belong and are safe.

5.C of E School

We will promote our Church of England status and embed our character.

• Develop an understanding of spirituality across the school. 
• Develop spiritual areas and quiet reflective spaces within the school grounds.

• Vision and values in CPD, planning and behaviours evident.
• The school has reflective/quiet spaces.
• Harmonious school environment.

6.School Environment

We will promote a safe, and well- resourced positive learning environment to meet need.

• Improve the visibility, accessibility, and location of SLT across the school.
• Create a safe space for children who struggle in class and require quiet time out.
• Remembrance and spiritual garden for reflection.

• School learning spaces have improved to meet the needs of all learners and the curriculum.

7.Safeguarding

We will protect and support children at risk.

• Continue with safeguarding training each term.
• Regular H & S walks to highlight improvement.
• Review language signage across the school.

• Staff vigilant and supportive towards children.
• Online safety is taught and used to keep safe.

8.A Skilled Workforce

We will invest in staff to have the tools, knowledge, skills, and expertise to continually raise standards and professionalism.

• Strengthen the use of data for improvement.
• Adopt the moderation process across the school.
• Improve Pupil Progress Meetings.
• Share WALKTHRUs with new staff members.
• Strengthen the co-headship model through shared target support and communication.

• Teaching standards improve.
• Outcomes improve.
• The staff are ever more skilled.
• Co-Headship model is working.

9.Community

To improve home and school relationships.

• Improve parent engagement through workshops, training days, information sharing, performances, curriculum days, fundraising events, and trips.
• Regular and trained volunteers into school to support teaching and learning
• Whole school homework review.

• To achieve the Leading Parent Partnership Award
• Home school relationships are good.

10.Strategic Leadership

To continually improve the school.

• Develop with governors a 3-year strategy plan for Sept 2025 - July 2028.
• Include attendance, persistent absence, standards, and expectations for whole school improvement.
• Co headship for continued success and for succession planning.

• St Mary’s continues to move forward and is living the school vision.
• The co headship is successful.