School Development and Evaluation
Each year, the school Senior Leadership Team develop a school self evaluation summary. On this page, you will find the St John the Baptist school self evaluation for April 2023 and March 2023
School Development and Evaluation
Each year, the school Senior Leadership Team develop a school self evaluation summary. On this page, you will find the St John the Baptist school self evaluation for April 2023 and March 2023
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Overall Effectiveness Grade: Good |
Pupil well-being, behaviour and a rich and varied curriculum supports children at St John the Baptist to do well. Children join us in the Nursery working significantly below in prime areas. The progress made over EYFS and Key Stage 1 finds out children working above national expectations in Reading, writing and Maths. Further progress in Key Stage 2 has shown pupils working above national in recent years. We have high expectations and ambitions for our current Y6 cohort who are already on track to meet our ambitious targets. |
| Quality of Education
Grade: Good |
The quality of Education at St John the Baptist is good. Pupils make good progress from their varying starting points. Our Rise up! curriculum is representative and prepares children well for their future. Staff have high expectations for all pupils and strive to deliver lessons that support, stretch and challenge. Teachers improving CPD ensures that high-quality pedagogical knowledge is at the forefront of planning. Children have opportunities to learn about the world they live in, making links across subjects. Pupil voice tells us that children enjoy their lessons and teachers help them to make progress. Children are able to apply their growing knowledge in different contexts. Feedback supports children in being able to improve their learning, and there are regular opportunities for recall of key facts in order for children to sequentially and cumulatively build knowledge. Self assessment is embedded and the school looks forward to introducing peer assessment. |
| Behaviour and Attitudes
Grade: Outstanding |
Pupil behaviour and attitudes are excellent. Systems in place are child-centred and focus on positive, expected behaviours. As a result, children engage in positive interactions with their peers, and take pride in their learning. They show an awareness of responsibility for their own actions and outcomes, and are given opportunities for reflection. Staff have regular training on strategies for positive behaviour support including attachment theory. This ensures that school procedures are followed effectively and there is a consistent whole school ethos. Anti-bullying and attendance policies are robust; instances are reported and followed up swiftly. A number of professionals from supporting agencies work alongside the school to embed a child-centred approach and individualised support where required. |
| Personal Development
Grade: Outstanding |
By embedding our Rise Up! Curriculum children can broaden and develop their learning beyond the academic and are better prepared to become positive active citizens. Pupils are able to articulate their ideas confidently and independently and understand that their voice is heard and respected. This is further developed through the teaching of oracy and the use of A.B.C (Agree, Build-on, Challenge) across all subject areas. Pupils can better communicate with each other and justify their thoughts and viewpoints. Pupils’ mental well-being, and physical fitness is developed through a variety of ways to build confidence, resilience and independence. British values, and our school Christian ethos are inter-woven through daily school life resulting in an atmosphere of respect, consideration and thoughtfulness. Additionally, the learning behaviours are central to all lessons and support and develop the pupils’ metacognition and individual learning styles. |
| Leadership & Management
Grade: Good |
Leadership and Management at St John the Baptist is highly effective, promoting a positive, inclusive ethos. Leaders at all levels promote a drive for exceptional teaching and learning opportunities for all pupils, engaging in high-quality, effective professional development. Professional development is bespoke and addresses the needs of the school as identified through a rigorous monitoring schedule. Safeguarding is effective and the school meets all statutory requirements. Leaders regularly seek the opinions and consultation of all stakeholders so that their voices are heard and issues actioned swiftly. This is used to adapt and inform school plans and priorities to better serve our community. |
| Quality of Education in Early Years
Grade: Outstanding |
High quality provision is in place in the Early Years at St John the Baptist. It is a calm and safe environment where children listen carefully to adults and each other. Children show positive attitudes towards their learning. They are proud of their school and their learning and are eager to share this with visitors. Safeguarding policies. Ours is a language-rich curriculum, enabling pupils to build on their oracy skills. Reading is a priority and is evidenced across the EYFS by the systematic approach underpinning provision, and through teaching of systematic phonics. All safeguarding and child-protection procedures are followed to enable a safe and caring learning environment. |
| Religious Character:
Grade: Outstanding |
The theologically-rooted Christian vision of ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’ is the foundation of all aspects of school life, including the wider curriculum and behaviour policy. The vision is underpinned by five school beliefs which are shared and discussed daily with children during collective worship. Prayer and reflection are instrumental parts of the school day and weekly church assemblies embed this further. In RE lessons, all pupils learn about other world religions in order to build knowledge, respect and understanding about different faiths. |
Strategic Priorities
- To continue to achieve better outcomes for children by further developing:
- Pedagogy and subject knowledge of staff through high-quality professional development, reflecting current cognitive research
- Children’s cognisance of their learning and thinking (metacognition)
- High-quality feedback and precision teaching
- To embed, monitor, support and enhance provision to ensure good progress of SEND pupils and those who are not on target to meet end of year expectations
- To ensure all children make good progress and are increasingly achieving mastery in all phases in Maths, focussing on high-quality lessons and increased opportunities for reasoning
- Launch 2 year old provision to support early help and increase roll
Continuous school improvement priorities
- To embed anti-racism culture which actively challenges systemic racism, bias (unconscious and systemic), labelling and racism
- To further develop oral communication so that all pupils can demonstrate their understanding, converse, debate, express feelings and ask questions and to embed effective use of peer and self-assessment across the curriculum
- To promote innovation and efficient use of resources to further drive our sustainability agenda
- To continue to strengthen family and community engagement through communications, workshops, events and forums, enhancing school presence in our community
- Continue to support families and increase attendance and decrease rate of persistent absenteeism
- Continue to improve reading progress through early reading focus, embedding high-quality phonics provision, reading choice, a purposeful reading spine, and securing vocabulary development
- Continue to develop leaders at all levels through CPD and engagement with professional qualifications
- Continue with robust budget oversight with both monitoring and projections working well to ensure quality of education is maintained and risks known and planned for