School Development Plan 2022 - 2023

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

• Reading

• Writing 

• Targeted academic support for those students not making progress

 

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.

 

3 Embracing inclusion and diversity

 

• Improving attendance

• Effectively implement the new Success Hub

• Reestablish positive break times for all students

• Celebrating success

• Establishing a new Equality and Diversity plan

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4 Leadership and communities

 

• Embedding and enhancing the extensive leadership opportunities for students with a focus on raising the ambition of younger students to become active citizens and problem solvers.

• All students get diverse cultural experiences. Create a DHSB Arts Award to encourage engagement

• Arts - extra capacity for creative performance and clubs

• Increase and revitalise 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.

• Re-introduction of work experience

• Enhanced work related learning offer 

 

6 Creative spirit and innovative thinking

 

• Complete a new digital strategy for 2022 - 2027

• Develop a formalised digital literacy programme

 

Progress towards priorities - December 2022 update

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