Priory School Improvement Plans 2001-2005

SALOP TEACHING SCHOOL ALLIANCE – ACTION PLAN 2014/ 2015

KEY AREA: Professional Development KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:

KPI 1 -The improvement each year at key stages 2,4 and 5 for pupils attending schools in the alliances is greater than the national average KPI 1 - The reduction in the achievement gap for pupils in receipt of free school meals and / or in care in teaching school alliances is greater than the national average KPI 2 - Schools in alliances show greater than national average improvement in Ofsted judgements*, resulting in fewer poorly performing schools and more good and outstanding schools KPI 3 - As a result of effective initial teacher training and continuing professional development, schools in alliances show an improvement in Ofsted judgements for teaching and learning that is greater than the national average KPI 4 - As a result of effective leadership development, schools in alliances show an improvement in Ofsted judgements for leadership and management that is greater than the national average

LEAD PARTNER/S: Telford and Wrekin LA Strategic Partners: The Phoenix Academy, Hadley Learning Community, Shropshire LA, Telford and Wrekin LA, The Priory School, Shrewsbury Sixth Form College, Church Stretton School, The Marches School, The University of Chester

XRef with KPI , Big 6 and OUTCOMES & TARGETS STRATEGIES WHO? BY WHEN? COST other action plans IMPACT 1. To accredit University of The Priory October half Time to look Each STSA CPD KPI 1,2,3 and 4 STSA CPD Chester to review School. term at course has a clear courses to current course accreditation M level School to School support and HE credits structures – Partners framework credits/points SLEs action plan including M ITP/OTP, RQT, leading CPD and APEL. award. Level, where Post 16, support courses. Leading peer to peer appropriate. staff performance Information about professional development management etc. University of application for Chester. accreditation is Providing support for other To provide all given as a clear schools course overview in the participants with a first session of Designate and broker SLEs – clear overview of each course. xref to school to school action 1 the value of each plan. course with Increase in the regard to number of Engage in Research and accreditation November participants on Development across all should they chose 2014 CPD courses sections of the plan to pursue this. enrolling on higher level/HEI Presence of As accredited Lynne Sampson appropriate programmes e.g. from University of M Level route. Chester on PD operational group 2. To include A coherent model CPD October half Time. Schools within the Leading peer to peer The which clearly operational term wider alliance professional development University of identifies potential group have access to a Chester pathways is wider range of HEI Providing support for other professional developed. ABE/SC courses. schools development in STSA Succession Opportunities to KPI 1,2 provision and planning grid is create bespoke advertise to added to and CPD courses to partner published on the meet local needs schools. website. is increased.

Provision advertised to partner schools.

University of Chester provision is adapted to meet local needs from schools.

3. To further Laura Taylor to Sandra Time Quality of learning embed CPD repeat PM Cooper enhanced across 2 provision for standards led the TSA where support staff appraisal system ABE Autumn 2014 support staff are within our and to deliver one to Spring deployed in the schools. further session LAT 2015. classroom. KPI 1,2 focusing on Operational embedding the group. More support staff approach. have appropriate training to develop Operational group their roles across to audit the CPD school e.g. admin, needs to the exams officers, different sections finance etc. of support staff and review any gaps in provision. 4. To review the Use support staff PD operational Jan 2015 Time PD operational KPI 1,2,3, 4 wider representative to group. group has a membership gather data and clearer indication of the PD information of the Support staff of the needs of group to CPD needs of representative. support staff within include a key support staff the aider alliance member if across the wider Director of of schools. support staff alliance. TSA. from within Outline of support the alliance. To use the above staff professional data to construct development CPD programmes programme has and interventions been devised. which promote support staff professional development and raise standards across the alliance. 5. To increase To review all The Priory October Time. STSA developed KPI 1,2,3 the number of STSA developed School. 2014 courses are 3 participants programmes in Marketing running at a profit. on Salop light of year one Partners who materials. Teaching delivery and have lead on School CPD adjust programme the delivery of There is an programmes based on courses. increase in the attendee number of feedback. teachers and support staff Market courses in accessing STSA October with developed courses Nov/Dec start dates to fit into performance management cycle.

Use website to maximum potential.

Use partners to advertise courses and more face to face distribution.

CPD provision booklet.

To liaise closely with other CPD providers and teaching School Alliances to ensure there is no overlap with provision of courses. 4 6. Maths Hub .See separate Graham Summer Time – Increase in School to school support status. action plan. Charles, Hub 2015 release of confidence of action plan. strategic Graham Maths non CPD provided by partners, SC, Charles, ABE specialist Maths Hub action plan Maths Hub ABE. and SC time. teachers. strategic partners . KS1,2,3 to raise Maths Hub Attainment of KS1 attainment of funding for students in Maths students in staffing and improves in maths. Initial structures Shropshire and focus on training £76,000 in Herefordshire. non specialists in total for year Primary schools – 1. KS1. 7. Maths Post This will link with Summer £20,000 over Enrol at least 10 ITT SKE+ the Maths Hub Hibernia UK 2015. one year. participants. KS1,2,3 work. Graham Evaluations show Maths Hub action plan Maths SLEs to Charles. increased work in confidence of conjunction with Mark participant in Hibernia UK to Delafield. delivery of Maths develop and related materials deliver a subject ABE/SC. in attendee knowledge setting. enhancement course for Feedback from secondary school school link who teachers who do enrolled not have a Maths participant. degree or are not trained to teach Maths SLEs Maths. reviews of attendee progress and abilities.

5 Leading peer to peer 8. To continue To continue to The Priory Ongoing Costs of More staff move professional development. to deliver the offer both courses School and materials from Room to Improving at Priory and key partners in Improve to Good School to school support Teacher across the TSA TSA Costs of staff and from ‘Good’ to action plan. Programme, attendance ‘Outstanding in and To incorporate etc lesson KS1,2,3,4 Outstanding the Olevi Support (Costs to be observations thus Teacher Staff programme recovered having a direct Programme once this is through impact on the accredited by delegate students’ Olevi. charges) experience and £500 learning. To support the honorarium North Shropshire for each and Darwin ITP/OTP teaching School trainer. alliances with the delivery of their Cover costs ITP/OTP classes for Priory staff e.g. mentoring to deliver and coaching approx. module delivery. £1,200 Leading peer to peer 9. To train more SLT in alliance to SLT across Ongoing Approximately Programmes are professional development staff across identify key staff TSA £600 per delivered at both key stages to capable of member of primary and deliver the facilitating these CPD staff x2 secondary thus Providing support for other ITP and OTP programmes. operational improving the schools via the Teachers from group quality of teaching Outstanding other schools across more KPI 1,2,3,4 Facilitation bale to deliver institutions Programme OTP/ITP not just priory staff.

6 10. To quality Director of TS to ABE as By Summer Time for ABE Courses and KPI 2, 3, 4 assure all visit at least one Director of TS 2015 to visit partner programmes CPD session of any schools. delivered by STA programmes CPD programme partners to be of rolled out paid for, devised Partners an equally high across the or facilitated by agreement to standard across the alliance. STA. QA as part of MoU alliance. 11. To further To adapt and use All STSA December Time to Teaching staff at Leading peer to peer develop and already partners 2014 advertise and all levels, professional development embed established broker. especially middle systems and leadership and senior KPI 2,6 protocols exchange leadership have across the protocols used by access to a alliance which T&W local leadership support authority. exchange effective programme to leadership Based on participate in, in and feedback from order to further colleagues 2013-14 give develop and widen exchanges schools a variety their across of options where understanding of schools in The Priory acts as managing within both a broker to different contexts. authorities. arrange exchanges. Flexible times and options for schools to take part will be offered an advertised on Salop website.

7 12. To further Priory TL Forum All schools Autumn half £3,500 per Resource bank of ITT action plan develop and to trial different within the TSA term 2013 annum for best and deploy our in- uses of the video led by Priory two academic outstanding KPI 3 house lesson equipment and School years to fund lessons and parts videoing share this a TLR of lesson equipment as practise across payment for produced for staff a CPD tool the alliance. each Lead CPD. and TL forum to Teacher. development deliver to CPD Increase of STSA lead group. 2014-15 is awareness of the teacher the final year use of videoing posts. STSA Lead for these lessons to teachers Penny posts. enhance corps and Sarah classroom Awwad to performance produce a series across partner of clips based on schools. best and outstanding High quality progress using School Direct Ipad videoing programme equipment. delivered.

Use resources developed to enhance SD programme.

Lead teachers to support with delivery of SD programme and tutorials on programme.

8 13. Closing the The STA has bid Priory, Ercall October half Time for key Both schools carry KPI 1, 2 Gap research to be part of the Wood as lead term 2013. staff in each out directed action and National College’s partners. school to plan and Separate action plan related to development Closing the Gap meet with AfA strategies this bid. grant. research and Sarah Awwad coach and suggested by the development at Priory implement AfA coach and grant. School and £10,000 from evaluate the Karen National impact of these. During the 2nd Athawes at College to Priory School to year of the project Ercall Wood. support the compare results of Priory will cost for each test in Year 1 with become and All other trial school. year 2. Intervention group partners once school. Ercall project is £1,000 for Impact on student Wood will also complete. administration attainment continue to work costs to reported to the as an intervention support National College school. liaison and shared with between other partners. Achievement for schools All is the involved in intervention being the project. trialled in both From school schools. budget. 14. Stonewall One primary SC Spring 2015 Time Pastoral staff KP 1,2,3, 4 anti- (Janet Day) and across the wider homophobic one secondary Catherine Room hire alliance schools bullying CPD (Catherine Triance are trained in courses. Triance) focus Cover – dealing with and CPD session to Janet Day. Catherine minimising be delivered in Triance and homophobic Autumn term as a Janet Day. bullying. result of two free places on Course to be Stonewall’s Train charged for to the Trainer cover these course. costs. 9 15. To develop a To continue to Jo Flynn Summer Time Increase in the KPI 1,2,3 CPD deliver high 2015 number of Science partnership quality primary Ant Snowden Marketing CPD courses with the Science CPD hosted by STSA. Science through Primarily West Midlands Learning Science. SLP Partnership West To deliver at least ABE Midlands and two Science CPD work with courses at the SC Wigmore Priory based on a Teaching mutually Ant Snowden School agreeable profit Alliance to sharing deliver high agreement. quality Science CPD. 16. To continue To continue to SC Summer Time Continue to run KPI 1,2,3 to provide a work with Osiris 2015 and fill the majority wide range of on the number of ABE Marketing of CPD courses Peer to peer support. high quality courses delivered advertised through CPD courses at the Priory. the STSA. for teaching and support Use the PD Positive feedback staff across operational group from the Shropshire to revise and participants on the and Telford review the nature quality and style of and Wrekin. and topics of the delivery. courses provided. Improvement in Evaluate and attendees review provision understanding and based on practice. attendee feedback.