School Development Plan 2023-24 | William Patten Primary School

To maintain the OFSTED grading of outstanding

To improve outcomes in writing across the school from Year 1 – 6, to ensure that they are more in line with outcomes in Reading and Maths.
To refine timings and focus of Parents’ Evenings to ensure relevant information is shared within real time.
To introduce a new Management Information system called Arbor.
To further develop provision for children with complex needs in Year 1.
To continue to embed the effective use of TA deployment and the use of scaffolding .
To refine communications within the school for staff and parents.
To continue to consider the workload and wellbeing of staff.
To continue to respond to the funding crisis through prudent financial management.
To continue to ensure that Governors are well equipped to maintain their oversight of the school in order to play an active role in its strategic development.

To implement a new framework for writing – The Write Stuff (TWS) initially from Year 1 – 6.
To refine the topic curriculum to ensure that key knowledge is taught efficiently, with an emphasis on practical work and active learning.
To adapt topic tasks to ensure they contain the new “features of a lesson” expectations, thereby ensuring consistency of the offer.
To introduce a new Maths homework scheme to promote engagement and ensure the level of challenge will always be appropriate for each child.
To implement a simplified marking system.
To simplify assessment materials and tracking to ensure they are meaningful and effective.
To ensure robust provision and support is in place for the bottom 20%.

To further develop the school’s involvement and offer to others in local community events and projects.
To instil positive values (in line with fundamental British values) to further develop the culture of consideration, responsibility, respect, active citizenship and gratitude across the school community.
To improve readiness for learning by raising already high expectations further with silent lines for transitions from play and lunch times.
To develop a greater understanding of different learning styles and additional needs of pupils across the school community.
To participate in ‘Conversations about Equity and Race’ initiative facilitated by Hackney Education) and disseminate to staff.

To further develop the role of the pupil MHWB champions.
To develop a shared pupil vocabulary toolkit through ‘friendship phrases’ at weekly WOTW assemblies.
To ensure PPG and SEND pupils are represented in School Council, Eco Team, MHWB Champions and cultural capital is developed through offers and experiences.
To further develop the Parent Workshop offer to all families including EAL (with support from WAMHs CWiS and MHST).
To ensure that our diverse range of families are fully represented in our curriculum, assemblies, events and celebrations.
To use pupil voice (School Council and pupils surveys) in a timely manner to make changes and share responses and outcomes with the school community.
To support peer relationships and cohesion for identified year groups within school.

To maintain attendance rates of pupils across EYFS with a particular focus on those whose attendance falls below 95%.
To ensure that the pitch and access of tasks and activities promotes independent learning for key groups, including disadvantaged pupils and boys in EYFS.
To further develop writing in EYFS – daily handwriting, spelling and FMS activities. To incorporate TWS pedagogy into the teaching of literacy in EYFS. Timely intervention for children needing FMS and RWI intervention.
To link EYFS outcomes with the whole school curriculum map for the current year 2023 – 2024.
To embed Bloom’s taxonomy questions, Word Aware and retrieval practice in daily literacy and maths lessons.
To improve outcomes in C&L and PSED.
To ensure summative assessment materials and tracking is simple, meaningful and effective.
To ensure parents are regularly informed of children’s engagement, progress and achievements in a meaningful and manageable manner.