Fordham Primary School

Fordham Primary School

school development plan

Throughout the year, children's learning is assessed and monitored.  From the final outcomes in July along with the knowledge of the school, a development plan is written for the forthcoming year.  Children, staff and governors have an input into this plan and associated actions to complete throughout the year.

The aim of the school development plan is to improve outcomes for children on an academic and a pastoral level.  

Please see below for this year's school development plan targets. 

School Development Plan 2025 - 2026 Summary

Quality of Education focus:

- To ensure the curriculum is ambitious, accessible, and inclusive for all pupils, including those with SEND, enabling every child to achieve their full potential.

- To raise attainment and progress in writing across all key stages by improving the quality of teaching, enhancing pupil engagement and embedding consistent approaches to writing.

- To improve attainment and progress in maths by embedding effective assessment practices that inform teaching, identify gaps and support targeted intervention.

Behaviour and Attitude focus:

- To further improve pupil attendance across all groups by strengthening early intervention, promoting positive attendance culture and working in partnership with families and external agencies.

- To improve pupil behaviour across the school by embedding inclusive practices, increasing staff understanding of SEND Needs and ensuring consistent, supportive approaches to behaviour

 

Personal Development focus:

- To embed opportunities for spiritual development across the curriculum and wider school life, fostering reflection, awe, wonder and a deeper sense of meaning and purpose among pupils and staff

 

Leadership and Management focus:

- To ensure the school budget is strategically aligned with SDP priorities, enabling effective resource allocation that supports pupil outcomes, staff development and inclusive provision, ensuring value for money.

- To strengthen staffing capacity and resilience by addressing budgetary challenges, supporting staff well-being and ensuring effective deployment to meet the needs of all pupils.

- To embed our Parish-School Covenant and work through the PSC plan on areas:

> ‘Christian Distinctiveness’ – celebrating belonging to the Church of England family

> ‘Live a life in all its fullness’ – through wisdom, hope,

 

Our Flourishing Tree

Our Flourish tree encourages children to grow, develop and Flourish through their time at Fordham. At the start of each new academic year, we ask our children to reflect on what their hopes and aspirations for the year are. Every leaf has an aspirational target written by our pupils themselves promoting them to be ambitious and adventurous! The flowers at the bottom have the names of our Early Years children who will grow and add to the tree as they progress through school.