Curriculum development plan 2014

National Curriculum Action Plan Implementing the new National Curriculum Date started: June 2014 Date completed: January 2015 Key Development Priority 1: Ensure that a revised school curriculum that meets the requirements of the new National Curriculum is in place by September 2014 Target 1: Compare the statutory requirements of the new National Curriculum (NC) for each subject with the school’s existing curriculum to identify the differences in terms of content and expectations

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Analyse the new statutory requirements for each subject and decide what changes are needed to the school’s existing curriculum using the Pathways MAID Template and MAID Exemplars for each year group

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Subject leaders coordinated by a member of the SLT

Subject MAID analyses completed by end June 2014

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Copy in writing/IT network of Provide Staff Member of SLT curriculum subject meetings, responsible for changes Changes specific CPD Revision of wholewhole school coordination to distributed to all needed to for subject school NC map to Non contact time and key monitor staff and governing school leaders, with ensure that each needed for stage (KS), progress and body (GB) curriculum particular subject meets the subject leaders to explain ensure written agreed by midemphasis on requirements of the changes changes are July English, the new NC to the clear and mathematics curriculum concise and science

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Assess the differences in expectation between the end of the EYFS and the start of Y1 and adjust the curriculum in EYFS and the autumn term to KS1 leaders ensure a smooth transition

Review the suitability of all resources to meet the demands of the new NC and make recommendations for reorganising or replacing them where Subject necessary leaders

By beginning of September, Identify key curriculum differences in plans for expectations and autumn term in devise ways of Y1 in place to bridging them via ensure a the curriculum by smooth end of June transition from the EYFS

Review to be carried out after MAID analysis is complete and to be on going into the autumn term

Time for the two leaders to analyse the curriculum for each KS and make the necessary modifications to the curriculum in the autumn term in Y1

Support for the Y1 teachers/s to enable them to deliver an appropriate curriculum at the start of KS1

Recommendati Time for subject ons for changes leaders to carry Determined by to resources to out their review the review of SLT and and consult with resources governors by class teachers mid-September

KS1 leader to Modified Governors’ monitor the curriculum in place teaching and impact of the for the start of Y1 learning committee curriculum on kept informed pupils’ progress about changes to in the autumn Pupils make good Y1 curriculum and term, assisted progress between its impact on by the EYFS YR and Y1 pupils’ progress leader

Lists of changes Subject leaders needed to Staff and to monitor the resource the new governors use of NC ready to give informed of resources and to SLT and proposed changes identify any governors by early in resourcing gaps September

Target 2: Rewrite the scheme of work (SoW) for each subject in the light of the new Curriculum changes Tasks & Actions

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All schemes of work to be re-written, using the adapted plans on O drive so that they comply with Subject New SoW written the requirements of the leaders, completed by coordinated by start of new NC end June 2014 by member of September 2014 SLT

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Non contact time needed for subject leaders Support for to write new subject SoW leaders in the use of IT in the Time for KS production of team meetings new SoW to discuss new SoW.

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New SoW completed by start Member of of autumn term SLT using common responsible format for all for subjects coordination to monitor progress and New SoW ensure SoW complies with meet new NC requirements of requirements new NC

Staff meeting to give overview of the new schemes of work and implications for teachers’ planning KS team meetings to discuss the new SoW and their implications for teaching and learning

Governing body informed of the changes and given an overview of the new SoW

Staff meeting to give overview OF THE NEW ROLES AND RESONSIBILTIES and what should be in it On-going

Time for KS Subject team meetings leaders, Coordinator files to discuss new New curriculum Budget spent coordinated ready for SoW and responsibilities for all staff

by April 2015 by member of September 2014 subject SLT moderation planning

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Support for subject leaders in moderation of classroom monitor and writing up reports f termly

Better accou8nbaility of each subject Head teacher and Deputy Ordered organised and accountable

Target 3: Amend medium and short term planning for each subject and year group to reflect the content of the new schemes of work Timescale Tasks & Actions

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Medium-term plans for each half term ready on time and KS team Support reflect the Medium-term (six weekly) Mediumterm Class meetings, with with IT to requirements KS and subject plans for each subject plans for first Medium- term subject ensure of the new leaders to monitor amended to match new teachers teachers’ planning supported by half of term plans for the rest leaders where planning NC SoW PPA time for ready by start throughout the year subject of the year to be needed, to is on class teachers for compliance with leaders and of the autumn ready for the start give support to network term KS team of each half term class teachers and Teachers are new requirements leaders with their available confident in planning to all staff their use of the new SoW when writing their mediumterm plans Short-term (weekly) plans Class Ongoing reflect the content of the teachers throughout the revised medium-term supported by year

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PPA time for KS team Support class teachers meetings, with with IT subject where

Weekly planning reflects the

Communication

All medium term plans on internal IT network

Governors teaching and learning committee informed of changes and given access to new plans

KS and subject Regular opportunities leaders to monitor for teachers to discuss teachers’ planning the new planning with

plans for each subject. leaders where needed, to give support to needed class teachers with their planning

KS and subject leaders

content of the mediumterm plans and scheme of work for each subject

school leaders

Members of the throughout the year Governors’ teaching Use the for compliance with and learning weekly new requirements committee keep in targeted touch with teachers to question discuss any issues sheets from concerning curriculum Clive Davies planning as focus for weekly activities

Target 4: Revise the medium and short term plans for all subjects so that the development of spoken language, literacy and numeracy is an integral aspect of the teaching of every subject Timescale Tasks & Actions

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Insert, where relevant, Subject key learning objectives leaders for from the programmes of English and study for English and mathematics, mathematics into the in planning for all subjects in collaboration

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Links between literacy, numeracy and other subjects identified by

Subject plans to include reference to literacy and numeracy by start of autumn term

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Time for Staff meetings Time for The medium- and Subject Revised subject plans subject leaders for whole updating short-term leaders for available to all staff on to identify the school or KSs and writingplanning for all English and school network literacy and to update curriculum subjects includes mathematics numeracy links teachers’ plans learning objectives to monitor across all subject for spoken teachers’

each year group

planning at the start of each half term

knowledge in subjects with relation to the support of literacy and English and numeracy maths leaders across the curriculum

with all other subject mid-July leaders

Parents informed of language, literacy the importance of and numeracy Nominated literacy and numeracy where relevant member of theacross the curriculum GB to have a monitoring brief also

Key Development Priority 2: Revise assessment to reflect the changes to the NC and Government policy towards the use of levels Target 1: Bring the assessment criteria for all subjects into line with the expectations of the new NC Timescale Tasks & Actions

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Changes to Familiarisation Staff knowledge of new Class Old assessment Time for teachers in KS existing teachers to with new NC assessment criteria for all teams, assessment criteria replaced by work requirements subjects, on a year-bysupported by criteria made new ones by end collaboratively already subject and during first half of June and in small teams accounted for year to bring them into KS leaders of summer in line with the requirements available as term development of the new NC spreadsheets by priority 1 year group

Use of classroom monitor to track all assessments

Managing and Implementing the National Curriculum 2014 > Step 2: Strategic Planning

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Subject and Governors informed of Assessment KS leaders to criteria from the monitor the changes to old NC replaced teachers’ assessment understanding by new ones on of the new NC spreadsheets that assessment show what pupils requirements are expected learn and give Link governor by the end of each support where discusses classroom needed in year group from u8si9ng the monitor r and Sims as both forms of classroom Y1 to Y6 assessment monitor tool

Access to classroom monitor training all staff – sept –Jan 2015

Target 2: Redesign the school’s assessment system to reflect the changes to Government policy in relation to NC levels Timescale Tasks & Actions

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New policy contains the blueprint for a system that will assess pupils’ attainment and track progress against the requirements of the new NC

Audit of current Rewrite the school policy and assessment policy to Headteacher action plan New assessment Head teacher incorporate the supported by policy completed and Kelly Lord completed by requirements of the new the SLT

by September 14 end of May NC

Design an assessment Subject system that assesses and leaders for records pupils’ progress English and and attainment in English mathematics, and mathematics at least supported by 6 times KS leaders

Following New assessment finalisation of system ready by new September 2014 assessment policy in midJune, the new assessment

Managing and Implementing the National Curriculum 2014 > Step 2: Strategic Planning

Time for key members of staff to develop the new system

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Support with IT skills for designing the new assessment system and for class teachers

New assessment system is easy to use for class teachers

Monitoring & Evaluation

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Monitoring of the new assessment policy by the All staff and governors SLT to ensure given the opportunity its use in the to comment on the development new policy before final approval of the new assessment system

The new system is monitored by KS and subject System provides leaders termly updates for

New system placed on school network while under development to allow teachers to comment

system is developed in the latter stages of the summer term

to input and analyse data

A written senior leaders and evaluation of governors on the its use and progress and impact is Governors kept attainment of produced by a informed at each stage pupils and pupil member of the groups in all SLT at the classes end of the first half of autumn term

Agree a method of establishing a reliable baseline at attainment at the beginning of KS 1, EYFS and based on the EYFSP, for KS1 leaders all pupils in English and mathematics

Second half of Agreement summer term reached on how to when details of translate EYFS the new NC Time for the attainment into NC expectations two leaders to compatible and work together assessment assessment criteria over the system for Y1 autumn term of Y1 are clear

Managing and Implementing the National Curriculum 2014 > Step 2: Strategic Planning

Support with IT skills where needed for database

EYFS and KS1 leaders to evaluate Assessment data the quality of from the autumn SLT and governors teachers’ term of Y1 kept informed of assessments provides a reliable development and in Y1, using baseline from given opportunity to the new which progress to comment on the new criteria, and to the end of KS1 assessment criteria evaluate them can be measured as reliable baseline measures