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Development Plan

Image of students in class from Devonport High School for Boys

School Development Plan 2025 - 2026
A brief summary of the key improvement areas

 

1 Students achieve their highest academic potential

 

  • Expectations for excellence in the classroom and outside the classroom

  • Targeted academic support for those students not making progress

  • Improving independent study and self regulation for all students especially at Key Stage 5

  • Developing the characters and qualities of scholarship in all students learning

 

2 All staff endeavour for excellence

 

  • Develop the pedagogy of teachers with regard to excellence in the classroom

  • Teaching and learning focus on embedding the Rosenshine principles to improve the knowledge and memory of our students

  • Focus on literacy in our professional development

  • Increase the opportunities for leadership pathways for all staff

 

3 Embracing inclusion and diversity

 

  • Improving attendance

  • Strengthening the social contract between home and school

  • Enhancing the impact of the Success Hub

  • Enhancing the impact of the Proctor team

  • Celebrating success

  • Embedding our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion plan

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4 Leadership and communities

 

  • Embedding and enhancing the extensive leadership opportunities for students with a focus on the house system and community action through various projects such as school food, sustainability and social justice

  • Continue to enhance the extracurricular offer and trips/experiences

 

5 Shaping our futures

 

  • Improving our internal and external environment through investing more resources and energy into achieving an excellent environmental and sustainable ethos towards a net-zero strategy.

  • Creating a climate change action plan

  • Strengthening our new work experience and PSHE provision

 

6 Creative spirit and innovative thinking

 

  • Progress through our newly created digital strategy for 2022 - 2027

  • Develop a formalised digital literacy programme

  • Continue the development and use of artificial intelligence

Progress towards priorities - July 2025 update

Progress towards priorities - March 2025 update

 

Progress towards priorities - December 2024 update

 

 

 

 

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