School Development Plan

Leadership & Management

• Review whole school shared team values. 
• Agree a development plan for a SEND support service to share good practice with community partners. 
• Extended range of SLEs / SPEs & Specialist Leads available to support community partners.  
• Increased use of distributed leadership throughout school   
• Development & training opportunities for all leaders emerging, middle & senior.

• Increase the range of specialist services offered by the SEND support service team. 
• Raise awareness within our community partners of the range of services available from the SEND support service team. 
• Enhanced succession planning - Identify the “Leaders of the future” offering specific training (NPQML & NPQSL) and development opportunities. 
• Increased range of Specialist leads/Champions who have expertise in key areas of school life who can share knowledge and support colleagues.  
• Gain LPPA re-accreditation in 2021. 

• A highly effective school led Outreach & In-reach service. 
• Further develop the role of School Champion.  
• Gain On-line Safety Mark re-accreditation in July 2021. 
• Gain Equality Mark re-accreditation in April 2022. 
• Parent Voice - Parents and Carers actively involved in the SIP & SDP process.  
• Pupil Voice - Pupils involved in SIP & SDP process. 

Quality of Education

• Enhancement of Primary and KS3 curriculum to refine learning provision for learners with CLDD. 
• Personalised assessment pathways to maximise individually meaningful progress for each learner. 
• Individualised progress towards Personalised Outcomes recorded, assessed and tracked using PLG’s and Assessment Books. 
• Use the Engagement Scale to analyse learning and assess progress for learners with CLDD. 

• To develop the use of ICT further to enhance the learning of pupils and creativity of staff. 
• To develop subject specific app and resource banks created by subject leaders. 
•  To develop a school blog on areas of academic work and internal research. 
• Further enhance sensory provision for learners with emotional and sensory regulation needs. 

• The effectiveness of peer observations on practice to be assessed and developed according to the findings so that excellent practice is shared and celebrated. 
• To further strengthen sharing of good practice at an inter-school level. 
• Further develop the skills of subject leaders to have sound knowledge of their subject and have the skills to drive their subject forward.   

Personal Development

• To disseminate the use of Nurture for Learning principles across identified provision. 
• To establish the usefulness of therapeutic play for our learners at Astley Park. 

• To assess the effectiveness of the implementation of Nurture for Learning principles in practice.  
• To trail the principles of therapeutic play across identified classes/learners. 
• To enhance current career provision in line with current national guidance.   
• To further enhance learners’ personal development through a bespoke PSHE curriculum in line with changes in national statutory guidance. 

• To assess the progression of careers provision across school. 
• To assess the implementation of the PSHE curriculum across key stages. 
• To assess the implementation of therapeutic play principles.  

Behaviour & Attitudes

• To maintain the current whole school attendance target through highly effective support and early intervention.  
• To increase the range of positive play opportunities across Primary and Secondary Break times, with guidance and support from the SEND team.  
• To continue to provide support for pupils with SEMH needs through individual PLG targets. 

• Gain Behaviour Quality Mark. 
• Review impact of Golden Ticket Reward Visits for pupils with SEMH. 

• Review the use of Restorative Approaches across school. 

Premises

• Exterior woodwork (KS 3 classrooms) Oct half-term 
• Grounds 'overhaul' to be completed 
• Willow structures restored 
• Areas to side of Primary Phase tidied up 
• Containers cleaned 
• Development of  Training Facilities summer 2019
• Hospitality service to be established 
• Food Technology Room re-established 

• Windows replaced as soon as funding is available 
• Exterior woodwork ‘Phase 2’ to be identified 
• Willow Structures trimmed 

• Playground resurfacing & remarking  
• Replacement of Moving Up Building by 6-classroom facility 
• Willow Structures trimmed 

Health & Safety

• H & S Modules completed by October half term 2019 
• Food Hygiene training sourced 

• CCTV 

• Perimeter Fence replaced  

Accessibility

• Stair lift to Primary Department 

• Access path to wooden outdoor classroom built 
• New minibus purchased -partly funded 

• Smaller vehicle purchased for use of small groups individual transport for links, etc 

LPPA

• Use the school inventory to gather visitor feedback. 
• Translate key policies and transition booklets into a range of languages. 
• Increase the number of parental volunteers.  
• Develop parent/family forest school sessions. 
• Analyse feedback from questionnaires. 
• Provide workshops and video tutorials for new apps. 
• Appoint an LPPA lead to gather evidence and prep or the re-accreditation.  

• Analyse feedback from all questionnaires and compare responses from the last 3 years. 
• Develop parental handbook. 
• Complete re-accreditation in May 2021. 

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