Strategic Plan
Our Strategic Plan sets out our shared vision, mission and values for North Lancing Primary School. It provides a clear sense of direction and communicates our ethos, priorities and long-term ambitions for the school.
The plan helps ensure that our whole school community understands where we are going, what we want to achieve and how we will continue to develop and improve.
Our Strategic Plan was developed collaboratively by the Governing Body, Senior Leadership Team and staff representatives, ensuring that it reflects the shared aspirations and priorities of our school community.
It provides a framework for our ongoing development and supports us in making decisions that keep our pupils at the heart of everything we do.
School Improvement Plan (SIP) – A summary for Parents
Each year key stakeholders at the school write an improvement plan. The plan focuses on any areas of the curriculum, learning environment, teaching and general running of the school that can be developed and improved. The plan also includes any targets set by OFSTED. The current plan runs for three years and we are currently in the third year.
During the three-year period, our overarching aim is for North Lancing Primary to be an exceptional school where every pupil flourishes and has the best possible start in life.
Our School Improvement Plan sets out our commitment to ensuring that pupils leave us as successful learners and well-rounded individuals, equipped with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need for the future. We aim to create an inclusive, safe, ambitious and kind learning environment where every pupil can thrive, supported by a progressive curriculum and strong partnerships with families and the wider community.
The plan is organised into a number of key priority areas. Each priority has an overarching aim, supported by specific actions designed to help us achieve it. All actions are carefully time-scaled, with their impact monitored and measured to ensure that they make a meaningful difference to our pupils and school community.
Below is a summary of our School Improvement Plan. If you would like to see the plan in full, please contact the school office, who will be happy to provide you with a copy.
Self-Evaluation Form (SEF) – A summary for Parents
School Self-Evaluation
The school regularly evaluates its performance against the areas considered as part of the current Ofsted inspection framework. Our self-evaluation is an important part of our ongoing improvement work and helps us to identify our strengths, recognise areas for further development and ensure that our actions have a positive impact on pupils.
Our self-evaluation considers the following areas:
- Inclusion
- Curriculum and teaching
- Achievement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Personal development and well-being
- Leadership and governance
- Early Years
- Safeguarding
We use a wide range of evidence to inform our judgements, including pupils’ learning and progress, the quality of teaching, attendance and behaviour information, pupil and parent voice, staff development, safeguarding arrangements and the impact of our improvement priorities.
Ofsted’s current inspection framework uses a five-point scale for its evaluation areas:
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
The expected standard represents the standard that Ofsted expects schools to meet. The higher grades recognise provision that is consistently strong or exceptional, while the lower grades identify areas where further improvement is needed.
Safeguarding is evaluated separately and is judged as either ‘met’ or ‘not met’.
Our self-evaluation is a working document and is reviewed regularly to reflect our current position. It helps us to celebrate what we do well, identify where we can improve further and ensure that our priorities reerous evidence trails, data and judgements by outside agencies.