School Development Plan 2024 - 2025
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

 

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 behaviour professional development.

• Increase the opportunities for leadership pathways for all staff.

 

3 Embracing inclusion and diversity

 

• Improving attendance

• 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.

• 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.

• Creating a climate change action plan.

• Development of 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 AI.

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Progress towards priorities - July 2024 update

 

Progress towards priorities - March 2024 update

 

Progress towards priorities - December 2023 update​

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