1. Rush Green Primary School
Rush Green Primary School

2. Agenda
School Improvement
School Trips
Attendance

3. School Improvement Improve childrens’ writing
Improve childrens’ mathematical knowledge
Improve the quality of teaching so that children make the same progress (especially our special needs children)

4. Why? In September around 50% of teaching was good and better
Expectations of children too low and below national
Standards poor and below national
Very little quality English
Very little quality writing – one quality piece per week
Mathematics was based on a scheme of work which was too easy
Very little planning and very little effective marking
Large proportion of children had little pride in their work
Not enough time for learning in the school day

5. Why? Policies for marking Policies for teaching and learning
Policies for assessment
Performance management policy of staff
The maths and English curriculum
Resources for maths and English
ALL OUTDATED

6. What we have done Held staff to account through performance management
Have trained teachers so that the quality of teaching has improved
Introduced new curriculums for English and maths
Raised standards and expectations of teachers, pupils and work
Purchased new resources to support the new curriculums
Reassessed pupils’ work to fix a starting point to measure progress against
Introduced new policies for marking, assessment, planning and teaching and learning
Monitored quality to ensure that what we have said ‘sticks’

7. We have also…
Latest monitoring shows that 85% of teaching is at least good and 20% of the teaching is outstanding
New, handpicked staff starting in September
Teachers and support staff who are passionate about doing the best for the children
Restructured the team to create new opportunities so that we can hold onto our best staff, offer new opportunities for outstanding people form outside our school and build a system of leadership that will work to the benefit of everyone

8. New Staffing Structure Deputy 1 Deputy 2 Deputy 3 Deputy 4 SBM
September 2014
Headteacher
Deputy Deputy Deputy Deputy SBM
(Leadership & (Teaching & (Assessment & (Inclusion & (Finances)
Management) Staff Development) Learning) Behaviour)
Phase Leader Phase Leader Phase Leader SENCO
(N – Y1) (Y2 – Y4) (Y5 – 6)
YGL YGL YGL YGL YGL YGL YGL YGL
Nursery Reception Y Y Y Y Y Y6

9. Next steps
Lots of projects still ongoing and will need to be completed.
These will take time!

10. Library project
Playground project
Transport project
Office and administration building works
ICT development and the school Virtual Learning Environment
Embed work in English and maths
Develop rest of curriculum
Develop year 1 to match provision of EYFS
Continue refurbishment of classrooms
Continue to build links with parents

11. Trips Lots of trips cancelled School loss of funding
School loss of deposit
Unable to top up
Cost of trip + coach, divided by numbers of children

12. Why?
Cost?
Timing?
Number of trips?
General complacency?

13. Proposal
New ‘opt in’ trip policy

14. Attendance

15. Quick Tour