Chesswood Junior School

At Chesswood Junior School we will inspire our whole school community to enjoy their learning adventure and have fun along the way. We will ignite a passion for learning throughout the school community; securing excellence, empathy and equality in all that we do. We will strive to achieve the highest standards of academic achievement and behaviour... within a vibrant, exciting learning environment so that all children leave this school with confidence and the ability to take advantage of future opportunities. The SIP contains only those actions that link to the key school priorities. There are a considerable number of actions that are recorded and undertaken that do not link to the school priorities but that are nevertheless important, require attention and are recorded within the school improvement database. The school improvement plan is a public document that may be scrutinised, monitored and evaluated by a wide range of audiences including, the senior leadership team, school governors, parents, the Local Authority and Ofsted. All improvement plans are continuously developing throughout the year in response to a wide range of changes and development that can, and do, happen at national, county and local level. Our priorities, however, will remain, for at least twelve months, as communicated to the governing body in annually in autumn. The improvement plan develops through a continuous review of a wide range of areas throughout the school including: The school vision and mission - statements forming the bedrock of the schools intentions and aspirations for the future. Supported and linked to School Aims, that are inextricably linked to three core areas - Learning, Pastoral and Leadership. Supported by and linked to 35 Primary objective areas. There are 21 whole school themes e.g. finance; governance or attainment. There are an additional 14 curriculum or theme areas e.g. English, geography and physical education each with a 'Primary Objective' to secure in the future, supplemented by a strategy a leader will ...Read More