The Journey to Excellence package

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The Journey to Excellence package

• Part 1 The concept of excellence and the 10
  dimensions
• Part 2 Examples of each dimension
• Part 3 How good is our school? and The Child
  at the Centre
• Part 4 Planning for Excellence
• Part 5 Journeys to Excellence

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Part 4 Planning for Excellence
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Existing strengths

• Well-established cycles
• Direct links to outcomes for learners
• Bringing together external expectations and needs
  of learners
• Professional reflection and teamwork
• Involvement of school community

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Essential elements of an improvement plan
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• Clearly stated and aspirational vision and values

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• Developed by and shared with the whole school
  community

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• A small number of improvement priorities

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• Emphasis on action not bureaucracy

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• Outcomes which focus on learning and achievement

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• Clearly identified responsibilities linked to
  named individuals and / or teams

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• Clear timescales with milestones and deadlines

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• Relevant measures of success

SELF EVALUATION OR
Self delusion
SELF DELUSION?
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Effective planning

• is based on the evidence of ongoing self-
  evaluation (JTE Part 3 HGIOS3, TCAC)
• builds on identified strengths
• emphasises action not bureaucracy
• focuses on delivery and impact
• involves the whole school community
• is flexible and responsive
• (www.journeytoexcellence.org.uk)

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Successful Plans

• are high level
• have a small number of key priorities
• reflect the schools own context
• present improvement priorities as outcomes for
  learners
• impact directly on learners

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The Journey to Excellence
journeytoexcellence.org.uk hmie.org.uk
ltscotland.org.uk michael.wood_at_hmie.gsi.gov.uk S.F
ulton_at_LTScotland.org.uk