SDP 2025-26

Culture 

• To cultivate a culture of mutual respect and empathy throughout the school community.

  • The school fosters a respectful and supportive environment through positive interactions, restorative justice and student leadership through  a curriculum emphasising empathy and diverse perspectives, all supported by positive stakeholder feedback and mental health awareness.

  • A "smartphone-free school" policy is implemented to further enhance student wellbeing and development.

• To foster a strong sense of belonging and community among all students, staff and parents.

  • Increased participation in events and positive survey feedback from students, staff and parents, indicating enhanced feelings of inclusion and support.

  • Commencement of our peer mediation programme to empower students with essential conflict resolution skills, fostering a more positive and supportive school environment. Simultaneously, continue to enhance our successful play leader program, ensuring vibrant and inclusive playtimes.

Curriculum

• Writing - To secure substantial progress in pupils' writing skills, imaginative composition and the effective application of grammar, punctuation and spelling across all year groups.

  • Improved foundational writing skills, including consistent letter formation, increased writing speed and greater accuracy with common exception and high-frequency words, with high phonics screening results translating into written application.

  • Develop more sophisticated and enthusiastic writers by fostering progression in sentence complexity, applying writing skills across the curriculum, reducing punctuation errors and cultivating a love of writing for diverse purposes with visible inclusivity.

• Reading - To foster a love of reading and ensure all pupils become confident, fluent and comprehending readers, equipped with the skills to access the full curriculum and beyond.

  • Develop confident and fluent readers by encouraging re-reading of familiar texts, using punctuation for expression and consistently planning repeated and shared reading opportunities.

  • Focus on deeper comprehension and broader engagement with reading, evidenced by improved oracy in response to inferential questions, higher participation in reading activities, exposure to diverse texts, a clear guided reading structure and effective reading interventions.

• AI - Integrate AI into PSHE fostering essential skills for a Future-Ready Generation.

  • Phased Implementation & Curriculum Enrichment: Introduce a dedicated AI-focused lesson into the PSHE overview once per half-term, ensuring a gradual and integrated rollout across all relevant year groups to build foundational AI literacy and critical thinking skills.

• Outdoor Learning Provision - To enhance the learning environment for Year 1 pupils by developing and embedding the use of the outdoor learning space to support holistic development and deepens curriculum engagement.

  • The school aims to create an engaging and well-resourced outdoor learning environment with diverse, age-appropriate resources and designated play areas, where pupils are observed initiating their own play, problem-solving, collaborating and demonstrating improved physical coordination and gross motor skills.

​​Community

•  Engaging with the Wider Local Community

  • The school aims to enrich pupils' learning and community engagement by increasing visits from local businesses, charities and community groups, expanding educational trips to local sites, and fostering pupil participation in community projects.

• Promoting the School as a Community Asset

  • The school aims to strengthen its community ties by increasing the hiring of its facilities by local groups, actively promoting these facilities, ensuring high attendance from local residents at school events and participating in local community activities.