Key Foundations/Principles

1. Embrace a culture where relationships and nurture allow all pupils and staff to thrive and feel valued and cared for
2. Provide a curriculum that is inspiring, progressive and knowledge rich.
3. Offer high-quality teaching across the school to ensure that all pupils make good progress and the needs of all learners is catered for.

Overarching aims

Quality of Education

• To raise standards in writing across all year groups 
• To implement an effective spelling curriculum in KS2
• To raise the standard of work and presentation across the school (handwriting, spelling and presentation)
• To implement a progressive and inspiring curriculum for EAL, Science and DT to ensure good outcomes for all children
• Vulnerable groups receive effective provision to ensure they reach their full potential

Behaviour and Attitudes

• The whole school to engage in the Mulberry Bush Nurture Project
• Implement a new relational behaviour policy so that it becomes ‘the Watchfield way’ with consistency and rigor

Personal development

• Create further opportunities for wider curriculum development
• Ensure pupil premium grants are used effectively to support vulnerable groups
• Develop school wellbeing approach to support staff and pupils to flourish 

Leadership and Management

• Leaders (SLT and ELT) to continue to develop and support an inclusive culture where adaptive and responsive teaching is evident across the school so outcomes improve for all children
• Implementation of a coaching culture for all staff, with a focus on team teaching and open dialogue to support continuous development
• Embed the new ELT structure so that staff feel supported and empowered

Effectiveness of the Early Years

• Initiate the Wellcomm language tool throughout the EYFS (Pre-school and Rec)
• Implement provision to support language development throughout EYFS
• Provide continuous provision across both Reception Classes, utilising staff effectively to support vulnerable/high-needs pupils