ACTION PLAN 1 TEACHING AND LEARNING: TEACHING FOR DEEPER LEARNING SEPTEMBER 2015-JUNE 2016

Baseline (where are we now?)

 Principal has observed all teaching staff during 2014-15 school year and has judged that the quality of teaching and learning is good or better in all lessons,
with 70% of all lessons being very good or better and around 30% being outstanding.
 New strategies for differentiated practice have been embedded, as evidenced by schemes of work and wide variety of new resources prepared by teaching
staff in PA9
 Good practice has been shared regularly at departmental meetings, Learning Area meetings and whole staff training sessions
 A teaching and learning group has been established to research and share good practice
 In consultation with SLT and the Teaching and Learning Group, departments will be given a degree of autonomy to identify their own specific areas for further
development
 The overall focus for the year will be on teaching for deeper learning ie helping our pupils to become more independent and resilient as learners
Objectives/targets to Success Criteria Actions to bring about Time/materials/ Staff/Lead Timescale Monitoring and
bring about improvement staff responsibility evaluation
improvement development
including costs
By June 2016, to Departmental Staff training at HoDs’ Time at HoD NMC Beginning Aug 2015 SLT will monitor
improve the quality action plans focus level to develop effective meetings and at and during 2015-16 implementation
of teaching and on key strategies departmental action departmental of new strategies
learning across the and actions to plans. meetings to support
school to very good develop more differentiation:
or better in nearly independent Staff training carousel for Time on SDDs SLT/CMC/  SoW
all lessons learners. options such as critical T&L Group  Teachers’
observed. thinking, teaching writing, planning
numeracy etc  Pupil Book
Staff revise SoW to reflect SDD and HoDs/All staff Beginning Aug 2015 scoops/looks
new strategies to support Twilight and throughout the  Departmental
Learning Areas teaching for deeper sessions year agendas &
continue to provide learning minutes
opportunities to Departmental agendas to Staff Time NMC/HoDs Throughout 2015-16  PRSD and
view and share best include sharing good lesson obs
practice on a practice
regular, ongoing Collate examples of best SDDs Learning Area Throughout 2015-16 HoDs will monitor
basis practice to be shared and In departments Chairs/SLT implementation
reviewed across on Twilight of T&L Policy
departments through sessions through:
Learning Areas  Teachers’
Resource library added to £100 for new All staff Throughout 2015-16 planning
in staffroom. books and  Pupil book
resources scoops/looks
The role of the Meetings throughout the Staff time SLT/interested Throughout 2015-16  PRSD and
Teaching and year to focus on staff lesson
Learning Group is discussing teaching for observation
further developed. deeper learning and on
developing resources for
Other members of whole staff use. Members
staff have of T&L group to help
opportunities to deliver whole staff
chair Learning training.
Areas and to Principal/Line
provide feedback to Managers
SLT as a staff
development
opportunity.

A bank of videoed Volunteers have lessons

lessons is created to videoed and a bank of
share good videoed lessons is
practice. available for all staff to
view.

All staff visit Observation fortnight set

classrooms outside up before the second
their curricular twilight to facilitate
area. sharing of good practice;
all teachers will be
expected to visit a
classroom for ten minutes
during that two week
period.

A high quality of Implement a planned

T&L is evident in programme of lesson
nearly all of the observations to support
lessons taught staff self and peer
evaluation:
Pupils are actively  Principal and Line
engaged in their managers observe all
learning departments
 SLT/Line Managers
Individual pupil meet with all staff
needs are met  Line Management
consistently across and PRSD
lessons observations carried
out according to
Staff regularly schedule
review the Line managers provide
effectiveness of feedback from
teaching, learning observations and support
and assessment at where required
Departmental/SLT Departmental SLT/HoDs Throughout 2015-16
Meetings meetings and
whole staff
meetings
A high quality of SLT meeting SLT/HoDs/Line Throughout 2015-16
T&L is evident in Managers
nearly all of the
lessons taught

Pupils are actively Twice per year

engaged in their during
learning timetable
schedule. Staff
Individual pupil cover costs
needs are met £1000 approx
consistently across
lessons

Staff regularly
review the
effectiveness of
teaching, learning
and assessment at
Departmental/SLT
Meetings

Line managers
report appropriate
progress to SLT