School Priorities and Success Measures (2017-2020)
1. To consistently provide the right environment, support, and challenge to enable all children to fulfil their potential and be their best.
- Strong academic and non-academic performance
- Full roll and a waiting list to join our school
- High attendance and engagement
2. To develop our children to be respectful, well rounded citizens that actively reflect the Christian, spiritual and inclusive values of our school community.
- Recognising and responding to each child as an individual
- Excellent behaviour at all times
- Celebrating our strengths and achievements
- Children recognised within wider community for their conduct and contributions
- School community has opportunity to engage with other cultures globally
- We have built a local reputation for excellence/strength and actively support other schools to improve
- All resources are well deployed in support of educational excellence
- We recognise our professional expertise and actively work to develop and share this, within school and in our wider professional community
4. To further develop strong governance and robust leadership throughout the school.
- We retain staff and are known for the opportunities, development and support we provide
- We have a balanced and appropriate range of skills and experience within the Governing Body
- Staff and Governors are known to the community and are role models for the ethos and values of the school
For 2018-19 the school development plan covers the following areas:
- Improve maths outcomes, in line with current outcomes for reading and writing
- Ensure robust analysis of punctuality, attendance and behaviour
- Share with stakeholders how the school supports well-being of children and focus on improving resilience and good mental well-being of all children
- Share information about children's progress with parents in an accessible format
- Develop learning so it is more efficient in daily lessons
- Monitor and evaluation provision for children with special educational needs
- Develop reading for enjoyment
- Implement an updated curriculum for non-core subjects and develop middle leadership skills through monitoring of the impact of the updated curriculum
- Develop outside learning environments for Reception and Year 1
- Ensure the school is meeting at least 'good' in all areas of the Statutory Inspection of Anglican Schools
- Further strengthen strong governance of the school with planned visits to collect evidence of the impact of the School Development Plan
- Share our strengths with other schools within Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust and work closely with the local hub of ODST schools
