School Improvement Plan s13

School Improvement Plan 2017-2018 Yester Primary School Context, Aims, Values

Vision

Our vision at Yester Primary is to provide a broad, high quality learning environment for all, making use of all outdoor and indoor learning opportunities. This is done through mutual respect for all - pupils, staff, parents and the wider community. The curriculum provides relevant, engaging experiences which provide children with a framework for lifelong learning.

Values

Children are given opportunities to become confident individuals, successful learners, effective contributors and responsible citizens in an inclusive environment which promotes respect, trust, honesty, fairness, positivity and creativity.

At Yester we create a caring and secure environment where everyone feels happy, confident and valued.  We are confident individuals, successful learners, responsible citizens and effective contributors.  We learn in a way that suits us best.  We encourage each other to do our very best in everything.  We care about everyone in our school.  We are proud of our school and community.

Distinctive characteristics of the school

 Village of Gifford and widespread rural catchment area.  46% of children come to school by bus.  Active and supportive parent body.  Wide range of socio-economic backgrounds.

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 Head teacher is taking early retirement in December 2017.  There are vacancies for PE and music specialists at the start of the session.

National Priorities

In line with the National Improvement Framework, school improvement priorities should clearly articulate with the following 4 key priorities in session 2017/18:

 Improve attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy.  Close the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children.  Improve children and young people’s health and wellbeing.  Improve employability skills and sustained, positive destinations for all young people (DYW 3 to 18).

Local Priorities Curriculum  Implement curriculum frameworks of learning across all schools within the broad general education: numeracy and mathematics, English and literacy, science, social subjects and health and wellbeing.  Develop and implement the curriculum frameworks for expressive arts, modern languages and technologies.  Review the curriculum within the senior phase across all secondary schools with stakeholders.  Implement the revised 1+2 Language Plan. Learning Teaching and Assessment  Implement the revised policy to ensure consistency in our approaches to planning learning, teaching and assessment and ensure our assessment evidence is valid and reliable, particularly at key milestones.  Continue to engage in ongoing achievement of a level and moderation activities.  Implement the national standardised assessments. Leadership  Shared responsibility for the quality of education of all children and young people  Build capacity for leadership at all levels to drive improvement at a school and local level to continue to drive forward our vision for children and young people in East Lothian. Self-evaluation for self-improvement 3************************ School Improvement Plan 2016/17  Developing expertise within our schools, collating and sharing ‘what works’.  Build on and extend our approaches to self-evaluation for self-improvement across our schools.  Monitor and evaluate the impact of the Pupil Equity Fund actions.  Continue to develop approaches to reporting, monitoring and tracking within Broad General Education and DYW.  Implement the recommendations of the ASN review.  Develop a Quality Action Plan for early learning and childcare. Early Years and childcare  Develop the Expansion and Implementation Plan 1140 hours by 29 September 2017.  Take forward the Early Learning and Childcare Strategy.

School Priorities

Based on your self-evaluation of the following QIs to include actions towards addressing the areas for improvement identified:  2.3 Learning, teaching and assessment  3.2 Raising attainment and achievement  3.1 Ensuring Wellbeing, Equality and Inclusion  1.3 Leadership of change

Include reference to the actions and approaches being taken forward to improve the effectiveness of moderation of teacher judgement of CfE levels in Literacy and Numeracy.

Include actions identified from the SEE survey and employee engagement survey.

Priority: Curriculum Actions Drivers for When/Who Impact/Evidence improvement

4************************ School Improvement Plan 2016/17 Re-visit aims and ethos for the curriculum. New head teacher  Clear vision for the year 2017-18 to lead. All  Agreed values - What makes our curriculum unique to stakeholders to be  Shared priorities our school? involved. - Key stakeholder involvement - Link aims & ethos to East Lothian vision for all children and cluster vision

Develop the breadth of opportunity within the PT to lead.  Curriculum better aligned to Young Workforce Curriculum to Develop the Young Workforce. Pupil Council. documentation and key skills identified for key November 2017 milestones. - Careers focus throughout the year -  Children better able to link lessons taught in school to when parents and visitors are invited in future work opportunities. to share the skills they need for their work. - Develop a skills progression for the schools linked to the annual planning overview. - P5-7 make use of My World of Work website.

Continue work already started on numeracy. All staff to moderate  All staff show commitment to shared values. Numeracy as part of  Senior leaders provide strong leadership enabling - Link with the work of the cluster in house and whole school understanding and shared vision for numeracy coordinators in moderating Cluster moderation. numeracy. standards and expectations.  High expectation of all. - Embed East Lothian Numeracy  Pupils make good progress and learner experiences are Framework. appropriately challenging, well matched to their needs - Complete preparation of new resources. and interests and enjoyable.  Teachers make effective use of evaluations to inform future planning.

5************************ School Improvement Plan 2016/17 Priority: Curriculum

Actions Drivers for improvement When/Who Impact/Evidence Implement 1+2 strategy across Cluster dates:  Following feedback, staff feel confident and equipped clusters. 10.11.17 and to deliver this initiative using the materials prepared 27.04.18 for them. - Identify cluster training dates In-house CAT  Use the planned material to deliver 1+2. to share the 1+2 plan across 23.03.17 ELC. - Build teacher confidence in delivering 1+2. - Use new curriculum materials and plan as identified by development officer in this area.

Priority: Learning & Teaching

Actions Drivers for improvement When/Who Impact/Evidence Making Thinking Visible All staff led by  Pupils make good progress and learner experiences are Laura. appropriately challenging, well matched to their needs - Continue to use strategies All year. and interests and enjoyable. Evidenced in school throughout the year for staff monitoring to trial. - Look for opportunities for  Teachers make effective use of evaluations to inform staff to work collaboratively future planning. and peer-observe. - Continue to develop MTV  Learners are displaying a deeper thinking. walls within the school, for staff and pupils.  High expectation of all and for all evidenced through monitoring & lesson observations.

6************************ School Improvement Plan 2016/17 Priority: Health & Wellbeing

Actions D When/Who Impact/Evidence ri v er s fo r i m pr o v e m e nt To implement the ICE Pack for delivery of CAT session and staff HWB. meetings throughout the year. - Time to look at materials and add into long term plan.  Teachers make effective use of resources to inform future planning. - Set up curriculum team to look and  Clear progression pathways. carry out an audit of current practice &  Clear curriculum coverage. planning to help identify gaps; team to  Clear audit of practice with gaps in coverage identified. include staff, parents & pupils.  Whole school assemblies linked to core themes. - Establish a way of recording activities  Tracking of progress against skills and indicators securely in place. undertaken visually against the  Pupils engaged. wellbeing indicators for the whole  Greater levels of fitness amongst the children. school community to see & comment upon by way of a continual audit. - Continue to develop an understanding of the importance of exercise and extend time commitment to Run-a- Mile. 7************************ School Improvement Plan 2016/17 All Staff to undertake Learnpro modules in All staff  Up-to-date knowledge on procedures for GIRFEC and child protection. GIRFEC and Child Protection. By August 2017

Priority: Nurture/Loose Parts- linked to PEF funding

Actions D When/Who Impact/Evidence ri v er s fo r i m pr o v e m e nt

8************************ School Improvement Plan 2016/17 Two members of staff to attend training in  Increased staff confidence. Nature to develop their understanding of a By August 2017  Professional discussions to be held with rest of staff. nurturing approach. This to be filtered LC and LM through to the rest of the staff. Trainings- 8th September,24th April , 25th April and 5th June Look at how a nurture room / area can be Architects from ELC-  Area identified developed in school for use by learners and November 2017  TU/Unit purchased parents.

Start up a Loose Parts programme in school Kelly Clarke  Increased staff confidence. Employ two members of the team to develop All staff  Less playground incidents recorded play in the playground.  More inclusive environment Train all staff who work in the playground in  Pupils have more opportunities to learn this- playground supervisors, ASN, CA. through play at breaks. Staff training in what Loose Parts is about.

9************************ School Improvement Plan 2016/17 Priority: Assessment & Moderation

Actions Drivers for improvement When/Who Impact/Evidence New Curriculum Frameworks 2.3 and All staff  Senior leaders provide strong leadership enabling 3.2 CAT 05.09.17 whole school understanding and shared vision for Further CAT curriculum areas. - Implement and review the use sessions  High expectation of all of the developed curriculum throughout the  Confident, informed staff frameworks (English, maths, year  Pupils make good progress and learner experiences are health and wellbeing, social Curriculum appropriately challenging, well matched to their need studies and science). development and interests, and enjoyable. - Become familiar with group meetings:  Learners are successful. curriculum framework 19.01.18 and  Teachers use curriculum framework to inform future produced by ELC 25.05.18 planning. (technologies, expressive arts,  Learners are involved in planning their own work. modern languages).  Planning in line with ELC Curriculum Frameworks. - Review planning and  Consistent approach to planning/assessment/tracking. assessment format in light of  Confidence making professional judgements about a frameworks. level.

National Standardised Assessments January 2018 –  Staff are confident with administering assessments. date TBA by ELC  Pupils are confident using assessments. - Undertake training to understand and be confident with the range of new national assessments.

How do we make use of assessment All staff  Staff understand data and what it tells us. data? December 2017  A clear plan for improving pupils’ attainment and providing appropriate interventions. - AR - SWST - POLAAR - National Assessments

10************************ School Improvement Plan 2016/17 Session Provisional priorities for the next 3 sessions:

2018-19 Numeracy and literacy 1+2 Initiative Curriculum Frameworks National Standardised Assessments

2019-20 11************************ School Improvement Plan 2016/17 2020-21

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