What are we doing to make our school ‘the best it can be’?
The main achievements of our school over the last 12 months can be found in our “Standards and Quality Report” Edenside SIR 2023-24
In summary, our key successes over the last school year were:
- Improved understanding and increased consistency of high-quality teaching and learning through professional learning.
- Increased opportunities for families to engage with their children’s learning using Showbie, open afternoons / stay and play and family workshops.
- Pupil Voice is starting to positively impact the work of our school, through pupil leadership, pupil voice assemblies and pupil conferencing.
- Continued focus on nurture – Nurturing principles, Zones of Regulation, Anti-bullying and introducing LEANS has been underpinned by UNCRC and enabled us to apply for a Nurture Schools UK Award.
- The Early Years Centre has positively supported families, enabling them to feel more supported in the community.
| Improve / New Think key priority Action plans needed for these | Consolidating / Continue Think ‘embed, expand’ Building on previous activity | Explore / Understand Think ‘questions, wicked issues’ May be key priorities next session |
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| Learning, teaching, assessment | • Differentiation (incl challenge) • Tracking, assessment • moderation | • review, amend and implement assessment calendar / year plan / expectations • supporting dyslexia in the classroom | • Add skills to tracking of wider achievement |
| Inclusive practices | • Neurodiversity (cluster) • Restorative conversations | • tracking wider achievement • Dyscalculia • Edenside Grows together | • Rights respecting award |
| Curriculum | • #SBC Way – Reading • #SBC Way – Writing • #SBC Way – STEM / Science / SSERC (meta skills) • Digital school award (cluster) | • #SBC Maths pathways • loose parts play embedded with a meta skills focus | • Play strategy • Review curriculum offer |
| Leadership | • ELC practitioners to have a swap / shadow day – each in different settings and sharing back | • Continue to develop SLT | • Supervision for staff |
| Early Learning & Childcare | • Further numeracy and emerging literacy training • Observations and identifying next steps in learning | • Maintain high quality learning environments |
To find out more about our School Improvement Plan for 2025-26 please click the link below
At Edenside Primary School, we recognise the importance of attendance and the direct link this makes to having positive outcomes for our children. We strongly encourage all children to attend school as much as possible and be on time to school each day. Attendance Policy