School Development Plan 2026-2027

This is a summary of our School Development Plan.  In order to write this document, we seek feedback from pupils, parents and staff at the end of each academic year. It focuses on key areas of improvement.

Our priorities for the year are focused on making sure every child at Lawn Primary & Nursery School receives high-quality teaching, a broad and ambitious curriculum, and the support they need to succeed. We are working to strengthen reading, writing and mathematics, improve outcomes for all pupils, develop rich opportunities for play and enrichment, and ensure our environments and provision help children thrive.

Inclusion

• We want every child to access learning successfully, with teaching and support that meet their needs and help them make strong progress.
• We want disadvantaged pupils to achieve well by making sure they benefit from high-quality teaching and carefully matched support.
• We will track interventions more carefully so we can see what is working and improve support where needed.

Curriculum & Teaching

• We want every lesson to follow a consistent, high-quality approach so that children learn well across the school.
• We want to strengthen mathematics teaching so that children develop secure number knowledge, fluency and reasoning from EYFS to Year 6.
• We want pupils to write with greater confidence, control and flair, while improving spelling, grammar and punctuation.
• We want every child to become a strong reader, with secure phonics, fluent decoding and a growing love of reading.

Achievement

• We want more pupils to achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics and make strong progress over time.

Attendance & Behaviour

• We want our classrooms and outdoor spaces to be purposeful, engaging and positive so that children feel proud, settled and ready to learn.
• We are continuing to develop OPAL so that outdoor play is rich, consistent and supports children’s wider development.

Personal Development & Well-being

• We want to offer a broad range of clubs and enrichment opportunities so that more children can take part and widen their experiences.

Early Years

• We want the Early Years environment to be stimulating, inclusive and well organised, supporting strong play, exploration and independence.
• We want to strengthen early writing through Drawing Club in Reception and Year 1, helping children make a smooth transition into the whole-school writing approach.

Leadership & Governance

• We will make sure our improvement priorities are implemented consistently and checked carefully so that they have the greatest possible impact.