Inspiring and cultivating a lifelong love of learning at Chorleywood Primary School

through our Five-Year Strategic Plan

The future is determined by those who get involved

Introduction
Chorleywood Primary School is an Outstanding school. Our ambition is to ensure that we offer every child
the opportunity to fulfil their potential and to be happy and successful. This plan outlines our strategic
approach to doing this.
The purpose of this strategic plan is to provide an overarching framework, to guide the direction of
continued school improvement, to guide investment (into the physical fabric of the school, resources and
technology of the school and the human capital) and to underpin the detailed operational plans for the
school’s future. This framework has six operational plans that sit underneath it that flesh out how
operational management will deliver on this framework; these include:
1. A strategic curriculum plan
2. A long term human capital plan
3. A long term governance action plan
4. A long term information technology investment plan
5. A long term premises investment repairs and maintenance plan
6. A long term financial plan which will also include alternative income stream strategic planning
7. A communications and partnerships plan
8. An overall wellbeing plan

This plan was produced in consultation with staff, governors, pupils, parents and members of the local
community. In a series of workshops, they identified priorities and areas of focus as well as activities to
support reaching our nine key areas. These suggested activities are collated into one document (available on
request).
Our Ethos and Values
At Chorleywood Primary School we strive to ensure that all our children are ‘Happy and Successful’. In our
inclusive school everyone is equal and differences are celebrated. We work in partnership with parents and
carers to inspire a love of learning. We are passionate about offering challenge, fun and excitement within a
caring and safe learning environment where everyone can be the best they can possibly be.
Through consistently high expectations we will give your child the skills to be an outstanding and motivated
LEARNER:
Listener
Enthusiastic
Ambitious
Resilient
Nurturing
Engaged
Respectful
Our vision is underpinned by the British Values
Who we are
As a school, we are committed to all our stakeholders. Underpinning this five-year strategy are a series of
pledges we make to pupils, staff and to parents. We used the consultation period to help develop these
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pledges. They serve as a baseline for us as we move forward as a school, they help us to ensure we keep our
vision of who we are as a school at the centre of all our plans. The governing board of the school will review
our progress against this plan on a regular basis. These pledges, along with the operational plans, that
underpin the strategic plan, will ensure that we are carrying out our strategic aims developed throughout
the consultation process.
Our pledges to pupils
1. We will provide a safe and secure environment for you to thrive
2. We will support and encourage you to reach your full potential, in all spheres of school life, so you
leave ‘world ready’
3. We will equip you with the tools and skills to be resilient and creative to deal with challenges you
may face
4. We will ensure every one of you has a voice and is heard

Our pledges to staff

1. We will provide a supportive team environment that promotes a sense of belonging
2. We will support your professional development through CPD, the performance appraisal process
and effective communication
3. We acknowledge the importance of your emotional wellbeing and work-life balance
4. We will do our best to ensure fair remuneration and resourcing

Our pledges to parents

1. We will keep your child safe
2. We will provide an inspiring environment for your child to learn in
3. We will keep you informed about school life through clear and clear and regular communication

Our pledges to the community

1. Our school will engage in the wider community through existing projects, working with partners and
through proactively identifying new ways to get involved in social action
2. We will develop respectful, thoughtful citizens with a sense of social responsibility
3. We will work with a broad network of organisations

What success looks like

• Pupils, parents, staff and our community stakeholder feedback confirm that we are delivering on our
pledges to each stakeholder group
• The school delivers a high quality sequential, progressive, broad and balanced curriculum assessed
by expert educational improvement partners
• The school remains graded as outstanding at the next Ofsted Inspection
• The school is offering the highest quality educational provision within its financial means assessed by
looking at financial benchmarking and educational progress and outcome for pupils against similar
settings

Chorleywood Primary School is committed to providing the best possible learning and working environment
for pupil and staff and to deliver the pledges we are making to all of our stakeholders. We will continue to
engage with our stakeholders at relevant stages over the next five years and beyond as we deliver this long-
term plan.

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 Our Strategy – an overview

There are ten key areas in our strategic plan which we explain below.

Foundations (our roots)

1. Maintaining Outstanding Provision

In line with most current Ofsted definition
2. Financial Stability
Maintain a solid financial outlook to support
Outstanding educational provision
3. Future Proofing
Recruitment & retention of staff, governor,
leadership and staff succession plans,
contingency & disaster recovery plans

Who we are (our trunk)

4. Whole child
Not just academic learning, Breadth and depth
of curriculum, skills development, activity
passports, school extracurricular activities,
activities outside of school, signposting and
working with specialists as necessary
5. Leadership
Safeguarding culture, governance, senior
leaders and staff, developing leadership in
pupils, PTA
6. Wellbeing and resilience for all
Physical and emotional wellbeing, building
resilience skills through learning for pupils,
families and staff
7. Our local community
Engaging with and communicating to our local
community, for example, Social Action, Our Tree design was created by a 2019/20 year six pupil. It was
Community events, Dream Big and other translated into this electronic image by parents at theonlinestudio.co.uk,
projects and it represents the collaboration between our amazing stakeholders

Building a vision (our branches)

8. Our global community

Engaging our pupils with global issues, the environment, cultural diversity, and developing digital literacy
9. Innovation
Sharing and seeking best practice, developing a current progressive curriculum, horizon scanning to seek new
initiatives, e.g. The Dream Big Programme
10. Partnerships
Working with other educational establishments in the same and different phases, (Early years, primary schools,
secondary schools and universities). Teaching School Alliances, Hertfordshire County Council, School Improvement
Partners, private sector organisations in education and other industries.