English Martyrs' Reportable Data for 2021 ~ 2022

Aims and Intent of our school ~ Key Priorities

After careful consideration of school and its specific needs, data analysis, national initiatives, OFSTED and the need to set a manageable number of development targets, which would be attainable within the resources and time available to school, the following were identified as priority development areas over the academic years 2022 to 2025 under the umbrella theme of ‘Championing ambition for all pupils’:

• To further develop ongoing recovery provision to address changes in pupils' early language and social, emotional and personal development needs. Quality of Education/Leadership & Management/ Behaviour and Attitudes/ Personal Development

• Continue to embed changes to the curriculum and ensure subject leaders develop effective systems of assessment for all foundation subjects. Quality of Education/ Leadership & Management

• Ensure that all staff are well trained and confident to teach the new phonics programme, ensuring that fidelity in delivery underpins an increase in the  proportion of children who crack the phonics code. Quality of Education/ Leadership & Management

This will be achieved through:

• A strategic focused approach to early intervention for Reading, Writing and Phonics; supporting learning through additional support where needed.
• Continued development of a structured and cohesive approach to the teaching of Reading, using bespoke interventions such as Inference, Lexplore, 1:1 reading
• Continuation of bespoke Phonics groups and teaching, whole school focus on spelling with fidelity in the use of Red Rose Phonics across school
• Continued development of the teaching of Reading through structured Guided Reading
• Further development of a structured and cohesive approach to the teaching of Writing, focus on cross curricular writing, focussed ‘Writers’ Days’, ‘I am an author’ books for regular assessed writing as AfL
• Continued development of a structured, cohesive approach to the teaching of Maths, additional bespoke interventions, continued additional daily Arithmetic lessons, development of Reasoning skills and whole school focus including teaching of Mastery Techniques
• Continuous tracking and monitoring of progress of all pupils, particularly disadvantaged and More Able pupils to ensure that substantial progress is taking place and identify individual children needing additional support from the outset
• Continued redesign of Subject Leadership ~ Curriculum Teams, each ‘headed’ by an SLT member and consisting of at least 1 Core Subject with staff taking collective ownership
• Ensuring ALL children are challenged regardless of standard of attainment enabling all to reach full potential
• Ensuring More Able children are stretched to reach their full potential, broadening and deepening their knowledge, skill set and understanding using Mastery techniques
• Use of Digital Technologies to enhance the learning of all children
• Continued participation in Red Rose Mastery in Maths to ensure Maths continues to improve and build on recent successes
• Continued employment of part time (mornings) Booster Teacher from Autumn Term 2022 work with small groups following bespoke plans for Reading, Writing and Maths bridging gaps in learning
• Employment of KS1 Covid Catch Up Teacher for academic year to enhance and boost learning for those children who are vulnerable of not meeting expected standard at the end of KS2
• Focus on Progress for All across all year groups and phases, ensuring rapid, sustained and developed progress is made to continue an upward trajectory