Our Vision Bishops Lydeard Primary School

Improve the quality of teaching to good or better through: Teaching Assistants What we have done so far Skills audit Tailor made training through Inset Listened and acted upon suggestions of how to be more effective with time Drop ins Lesson Observations

Improve the quality of teaching to good or better through: Teaching Assistants Impact Effective use of Teaching Assistants We know this because: Drop ins – Mrs Thorne, Mrs Brooker and HMI Lesson Observations – Literacy Subject Leaders.

Improve the quality of teaching to good or better through: Levelling Work Teachers working in pairs to ensure the levels are accurate in reading, writing and numeracy. Pupil Progress Meeting with every class teacher. Drop ins and lesson observations to identify the challenge within lessons.

Improve the quality of teaching to good or better through: Levelling Work Impact Levels are accurate for identifying progress with our data collection. Differentiation is in the planning. Work scrutiny is showing that lessons are pitched differently for particular groups of pupils. Ongoing CPD for staff

Improve the quality of teaching to good or better through: Next steps: Children’s levels on planning Drop in focussing on work matched to the pupils’ differing abilities.

Improve the quality of teaching to good or better through: Marking Reviewed the marking policy Agreed marking codes in every classroom Book scrutiny Non-negotiable list for Literacy and Numeracy books. Further opportunities to scrutinise books

Improve the quality of teaching to good or better through: Marking Impact All staff are clear about expectations All books are showing a significant improvement (85% + of books have all the criteria) Pupils are clear about the expectations of presentation, self-assessing and responding to questions. This is being monitored through: Weekly drop ins Individualised next steps identified for every class. Lesson observations Subject leader monitoring Management team monitoring.

Improve the quality of teaching to good or better through: Questions in books Pupils from Yr 2 onwards have questions in their books on a regular basis ( not every lesson). Purpose of the questions are to deepen and broaden your child’s understanding. Expectation is for your child to answer these questions. Monitoring the same way as the previous slide.

Improve the quality of Leadership and Management through: Literacy and Numeracy Subject leaders checking the pupils’ progress Active involvement in completing Pupil Progress Meetings Challenge class teachers through questioning within the meeting. Review and support any barriers to the learning with groups of pupils. Creating a report for the Education Committee so the staff are being held to account by Governors.

Improve the quality of Leadership and Management through: Impact with Subject Leaders As a result of conducting Pupil Progress Meetings with the SLT, the leaders have a deeper understanding of progress across the school. The effectiveness of the Subject Leaders to improve the standards of learning have now increased as they are able to act upon areas discussed in the meetings.

Improve the quality of Leadership and Management through: Ensuring that the Governors use the information they receive from the school to check that teaching and pupils’ achievement are improving Report for Education Committee Increased challenge to the Head/Deputy through questioning Designated action plan meetings therefore the number of meetings have increased. Governor Monitoring in school has increased further. Meetings with HMI Professional Development including monitoring and evaluating courses Governor Monitoring document

Improve the quality of Leadership and Management through: Impact of Governors What has been implemented so far has been facilitated/supported and challenged by the Governors.

We need you to . . . . Ensure feedback about homework is given to the class teacher. Read with your child on a regular basis including ‘free readers’ Your child is not tired/sick when attending school. Use the Curriculum Newsletters to support your child at home. Please take holidays out of term time.