North Berwick High School School Improvement Plan 2020 2021
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North Berwick High School
School Improvement Plan
2020 – 2021
North Berwick High School - Vision, Values and Culture
Key Priorities
Learning and teaching to raise attainment
Equity to close the gaps
Curriculum to meet the needs of all learners
The Culture of the School
1. Relationships - Strong positive relationships are absolutely key to everything else that we do. At the heart of these relationships is kindness. Restorative practice is
embedded in the school’s culture, and our young people are held in unconditional positive regard.
2. Learning - Everyone in the school community acknowledges that they can improve their practice. We expect everyone to be committed to their learning and to work
diligently. The culture is one of non-judgemental openness and honesty, where people feel safe to take risks with teaching and learning, and to learn from their
mistakes. We encourage our young people to be curious about the wider world. Staff, too, are encouraged to look outwards, beyond school, to develop their own
learning.
3. Partnership - Partnership working is integral to the life and work of the school. Through close collaboration with our partners, we can enhance and improve outcomes
for our young people.
4. High Aspirations - Our school motto is Aim Higher and we unashamedly challenge our young people to raise their own expectations, fostering a growth mindset and a
belief that they can achieve highly. Staff, too, are challenged to have high aspirations in terms of professionalism and commitment to their own learning.
5. Inclusion - We are proudly comprehensive and we strive to ensure that everyone in our school community feels a strong sense of belonging, as well as the security of
knowing that their needs will be met, and their potential will be recognised.
6. Leadership - We actively seek opportunities for staff and young people to develop their leadership capacity, for both individual fulfilment and whole school
improvement. We encourage leadership at all levels and, for staff, foster a culture of collaborative professionalism.
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National Priorities (NIF)
In line with the National Improvement Framework, school improvement priorities should clearly articulate with the following 4 key priorities in session
2019 - 2020:
● Improve attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy
● Close the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children and young people
● Improve children and young people’s health and well-being
● Improve employability skills and sustained, positive destinations for all young people (DYW 3 to 18)
Local Priorities: East Lothian Council Plan 2017 - 2022
Reducing inequalities within and across communities
● Implement the recommendations within the Poverty Commission Action Plan
Growing our Economy
● Reduce unemployment and improve employability
Growing our People
● Reduce the attainment gap and raise the attainment and achievement of our children and young people and improve the life chances of the most vulnerable people in society
Growing our Communities
● Extend community engagement and decision-making and increase community and individual resilience
Growing our Capacity
● Deliver excellent services as effectively and efficiently as possible within our limited resources
East Lothian Education Service Improvement Plan
● Improve inclusion, wellbeing and equality
● Improve attendance and reduce exclusions
● Raise attainment and achievement, particularly for the lowest 20%, LAC and ASN
● Improve positive destinations, particularly for the lowest 20%, LAC and ASN
● Improve the % of schools and early learning and childcare settings evaluated as good or better across the NIF quality indicators
School Priorities – main priorities, using following HGIOS4 QIs:
● 1.3 Leadership of change – taking a self-improving schools approach
● 2.3 Learning, teaching and assessment – including effective pedagogy as outlined in ELC sails; SEEMIS Progress and Achievement application to support best use of data and
enhance data transfer, particularly around curricular transitions
● 3.1 Inclusion, equality and wellbeing – including GIRFEC and Nurture, as outlined in ELC Relationships sail
● 3.2 Raising attainment and achievement
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Priority 1 Learning and Teaching to raise attainment [NIF Priorities 2 and 3; HGIOS4 QI 2.3]
Strategic Actions Who/When Drivers for Impact/Evidence
Improvement
● Audit digital practice across the school and develop an FMcC; SF; HF; Capitalising on the professional learning associated with
NBHS digital learning strategy to ensure high quality digital teachers remote/digital learning last session, a digital strategy
learning that supports face to face teaching August 2020 onwards provides a two-fold benefit: continued development of
Teacher professionalism
digital literacy/competency amongst staff, and contingency
planning for further periods of remote learning.
● In line with NBHS Teaching Practices for Effective Learning, FMcC; faculty A two-layered approach synthesises the key components of
continue to develop professional learning through teacher leaders; teaching last session’s PLaCE collaborative initiative with Edinburgh
collaboration and enquiry-based approaches, with a staff September School improvement University: 1 faculty-shared enquiry; 2 critical enquiry in
particular focus on differentiation 2020 onwards cross-faculty Professional Learning Communities.
● Continue to improve the planning of learning, teaching FMcC & ANO Teachers continue to develop their confidence in making
and assessment from S1 to S3 with specific focus on September 2020 judgments about pupils’ progress by: developing
developing a more consistent and rigorous approach to onwards understanding of key features of planning learning
moderation of course planning, both in subjects and experiences using E&Os and national benchmarks; making
across faculties Assessment of children’s the right pedagogical choices for these planned experiences;
progress choosing appropriate assessment methodologies that allow
pupils to demonstrate their understanding and success. The
Implementation of Progress and Achievement tracking and
monitoring tool also increases stakeholder clarity in
understanding and using the language associated with pupil
progress and attainment over time.
31.08.2020 North Berwick High School Improvement Plan 2020 - 2021 5Priority 2 Equity to close the gaps [NIF Priorities 2 and 3; HGIOS4 QI 3.1]
Actions Who/When Drivers for Impact/Evidence
Improvement
● Focus on ensuring positive health and wellbeing for pupils LN; TS; all staff Staff and pupils reconnect effectively, leading to pupils feeling
and staff as part of recovery and reconnecting, using August 2020 and on- safe, secure and confident that their wellbeing is paramount to
relevant nurture and restorative practice recovery going the transition back to school. SEE survey data and whole school
strategies parental engagement wellbeing questionnaire data informs future practice.
● Review and develop approaches to tracking and EO; faculty leaders, Whole school data across all faculties is more readily available to
monitoring the progress of pupil wellbeing across the pastoral staff identify areas of concern in pupil wellbeing, leading to more
whole school December 2020 robust and appropriate interventions. Pupils experience more
teacher
professionalism positive outcomes regarding their wellbeing as a result.
● Develop opportunities to explore diversity / equalities LN; Pupil Support Pupils demonstrate a wider understanding of and appreciation
across the curriculum; create and implement an NBHS staff; faculty leaders; for diversity/equality themes at NBHS and beyond, deepening
Diversity statement Inclusion their knowledge and, in turn, affecting their actions and
Ambassadors assessment of behaviour.
February 2021 children’s progress
school improvement
31.08.2020 North Berwick High School Improvement Plan 2020 - 2021 6Priority 3 Curriculum to meet the needs of all learners [NIF Priorities 2 and 4; HGIOS4 QI 2.2]
Strategic Actions Who/When Drivers for Impact/Evidence
improvement
● Finalise and launch our new curriculum rationale including RJ; TS; Curriculum Improved coherence and progression within and across faculty
tutor time; review each faculty’s curriculum against the strategy group; faculty curriculums, as evidenced by faculty reviews. Value added
rationale leaders school leadership through tutor time, as evidenced by pupil evaluations in May
December 2020 2021.
● Develop numeracy as a responsibility for all in line with DF; numeracy sub- Improved focus on numeracy in all curricular areas, leading to
the Skills Framework group teacher improved levels of numeracy in the BGE.
professionalism
by October 2020
● Embed the national priorities of Developing the Young DYW strategy group; Improved performance against the DYW self-evaluation toolkit.
Workforce (DYW), Career Education Standards (CES) and ELT
Work-Place Standards (WPS), including through the Skills school
Framework improvement
31.08.2020 North Berwick High School Improvement Plan 2020 - 2021 7Action Plan following S2 and S4 Student Engagement Surveys and HMI pupil questionnaire carried out during session 2019-2020
Strategic Actions Who/When Drivers for Impact/Evidence
Improvement
● Enhance pupil participation in school improvement and Pupil Council; pupil Greater awareness among pupils of opportunities for their voice
the experience of learning strategy groups; LR; to be heard through sharing of the work of Pupil Council and
GD; DHTs pupil strategy groups: e.g. talks in assemblies; ‘You Said, We
September 2020 and Did’ displays; Pupil Council reps feedback in register classes.
ongoing
school leadership Increased participation of pupils in school improvement: e.g.
Pupil Council; pupil strategy groups; faculties’ self-evaluation
activities.
● Recognise, track and celebrate pupils’ achievements Guidance team; Improved communication with home ensures school staff are
outwith school tutors school improvement made aware of pupils’ achievements outwith school and these
December 2020, June achievements are celebrated: e.g. celebration ceremonies;
2021 and ongoing assemblies, corridor displays, weekly update
● Ensure pupils feel they are safe and fairly-treated in school LN; guidance team; Improved results in response to SEE Surveys in 2020-2021
Pupil Head Team session.
Sept 2020 and
ongoing
31.08.2020 North Berwick High School Improvement Plan 2020 - 2021 8Action Plan following Employee Engagement Survey and HMI staff questionnaires, carried out during 2019-2020 (and taking account of COVID-19 situation)
Strategic Actions Who/When Drivers for Impact/Evidence
Improvement
Address workload issues
● Transfer one CAT whole-school session to a CAT faculty SRG - WTA proposal
session to give staff more time to work on digital learning June 2020 teacher
professionalism
● Remove specific dates and times for CAT faculty sessions; Faculty leaders
faculty leaders agree appropriate timings with their teams August 2020 Improved result in response to Employee Engagement Survey
2020-2021 session, despite uncertainties throughout the
session.
● Increase time allocated to reporting in WTA to take SRG - WTA proposal
account of enhanced monitoring and UCAS references June 2020 Decreased staff absence due to work-related stress.
● Reduce number of bullet point reports without reducing SRG - WTA proposal
time allocation in WTA June 2020
s ca
● Reduce amount of time given to formal whole-school SRG - WTA proposal
meetings; allocate the time to recovery planning June 2020
31.08.2020 North Berwick High School Improvement Plan 2020 - 2021 9Action Plan following Parental Engagement Survey and HMI parent/carer questionnaire, carried out during 2019-2020
Strategic Actions Who/When Drivers for Impact/Evidence
Improvement
Improve communication
● Keep parents and carers informed through weekly update LR Parental survey responses and individual feedback from parents
and other emails as appropriate Aug 2020 and ongoing; on communication shows a high satisfaction rate.
parental
engagement
● Keep school website updated, including PTA and PSP FMcC; PTA and PSP Parental survey responses and individual feedback from parents
sections chairs on the usefulness of the website shows a high satisfaction rate.
Aug 2020 and ongoing
Involve parents and carers in young people’s learning
FMcC Parents and carers’ feedback indicates satisfaction with their
● Keep parents and carers informed of their child’s learning Aug 2020 and ongoing knowledge of curriculum covered and their child(ren)’s progress
through Guardian Summaries
FMcC; faculty leaders; Parents and carers’ feedback indicates satisfaction with
● Keep parents and carers informed of their child(ren)’s teachers information on their child(ren)’s progress.
progress through regular tracking reports Aug 2020 and ongoing
LR Feedback from parents and carers informs improvement in
● Involve parents and carers in quality assurance procedures spring 2021 faculties and leads to increased opportunities for parental
through the faculty review and school improvement involvement in young people’s learning.
processes
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