Aims

At Gospel Oak:

We want our school to be a safe, welcoming place where children enjoy learning, work hard and achieve their best.
We aim to provide a high standard of teaching and learning in lessons that are inspiring, broad and balanced.
We have high expectations of our children's behaviour and aim to help them develop into confident and self-sufficient individuals.
We recognise and celebrate our rich and diverse school population.
We aim to ensure that children, parents, carers and staff enjoy true equality of opportunity and feel valued as part of the school community.
We aim to work with parents and carers as partners in their children's learning.

Our mission

Uphold our commitment to being an inclusive, community school.
Develop and enhance our broad and relevant curriculum.
Maintain and enhance the overall quality of teaching and learning, so that it is outstanding.
Provide every child with the opportunity to develop their own interests and meet new challenges.
Sustain and enhance high quality provision throughout EYFS in order to maximise learning opportunities and progress.
Maintain high standards and rates of progress in core subjects that are above national averages in KS1 and KS2.
Attain rates of overall attendance that are above national averages.
Develop contexts for learning that are reflected in a high quality, interactive learning environment throughout the school.
Encourage all parents and carers to be partners in their children’s learning.
Develop our extended provision to the whole community and other partners in the local area.

Development Priorities

School Development Plan 2025-2026

How do we set our targets and priorities?

Our rigorous monitoring and evaluation programme is the cornerstone of continuous school improvement, incorporating a multi-faceted approach that gathers intelligence through analysis of data, lesson visits, scrutiny of children's work, and direct conversations with children. We also consult with key stakeholders, including parents, via our annual survey. All findings are formally presented to the School Improvement Committee or the full Governing Body, directly informing and shaping the Development Plan. The resulting key priorities are then given the most attention in terms of staff training and development time. Furthermore, dedicated staff working groups are assigned to each priority to collaboratively plan whole-school activities and provide timely progress feedback to all staff and the Senior Leadership Team.

Priorities for 2025 -2026

Assessment (of and for learning).
- This includes strategies to assess what children have learned and retained, enabling planning to accelerate progress and long-term retention.
English - Transcription
- This focuses on improving spelling and handwriting in English and across the curriculum.
Closing the Disadvantage Gap
- This priority aims to ensure that all children, regardless of their socioeconomic background, have equality of opportunities across the school by identifying and removing barriers to their achievement.
Attendance
- To improve attendance and punctuality, and reduce the number of persistently absent children.
RRS
- This focuses on the ongoing implementation of the articles and achieving Silver accreditation.

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