SDP

A Summary of our School Development Planning at Crossgates CP School.

Growing together, Learning Forever

Our School Development Plan (SDP) provides a strategic overview of how we will work to improve opportunities for both pupils and staff over the course of an academic year. The plan focuses on how we feel we can achieve the priorities plus what resources will be used, including effective spending of grants to ensure the needs of all of our pupils are met.

The curriculum and assessment (Wales) 2021 Act challenges all schools to support national priorities of

  • Improving pupils’ progression by ensuring their learning is supported by a range of knowledge, skills and experience.
  • Reducing the impact of poverty on pupils’ progression and attainment.

The plan will be monitored by our School Improvement Advisor and Governing Body.

The school will look for support within professional dialogue, professional research, visiting best practice, attending professional network events arranged by the Local Authority and further afield. The school will also work closely with others in the Calon Cymru

A Summary of our School Development Planning 22-23

Priority one – To develop children’s reasoning and problem-solving skills.

What we’re aiming for:

To ensure that all pupils experience opportunities to reason and apply their mathematical knowledge and skills in a range of context through problem solving and shared experiences. 

Priority two – Embed the use of HAKA across the school to develop provision and opportunities for science investigations

What we’re aiming for:

Develop children’s skills in applying the scientific method: learn to conduct a range of enquiries, take measurements accurately, present data, make predictions and draw conclusions from evidence.
Priority three – To promote knowledge and understanding of children’s rights through embedding a whole school approach to emotional and mental well being

What we’re aiming for:

Everyone involved with the school places wellbeing at the heart of all they do. Inclusion is valued, where everybody works together, contributing their skills and resources to the collective good. There is a shared understanding of what constitutes a supporting environment where young people are encouraged to fulfil their personal and academic potential, supported by staff who operate in a culture which values everyone’s wellbeing.

Priority four – Provide regular opportunities for all pupils to write creatively, at length, across a broad range of genres

What we’re aiming for:

Create opportunities for writing, inspired by meaningful events and experiences in texts and real life, to enable children to talk and write about their own feelings and experiences.

For children to be given time and space to use writing as a tool for thinking, and opportunities to share ideas and preferences, take ownership over their choices and develop the confidence to play around with language features, writing conventions and form.

A summary of our School Development Planning 23-24

Priority one – To further develop and embed a whole school approach to the use of RADY to provide an equitable approach to improve outcomes for disadvantaged youngsters

What we’re aiming for:

All pupils will have access to a broad and balanced curriculum and to learning support services that will help them overcome barriers to their learning. We will strive for equity not equality.

Priority two – To refine assessment systems and further develop a shared understanding of progression both in school and as a cluster in line with CFW

What we’re aiming for:

Having worked on developing the new curriculum we now need to make sure our assessment procedures are fit for purpose. Staff are confident in using the new procedures and have a good understanding of progression and what it looks like.
Priority three – To develop a whole school approach to the RSE

What we’re aiming for:

To create a safe and empowering school community in which learners can grow, learn, and develop positive healthy relationships for life.

Priority four – To further develop and embed a whole school approach to the teaching and learning experiences in DCF

What we’re aiming for:

To teach children the knowledge, attitude and skills they need to be able to use technology and systems confidently, creatively and critically.