Our School Developing Excellence Plan

School improvement priorities 2020-21

Impact of COVID-19.

The above curriculum statement was new in 2019-2020. Due to school closure on the 20th March 2020, some actions in the DEP were not completed or evaluated. Therefore, the focus for this year’s DEP has been re-evaluated to put greater emphasis on the following areas: School family wellbeing, academic catch-up and the key curriculum drivers of: reading, possibilities and the global community. We will be adopting a ‘Recovery Curriculum’ approach to best support individual needs. This will reduce the national curriculum content offered in the first instance.

The quality of education

Recovery Curriculum Approach

Academic Catch-Up

To identify and address gaps in the previous year’s English and Maths curriculum
To revisit key learning from the previous year’s curriculum in English and Maths
To teach missing core knowledge in the Science curriculum
To target identified children to offer focussed support e.g. Tutor catch-up programme
Implement a phased return to full national curriculum as and when appropriate
The quality of teaching assessment will give an accurate picture of the catch up progress

Reading Motivation

Develop classroom libraries WITH children
Improve all adults knowledge of children’s literature
Improve all adults knowledge of their children as readers
Develop book talk
Be flexible with time and opportunities for reading
Embed reading for purpose across the curriculum

Vocabulary

Create word curious children

Fluency

Create fluent and confident readers

Writing

Develop a journey to greater depth writing across school

Maths

To embed whole class feedback
To adapt existing planning format and expectations
To embed accelerated progress in times table recall
To promote the use of appropriate vocabulary in maths
To embed maths meeting approach

Wider Curriculum

To create a flexible approach when selecting subject areas/topics that allows bubble autonomy
To continue to develop staff subject knowledge
To introduce a whole school PSHCE/RSE scheme
To embed retrieval practice
Create links between school ethos/PSHE/Citizenship and global issues and ‘possibilities’

EYFS

To prepare for the new curriculum

Behavior and attitudes

To complete a full review of the behaviour policy
To continue to embed our whole school inclusive practice

Personal Development

Recovery Curriculum Approach

Well-Being

To use the school values -3Rs- as a trigger to rebuild: relationships, routines and trust
To introduce a whole school PSHCE scheme – Jigsaw

To gain an understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on staff, pupils and families.
To continue to embed Brampton Ellis Well-being Policy

How to remain COVID-19 safe

To tailor provision and curriculum according to the needs of each bubble
To create a flexible approach to the school day

Leadership and management

To maintain strong curriculum leadership
Mentoring early career teachers
To remodel CPD opportunities