1. © GAL Education 2015 SIMPLE AND STRATEGIC Making Things Happen: School Action Planning for Success Without strategic leadership the urgent drives out the important, the future goes largely unexplained, and the capacity to act, rather than the capacity to think and imagine becomes the sole means of leadership. Hamel and Prahaland 1994

2. © GAL Education 2015 HOME PAGE HOW TO USE THIS INTERACTIVE PUBLICATION INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC PLANNING FILE ORGANISATION PRO FORMA EXPLANATIONS PLANNING TOOLS AUDIT OF STRATEGIC PRACTICE CHANGE MANAGEMENT QUOTES AND STUFF Click on the interactive Contents below to go directly to each section of the publication

3. © GAL Education 2015 HOW TO USE THIS INTERACTIVE PUBLICATION SIMPLE AND STRATEGIC Making things happen: School Action Planning for Success

4. © GAL Education 2015 HOW TO USE THIS INTERACTIVE PUBLICATION (1) Of course, you can use this publication as a real book – read it from the slides, or print it out as it is. However, the best use will be to use the interactive elements, and the navigation bars. Most pages have hyperlinks which will take you further into a concept, either with an explanation, or a tool. The navigation bars will prevent you from getting lost and suggest the best route for you to take. (Use the keyboard or mouse to take you to the NEXT or PREVIOUS slide, although this may not necessarily the best slide to go to next.) NAVIGATION:PREVIOUSCHAPTER HEADINGHOMENEXT Links to: The previously viewed Page Back to the start of the chapter Back to the Home page The next page in the section (Not active in all sections, just for larger sections)

5. © GAL Education 2015 HOW TO USE THIS INTERACTIVE PUBLICATION (2) The publication and navigation bars guide you through Strategic School Action Planning, and suggests a file organisation you might want to use. The accompanying WORD document supplies pro forma for the file itself. NAVIGATION:PREVIOUSCHAPTER HEADINGHOMENEXT

6. © GAL Education 2015 INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC PLANNING SIMPLE AND STRATEGIC Making things happen: School Action Planning for Success

7. © GAL Education 2015 INTRODUCTION: DEFINITION OF STRATEGIC PLANNING (1) School improvement is a continuous and effective process of evaluation and action to ensure that all children are achieving to their full potential. It minimises the risk of so called “coasting” schools, and supports weaker schools in their development. Critical factors in school improvement include:  The quality and accuracy of school self evaluation systems  The appropriateness of chosen priorities – goals and strategies  The effectiveness of planned strategies  The involvement of strategic partners and stakeholders  The accuracy and effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation procedures  The available resources NAVIGATION:PREVIOUSCHAPTER HEADINGHOMENEXT

8. © GAL Education 2015 INTRODUCTION: DEFINITION OF STRATEGIC PLANNING (2) The purposes of school strategic planning include:  To ensure the highest achievement for all pupils and the best quality education  To provide a mechanism for the school to raise standards  To develop and begin to realise the school’s longer term aims and vision  To co ordinate short and longer term planning  To provide an agreed focus for staff and governors  To establish a channel of communication for all  To give a framework for monitoring, evaluation and review  To identify the best use of school resources, including staffing NAVIGATION:PREVIOUSCHAPTER HEADINGHOMENEXT

9. © GAL Education 2015 INTRODUCTION: DEFINITION OF STRATEGIC PLANNING (3) The guiding principles of strategic planning:  The leadership of the school has a vision for change  All staff have ownership and appropriate accountability  Children and parents – and all stakeholders – have an involvement  All decisions and priorities have a clear rationale and purpose To begin at the end …  The Strategic Planning File gives a rationale for self evaluation  It includes all elements of improvement and development  It leaves nothing to chance  It is flexible and dynamic  It leads to real school improvement NAVIGATION:PREVIOUSCHAPTER HEADINGHOMENEXT

10. © GAL Education 2015 AUDIT OF CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN Are our plans easy to follow and implement? BEST PRACTICE: Plans identify strategies and specific success criteria. They have interim milestones attached to specific tasks. They indicate the lead person responsible. They include a logical sequence of events, reasonable and attainable timelines, and resource implications. Does our Strategic Plan help us to see the direct relationship between the needs for improvement, the goals we have set, the strategies which we are using, and our expected outcomes? Current school practice: NAVIGATION:PREVIOUSCHAPTER HEADINGHOMENEXT

11. © GAL Education 2015 FILE ORGANISATION SIMPLE AND STRATEGIC Making things happen: School Action Planning for Success

12. © GAL Education 2015 FILE ORGANISATION: CONTENTS OVERVIEW FOLLOW THE HYPERLINKS FOR A FULLER EXPLANATION OF EACH SECTION OF THE FILE.  FRONT COVER FRONT COVER  PREAMBLE PREAMBLE  SEF SUMMARY: OVERVIEW OF SEF JUDGEMENTS SEF SUMMARY: OVERVIEW OF SEF JUDGEMENTS  MOST RECENT OFSTED INSPECTION MOST RECENT OFSTED INSPECTION  PRIORITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT  IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS  SUBJECT OR ASPECT PLANS SUBJECT OR ASPECT PLANS  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MAP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MAP  WAITING IN THE WINGS WAITING IN THE WINGS  ROLLING PROGRAMMES ROLLING PROGRAMMES  THE SEF THE SEF NAVIGATION:PREVIOUSCHAPTER HEADINGHOMENEXT

13. © GAL Education 2015 FILE ORGANISATION: FRONT COVER FRONT COVER: This should give your school name, address, logo and phone number, as well as the name of the head teacher and Chair of Governors. SCUTTLE STREET SCHOOL STRATEGIC PLANNING FILE One End Street, Notown Tel: 01234 567891 HEAD TEACHER: T. HEBOSS CHAIR OF GOVERNORS: T. OPDOG SCHOOL LOGO NAVIGATION:PREVIOUSCHAPTER HEADINGHOMENEXT

14. © GAL Education 2015 FILE ORGANISATION: PREAMBLE The list to the right gives examples of some very important elements to the School Strategic File. What is included here is up to the school – but be careful not to overcrowd, or hide the strategic nature of this file. Click on any hyperlink for further explanation and rationale.  SCHOOL AIMS, VISION, AND/OR MISSION STATEMENT SCHOOL AIMS, VISION, AND/OR MISSION STATEMENT  STAFFING STRUCTURE STAFFING STRUCTURE  GOVERNING BODY GOVERNING BODY  SCHOOL ORGANISATION SCHOOL ORGANISATION NAVIGATION:PREVIOUSCHAPTER HEADINGHOMENEXT

15. © GAL Education 2015 FILE ORGANISATION: SEF SUMMARY Make this a one sheet overview of your SEF judgements:  Overall effectiveness  Quality of leadership and management  Behaviour and Safety  Quality of teaching  Achievement of pupils  EYFS – if appropriate  Sixth Form – if appropriate  Boarding – if appropriate SCUTTLE STREET SCHOOL SEF JUDGEMENT OVERVIEW: AREAJUDGEMENT Overall EffectivenessGOOD Leadership and ManagementGOOD Quality of teaching, learning and assessment OUTSTANDING Personal development, behaviour and welfare GOOD Outcomes for pupilsGOOD Effectiveness of EYFSREQUIRES IMPROVEMENT NAVIGATION:PREVIOUSCHAPTER HEADINGHOMENEXT