School Development Priorities

SDP 2024-25

Codifying Culture

• UAB approach to anti-bullying across the school
• Zones of Regulation to provide emotional education and regulation strategies
• ‘When The Adults Change’ approach to relationship and behaviour management

Why: to provide a shared language and consistent approach for children from all staff throughout the day and to help children develop their emotional maturity.

Art / PE

• Develop the Art curriculum to enable more skill progression and development.
• Teach the art curriculum  to evidence artsmark criteria.
• Introduce and embed a higher-quality PE scheme

Why: to develop a more immersive Art/PE experience for the children and provide enriching lessons that develop skills and techniques resulting in better outcomes and higher confidence.

English Writing

• Embed the T4W process into the EYFS
• Adapt model texts higher up the school to increase consistency in outcomes.

Why: more able attainment in writing is lower than reading and maths. In-house data suggests spelling gaps are more prevalent. Writing outside of English books can lack grammatical levels.

Sustainability

• Eco-council to install clean-air monitors to evaluate air-quality of the grounds and put measures in place to reduce driving where applicable.
• Improving the sustainability of the school: lighting, solar panels reducing the carbon footprint of the school and making energy cost savings to the budget
• Further enrichment of pupil experience: gardening, Eco Council, recycling
• Creating global citizens that take pride in their environment through curriculum links and initiatives

Why: to further strengthen the work begun in 2024-25

Strategic Thinking

The school leadership team are always planning ahead and developing the improvements to the school in a careful and structured way. We have launched 'Leading Teaching & Learning' as a way to share some snippets of our thinking and processes with parents.