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Strategic Improvement Plan 2021-2024
Sydney Girls High School 8138
Page 1 of 5 Sydney Girls High School (8138) -2021-2024 Printed on: 14 April, 2021School vision and context
School vision statement School context
At Sydney Girls High our philosophy and purpose is to provide all students with the Sydney Girls High School, enrolment 950 students, is an academically selective secondary
opportunities to achieve their individual potential across the domains of giftedness: school with a record of outstanding academic achievement. The school fosters the capacity
intellectual, creative, sporting and social, within a culture of collaboration. of young women across the domains of giftedness and students are actively involved in an
extensive and highly valued co-curricular program.
The school community is committed to the pursuit of excellence for all students while
fostering socially responsible young women who are encouraged through student voice and Situated in the heart of Sydney adjacent to the Centennial Parklands, students travel from
leadership, to make a difference in society and to care for and respect others. An all parts of the greater Sydney area to attend. As a partner school, Sydney Boys High is
appreciation of the history and heritage of the school, valuing the contributions of those located in the same parcel of land, sharing a common history in NSW public education.
women who have gone before, is an important feature linking the past, present and future.
Traditions and connections between the two schools are maintained through student
The ideals of life-long learning, valuing difference and diversity, while meeting the future leadership, social and co-curricular programs and experiences.
challenges of a global community are the foundations of the ethos of the school.
With a long and proud history, the school reflects the recognition of the value of education in
the state and the nation. George Reid the colony's new Minister for Public Instruction
declared the school's establishment in 1883 for the purpose of nurturing the academic
talents of young women who could go on to take their places at university beside their male
counterparts.
Many prominent and successful women are graduates of Sydney Girls High across many
varied walks of life. The examples of the achievements of the alumni over more than 137
years serve as inspiration for the current students who strive for leadership and recognition
in the full knowledge of the privilege of their education and the responsibility for making a
difference in the lives of others.
Page 2 of 5 Sydney Girls High School (8138) -2021-2024 Printed on: 14 April, 2021Strategic Direction 1: Student growth and attainment
Purpose Initiatives Success criteria for this strategic direction
In order to provide an optimal learning environment for Literacy across the Curriculum Teaching and learning programs are dynamic, showing
gifted students to thrive, we will continue to develop evidence of revisions based on feedback on teaching
innovative and challenging teaching practices with Identify and integrate extended writing activities within practices, consistent and reliable student assessment and
teachers routinely assessing the impact of their work on teaching and learning programs and assessment tools. continuous tracking of student progress and achievement.
student engagement and learning outcomes. Regularly (Curriculum - Teaching & learning programs)
surveying students in class and cohorts at key points Review library resources to ensure wider reading
across the school year, in order to map individual recommendations are available for all topics. These are
progress, will also allow us to gauge the effectiveness of explicitly identified and linked to relevant digital platforms
units and programs, and provide evidence for all staff to for all Units of Work in Stages 4 & 5.
Evaluation plan for this strategic direction
respond to the individual needs of our students.
Library staff audit student engagement with wider reading
Target Professional Learning to focus on relevant
texts to provide baseline data for future progress.
NAPLAN, VALID and HSC data that informs the
Improvement measures development of literacy strategies in Stages 4, 5 & 6.
Executive staff will analyse the following data sources:
Target year: 2022 Consistency in Teaching and Learning Practice
• Scout
Improvement in the percentage of students achieving in Target Professional Learning to focus on internal • NAPLAN
the top two bands of the HSC to exceed the target of assessment (formative and summative) and HSC data
94.6% that informs teaching and learning programs and • VALID
classroom practice. • HSC
Target year: 2022
Develop strategies for faculties to deliver quality learning • Internal student assessment records
Improvement in the percentage of students achieving in
resources and experiences across whole course cohorts • Student work samples
the top two bands for NAPLAN Reading to exceed the
through the use of centralised digital platforms and
target of 94.3%
opportunities for master class style presentations. Analysis will be embedded within the initiatives and will
Target year: 2022 inform future directions
Develop processes for teachers to meet to discuss course
Improvement in the percentage of students achieving in content, teaching strategies and assessment tools both
the top two bands for NAPLAN Numeracy exceeding the within the school and wider teaching network groups.
target of 98.00%.
Target year: 2023
Improvement in the percentage of students achieving
expected growth in Reading to exceed target of 64.7%
Target year: 2023
Improvement in the percentage of students achieving
expected growth in Numeracy to exceed target of 66.4%
Page 3 of 5 Sydney Girls High School (8138) -2021-2024 Printed on: 14 April, 2021Strategic Direction 2: Student wellbeing in a supportive learning culture
Purpose Initiatives Success criteria for this strategic direction
Recognizing the context of a selective school is at once Teaching and learning programs across the school show
both beneficial and challenging for students, we will Personalised Learning evidence that they are adjusted to address individual
pursue ongoing professional learning for teachers with a student needs, ensuring that all students are challenged
particular focus on assessment for learning and quality Establish opportunities for the development of student and all adjustments lead to improved learning. Teachers
feedback strategies which support student wellbeing and voice to encourage students to feel connected to their involve students and parents in planning to support
agency in their progress. learning and validate this process through direct learning, and share expected outcomes. (Curriculum -
communication and by responding to identified student Differentiation)
needs.
Improvement measures Teachers routinely review learning with each student both
Strengthen the use of Individualised Learning Plans to in class and on work submitted, ensuring all students
Target year: 2024 further differentiate classroom practice. have a clear understanding of how to improve. Student
feedback is elicited by teachers and informs their
Curriculum element in Learning domain of the School Provide professional learning opportunities for staff to teaching. Student errors and misunderstandings are
Excellence Framework is Excelling in all themes. explore exemplar teaching and learning programs and explicitly addressed until teachers and students are
tools that promote student voice for learning. confident that mastery is demonstrated. (Effective
Target year: 2024
Teaching Practice - Feedback)
Establish student attendance monitoring processes to
Effective Teaching Practice element in Teaching domain
support students learning goals.
of the School Excellence Framework is Excelling in all
themes. Effective Feedback Evaluation plan for this strategic direction
Target year: 2022 Students are surveyed with respect to identified Initiatives.
Embed formalised processes for one-on-one student
feedback across all stages in teaching and learning
Attendance exceeds the target of 95.7% for students Analysis of student assessment and wellbeing data to
programs.
attending on average over nine days per fortnight. measure improvement.
Strengthen the quality and effectiveness of rubrics to
provide a framework for student-teacher dialogue and School self evaluation against the School Excellence
inform individual progression of learning. Framework.
Develop both verbal and written assessment task Executive, P&C and whole staff reflection opportunities.
feedback practices that foster a positive context for growth
by focusing on achievement and opportunities rather than Review and monitor engagement of Individualised
marks or relative performance. Learning Plans.
Develop processes to support student self assessment. Attendance records.
Provide professional learning opportunities for staff to Analysis will be embedded within the initiatives and will
collaborate on or observe best practice in effective inform future directions
feedback approaches.
Page 4 of 5 Sydney Girls High School (8138) -2021-2024 Printed on: 14 April, 2021Strategic Direction 3: Community, connection and communication
Purpose Initiatives Success criteria for this strategic direction
We will continue our outreach with neighbouring schools, The school is recognised as excellent and responsive by
universities and community groups, clearly Engaging with the Educational Community its community because it uses best practice to embed a
communicating the school's ethos, policies and culture of high expectations, and effectively caters for the
procedures to parents, students and the education All faculties initiate or participate in selective school range of equity issues in the school. (Education
community, in order to maintain the traditions and profile network conferences targeting teaching practice in the Leadership - Community Engagement)
of a leading school in the public arena. context of gifted learners.
The school is recognised as a leader for its impact on
Staff share examples of excellence in teaching practices learning progress, its effective practices and continuous
Improvement measures at professional learning events held within the school and improvement, and its active support of (improvement in)
the wider educational community. other schools (School Planning, Implementation &
Target year: 2024 Reporting - Continuous Improvement).
The school actively promotes and encourages open
School Planning, Implementation and Reporting element classrooms by promoting models for informal and formal
in Learning domain of the School Excellence Framework lesson observation that improve student learning.
is Excelling in all themes. Evaluation plan for this strategic direction
Faculties focus on collating teaching resources in digital
Target year: 2024 Professional Learning team to evaluate the frequency and
platforms that are organised and accessible to staff
participation in selective school network meetings.
across the whole school. These resources allow for
Increase the percentage of parents regularly accessing
coherent mapping of the school curriculum.
information and communicating with the school via the Professional Learning team monitor the involvement of
Parent Portal to exceed target of 90% staff in presenting at professional learning events.
Faculties regularly access professional learning funding to
explore and enhance teaching and learning practices and
P&C community evaluate the nature and extent of
resources.
information available through the parent portal.
Engaging with the School Community
IT team audit level of parent participation and areas of
Explore and expand opportunities for the parent focus within the Parent Portal.
community to engage in the life of the school.
IT team present research relevant to digital exchange of
Relevant teams and executive staff explore the capacity documents with parent community to the Executive team.
of the Parent portal for effective communication.
Analysis will be embedded within the initiatives and will
Investigation is undertaken to explore methods to inform future directions
digitalise the distribution and receiving of important
documentation to and from the parent community.
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