1 - Securing Academic Excellence

• 1a) Ensure a robust induction period is in place...so that new staff are quickly able to demonstrate the high quality of teaching and learning which adhere to Oakfield expectations.

• 1b) Ensure Phonics and early reading are embedded in the school’s culture ...so that children are fluent readers and access the wider curriculum.

• 1c) Embed effective assessment practices in the school culture...so that this is reflected positively in outcomes across the curriculum.

• 1d) Refine the number of Threshold concepts and link these to knowledge organisers in Science, History and music...so that teachers, children and families are clear about the concepts taught.

• 1e) Create a Year 1 environment that supports the intent of an ambitious coherently planned and sequenced curriculum that develops over time...so that the impact of the curriculum on what children know, can remember and do is strong.

2 - Strengthening Leadership

• 2a) Implement a programme of CPD...so that the approach to subject leadership is consistent and in line with Oakfield’s ethos.

• 2b) Raise the profile of the school...so that we establish ourselves as a well-known part of the wider community which leads to a rise in pupil numbers.

3 - Strengthening Behaviour and Attitudes

3a) Teach and model self-regulation and emotional management...so that children are better able to understand, communicate and regulate their own feelings and emotions appropriate to their stage of development.