School Development

Our School Development Plan is driven by our vision for the school and our journey to achieving the long term aims in our Strategic Plan. It is informed by our regular monitoring and self-evaluation of our strengths and the areas where we want to improve further.

We will continue to embed the priorities from last year (listed underneath) whilst working on the below for 2025-2026.

To implement a planned Oracy strategy across all Year Groups

All teachers explicitly teach the language and vocabulary specific to the subjects they teach, reinforcing Oracy skills across the curriculum.
A comprehensively planned and consistently delivered program of Oracy is initiated and deeply embedded across all year groups and subjects.
Classrooms are talk-rich environments with routines that promote purposeful talk (e.g., talk trios, circle time, structured discussion).
Disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND fully benefit from the Oracy provision, closing attainment or participation gaps related to communication and language.

To look at our curriculum design to optimise sequential learning and knowledge retention

Pelham will deliver a well-structured curriculum that builds knowledge cumulatively over time.
The curriculum sequence will ensure that key concepts and vocabulary are revisited regularly in new contexts.
We will have Identified core facts, concepts and vocabulary in each unit that must be retained.

Review and expand our wrap around provision to address demand and plan for the government's free breakfast provision

We will reduce our waiting list for After School Club, opening up spaces for more children.
We will be ready to introduce the Government’s free breakfast club to run alongside Pelham’s extended breakfast club provision

Below is a summary of the priorities that we worked on in the academic year 2024-25

Implement the newly developed writing scheme of work across all terms and year groups. Continue to introduce and embed the writing scheme developed throughout the last academic year to ensure the teaching of writing happens in a consistent and systematic way that guarantees effective coverage of the curriculum throughout school and that builds , year on year, on skills and knowledge.

Purchase and introduce the new Management Information System across the school. Facilitate the successful data migration, introduction and usage of a new Information Management system that handles data relating to pupil information, communications, admissions, assessment and finance.

Initiate the Implementation of a planned and consistently delivered program of Oracy across the school. Begin the journey of embedding strong oracy practice throughout school in the context of all of our curriculum subjects and in
the approach to all learning.

Review learning opportunities to stretch our High Potential Learners in school and reflect this in our planning. Children identified as potentially high achieving learners will be supported, stretched and challenged through the teaching of the
curriculum, provision of resources and opportunities beyond the classroom.