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Woodlands Community Primary School/ Ysgol Gynradd Gymenodol Woodlands

                           Strategic Plan
                      September 2020 to July 2021

                        Learning and sharing, respectful and caring

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Due to the COVID pandemic and its unpredictable impact on schools I have written 2 SDPs: the first is to do with our current situation related to the virus and the
actions that are necessary as a result, the second is to do with the strategic aims we have for teaching and learning should we be unaffected by the virus.

 Specific actions to be taken in light of the            Success Criteria/ Intended          Staff         Costs /      Time-scale        Methods of monitoring        RAG Rated
                                                                                                                        (Ongoing –        action and evaluating         Progress
               Covid Pandemic                                    Outcomes                    respon       resource
                                                                                                                       unless stated            outcomes
                                                                                              sible       Implicati     otherwise)
                                                                                                             ons
Safety                                               Staff and children are safeguarded       Head           Nil          By 1st       Regular reviews as necessary
                                                                                                                        September      based on staff feedback
Revise risk assessment in line with WAG              against the virus spreading in school
                                                                                                                          2020         Termly report to the GB
guidance.                                            Procedures established for every
Consult with staff and Governors.                    eventuality.
Publish risk assessment for scrutiny by the          Risk assessment is signed off by LA.
school and wider community.
Staff Absence                                        Limited impact on children’s             Head         Cost of       By 28th       Regular review with all staff
                                                                                                                        September      to agree what is working and
Establish procedure for covering staff in the        education                                            cover and
                                                                                                                          2020         what is not – revise as
event that numerous staff are affected by the        Limited impact on budget                             additional                   necessary
pandemic:                                                                                                 wages for                    TA and test information to
Cover for class – who, when                                                                                  TAs                       evaluate children’s progress
                                                                                                                                       Report to GB on staff
Provision of curriculum – who, how
                                                                                                                                       absence termly
Communication with parents
Agree protocol with TAs
Accelerated Learning Grant                           Most (90%) pupils inc FSM achieve       Head to      ALP          Starts          Monitor progress
                                                                                             map out      £13,294 to
Release TAL4 for 3 days to target intervention       their targets (see target sheets for                              September       termly: Salford
                                                                                             provision.
                                                                                                          release      2020
with identified pupils Y2 to Y6:                     each year group) and make 0.5 level/    TAL4
                                                                                                          TAL4 3                       reading test to
                                                                                             TA
    • Identify underachieving pupils                 1 outcome progress in a year.           Teachers     days per                     ascertain progress
    • Select appropriate action to identify                                                               week and                     termly.
                                                                                                          employ an
        underachievement.                            Strong progress shown by all data in                                              Termly assessment of
                                                                                                          additional
    • Appropriate intervention identified to         each intervention.                                   TA for 5                     RWI.
        address the child’s needs. Intervention                                                           days.                        Review of TA on
        carried out with the view that ‘little and                                                                                     INCERTS and
        often’ is best.                                                                                                                intervention bi-
    • Corrective Reading – Y3 upwards where                                                                                            annually.
        no progress made                                                                                                               Regular informal
    • Small Group Support – KS2                                                                                                        reviews with TAs and
    • Homework Club for FSM pupils                                                                                                     teachers to assess
    • Parent Project with parents of children                                                                                          progress.

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who still don’t make progress                                                                                        Book scrutiny termly.
Employ an additional TA for 5 days to target
intervention with pupils Y1 and Y2.                                                                                          Report to GB on all
    • Identify underachieving pupils                                                                                         progress
    • Select appropriate action to identify
        underachievement.
    • Appropriate intervention identified to
        address the child’s needs. Intervention
        carried out with the view that ‘little and
        often’ is best.
    • N, R, Y1 – Speech and Language
        programmes.
    • Read, Write Inc 1 to1s - R to Y4

Blended Learning                                     Blended Learning strategy in place     Head and   Staff     Completed   Report to GB on
                                                                                            Deputy     meeting
Establish a strategy for blended learning that       and understood by all school                                by 9th      Blended Learning Policy
                                                                                                       time      October
takes account of the needs of all learners,          community.                                                              termly.
                                                                                                                 2020
including those from vulnerable groups:
    • Establish BL lead                              Positive feedback from children,                                        Review and evaluation
    • Review current BL including what has           parents and staff.                                                      of quality assurance
        worked and why                                                                                                       measures and feedback
    • Establish BL policy in consultation with       Consistency evident across the whole                                    to staff and
        children, parents and staff.                 school.                                                                 Governors.
    • Communicate the BL policy and strategy
        to the school community.                     Children’s education is not
    • Identify and provide any necessary             interrupted and most children
        training for staff.                          achieve their targets at the end of
    • Quality assure to ensure consistency.          the year.
    • Feedback, support and provide further
        staff training where necessary.

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Note this is a working document and is subject to change depending upon the needs of the school as identified through the self evaluation process.
The following have been identified as areas for improvement in the ESTYN Report 2019 (ER), Self-Evaluation Activities 2018/20 (SER), the EAS profile report
2018/2019 (EAS) and in response to local and national priorities. This strategic plan sets out how we have prioritised and planned to address these areas over three
years and is written in more detail for this current year. In addition, please see action plans that are written by other leaders across the school. N.B. Due to
lockdown in March, the data used as a baseline in this SDP is from 2018/2019.

                                                                 Overall Aims 2020- 2023
   1. To maintain and raise standards in literacy focusing on writing strategies including spelling and grammar, resources,
       presentation and handwriting. (Estyn focus on spelling and grammar). To develop pupils as ambitious, capable learners.
   2. To maintain and raise standards in mathematics and numeracy throughout the school. To develop pupils as ambitious
      capable learners.
   3. To maintain the high standards in science and technology across the school through the development of project learning,
      developing pupils as ambitious, capable learners and enterprising, creative, contributors.
   4. To raise standards in and through the expressive arts: To develop pupils as enterprising, creative contributors and
       healthy, confident individuals. (See New Curriculum Leader’s Strategic Plan)
   5. To maintain and raise standards of wellbeing by further developing Health and Well Being as an AOLE as well as positive
      attitudes to learning and inclusion, including ALN reform and to develop our pupils as healthy, confident, individuals.
   6. To develop all staff as leaders of learning and to develop the strategic role of governors in relation to: Curriculum
      Reform; The National Mission; Professional Standards for Teachers, Leaders and Teaching Assistants; Schools as
      Learning Organisations.

   Estyn Recommendations 2019
   • R1 Refine pupils’ skills in spelling and grammar, to secure greater accuracy when writing. In particular, for pupils who are
      more able

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Aim 1. To maintain and improve standards in literacy focusing on writing strategies including spelling and grammar, resources,
presentation and handwriting (Estyn recommendation – grammar and spelling). To develop pupils as ambitious, capable learners.

Please also see Literacy Lead’s Strategic Plan

   •   Maintain and improve expected level standards LLC in FP and KS2 (18/19 FP 91%; KS2 89%)
   •   Build on increase in higher level LLC (18/19 FP 24% +6% increase; KS2 47% +14% increase)
   •   Continue to improve standards in spelling across the school (Baseline average in Jan 2019 43% below their CA Y2 to Y6 in SWST) and
       grammar (Estyn recommendation)
   •   Maintain the upward trend in boys and girls at level 5 and continue to narrow the gap at level 5 for boys
   •   Improve pupil understanding of their next steps in learning through revision of A4L strategies and the introduction of pupil conferences.

         Specific actions to be taken                  Success Criteria/ Intended         Staff     Costs /     Time-scale       Methods of monitoring   RAG Rated
                                                                                                                (Ongoing –       action and evaluating    Progress
                                                               Outcomes                   respon   resource
                                                                                                               unless stated           outcomes
                                                                                           sible   Implicati    otherwise)
                                                                                                      ons
Standards, higher level and narrowing the gap      Aspirational targets set and met       SLT      Staff       Target          HT to meet with staff
                                                                                                               meetings
   • Biannual meetings with HT and Teachers        (Results: 18/19 FP 91%; KS2 89%)                and SMT                     to review targets and
                                                                                                               completed by
      and TAs to discuss each child’s target,      Pupils targets in line with previous            Meeting     1/11/20         progress of pupils in
      attainment and progress. Use of previous     performance.                                    time                        Feb 2021.
      performance of pupils having taken TA        Further increase in pupils achieving            NCT for     ALNCO MAT
                                                                                                               termly.
      and test information into account.           the higher levels across the school             ALNCo                       DHT to report on
   • ALNCO, FP lead and HT to challenge and        (Results: 18/19 FP 24% +6%                                                  planning half termly.
      support target setting process to ensure     increase; KS2 47% +14% increase)
      more able cusp pupils are identified and     FSM FP and KS2 pupils targeted                                              ALNCO to report on
      targeted from Nursery to Y6. Focus on        appropriately – need core data set                                          progress of ALN and
      FSM FP more able cusp pupils in              and results from staff.                                                     MAT pupils termly.
      particular.
   • Provide additional support for MAT                                                                                        Report on all progress
      pupils where necessary.                                                                                                  bi-annually to GB.
   • SC to monitor FP planning and feedback
      to staff on provision.                                                                                                   Link Governor to
   • ALNCO to monitor progress of MAT                                                                                          report on progress
      pupils termly via data, learning walk with                                                                               following visit.
      link Governor and listening to learners.
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•  SMT Annual moderation of cusp more
      able pupils from year groups other than
      Y2 and Y6.
Standards                                          Most (90%) pupils inc FSM achieve       Head to      PDG and EiG   Starts Sept   Monitor progress
                                                                                           map out      funding
   • Identify underachieving pupils                their targets (see target sheets for                               each year     termly: Salford
                                                                                           provision.
                                                                                                        used for
   • Select appropriate action to identify         each year group) and make 0.5 level/    TAs
                                                                                                        support                     reading test to
                                                                                           Teachers
      underachievement.                            1 outcome progress in a year.                        staff                       ascertain progress
   • Appropriate intervention identified to                                                                                         termly.
                                                                                                        ALP to
      address the child’s needs. Intervention      Strong progress shown by all data in                                             Termly assessment of
                                                                                                        release
      carried out with the view that ‘little and   each intervention.                                   TAL4 3                      RWI.
      often’ is best.                                                                                   days per                    Review of TA on
   • N, R, Y1 – Speech and Language                                                                     week. And                   INCERTS and
                                                                                                        employ an
      programmes.                                                                                                                   intervention bi-
                                                                                                        additional
   • Read, Write Inc 1 to1s - R to Y4                                                                   TA for 5                    annually.
   • Catch Up Reading – KS2                                                                             days.                       Regular informal
   • Corrective Reading – Y3 upwards where                                                                                          reviews with TAs and
      no progress made                                                                                                              teachers to assess
   • Small Group Support – KS2                                                                                                      progress.
   • Homework Club for FSM pupils                                                                                                   Book scrutiny termly.
   • Parent Project with parents of children
      who still don’t make progress.                                                                                                Report to GB on all
                                                                                                                                    progress
Further improve standards of writing,              Writing strand TA shows upwards         Lit CC       1 Staff       INSET         Lit lead to analyse
                                                                                                        meeting       1/9/20
spelling, grammar, presentation, handwriting       trend across the school.                                                         results for TA -
                                                                                                        NCT for       Autumn 20
    • Continue with Vocabulary attack – catch                                                           monitoring                  biannual, Spelling/
                                                                                                                      learning
        up staff meeting, resources distributed,   Further improvement in presentation                  and                         grammar Jan 21 and
                                                                                                                      walk
        establish 2 strategies per year group.     in books and consistency across                      observing.                  Handwriting and report
    • Embed and ensure consistent use of           classes shown in book scrutiny.                                                  to SMT.
        Woodlands Wishes, especially with
        teachers that have moved year groups       Uplift in spelling results.
        and our new 2 teachers.                    (Baseline average in Jan 2019 43%
    • Embed and ensure consistent practices        below their CA Y2 to Y6 in SWST)
        with the use of pupil editing, pit stops   Many (75%) pupils make expected
        and purple pen.                            progress with their spelling ability.
    • Share good practice identified in UKS in     (Baseline average in Jan 2019 65%
        the teaching of spelling across Y2 to Y4   had made the expected progress)

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– staff meeting, modelling, learning walk/
       lesson observation.                           Handwriting
   •   Introduce ‘flicks’ into letter formation in      Year       Currently    End of
       Reception. Pupils to start joining in Y2.        Group        Joining     year
   •   Lit lead to monitor progress of above in,      Y2           0           30%
       learning walk with link Governor and by        Y4           56%         75%
       listening to learners.                         Y6           85%         90+

A4L Strategies and Pupil Conferences                 Most pupils understand the next        Head to   NCT to visit   Review A4L    Listening to Learners
                                                                                            lead      other
   • Review our current A4L strategies by            steps in their learning and begin to                            in Spring     walk with Link
                                                                                                      schools and    term
      researching the work of Dylan William          take more responsibility for their               research.                    Governor.
                                                                                                                     Pupil
      and visiting exemplar schools.                 learning.                                        Support in
                                                                                                                     Conferences
   • Revise policy and procedures for A4L                                                             class from                   Link Governor reports
                                                                                                      TAs during     w/b
      where necessary.                                                                                               12/10/20      to Governors.
                                                                                                      Pupil
   • Introduce pupil conferences half termly                                                          Conference     1/2/21
      where quality feedback is given by the                                                          s.
      teacher prior to Parents’ Evenings

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Aim 2. To maintain and raise standards in mathematics and numeracy throughout the school. To develop pupils as ambitious
capable learners.

Please also see Maths and Numeracy Lead’s Strategic Plan

   •   Maintain expected level standards in maths in KS2 and raise expected level in maths in FP (reduced trend since changes in outcomes).
       (18/19 FP 80%; KS2 89%)
   •   Maintain increase in higher level (18/19 FP 20% +2% increase; KS2 44% +13% increase)
   •   Develop maths in the new curriculum
   •   Maintain the upward trend in boys and girls at level 5 and continue to narrow the gap at level 5 for boys

         Specific actions to be taken                  Success Criteria/ Intended         Staff     Costs /     Time-scale       Methods of monitoring   RAG Rated
                                                                                                                (Ongoing –       action and evaluating    Progress
                                                               Outcomes                   respon   resource
                                                                                                               unless stated           outcomes
                                                                                           sible   Implicati    otherwise)
                                                                                                      ons
Standards, higher level and narrowing the gap      Aspirational targets set and met       SLT      Staff       Target          HT to meet with staff
                                                                                                               meetings
   • Biannual meetings with HT and Teachers        (Results: 18/19 FP 80%; KS2 89%)                and SMT                     to review targets and
                                                                                                               completed by
      and TAs to discuss each child’s target,      Pupils targets in line with previous            Meeting     1/11/20         progress of pupils in
      attainment and progress. Use of previous     performance.                                    time                        Feb 2021.
      performance of pupils having taken TA        Further increase in pupils achieving            NCT for     ALNCO MAT
                                                                                                               termly.
      and test information into account.           the higher levels across the school             ALNCo                       DHT to report on
   • ALNCO, FP lead and HT to challenge and        (Results: 18/19 FP 20% +2%                                                  planning half termly.
      support target setting process to ensure     increase; KS2 44% +13% increase)
      more able cusp pupils are identified and     FSM FP and KS2 pupils targeted                                              ALNCO to report on
      targeted from Nursery to Y6. Focus on        appropriately – need core data set                                          progress of ALN and
      FSM FP more able cusp pupils in              and results from staff.                                                     MAT pupils termly.
      particular.
   • Provide additional support for MAT                                                                                        Report on all progress
      pupils where necessary.                                                                                                  bi-annually to GB.
   • SC to monitor FP planning and feedback
      to staff on provision.                                                                                                   Link Governor to
   • ALNCO to monitor progress of MAT                                                                                          report on progress
      pupils termly via data, learning walk with                                                                               following visit.
      link Governor and listening to learners.
   • SMT Annual moderation of cusp more
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able pupils from year groups other than
      Y2 and Y6.
Standards                                          Most (90%) pupils inc FSM achieve      Head to      PDG and EiG   Starts Sept     Review of TAPAS for
                                                                                          map out      funding       each year
   • Identify underachieving pupils eg Y3          their targets (see target sheets for   provision.                                 individual children
                                                                                                       used for
      girls in maths.                              each year group) and make 0.5 level/   TAs
                                                                                                       support                       termly.
                                                                                          Teachers
   • Select appropriate action to identify         1 outcome progress in a year.                       staff                         Review of TA on
      underachievement.                                                                                                              INCERTS and
                                                                                                       ALP to
   • Appropriate intervention identified to        Strong progress shown by all data in                                              intervention bi-
                                                                                                       release
      address the child’s needs. Intervention      each intervention.                                  TAL4 3                        annually.
      carried out with the view that ‘little and                                                       days per                      Regular informal
      often’ is best:                                                                                  week. And                     reviews with TAs and
                                                                                                       employ an
   • N & R – small group work                                                                                                        teachers to assess
                                                                                                       additional
   • Y1 – Numeracy Catch Up.                                                                           TA for 5                      progress.
   • Y2 to Y6 – Maths Catch Up                                                                         days.                         Book scrutiny termly.
   • Y1 to Y4 – Parent Project
   • Y5 to Y6 – After school maths                                                                                                   Report to GB on all
                                                                                                                                     progress
New Curriculum (See also Curriculum Lead’s         All staff aware of what maths in the   Math and      Courses      Courses w/b     HT to report on
                                                                                          PL lead                    21/9/20
Strat Plan)                                        new curriculum looks like.                          £600 PL                       progress with training
                                                                                                                     Cluster
   • MATHS LEAD to attend training on              Curriculum and teaching revised as a                  Grant       training Aut    and project to GB.
       Maths in the new curriculum                 result.                                              2 staff      20
   • Joint training with cluster school on         New style teaching shows a positive                 meetings      Triad school    Link Governor to view
                                                                                                                     project
       maths in the new curriculum for all staff   impact on standards. Aspirational                   NCT for                       maths teaching and
                                                                                                                     starts Aut 20
   • Y1 and Y3 teacher to attend year group        aim is that all lesson observations                   Triad       to May 21       report to GB.
       specific training.                          will show high impact on learning                    project
   • Triad school project on maths in the new      (18/19 Baseline 94% secure impact                   £1000 PL
       curriculum: SMT visit to triad school,      on learning, 81% high impact on                       Grant
       then teachers visit – disseminate ideas     learning).
       and good practice, share data.

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Aim 3. To raise standards in science and technology across school through the development of project learning, developing pupils as
ambitious, capable learners and enterprising, creative, contributors.

Please also see STEM/ Science and IT Lead’s Strategic Plans

   •   Maintain high standards in Science and IT (18/19 Science KS2 93% expected; 53% higher)
   •   Further adapt our science teaching to incorporate the ideals of the new curriculum
   •   Digital Leaders to introduce their new school app to the rest of the pupils and staff
   •   Digital Leaders to further develop programming through using the Edison Robots, Parrot Drones, Sphero and Lego Wedo 2.0.

         Specific actions to be taken               Success Criteria/ Intended         Staff     Costs /     Time-scale       Methods of monitoring      RAG Rated
                                                                                                             (Ongoing –       action and evaluating       Progress
                                                            Outcomes                   respon   resource
                                                                                                            unless stated           outcomes
                                                                                        sible   Implicati    otherwise)
                                                                                                    ons
Standards and new curriculum                    All staff aware of what science in     Stem     NCT for     Termly          JW to report to SMT
                                                                                                            planning        annually on STEM and
   • Continue with the teaching of STEM by      the new curriculum looks like.         lead     visits
                                                                                                                            Science work.
      incorporating the method of teaching      Curriculum and teaching revised as a            Joint
      into project work where possible rather   result.                                         panning                     HT to report on quality of
      than stand-alone STEM projects.           New style teaching shows a positive             meetings                    teaching bi-annually to GB
   • JW to visit STEM project schools in our    impact on standards. Aspirational               2x a term
      Triad – YCG and Clytha to gather ideas    aim is that all lesson observations
      and resources.                            will show high impact on learning
   • STEM car project with 6 other schools.     (18/19 Baseline 94% secure impact
      Children to design and build their own    on learning, 81% high impact on
      car for race against schools in June      learning).
      2021.

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Aim 5. To maintain and raise standards of wellbeing by further developing Health and Well Being as an AOLE as well as positive attitudes to learning
and inclusion, including ALN reform and to develop our pupils as healthy, confident, individuals.

Please also see Wellbeing, ALN, Family Engagement, Pastoral Lead’s Strategic Plans

    •   Build on improvements made in 18/19 and further improve punctuality
    •   Deliver ACE 2 Training
    •   Revise the Behaviour policy and procedures to incorporate the strategies from Thrive and ACE
    •   Increase pupil understanding of bullying through the work of the Pupil Wellbeing Team.

          Specific actions to be taken                   Success Criteria/ Intended              Staff     Costs /      Time-scale       Methods of monitoring    RAG Rated
                                                                                                                        (Ongoing –       action and evaluating     Progress
                                                                 Outcomes                        respon   resource
                                                                                                                       unless stated           outcomes
                                                                                                  sible   Implicati     otherwise)
                                                                                                             ons
Behaviour                                           Policy reviewed and consistently                                   Policy          Policy agreed by GB
   •    Review behaviour policy in light of ACE 2   implemented. Agreed sanctions and             WB      NCT for      completed       Summer 21
        training and Thrive suggested practices.    rewards.                                      lead    JM           Spring 21       HEAD to report to staff
                                                    Log of red/ yellow cards decreased.                                                and Governors on
                                                    Persistent offenders decreased.                                                    behaviour log.

ALN                                                 All teaching staff are familiar with and     ALNCo     NCT for     Sept 20 to      ALNCo to monitor IDPs
Training on:                                        able to comply with, in their context, the              ALNCo      July 21         and provision and report
    •    Provision mapping                          requirements of the ALN bill.                          Release                     to GB in May 21.
    •    IDP training                                                                                     for course
    •    Person Centred Planning                                                                            on IDP
    •    PCP tools training

          Specific actions to be taken                   Success Criteria/ Intended              Staff     Costs /      Time-scale       Methods of monitoring    RAG Rated
                                                                                                                        (Ongoing –       action and evaluating     Progress
                                                                 Outcomes                        respon   resource
                                                                                                                       unless stated           outcomes
                                                                                                  sible   Implicati     otherwise)
                                                                                                             ons

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Punctuality                                                                                      HEAD   Time   Ongoing   HEAD to report to GB
    •   All late arrivals come through the main         Improved punctuality, particularly for    HJ                     termly on punctuality
        entrance. HJ asks parents to complete a late    FSM pupils.                               JS                     analysis
        from explaining why they are late. Pupils are   Baseline data:
        asked for a reason.                             Late Before Register
    •   HJ does a random spot checks on gate to          17/18         18/19          19/20
        ascertain level of lateness and to challenge     0.64          0.53 (+0.11)
        repeat offenders. Once a week.
    •   Staged response to poor punctuality – mild      Late After Register
        letter, strong letter, meeting with parent,      17/18        18/19            19/20
        involvement of EWO.                              0.11         0.12 (-0.01)
    •   Establish reward/ incentive system for
        individual persistent offenders.                Late Before Register
    •   School to provide support for vulnerable                   17/18     18/19      19/20
        families or school haters through Pastoral       FSM       1.23      0.78
        Worker and Attendance Officer eg                                     (+0.45)
        collection, meet and greet, Breakfast Club,      Non-      0.35      0.34
        1to1 support for parent, facilitate contact
                                                         FSM                 (+0.01)
        with external agencies eg. Building Resilient
        Families, Housing, Families First, Families
                                                        Late After Register
        Focus Team, Social Services etc
                                                                   17/18    18/19       19/20
                                                         FSM       0.22     0.19
                                                                            (+0.03)
                                                         Non-      0.05     0.06
                                                         FSM                (+0.01)

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Aim 6. To develop all staff as leaders of learning and to further develop the strategic role of staff and governors in relation to:
Curriculum Reform; The National Mission; Professional Standards for Teachers, Leaders and Teaching Assistants; Schools as
Learning Organisations.
   •   To further create and support professional learning opportunities for all staff
   •   To ensure all staff are familiar with the ETLF. (SMT and teachers already trained)
   •   To ensure all staff are familiar with the Professional Standards (recap) and in particular the Professional Practices section (PM objective for
       teachers)
   •   To continue to establish a culture of professional enquiry, innovation and exploration through research and practice (PM objective for
       teachers)
   •   To ensure that leadership is of the highest quality at all levels.
   •   To ensure that teaching is high quality, collaborative, and driven by a deep understanding of pedagogy and excellent subject knowledge
   •   To ensure that all new Governors (2) are fully inducted into their role in order that they can carry out their SER duties and act as a critical
       to the school
   •   Continue to develop school to school working through professional networks (Estyn Recommendation)

        Specific actions to be taken              Success Criteria/ Intended       Staff     Costs /     Time-scale     Methods of monitoring   RAG Rated
                                                                                                         (Ongoing –     action and evaluating    Progress
                                                          Outcomes                 respon   resource
                                                                                                        unless stated         outcomes
                                                                                    sible   Implicati    otherwise)
                                                                                               ons

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Professional Learning                                Review aims for developing SLO in        SMT      1 staff    SLO survey        HEAD to report to GB about
                                                                                                                  reviewed           PM reviews and professional
Review the SLO survey with SMT and staff.            strategic plan.                                   meeting    2/9/20.
                                                                                                                                    training termly as part of HT
Prioritise, plan, do, review.                        A programme of Professional                      on SLO/     Considered by
                                                                                                                                         report to Governors.
                                                                                                                  SMT 8/9/20.
Team Leaders will carry out Performance              Learning will be devised for all staff              Prof     Action Plan
Management Reviews with all staff – discussion       based on Performance Management                  Learning    completed
                                                                                                                  25/9/20
around Professional Standards and Performance.       reviews and SER evaluations as well              EAS CPD     SMT PM
Training needs will be identified and agreed.        as the aims of the Strategic Plan.               External    Reviews
INSET agendas planned according to need.                                                                 CPD      October 2020.
                                                                                                                  Agenda and
Courses booked.                                                                                        Cluster    Training
INSET days arranged.                                                                                   working    devised termly
                                                                                                                  by 1/9/20
                                                                                                      Meeting     1/1/21
                                                                                                         Time     1/4/21

                                                                                                      PL Grant
                                                                                                        20/ 21
                                                                                                       £3723
ETLF                                                 All staff familiar with the tools in     DHT      1 staff    Autumn 2020        Report on all SER activities
                                                                                                                                    to SMT/ staff/ Governors as
Joint training with Coed Eva school on the ETLF      the ETLF and able to use the tools        and     meeting
                                                                                                                                            appropriate.
as a recap for teachers (Teachers and SMT            when conducting SER activities.          HEAD    Teachers
already trained).                                                                                      1 staff
Training to be adapted and disseminated to                                                             meeting
Teaching Assistants.                                                                                   for TAs
Professional Standards                               All staff have a clear understanding     HEAD       NCT      Autumn Term       Report on PM procedures to
                                                                                                                      2020 –        GB in Autumn 20 and Spring
Incorporate the Professional Standards for           of what their strengths and areas                Meeting
                                                                                                                   Review and                   21.
Leadership into Performance Management               for development are with regards to                 Time      set targets.
procedures. Staff review their leadership            the Professional Standards.                        Supply    February 21
against the Professional Standards before            Each staff member has 1 PM target                costs for       review
                                                                                                                     targets.
Performance Management meetings.                     related to leadership.                            release.
Job Descriptions revised in light of new             Job descriptions revised.                          £600
Professional Standards.
Professional Enquiry                                 Pedagogy will be influenced as a         HEAD    NCT for        Staff to         Staff to report to staff
                                                                                                                  identify ‘itch’      meeting biannually and
Staff will identify an ’itch’ that they would like   result of Professional Enquiry.            to     staff.
                                                                                                                   by 1/10/20.         complete pro-forma to
to explore, This ‘itch’ will be related to their     Measurable improvement in pupil          lead.   PL Grant       Mid year       document steps taken and to
class of pupils or their leadership role. It will    outcomes shown.                                   £3723       Review Feb         show any impact on pupil
focus on a way to improve outcomes for pupils.                                                                    21. Full review            outcomes.
                                                                                                                  and feedback
Staff to then research, trial and feedback.
                                                                                                                      July 21.

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Teaching                                           Aspirational aim is that all lesson     HEAD    6 staff      PPA and         HEAD to report to GB on
                                                                                                   meetings     support        quality of teaching annually.
Meeting time to plan in phases and adjacent year   observations will show high impact on     to
                                                                                                   per year –   organised by   Evaluation of Book Scrutiny
groups.                                            learning (18/19 Baseline 94% secure      lead                                and Progress reported on
                                                                                                   end of       1/9/20
Revise PPA timetable so that teachers have time    impact on learning, 81% high impact                                           biannually to staff and
                                                                                                   each term.
to plan together where possible.                   on learning).                                                                        Governors.
                                                                                                   Supply
Devise programme of support for teachers,          Every book scrutiny judged as ‘Good’.           cover
especially teachers who are new to their role.     (Baseline – most in 18-19 were                  £600
R/Y1 teacher – plan with FP                        graded as at least ‘Good’ with                  Course
LB teacher – external support from LB expert       different lines of enquiry.                     costs
and maths course                                   Progress of most pupils in each                 £500
Y3 teacher – shared PPA with Y4 teacher, maths     teacher’s class is judged at least              from PL
course                                             ‘Good.’                                         grant
Use of self-evaluation tools to identify any       AODs identified and acted upon in
strengths and areas for development according      order to rectify/ improve.
to AME cycle.

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Leadership
SMT
                                                                                                   NPQH         Training    HEAD to report to GB on
Deputy Head starts preparation for NPQH.            Roles and responsibilities clearly     HEAD                             training and PM cycle termly
                                                                                                   release      Plan Sept
SMT members attend leadership course.               defined.                                 to                             as part of HT Report.
                                                                                                   time         2020
Further develop role of Wellbeing, STEM, and        NPQH achieved.                          lead
                                                                                                   Cost of
Pastoral Co-ordinators through training and         Standards are maintained.                      course
support.                                            Improvements made.                             £1000 PL
                                                    All lesson observations and book               grant
                                                    scrutiny are at least good and show
Middle Leaders                                      consistency and continuity and                 2 staff
Develop AoLE Teams                                  progression across the school.                 meetings
Teams to be involved in planning for and            CCs understand their roles and can
                                                                                                   NCT for
monitoring their AoLE.                              show that they have had an impact
                                                                                                   monitoring
AoLE Teams/ CCs to be involved in monitoring of     on the standards in their areas.
their subjects – learning walks, book scrutinies.   Teachers able to identify strengths
AoLE Teams/ CCs to lead a staff meeting/            and AODs accurately and give
organise training where appropriate.                feedback where appropriate.
Teachers                                            TAs aware of needs and improve
Develop leadership role of teachers by giving       their performance.                             NCT for
them responsibility for assessing the               All staff aware of responsibilities            lesson
performance of their team and giving feedback       and can show impact of their work on           observatio
                                                                                                   ns
using ETF checklist.                                standards.
Continue to involve all staff in partnered          Performance management reviews
observations.                                       will show that all staff have met              SMT and
Continue to involve all co-ordinators in book       their targets related to their area.           Staff
scrutiny with SMT and in staff meeting time bi-                                                    meeting
annually so that they understand what                                                              time
represents a good standard in their subject and
across the school
Teaching Assistants/ Support Staff
Continue to take responsibility for given area.
                                                                                                   Course
Training needed. Eg. Training for caretaker on
                                                                                                   costs
aspects of H&S.

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Governors (In light of 1 new Governor joining                   All Link Governors aware of                     HEAD       NCT for        First visit     Link Governor to
team in Autumn 20)                                              strengths and AODs and able to                  and 1      CC             completed       feedback to GB.
Governors using EAS documentation – Link                        feedback to GB.                                  new                      by Dec          Evidence in GB
                                                                                                                                          2020 then
Governors and Challenge and Support Docs.                                                                       Gover                                     minutes.
                                                                                                                                          termly.
Link Governors attend school to:                                                                                 nor
Look at books as part of SMT.
Discuss strengths and AODs with CC
Learning walk to review particular focus of
strategic plan eg. provision in FP.
School to school                                                                                                                                          HEAD to report to GB on
Lead Network School – support/ train 14 other schools in        Welsh standards continue to improve. Build on   DHT        NCT            To continue     effectiveness of school to
Welsh. Benefit from extra support from EAS Welsh                current upward trend. (See Welsh Plan)                                    Sept 2020       school working and impact on
Advisory .                                                                                                                                                standards to GB bi-annually.

Curriculum lead share practice with cluster schools and         New curriculum starts to take shape and         DHT        NCT            Continue Sept
further afield. Joint training on maths in the new curriculum   become embedded. (See Curriculum Plan)                     Joint staff    2020
and ETLF.                                                                                                                  meetings

AoLE Transition work with CHS and cluster primaries on new      New curriculum starts to take shape and         DHT        NCT            Continue Sept
curriculum – Humanities Project.                                become embedded. Writing standards                         Joint staff    2020
                                                                improved further across the cluster (See                   meetings
                                                                Curriculum Plan)

Triad working on Maths in the new curriculum with YCG and       New curriculum starts to take shape and         MATHS      Time to        Commence
Clytha primaries. – Joint training, lesson observations,        become embedded. Maths standards                LEAD       visit and      Sept 2020
meetings and sharing resources.                                 maintained and raised.                                     share
                                                                                                                           training/res
                                                                                                                           ources

Joint working on profiles in KS2 and KS3.                       Teacher Assessment accurate. Profiles                      NCT            Continue Sept
Moderation of work in each school.                              agreed. Good practice shared.                   Lit lead                  2020
                                                                                                                and
                                                                                                                Maths
                                                                                                                lead

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Specific actions to be taken                  Success Criteria/ Intended        Staff       Costs /    Time-scale   Methods of monitoring action   RAG Rated
                                                                                                                 (Ongoing –     and evaluating outcomes       Progress
                      PDG                                       Outcomes                  respon     resource
                                                                                                                   unless
                                                                                           sible     Implicati     stated
Intervention from additional TAs:                                                                       ons      otherwise)
Speech and Language intervention – following        eFSM children and those children      FP         PDG EY      Ongoing      Analysis of progress
                                                                                          teachers   £39,100
specific and general S&L programmes in the          who have poor language skills or                                          made bi-annually using
Nursery, Reception and sometimes Y1. We have        global delay make good progress in                                        TAs and annually using
3 different levels of intervention that we use      line with peers.                                                          screening tools.
for children with general delay in their speech.                                                                              Pupils removed from S&L
                                                                                                                              support.
If no progress identified children will be
referred to COMIT team.

Intervention Programmes include:                    Most (90%) FSM pupils make the        Teachers   PDG         Ongoing      Analysis of data:
                                                                                          and TAS    £108,100
Read, Write Inc 1 to1s - R to Y4                    expected level of progress across                                         RWI assessment half
Maths Intervention – Y2 upwards                     the school.                                                               termly
Catch Up Reading – KS2                              FSM pupils do as well as non-FSM in                                       Catch up group Salford
Corrective Reading – Y3 upwards                     English and maths across the school                                       tests termly.
Small Group Support – KS2                           including higher levels in FP.                                            TAPAS monitoring
After school maths club for Y5 and Y6               Attendance in line with non-FSM.                                          INCERTS tracking
Homework Club for FSM pupils                                                                                                  progress bi-annually.
Maths Catch Up                                                                                                                End of year TAs and
Parent Project with parents of children who still                                                                             tests.
don’t make progress.

Pastoral Support for FSM children:                  For those pupils:                     Pastoral   As above    Ongoing      Analysis of:
                                                                                          Lead
Grief/ Bereavement/ Trauma                          Behaviour good                                                            Attendance
Attendance                                          Reduced exclusions                                                        Behaviour records
Self Esteem                                         Improved attendance                                                       Academic progress.
Behaviour – Social Skills                           Improved wellbeing                                                        Boxhall Profile
Thrive                                                                                                                        Pass survey
Breakfast and Lunchtime Club                                                                                                  Thrive assessments
Play Therapy

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