Key Priorities 2025-26

That all children continue to receive well-planned and challenging teaching

To incorporate and embed research on best practice teaching methods into our classrooms, with particular reference to feedback and behaviour and relationships;
To continue to improve teaching and attainment in reading and writing particularly those with low prior attainment;
To continue to improve teaching and attainment in reading and writing particularly those with low prior attainment;
To embed approach to presentation and handwriting across the schools;
To map out an engaging and developmental curriculum.

That all children continue to learn and achieve in a safe, respectful and tolerant environment

To ensure the lowest attaining children make accelerated progress;
To ensure we have high expectations for our EAL/deprivation / Black /Turkish/Kurdish/ SEND children and have worked to remove any barriers to achievement;
To establish a shared policy for managing behaviour, including anti-bullying;
To establish a playground buddy system with the Infant School to support positive relationships and citizenship.

To promote children spiritually, culturally, mentally and physically

To embed and extend links across the schools that create awareness of our children as responsible citizens;
To ensure all staff are positive disruptors of inequality, combat bias and support the reprogramming of the thinking of our whole school community;
To continue to develop our approach as a ‘mentally healthy school’ for children and staff.

To ensure everyone is a leader

Senior leaders across the federation have clarity of purpose regarding the new shared ethos.

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