Education ResourcesCurriculum and Quality Improvement Service

Establishment Improvement Plan2019 - 2020

St Ninian’s Primary School

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Education ResourcesCurriculum and Quality Improvement Service

Contents1. Establishment 3 Year Improvement Plan Overview

2. Establishment Strategic Improvement Plan

3. Establishment Operational Improvement Plan (Action Plan)

4. Establishment Maintenance Plan

5. Pupil Equity Funding Planning and Reporting

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Overview of Establishment 3 Year Cycle of Improvement Plan Priorities Sessions: 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021National Improvement Framework Key Priorities Improvement in attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy; Closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children; Improvement in children and young people’s health and wellbeing; and Improvement in employability skills and sustained positive school leaver destinations for all young people.

National Improvement Framework Key Drivers HGIOS 4 and Early Learning and Childcare Indicators SLC Education Resources Themes

School leadership * * *

Teacher professionalism * *

Parental engagement * * *

Assessment of children’s progress * * *

School improvement * *

Performance information * * *

1.1 Self Evaluation for self-improvement * * * 1.2 Leadership for learning * * 1.3 Leadership of change * * 1.4 Leadership and management of staff 1.5 Management of resources to promote equity 2.1 Safeguarding and child protection * * 2.2 Curriculum * * 2.3 Learning teaching and assessment * * 2.4 Personalised support * 2.5 Family learning * * * 2.6 Transitions * 2.7 Partnership * 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion * * * 3.2 Raising attainment and achievement/Securing

children’s progress * * * 3.3 Increasing creativity and employability/ Developing

creativity and skills for life and learning * * *

Transforming Learning andTeaching

Implementing Curriculum for Excellence

Meeting the Needs of all Learners’,GIRFEC and Statutory Duties

Skills for Learning, Life and Work

Professional Learning

Leadership (Change and Improvement)

Strategic Priorities 3 Year CycleYear 1: 2018-2019

Create leadership opportunities and further develop the use of collaborative enquiry techniques and improve the quality of learning and teaching with a focus on Literacy, Numeracy and health and Wellbeing.

Further develop pupil participation Further develop parental engagement.

Year 2: 2019-2020 Implement Learning and Teaching Policy across all levels

incorporating moderation of Literacy and Numeracy to raise attainment including Learning Community moderation opportunities

Further enhance pupil participation through How Good is OUR School themes and developing young workforce

Further enhance parental engagement/ family learning programmes through challenge and enjoyment linking to children’s Literacy, Numeracy, Health and Wellbeing learning.

Year 3:2020-2021 Review learning and teaching across school taking into

account developments in previous years incorporating moderation of Literacy and Numeracy to raise attainment (Learning Community)

Review impact of pupil participation taking into account previous priorities.

Review impact and quality of parental engagement/ family learning programmes.

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Strategic Improvement Planning for Establishment: Overview of Links to Key Policies Session: 2019 - 2020

National Improvement Framework Key Priorities Improvement in attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy; Closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children; Improvement in children and young people’s health and wellbeing; and Improvement in employability skills and sustained positive school leaver destinations for all young

people.

Collaboration and consultation

Who? When? How?Pupils May 2019

Ongoing throughout the session

Learner ConversationsPupil Leadership GroupPupil Questionnaires

Parents and Carers

May 2019Ongoing throughout the session

Surveys Learning About Learning EventReporting SessionsParent Council Meetings

Staff May 2019 Collaborative group/ work activitiesStaff survey CP reviewsTrack/ Mon MeetingsStaff Meetings

National Improvement Framework Key Drivers HGIOS 4 and Early Learning and Childcare Indicators SLC Education Resources Themes

School leadership

Teacher professionalism

Parental engagement

Assessment of children’s progress

School improvement

Performance information

1.1 Self Evaluation for self-improvement 1.2 Leadership for learning 1.3 Leadership of change 1.4 Leadership and management of staff 1.5 Management of resources to promote equity 2.1 Safeguarding and child protection 2.2 Curriculum 2.3 Learning teaching and assessment 2.4 Personalised support 2.5 Family learning 2.6 Transitions 2.7 Partnership 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 3.2 Raising attainment and achievement/Securing

children’s progress 3.3 Increasing creativity and employability/ Developing

creativity and skills for life and learning

Transform Learning andTeaching/Implement CfE

Meeting the Needs of all Learners’,GIRFEC and Statutory Duties

Skills for Learning, Life and Work

Professional Learning

Leadership (Change and Improvement)

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Strategic Priority Intended Impact How it will be Measured Actual Impact

Implement Learning and Teaching Policy across all levels incorporating moderation of Literacy and Numeracy to raise attainment including learning Community moderation opportunities

1. To develop a strategic approach to delivery of CfE across all levels.

2. To deliver high quality teaching and learning in a consistent approach across all stages.

3. To ensure that staff are using data gathered effectively, to inform practice within the classroom to raise attainment.

4. To develop use of effective feedback for pupils in Literacy and Numeracy.

5. To develop practitioners knowledge and understanding of pedagogy and current initiatives

6. Introduction of a Nurture Room to support individual needs including social, emotional and ASD.

1. Publication of revised Learning and Teaching Policies for school.

2. Curricular plan review and discussion – HT Class Visits Peer Visits Learning Walks Learner Conversations Jotter Monitoring

3. Pupil Tracking and Monitoring Meetings

4. Learner Conversations

5. Professional dialogue linking to TPJ and moderation.

6. Nurture Room will be operational with three trained members of staff. Children identified and following programme. Aspects of Health and Wellbeing supported in small groups.

Further enhance pupil participation through How Good is OUR School themes and developing young workforce

1. To create an extended Pupil Focus/ Leadership Group promoting ‘pupil voice’ in the decision

making process.

1. Pupil Focus/ Leadership Group will involve children from every class and the group will meet weekly.

2. Pupil group will self evaluate and feedback areas/ themes taken forward.

Further enhance parental engagement/ family learning programmes through challenge

1. To provide our parents/ carers with a wide range of activities that enhances and develops their relationship with their

1. Parents/ carers offered the opportunity to attend activities within the school day, with an increase in the percentage of parents

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and enjoyment linking to children’s Literacy, Numeracy, Health and Wellbeing learning.

child through play and learning.

2. To increase parental/ carer confidence in supporting their child at school.

3. To work in partnership with parents/ carers to establish parental focus group.

4. SST EAL to work in partnership with targeted parents to increase confidence in supporting their child at school.

becoming involved.

2. Increase in parental/ carer confidence to support their child in identified area. Questionnaire to be used at the start and completion of workshops/ events.

3. Creation of parental focus group with all strategies implemented. Feedback from parents attending group.

4. All parents in EAL target group contacted and encouraged to take part in workshop/ events.

Operational Improvement Planning (Action Plan) for Establishment: Session: 2019 - 2020 Strategic Priority 1: _ Implement Learning and Teaching Policy across all levels incorporating moderation of Literacy and Numeracy to raise attainment including Learning Community moderation opportunities

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National Improvement Framework Key Priorities Improvement in attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy; Closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children; Improvement in children and young people’s health and wellbeing; and Improvement in employability skills and sustained positive school leaver destinations for all young people.National Improvement Framework Key Drivers HGIOS 4 and Early Learning and Childcare Indicators SLC Education Resources Themes

School leadership

Teacher professionalism

Parental engagement

Assessment of children’s progress

School improvement

Performance information

1.1 Self Evaluation for self-improvement 1.2 Leadership for learning 1.3 Leadership of change 1.4 Leadership and management of staff 1.5 Management of resources to promote equity 2.1 Safeguarding and child protection 2.2 Curriculum 2.3 Learning teaching and assessment 2.4 Personalised support 2.5 Family learning 2.6 Transitions 2.7 Partnership 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 3.2 Raising attainment and achievement/Securing

children’s progress 3.3 Increasing creativity and employability/ Developing

creativity and skills for life and learning

Transform Learning andTeaching/Implement CfE

Meeting the Needs of all Learners’,GIRFEC and Statutory Duties

Skills for Learning, Life and Work

Professional Learning

Leadership (Change and Improvement)

Key Actions (How) *Lead Person *Timescale *Comments

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Implement revised Teaching and Learning Position Statement/ Policy for Learning and Teaching Kirsteen White SDD 13th Aug 2019

QLO to provide assistance and support

School Literacy (J Bell) and Numeracy (Jennifer Maddox) co-ordinator to assist

Develop use of data at all levels using SLC Tracking and Monitoring Spreadsheet

Kirsteen White/ Jane Bell25th June 2019 (planning meeting)SDD 14th August 2019

Develop teacher confidence in long and short term planning/ assessment/ moderation using developed core learning aligned to benchmarks.

Kirsteen White SDD 14th August 2019 Refer to material developed by SLC

(Progression Pathways)

Refer to attainment of a level materials developed last session for Literacy/ Numeracy/ H+W

St John Ogilvie Learning Community Moderation activities Kirsteen White/ Jane Bell

StJOLC meeting – 20th November 2019StJOLC peer visits – Feb/ March 2020StJOLC meeting – 22nd April 2020

Linking to Learning Community Improvement Plan

Trios –

St Peter’s/ St Mark’s/ St Ninian’s

St Cuthbert’s/ St Blane’s/ St Joseph’s

Professional Reading – Make Every Lesson Count Kirsteen White LT 28th August 2019

Nurture Room to be set up with staff trained Kirsteen White

Accredited training to be completed by October 2019Nurture Room in use by October 2019

Training for two members of teaching staff and one classroom assistant is confirmed via Nurture UK for 29th, 30th August 2019 (Paisley) and for October 1st 2019

Operational Improvement Planning (Action Plan) for Establishment: Session: 2019 – 2020

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*Establishments decide their specific headings similar to this

Strategic Priority 2: Further enhance pupil participation through How Good is OUR School themes and developing young workforce

National Improvement Framework Key Priorities Improvement in attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy; Closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children; Improvement in children and young people’s health and wellbeing; and Improvement in employability skills and sustained positive school leaver destinations for all young people.National Improvement Framework Key Drivers HGIOS 4 and Early Learning and Childcare Indicators SLC Education Resources Themes

School leadership

Teacher professionalism

Parental engagement

Assessment of children’s progress

School improvement

Performance information

1.1 Self Evaluation for self-improvement 1.2 Leadership for learning 1.3 Leadership of change 1.4 Leadership and management of staff 1.5 Management of resources to promote equity 2.1 Safeguarding and child protection 2.2 Curriculum 2.3 Learning teaching and assessment 2.4 Personalised support 2.5 Family learning 2.6 Transitions 2.7 Partnership 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 3.2 Raising attainment and achievement/Securing

children’s progress 3.3 Increasing creativity and employability/ Developing

creativity and skills for life and learning

Transform Learning andTeaching/Implement CfE

Meeting the Needs of all Learners’,GIRFEC and Statutory Duties

Skills for Learning, Life and Work

Professional Learning

Leadership (Change and Improvement)

Key Actions (How) *Lead Person *Timescale *Comments

Extend pupil focus group to create the right culture for effective learner participation

Jane Bell Ongoing throughout the school year -Prepare, plan and implement agreed

Implementing the document themes

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themes of How Good is OUR school

How

Good is OUR school

Develop staff knowledge, understanding and confidence to create the right culture for effective learner participation Jane Bell

Ongoing throughout the school year with initial professional dialogue on SDD 13th August 2019

As above

Operational Improvement Planning (Action Plan) for Establishment: Session: 2019 – 2020

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Strategic Priority 3: Further enhance parental engagement/ family learning programmes through challenge and enjoyment linking to children’s Literacy, Numeracy, health and Wellbeing learning.

National Improvement Framework Key Priorities Improvement in attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy; Closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children; Improvement in children and young people’s health and wellbeing; and Improvement in employability skills and sustained positive school leaver destinations for all young people.National Improvement Framework Key Drivers HGIOS 4 and Early Learning and Childcare Indicators SLC Education Resources Themes

School leadership

Teacher professionalism

Parental engagement

Assessment of children’s progress

School improvement

Performance information

1.1 Self Evaluation for self-improvement 1.2 Leadership for learning 1.3 Leadership of change 1.4 Leadership and management of staff 1.5 Management of resources to promote equity 2.1 Safeguarding and child protection 2.2 Curriculum 2.3 Learning teaching and assessment 2.4 Personalised support 2.5 Family learning 2.6 Transitions 2.7 Partnership 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 3.2 Raising attainment and achievement/Securing

children’s progress 3.3 Increasing creativity and employability/ Developing

creativity and skills for life and learning

Transform Learning andTeaching/Implement CfE

Meeting the Needs of all Learners’,GIRFEC and Statutory Duties

Skills for Learning, Life and Work

Professional Learning

Leadership (Change and Improvement)

Key Actions (How) *Lead Person *Timescale *Comments

Continue to engage families through participation in family learning opportunities

Kirsteen White From September 2019 onwards – Read, Write, CountLearning About LearningLiteracy and English Workshops

Linking with school co-ordinators to further engage families in family learning opportunities

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Numeracy and Maths WorkshopsH+W WorkshopsClass competitions Catch Up Literacy based sessionsWorld Book day activities STEM based activity prog Family Learning Opps – ‘February Fun!’

November 2019 –Business DayDeveloping Young Workforce World of Work afternoon

Consult with Pupil Leadership team

Consult with parent Council

Develop curricular programmes to enhance parent capacity in supporting learners Jane Bell, Jennifer Maddox, Rosalind Horne

From September 2019 onwards –Workshops for parents/ carers targeting identified areas requiring support

Parents/ carers support sessions based on questionnaire feedback

Enhance EAL parent capacity in supporting learners through parental support workshops Kasia Meinicke

From September 2019 onwardsOngoing programme to offer EAL support – Supporting Literacy based homeworkSupporting Numeracy based homework

Parent/ carer based support specifically for EAL families

Establishment Maintenance Improvement Planning Session: 2019 - 2020

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National Improvement Framework Key Priorities Improvement in attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy; Closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children; Improvement in children and young people’s health and wellbeing; and Improvement in employability skills and sustained positive school leaver destinations for all young people.National Improvement Framework Key Drivers HGIOS 4 and Early Learning and Childcare Indicators SLC Education Resources Themes

School leadership

Teacher professionalism

Parental engagement

Assessment of children’s progress

School improvement

Performance information

1.1 Self Evaluation for self-improvement 1.2 Leadership for learning 1.3 Leadership of change 1.4 Leadership and management of staff 1.5 Management of resources to promote equity 2.1 Safeguarding and child protection 2.2 Curriculum 2.3 Learning teaching and assessment 2.4 Personalised support 2.5 Family learning 2.6 Transitions 2.7 Partnership 3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion 3.2 Raising attainment and achievement/Securing

children’s progress 3.3 Increasing creativity and employability/ Developing

creativity and skills for life and learning

Transform Learning andTeaching/Implement CfE

Meeting the Needs of all Learners’,GIRFEC and Statutory Duties

Skills for Learning, Life and Work

Professional Learning

Leadership (Change and Improvement)

Key Actions (from previous plans)

Refresh ECO status Further develop use of STEM area in school Further develop Food Technology prog, Phase 7 Funding (approved, Education Scotland) Further develop Language 1 + 2 Prog – P5,6,7 Further develop use of Nurture Room Continuation of PFFA, links to SCES/ Cluster Verifier position Continuation of Masterclass prog, all classes/ levels involved Further development of Skills for Learning, Life and Work – Business day P5-7, Pupil Employees P5-7, World of Work session whole school Further develop a consistent approach/ staff confidence in gathering/ analysing data/ Tracking and Monitoring (Leuven Scale of engagement)

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