St Cecilia’s Junior School

1. St Cecilia’s Junior School Headteacher’s report to Governors October 2013

2. ASPECTS OF SCHOOL LIFE COVERED • Part one Non confidential • Pupil numbers • Standards and progress over the last year • Targets for 2014 • Developments for this term and SDP • Performance management (appraisal) • Staff CPD this term

3. Aspects of school life (cont) • Part 2 Confidential • Additional needs • Attendance and punctuality • Monitoring and evaluation • Other issues • Safeguarding update • Budget review • Pupil premium summary

4. Pupil numbers on Roll • Year 3 59 • Year 4 49 • Year 5 60 • Year 6 59 • Total 224 • FSM 53 pupils 22.1 % • Total capacity 240

5. Standards and progress last yearnb targets based on KS 1 results and are aspirational targets

6. Targets for 2014..

7. Developments for 2013/14 • School priorities • Ofsted priorities • Phonics/ reading for pleasure and spelling • New curriculum • Planning • Improve the quality of Teaching and Learning • Extend CPD for all staff • Provision and intervention • Tracking and monitoring especially FSM • Attendance • Gifted and talented • PTA • Marking policy • Teacher appraisal/ pay policy • Library • KITCHEN

8. SDP for 2013/14 Our 4 main priorities are : • Improve attendance in school and provide an outstanding learning environment for all learners • To raise standards in lit and numeracy especially reading and maths, narrow the gap for identified groups and challenge the more able • Improve the quality of teaching by improving the amount of good and outstanding lessons and the progress pupils make over time. Ensure interventions are matched to need and accelerate progress for identified groups • Develop the skills of monitoring and the accountability of subject leaders to raise achievement.

9. Performance management update • Whole school target is to Raise standards in reading through consistent approaches to phonics and guided read. • 2nd objective to ensure that almost all pupils make at least 2 sub levels of progress in R W Ma • SIP Ken Heaton to set objectives for P Agate • P Agate to carry out S McCartney’s Performance Management • As this is a more rigorous teacher appraisal linked to performance and the new pay policy both Mrs Agate and Miss McCartney will set targets with each individual member of staff and carry out the appraisal for the coming year.

10. CPD

11. CPD

12. Developments so far • New monitoring cycle 2013/14 • Extensive CPD programme to raise standards • Implementing phonics in year 3/4, guided read in 5/6 • Visit by known author Alan Gibbons • Library opened and emphasis on reading for pleasure • Implementation of new authority model pay policy linked to performance and the appraisal cycle • With you always begun in parish. Greater links with the school throughout the programme • Coach for PE 2 year intervention • Spanish teaching being taught for the first time • Music curriculum specialism being embedded in addition to peripatetic teaching for talented pupils • Job descriptions issued linked to teacher roles and pay

13. Developments so far continued • Pupil progress meetings to be carried out with more rigour and teachers held to account for progress of children • Middle leaders being developed through CPD and held to account for the improvement of Teaching and learning in their area. • Governors are becoming more involved in monitoring teaching and learning, understanding performance data and what the school needs to do to improve. • Students from university Bed and PGCE, work experience and volunteers in all year groups at different times • Growing number of volunteer readers working in school to benefit our children. • Allotment begun year 3/4 to promote outdoor learning

14. Additional needs information • Special needs • School action 14 • School action + 35 • Statement 1 • Looked after children 1 • Vulnerable list 40 We have children on our list.

15. Attendance and punctuality New legislation means holidays are unauthorised unless in exceptional circumstances deemed by HT and attendance team . We have many attendance incentives and boards in classrooms and corridors which focus on attendance targets. Attendance features on the weekly newsletter. We have an attendance week planned each half term . We review our practice and work with the EWO to audit our procedures We pursue children who have absence and knock on doors if necessary

16. Monitoring and Evaluation • Learning walks looking at the class environment, target walls • Analysis of Maths and English data has been carried out • Analysis of behaviour/ attendance data and supporting strategies to improve outcomes. • Classroom observations and book sampling will occur before Christmas. • Progress meetings with greater rigour and accountability • Governor monitoring of standards in teaching and learning and regular visits to school

17. Other issues • Kitchen extension • Book fair • School photos • Wear it pink, monster sponsor, harvest food • School visits- Lister, St Cecilia’s infants, Bishop Eton • Allotment • Playground • Community project • PTA begun • Children educated off site, for being Gand T • Steven Twigg MP • Bishop visit • Staff changes, appointments

18. Safeguarding • Discussions surrounding particular incidents will be reported at the meeting in confidence • Behaviour policy is being adhered to and we have had 3 fixed term exclusions in 2012/13 for continuous disruptive or aggressive behaviour. • One child left school to attend a primary behaviour unit where his needs are being met.

19. Budget summary • Financial standing of the school is low risk, stable revenue for future years. • Total income increased by 24,800 last year • Phonics, guided read resources purchased as school priority. • We are in a position to employ a full time member of staff from January.

20. Pupil Premium 83,900 in current year The following is a list of ways we have used the money granted. A full breakdown is discussed and analysed at finance meetings. Learning mentor, quality teacher, extended hours of certain LSAs, community club leader, intervention support, free music lessons, support with holidays, library resourced, Ict technology