School Improvement Priorities
Our school priorities for improvement are based on our analysis of the previous years' data and feedback from Ofsted, parents, staff, advisers, governors and the children.
These priorities are written into an action plan with details on how we will achieve them over the school year and who will be responsible for leading and monitoring the impact.
Our governors will monitor the progress of the school improvement plan at their termly meetings and on their monitoring visits.
FIRLE CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIORITIES FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FROM SCHOOL’S SELF-EVALUATION 2024-2025
Key issues identified by Ofsted in purple, SIAMS areas in green
Leadership and Management: How does the school’s theologically rooted Christian vision enable pupils and adults to flourish?
- Identify the knowledge and skills that pupils need to know from Reception to Year 6 in all areas of the curriculum enabling pupils to connect key ideas and remember more overtime. (Leaders must ensure that their ambitions for a knowledge rich curriculum are realised so that all pupils across every year group develop the knowledge they need to learn more) (Firle Ofsted 2022)
- Ensure safeguarding is effective in strengthening oversight of processes making sure they are followed consistently well. (Firle Ofsted 2022)
- Develop and implement effective policies and practice in dealing with racist incidents and promoting equality and diversity to provide a consistent approach to deal with any incidents of discrimination including racism
- To ensure The Oak Tree Way is understood by all new staff in aligning practice and achieving Federation vision
- Establish a secure future for both schools in the federation enabling sustainability
Quality of Education: Is the religious education curriculum effective?
2.1 Ensure that pupils read books that match the sounds they are learning, both in school and at home regularly checking what sounds and letters pupils struggle to read (Firle Ofsted 2022)
2.2 Accelerate progress for combined outcomes in Yr 2, Yr 4 and Yr 6 from September 2024 baseline
2.3 Raise attainment in writing through a tighter focus on the basic concepts of sentence construction in KS1 and building upon these in KS2
2.4 Increase the staff knowledge and understanding of and use of fluency within the mathematics lessons to provide effective learning opportunities for pupils.
Behaviour and Attitudes: How does the school’s theologically rooted Christian vision create a culture in which pupils and adults are treated well?
3.1 Take appropriate action quickly and effectively to ensure good attendance and punctuality for all pupils, particularly for disadvantaged pupils (Firle Ofsted 2022). Continue to take appropriate action quickly and effectively to ensure good attendance and punctuality for all pupils.
3.2 Effectively monitor and record children’s behaviour through the new Arbor system in targeting areas for support and addressing those areas
3.3Embed the new therapeutic thinking based behaviour policy ensuring consistency of approach across the schools promoting positive behaviours, procedures and planning
Personal Development: How is collective worship enabling pupils and adults to flourish? How does the school’s theologically rooted Christian vision create an active culture of justice and responsibility?
4.1 Further increase the take-up by pupils of the opportunities provided by the school in order that the most disadvantaged pupils consistently benefit
Early Years Education:
5.1 Leaders to identify what is important for children to know and further develop children’s thinking and problem-solving skills (Firle Ofsted 2022)
5.2 Continue to develop the outside area as an effective learning space in raising attainment in the Early Learning Goals