These are our focus areas for our Academy Improvement Plan in 2025-26:
1. Quality of Education
- Embed a consistent, high-quality lesson sequence across all classrooms.
- Launch a two-year-old provision to support early development.
- Ensure curriculum planning is coherent and inclusive.
- Strengthen assessment practices to support pupil progress.
- Develop oracy skills across the curriculum.
- Enhance provision for mixed-age classes (Years 3 & 4).
2. Outcomes and Priority Groups
- Raise achievement for all pupils, with a focus on:
- White British disadvantaged boys.
- Pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL).
- Implement targeted interventions and inclusive teaching strategies.
- Track progress rigorously and adapt support accordingly.
3. Parents and the Community
- Build strong partnerships with families and the wider community.
- Increase parental confidence in supporting learning.
- Improve communication and engagement with EAL families.
- Expand pastoral support and community resources.
- Broaden access to extra-curricular and holiday clubs.
- Involve parents in school evaluation and decision-making.
4. Personal Development
- Empower pupils through leadership roles and voice.
- Embed careers-related learning across the curriculum.
- Develop a safeguarding curriculum tailored to local needs.
- Launch a sustainability strategy aligned with national guidance.