School Improvement

Holy Trinity continues to be an improving school and our ambition is for it to be a place where children thrive and love learning. Please see the areas we would like to improve this year. 

Spiritual Development

1. To research further ways to improve Spiritual, Moral and Social education.
2. Teachers to visit other countries to develop modern foreign language and visit schools in Europe through the Erasmus project and Diocesan links

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

1. Review the curriculum design, planning and implementation. To ensure a broad, rich and interesting curriculum and to continue to develop outdoor learning opportunities.
2. Improve the teaching of oracy within all curriculum subjects and enable pupils to use speaking and listening to deepen their thinking and understanding.
3. Improve the teaching of core skills within the curriculum e.g. spelling and number fluency.
4. Evaluate the consistent high expectations of pupil learning in books and the effectiveness of the feedback and marking policy.

Outcomes for children

1. % of children at GLD, phonics, KS1 and KS2 to be above national expectations at expected and exceeding levels
2. For EYFS, improving amount of children achieving the Early Learning Goals of moving and handling.
3. Embed spelling scheme and raise spelling scores at the end of Key Stage testing.
4. Girls reading attainment at KS1.
5. Percentage of disadvantaged children achieving expected and greater depth at the end of KS2.

Personal development, behaviour and welfare

1. Improve morning punctuality – the 8:50 – 9am window and reduce the number of children who are persistently late to start learning.
2. Reduced the number of persistent absences. Currently this is 8% (15 children).

Early Years

1. To use Makaton with children to develop communication.
2. Consistent good or better teaching across the Early years.
3. To raise attainment in Moving and Handling.