Each year, we write a School Development Plan, which is a strategic plan for improvement.

The key targets for this academic year are: 

Excellence and Greater Depth

To create a culture of ambitious learning where every child is consistently challenged to achieve their highest potential and an increasing proportion attain the Greater Depth Standard across reading, writing, mathematics and the Connected Curriculum. Exceptional teaching enables every child to think deeply, reason confidently and apply their learning creatively across a broad and ambitious curriculum.

During 2026-2027 we will strengthen the quality of challenge in every classroom so that greater depth is not viewed as additional work for a small number of children but as a natural outcome of expert teaching, adaptive practice and consistently high expectations. Teachers will develop children's disciplinary thinking, vocabulary, reasoning and independence so that learning is characterised by curiosity, resilience and intellectual challenge. Through carefully planned curriculum experiences and high-quality questioning, children will be empowered to achieve standards beyond national expectations across both core and foundation subjects.

Project Equity: Digital Inclusion by Design

To fully embed Project Equity so that every child benefits from equitable access to learning through one-to-one technology, invisible inclusive adaptations and outstanding digital pedagogy.

Project Equity represents far more than the introduction of one-to-one devices. It reflects our commitment to ensuring technology removes barriers before they arise, enabling every child to participate fully within ambitious learning experiences.

Teachers will confidently use their own devices to model learning, provide immediate feedback, enhance accessibility and create engaging lessons that maximise learning time. Accessibility features and adaptive technologies will become an invisible and seamless part of everyday classroom practice, ensuring all children benefit from inclusive teaching regardless of need.

Technology will enhance, rather than replace, high-quality teaching and will complement the school's commitment to outdoor learning, movement and children's wellbeing.

Multiplication Fluency

To significantly improve multiplication fluency so that Year 4 children achieve an average Multiplication Tables Check score of at least 23.5 through daily retrieval practice, strong home-school partnerships and the effective use of one-to-one technology.

Rapid recall of multiplication facts provides the foundation for mathematical success throughout Key Stage 2. During 2026-2027 we will establish a wholeschool culture that celebrates mathematical fluency through engaging daily practice, carefully targeted intervention and meaningful parent engagement.

Children will benefit from adaptive retrieval activities using their one-to-one devices, enabling practice to become personalised, motivating and responsive to individual needs. Parents will become active partners in supporting fluency through workshops, shared resources and regular communication.

By combining evidence-informed teaching strategies with consistent daily practice, we will ensure every child develops the confidence and automaticity required for success in mathematics.

Exceptional Teaching and Learning

To embed the Ravenscote Teaching Framework so that every classroom consistently demonstrates exceptional teaching through evidenceinformed practice, invisible inclusion, movement for regulation and ambitious curriculum delivery.

Exceptional teaching is the greatest driver of children's success. During 2026-2027 we will refine and embed a shared understanding of outstanding classroom practice that reflects both educational research and the distinctive ethos of Ravenscote Junior School.

Teachers will consistently apply high-impact instructional strategies including explicit instruction, purposeful modelling, retrieval practice, responsive assessment, adaptive teaching and effective questioning. Invisible inclusion will ensure barriers are removed before they arise, while movement and outdoor learning will continue to enhance children's engagement, wellbeing and readiness to learn.

Every classroom will demonstrate consistently high expectations, enabling all children to thrive academically whilst continuing to develop curiosity, kindness, courage and respect through our Connected Curriculum