School Improvement Priorities 2020-21
The School Improvement Plan is the document which drives ongoing improvements and developments in school. The Governing Body is responsible for evaluating the progress made against the plan and has an approved process in place for regular and effective monitoring. Our pupils have experienced unprecedented disruption to their education as a result of COVID-19. Over a third of our children are from the most vulnerable and disadvantaged backgrounds and are among those hardest hit. The scale of our response as a school must match the scale of the challenge with an excellent ‘Catch Up Plan’. We also know many children will need additional emotional support and work on attachment as they have been at home for such a long time.
We know that we have the professional knowledge, expertise and commitment as a school to ensure that pupils continue to access a high quality curriculum from home and or school. With the support of our parents and families, we must implement a quality ‘contingency plan’ in case of future class/school lockdowns. Many of our children suffer with poor working memories and we are committed as a school to ensure our teaching is the best it can be to help children learn and remember what has been learnt, over time; a large part of our focus this year, be it in school or remote learning will be focusing on improving our teaching to improve memory and retrieval in children. Numbers are at an all-time low in school and numbers coming into Nursery have dropped considerably. This has to also be a feature of our priorities this year so that funding levels and staffing levels remain unchanged. Unless they live on the estate, many families do not know that Pinewood exists and with a drop in young children on the estate, this has caused us problems as a school. It is also a shame for young children in our area not to be accessing our outstanding learning environment. So, in light of the above, these are our school priorities this year and this is how you can help us achieve great things for your children:
Priority 1: Leadership and Management
To further promote the school in the locality and wider locality in order to improve school numbers and income into school
How parents/carers can help:
Priority 2: Teaching and Learning
To develop support strategies as a response to Covid to enable effective catch up for all students through teaching and whole school strategies; targeted approach, wider strategy.
How parents/carers can help:
Priority 3: Behaviour and Attitudes
To become a trauma aware school and develop effective strategies and means of supporting emotional health and attachment issues
How parents/carers can help:
Priority 4: Teaching and Learning
Employ Practical strategies in our teaching to help improve children’s retention and Integrating memory friendly approaches into curriculum design
How parents/carers can help:
Can you remember last year when you learnt about . . . ? Tell me 5 things you remember’.
‘Tell me 5 things that you have to remember in your writing?’
Priority 5 – Teaching and Learning
To Employ a Contingency Plan for Providing Remote Education
How parents/carers can help: