School Development Plan Summary

Phoenix Integrated Primary School

 

(School Improvement Plan 2007 -2010 – Summary Document)

 

The aim of this plan is to secure pupils’ academic achievement and personal development.

 

The School Improvement Plan sets out the school’s strategy and development planning for the three years from 2007-10.  It also sets out specific Action Plans for the year ahead (2007-8).

 

The Plan is developed through discussion by, and consultation with staff, governors and children and is informed by an online interactive School Evaluation Programme (Bluewave).  School Self-evaluation will lead to development of the plan throughout the year.  It will be reviewed annually.  The Plan incorporates the school’s response to any recommendations taken from research material, UK and International Inspection Reports, ETI, DE or Education Board advice.

 

Vision – What the school aims to achive?

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• Strategic Planning – This section sets out the school’s strategy, for the next 3 years, to realise its vision and achieve its aims.  It gives the school its direction.
• Development Plan – Priorities for the next 3 years are identified and drawn from the strategic plan.  These priorities are determined through the process of School self-evaluation as well as in response to external priorities, opportunities, requirements and the recommendations made by Ofsted following inspection of the school.
• Action Plan – The detailed operational plans for the years ahead. (These are internal working documents available for inspection)

 

This is our school....................

 

 

• A place where every child achieves his/her full potential in all areas regardless of ability or circumstances
• A place where every member of the school’s integrated and diverse community feels included and heard
• A place where academic, emotional, physical and social development is equally valued
• A place where every child is safe and taken care of in every way
• A place where every child and staff member is valued, respected, nurtured and coached to be the best they can be
• A place where every child is encouraged and supported to be a contributor to local and global issues.
• A place where acknowledgement and celebration is used to empower and strengthen future possibilities for our ethos as an ever evolving integrated school

 

 

Mission Statement

 

‘Educating 'Catholic', 'Protestant' and 'Other' children together in a high achieving environment that promotes inclusion, diversity and cultural celebration supported by a close partnership with parents and the whole school community’.

 

School Motto

 

‘Achieving and Celebrating Together’

 

 

Aims (Outcomes)

 

The School’s core aims and function are that all our children:

• Value integration, promote inclusion and celebrate the contribution of diversity
• Are high achieving individuals; at an academic, social, emotional and physical level
• Are literate and numerate at their age appropriate level
• Have advanced thinking skills and personal capabilities
• Are highly confident, effective communicators and hold well-balanced views and opinions
• Act with and value: Respect, Integrity,Inclusion,Determination and Service
• Develop leadership qualities and demonstrate effective school and community citizenship

Overall Objectives (School Provision)

 

The grand objectives of the school are:

• Being a high achieving learning organisation promoting and celebrating a success culture
• Being a school that values the contribution that diversity offers
• Being a school that opens itself to the whole community
• Being a school that creates leaders of the future for staff, pupils and volunteers

Learning and Teaching – Objectives

• To manage the phased introduction of the Revised Northern Ireland Curriculum (RNIC)
• To implement developments in Literacy ( Phonics & Reading Improvements & Writing Progress) and , Numeracy ( Focus on Improving Processes Development) and ICT (in line with the RNIC and towards the achievement of the Becta ICT Quality Mark)
• To fully implement and constantly review all curriculum and management policies over the next 3 years
• To embed a culture of personal learning targets and reflective learning (Assessment for Learning)
• To enhance the whole school infrastructure and provision of ICT to standards complementary of the ICT Quality Mark

 Strategic Intention:

 

Phoenix Integrated Primary School will be the school of first choice for Parents who wish for quality educational standards in a high achieving integrated, inclusive and diverse learning environment.

 

Strategic Goals: (personal, premises and standards)

 

• Lead the drive towards personalised learning and target-setting for each child, measuring annual value-added
• Lead curriculum developments in line with the RNIC and maintaining academic performance levels
• Lead the school’s continuous building expansion programme increasing capacity year on year
• Lead Investors in People and Investors in Pupils as the vehicle for school improvement gaining IIP Award by Sept 2010
• Lead the development of people causing distributed leadership at all levels, at pupil, staff  and parent level
• Lead the acquisition of the ICT Quality Mark and Inclusion Quality Mark by Dec 2009

Community Objectives (School in local, national and international context)

 

• By June 2009 our school will have taken part in religious celebrations including representatives from all the main churches in Cookstown
• By June 2009 quantifiable links will be in place with second level colleges including Cookstown High School, Holy Trinity College, Integrated College Dungannon and Sperrin Integrated College.
• By Oct 2008 a CRIS (Community Relations In Schools Link) will have been established.
• By June 2008 the school Principal will have taken part in a European Schools Study visit to both Greece and Poland -contributing to the school’s international dimension.
• By June 2008 the School Council will be fully formed and have made quantifiable contributions to decision making within the school..
• By June 2008 a link with an Educate Together school will have been established in Republic of Ireland
• On an ongoing basis maintain and expand on networking and partnership relationships within the Cookstown community and with all School Principals in view of exploring collaboration opportunities for mutual benefit.