School Improvement
School Improvement Plan
At Waterside, the school improvement plan drives improvement in all areas of the school. It is developed after consultation with children, teachers, governors and current results. The priorities lead and refine staff training and teacher, governor and headteacher appraisal. It is monitored and updated constantly.
Ofsted Areas for Improvement:
- Ensure that school leaders use information about pupils’ achievement and attendance to systematically monitor and review the impact their actions are having. They then need to refine these actions in the light of this self-evaluation.
- Improve the quality of teaching, learning and assessment so that all groups of pupils including the most able, disadvantaged pupils and those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities are able to make good or better progress over time.
- Improve pupils’ attendance.
- Develop the curriculum to ensure that pupils develop a greater understanding of the world beyond the school and their role in modern British society.
Waterside School Improvements 2017/18 Key Objectives:
Leadership and Management
- Strengthen the impact of all leaders on increasing outcomes for all children
- Develop a rigorous system of policies and procedures that supports rapid school improvement
- Further develop communications between school and home
Quality of Teaching and Learning
- To increase the impact of teaching through the development of teachers and teaching, thus raising attainment and accelerating progress
- To ensure that the ethos and environment supports teachers and learners and promotes high expectations
Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare
- To continue to develop effective systems to monitor and track attendance
- To create an awareness in our pupils of their place in the world; that meets their cultural, emotional and intellectual needs
- To ensure an culture of high expectation is met by all stakeholders
Outcomes for Pupils
- To ensure data is used effectively by all staff in improve pupil outcomes
- Close the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their national peers
- Strengthen the impact of ALL staff on pupil outcomes, through effective intervention and use of (human) resources
Effectiveness of Early Years Provision
- To develop the use of continuous provision and objective based learning to further improve pupil outcomes
- To develop the outdoor environment to promote independent learning