The main priorities of improvement plan for session 2022-2023 are listed below.
In arriving at our improvement priorities, the school has taken account of North Lanarkshire’s Aspire priorities, an audit of year two of the current improvement plan and engagement with parents/carers and learners.
We also took account of current national expectations in respect of the National Improvement Framework. In particular the four main National Improvement Framework 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;
In order to deliver these priorities, we have paid particular attention to the following drivers of improvement.
- School leadership
- Teacher professionalism
- Parental engagement
- Assessment of children’s progress
- School improvement
- Performance information
When developing our School Improvement Plan, we considered the following questions
- What action are we currently taking to ensure excellence and equity for all learners?
- Which attainment gaps exist in our school?
- What action do we need to take to close these gaps?
- What data will we use to monitor progress?
- How good are our children’s outcomes in these areas?
- What further targeted interventions do we need to plan next year to improve outcomes for key groups of learners?
- How good are we now? What do we need to improve further?
- Which approaches to change will we use to ensure progress and impact with our key priorities?
| Cluster Priority : |
| By June 2024 we aim to provide increased equity for all learners by ensuring wellbeing needs are met and by closing the attainment gap in Numeracy & Mathematics. |
| Improvement Priority 1: |
| · By June 2024, we aim to improve attainment in numeracy, literacy & writing throughout the school. |
| Improvement Priority 2: |
| ·By June 2024, Nurture principles will be embedded, family engagement opportunities, school clubs and pupil voice will support pupils attendance and attainment. |
| Nursery Class – Improvement Priority 3: |
| · By June 2024, we aim to develop family learning opportunities within the Nursery to promote parental engagement and parental involvement in order to improve literacy skills. To develop partnership work with stakeholders within the community to support children to become responsible citizens |
| Pupil Equity Fund interventions and intended impact: |
| · Targeted progressive resources & Training – enable staff to plan and use a range of alternative resources, which are matched to the experiences and outcomes of CfE, and the needs of learners in deciles 1 & 2. These will ensure support to close the identified attainment gap. Training will develop sustainability and capability within the whole team.
· PTs – focus on interventions within numeracy and literacy for those gaps identified through tracking. Supporting the learners both within the classroom environment and in small groups. Modelling of support with staff will increase sustainability · Digital technologies – to give all learners equal access to learning experiences and the opportunity to achieve. From data this intervention will increase engagement and participation of those in SIMD 1-2 · Family Learning – to develop sustainable opportunities and partnerships with parents engaging them in their child’s learning within the school, increasing capacity to support at home and to participate in sports and wellbeing events. · Sensory Curriculum – to increase engagement and participation particularly within LCSC for those identified in SIMD 1&2 as needing a sensory approach to learning to develop a sense of attainment. |
