1. Farnham Common Junior School PTA Forum: January 2012
“Moving our premises towards excellence”

2. Our school community - welcome!
Parents
PTA
Governors
Staff
…and by proxy, pupils.

3. Aims of this forum To share our School Development Plan objectives;
All members of school community need to be aware of the bigger strategic picture;
To contribute your own thoughts and ideas;
To identify how we can best use our combined strengths to push this work forward;
To map a path towards realising our “excellence” goals.

4. Our School Development Plan What? Why? Who? When? How?
Document at the centre of all that we do in school. Our driver for “Excellence”
Embraces our vision and values;
Addresses key priorities arising from inspection and self-evaluation;
Informs policies and identifies practice to realise these.

5. Our School Development Plan What? Why? Who? When? How?
Compiled by leadership team following ongoing consultation and collaborative work with staff, governors, pupils, parents and community.
Three year plan in place every September
Constructed around the four inspection foci for Ofsted:
pupil achievement,
quality of teaching,
leadership and management,
behaviour and safety of pupils.

6. Our main focus areas S.E.F. “Self Evaluation Form”
Creative curriculum – planning, delivery and assessment
Progression in literacy, reading and numeracy
Quality of teaching and training
Interventions - support and challenge
Electronic developments – VLE, tracking, reporting,
e-safety
Safety and behaviour
Engaging parents and community
S.E.N. review (in response to White Paper)
Site and premises

7. So why site and premises?
Ambience! Mood!
Important to our homes and businesses
Essential for pupil, parent and community engagement
Surprisingly, perhaps, all four inspection foci are impacted by physical environment;
Teachers routinely adjust the classroom environment to suit teaching and learning.
Physical Environment – inside and out - impacts directly on standards of behaviour, engagement, achievement, progress and attainment.

8. Space – the final frontier!
Effective use of space
Centralising resources
Creating more teaching areas for small group work
Improving the dining room facilities
Creating staff work space and improving our staffroom
Parents’ meeting and waiting areas

9. Remember the Rationale
Inspection foci for Ofsted :
pupil achievement,
quality of teaching,
leadership and management,
behaviour and safety of pupils.

10. Centralising Resources
Guided reading
Reading scheme
Mathematics
Science
Art / DT / Music / Drama
Other curricular resources / topic boxes
P.E. equipment – inside and out
Playground equipment
PTA

11. Small group work rooms Additional teaching areas
Interventions – support and challenge
Old changing rooms
Plans
Cost!

12. Dining Room Less pressured Conducive to enjoying lunchtime
Promote better social interactions
Developing manners
Positive discipline
Happier, safer lunchtimes
Maintaining a readiness for learning in the afternoon
Cost!

13. Staff rooms Also available as meeting rooms
Work space – upstairs ICT room
Staffroom: R&R – decorations, furnishings, heating
Fire prevention and safety works
Loss of storage facilities
Cost!

14. Parents’ waiting areas
The “Forum”
Centralised
Informal networking
Self-supporting parent body
Information boards
Shelter
Chairs and tables
Signs and directions
Cost!

15. Playground
Promotion of positive behaviour, social interaction, risk assessment and independence: environment, facilities and activities
Quiet area and field – weather dependent
Marked out areas / rotas
Signs and inspirational wall messages
Equipment
Playground games – led and supervised by older pupils
Buddy systems
School Council focus

16. The “land”
This has evolved and is being added to our development plan.
Strategically placed to enhance our profile in the community and form a tangible link with the Infant School
Great resource for curriculum and community
Outcomes of our consultations with you
Resources are limited
Capacity to maintain it must be considered
Sensitive location

17. Our place in the community
Travelling to and from school; parking.
Consideration for our close neighbours.
Welcoming the community; sharing our premises.
Using our premises to promote community cohesion.
Using the community to enhance our premises.
Letting out our premises.

18. Self Evaluation Part of school’s culture;
To identify strengths and areas for development;
Focused on achieving the best outcomes for pupils;
Devolved responsibility – all stakeholders;
Most effective when there is a strong collaborative and inclusive ethos.

19. …and now… Thoughts and ideas - the more creative the better!
How can we best use our combined strengths to push this work forward?
Can we see a path towards realising our “excellence” goals?
Manpower; funding; sponsorship; priorities