Vision & School Development Targets

Vision and Mission

 

Sythwood children by the end of year 6 will:

• Be proud of their achievements and unique talents
• Be happy and secure in who they are so they are able to contribute positively to the well-being of their community and wider society
• Have been taught an effective curriculum and learnt fewer things in greater depth to ensure they have the cultural capital and knowledge to fully succeed
• Have a thirst for learning and have high aspirations for their future, being equipped to become interested and interesting adults
• Have been developed as a whole child to be independent, resilient and courteous
• Be confident communicators
• Be aware of their own health and well-being and that of others

 

To achieve this, every day we will strive to:

• Be exceptional role models and have consistently high expectations
• Use every second purposefully so the children learn in greater depth, experience challenge and make accelerated progress
• Develop the whole child and their cultural capital through an effective curriculum, which is accessible for all
• Treat everyone with respect and compassion
• Listen to the views of, and work in collaboration with, our community
• Have meaningful relationships with the children and be adaptable to their needs
• Celebrate the diversity of our children and our community

 

Our School Development Targets for 2023/2024 are:

Attendance	Robust process and strategies are in place to improve attendance for all groups of pupils.
Be your Best	All staff have opportunities to continue their professional development and are aware of pathways for progression. The transition to phase leaders is successful. To continue to establish links with external partners to help proactively address the disadvantage gap for children before they start reception and become an anchor organisation in the local community To review and refine enrichment opportunities provided to pupils.
Curriculum:	To continue to embed reading fluency across the school and embed assessment at KS2. To improve writing results, through refining the approach to writing to be cohesive and progressive, whilst providing autonomy.  For the most able pupils to receive an appropriate level of challenge across the curriculum To ensure that the curriculum meets the needs of our community, through reviewing with the inclusive curriculum framework For pupils with special educational needs to receive high quality teaching, through embedding Ordinarily Available Provision To redesign the transition from reception to Year 1 to allow for greater opportunity for mastery