1. Beacon Rise Primary School

3. Beacon Rise Primary  Three form entry primary school  Rapid expansion  Deprived but supportive families working hard for their families  Victorian buildings  Amazingly dedicated staff Beacon Rise Primary School

7. Aims as a new Headteacher… A school created for the community it serves Space to innovate Great learning behaviour All subjects valued equally Creative and fun curriculum Skills based curriculum Excellent academic progress Equal opportunity for all Constraints and challenges…..Ofsted and other stakeholders

8. Beacon Rise Primary School One of main development strategies Create a learning environment that … is fun engages and enthrals maximises learning time encourages whiteboard withdrawal supports play values balances academic focus

9. Beacon Rise Primary School So this is what we did…. Spoke with children Bought some stuff Trained (?!!) some dinner ladies Bought some more stuff Looked around a bit at other schools Appointed play leader… …and then started to make it central to SDP, think strategically and plan.

10. Beacon Rise Primary School Play Plan Leadership and Planning Care and Maintenance Staffing Access Play / learning value

11. Beacon Rise Primary School

12. Lots of help along the way… Friends of Beacon Rise Lottery funding Goodwill of staff OPAL Green Play Project Beacon Rise Primary School