FAIRLIGHT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

KEY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES FOR CHANGE 2025-2026

Each year the senior leadership team write a School Improvement Plan to ensure that we are all clear and working towards common goals.

 

STATEMENT OF INTENT

At Fairlight Primary and Nursery School our Vision is that Every Individual Child Achieves.

Our intention is that ALL pupils, irrespective of their background or the challenges they face, make good progress and achieve high attainment across all subject areas.

The focus of our School Improvement Plan is to support ALL pupils to achieve that goal.

We will consider as a priority the particular challenges faced by vulnerable pupils.

The activities we have outlined in this statement are also intended to support the needs of ALL pupils, regardless of whether they are disadvantaged or not.

High-quality teaching is at the very heart of our approach, with a focus on areas in which disadvantaged pupils require the most support. This is proven to have the greatest impact on closing the disadvantage attainment gap and at the same time will benefit the non-disadvantaged
pupils in our school. Implicit in the intended outcomes, is the intention that non-disadvantaged pupils’ attainment will be sustained and improved alongside progress for their disadvantaged peers.

Our strategy is also integral to wider school plans for education.

Our approach will be responsive to common challenges and individual needs, rooted in robust diagnostic assessment, not assumptions about the impact of disadvantage. The approaches we have adopted complement each other to help pupils excel.

To ensure they are effective we will:
· ensure ALL pupils are challenged in the work that they’re set
· act early to intervene at the point need is identified
· adopt a whole school approach in which all staff take responsibility for pupils’ outcomes and raise expectations of what they can achieve

UNIQUE CHALLENGES AT FAIRLIGHT

These are some of the challenges pupils face at our school. 

Communication & language skills and vocabulary: At Fairlight some children have underdeveloped communication & language skills and vocabulary gaps on entry to school which continue to impact upon attainment in subsequent years. Some children have limited wider cultural and varied life experiences and a limited exposure to an enriched language environment which also continues to impact on attainment and progress.

Memory: At Fairlight some children find it difficult to retain and recall prior knowledge which has an impact on their attainment and progress. This has been further impacted by partial school closures in their schooling history and has resulted in knowledge gaps leading to pupils falling behind age-related expectations.

Metacognition and Self-Regulation: At Fairlight some children need to develop resilience and understanding in applying knowledge and strategies successfully in their learning and relationships. This can mean that some children are reluctant to take risks or take responsibility for
the learning.

Engagement: At Fairlight poor parental engagement and aspirations inhibits an ability to support learning.

Attendance: At Fairlight poor attendance has an impact on attainment and progress in the short and long term.

Identity: At Fairlight as a community we will combat racism, encourage exploration of identity and promote understanding and acceptance among our students.

OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN

This is split in to two sections.

The Main Areas for Development are the key areas we will be focusing on and areas that are new to the school this year. We believe every year in taking on new challenges. New areas to work on. Continually striving to improve.

The Ongoing Areas are things we have been working on for several years where we still have work to do or where the goalposts keep moving. Very much like "painting the Forth Bridge" these are areas where we need to continue to focus on however may never be finished or fixed. 

WHO WILL THIS IMPACT ON? 

KEY QUESTIONS TO ASK

 MAIN AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT

 ONGOING AREAS

 

TAKING THE TEMPERATURE

This is a document that outlines how we will find out if what we are doing is working.

It allows everyone to know how we will be monitoring. How we will be gathering evidence. But most importantly the things that research show us are important and we should be looking at. Otherwise we would be spending time looking at everything and wondering why we can't see what we were looking for.