Tavistock Community Primary School

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Tavistock Community Primary School

• School Self Evaluation of SEN/Disability

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Process

• Self-evaluation is an integral part of school
  improvement cycle
• Self-evaluation is a tool to examine strengths,
  weaknesses and areas for further development
• Self-evaluation runs across all areas of
  learning, leadership and management of the school
• Self-evaluation runs throughout the academic year

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Timescale

• Summer term
• Success criteria related to targets in action
  plans are evaluated.
• Curriculum groups not co-ordinators.
• Curriculum groups cover five areas of
  learning-maths, english, creative arts, science,
  ICT.
• One meeting each half-term. Each group has the
  opportunity to consider common threads at each
  meeting.
• Assessment, monitoring, INSET, learning
  development, inclusion, health safety, key
  stages, budget/resources.
• A member of the school leadership team is part of
  each curriculum group.

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Timescale

• Summer term
• School leadership team meets to consider drawing
  up school improvement plan for following academic
  year.
• Each member of the schools staff will have
  contributed.
• The objectives for the following years learning
  development action plan will be formulating in
  relation to the 5 areas of learning.

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Timescale

• Autumn term
• Self evaluation should demonstrate strengths and
  weaknesses.
• An integral part of self evaluation is
  evidence-how do we know?
• External evidence comes in the form of LEA
  annual review, PANDA report, LEA audit of centres
  (every 2 years)
• This year the SSESEN document has offered a
  strong model for very focused self evaluation of
  SEN based on OFSTEDs S4 form.
• Every judgment in every area needs to be
  supported by evidence.
• Evidence can be quantitative and qualitative
• This year the school leadership team considered
  the document together.
• Action plans of all the curriculum groups plus
  learning development and the whole school
  improvement plan are shared with governors during
  an annual non-pupil day.
• Governors annual report to parents evaluates the
  effectiveness of the policy for Learning
  Development, including the schools Accessibility
  Plan.

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Timescale

• Spring term
• Information from PLASC will determine finance.
• Projected budget from Devon LEA will influence
  developments eg. training, staffing levels.
• The impact of national or local initiatives.
• The structure of the SSESEN has influenced the
  way whole school self evaluation is moving.
• The vision for our school is that self-evaluation
  of all areas of learning will be based upon the
  above model.