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School Development

At St Agatha’s we believe that all children thrive in an environment in which they are happy, challenged and secure. Our aim is always to provide the best education and experience for pupils throughout their time at our school. 

Each year the Governors and Senior Leadership Team write a School Development Plan which identifies the key areas of focus for our school. These areas are identified through analysis of the progress our children make, evaluation of school strengths and identification of key areas to further develop. 

The development plan is in constant use by both staff and governors, in order to monitor and evaluate progress against identified priorities. Day to day monitoring of the school development plan is the responsibility of the Headteacher together with the Senior Leadership Team and teaching staff. 

The Governing Body receives regular reports on progress and contributes to the monitoring process through school visits and committee meetings. At the end of the year, judgements are made about whether a target has been achieved, whether further work is needed to consolidate improvement or whether a different set of actions is required. 

PRIORITIES: School Development 2025-2026:

Safeguarding

  • Create accessible policies for parents and carers.

Inclusion

  • Improve the outcomes for the pupils who are educationally disadvantaged. 
  • Narrow the attainment gap between children with SEND when compared to their peers.

Curriculum and Teaching

  • Implement the approved Primary RE Scheme ‘Lighting the Path’.

Achievement

  • Improve writing outcomes so that the gap between writing and reading narrows for all pupils.

Attendance and Behaviour

  • Reduce absence and persistent absence levels so there is a maximum of a 2.5% gap between the attendance for these groups and their peers.

Personal Development and Wellbeing

  • Enable pupils to recognise the dangers of using technology and social media inappropriately.
  • Develop the pupils’ role in building a sustainable school.

Early Years

  • Introduce the online Tapestry portal for sharing learning with parents.

Leadership and Governance

  • Effectively deploy the pupil premium funding and SEND expenditure so it is focused on closing gaps for these pupil groups.
  • Leaders’ actions identify and tackle barriers to attendance.