Headline Priorities

1. Curriculum – Writing: To ensure pupils develop strong writing skills and can apply them independently with increasing accuracy, confidence and sophistication across all areas of the curriculum.

2. Curriculum – Maths: To strengthen pupils' fluency, recall and application of key mathematical knowledge so that they can confidently use mathematical facts and achieve well across the mathematics curriculum.

3. Attendance and Behaviour (Behaviour strand): To strengthen pupils' self-regulation, positive attitudes to learning and readiness to learn so that learning time is maximised and classroom routines remain highly effective.

4. Leadership and Governance: To strengthen strategic leadership capacity and governance oversight so that leaders at all levels evaluate impact precisely and drive continued improvement.

Further Priorities

5. Attendance and Behaviour (Attendance strand): To establish a culture of exceptional attendance in which all pupils, including those facing barriers to attendance, attend regularly, participate fully and experience a strong sense of belonging within the school community.

6. Quality of Teaching: To strengthen consistency in the implementation of agreed pedagogical approaches so that all pupils benefit from highly effective teaching regardless of class or subject.

7. Personal Development: To further strengthen the personal development curriculum so that pupils develop secure knowledge, skills and strategies to thrive safely and successfully in modern Britain.