Education Resources
Curriculum and Quality Improvement Service
Establishment Improvement Plan
2016 - 2017
Kear Campus
Education Resources
Curriculum and Quality Improvement Service
Contents
1.
Establishment 3 Year Improvement Plan Overview
2.
Establishment Strategic Improvement Plan
3. Establishment Operational Improvement Plan (Action Plan)
4. Establishment Maintenance Plan
Overview of Kear Campus’ 3 Year Cycle of Improvement Plan Priorities
Sessions: 2015 - 2018
National Improvement Framework Key Priorities
 Improvement in attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy;
 Closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children;
 Improvement in children and young people’s health and wellbeing; and
 Improvement in employability skills and sustained positive school leaver destinations for all young people.
National Improvement Framework Key Drivers
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School leadership
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Teacher professionalism
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Parental engagement
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Assessment of children’s progress
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School improvement
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Performance information
HGIOS 4 and Early Learning and Childcare Indicators
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1.1 Self Evaluation for self-improvement
1.2 Leadership for learning
1.3 Leadership of change
1.4 Leadership and management of staff
1.5 Management of resources to promote equity
2.1 Safeguarding and child protection
2.2 Curriculum
2.3 Learning teaching and assessment
2.4 Personalised support
2.5 Family learning
2.6 Transitions
2.7 Partnership
3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion
3.2 Raising attainment and achievement/Securing
children’s progress
3.3 Increasing creativity and employability/ Developing
creativity and skills for life and learning
SLC Education Resources Themes
Transforming Learning and
Teaching
Implementing Curriculum for Excellence
Meeting the Needs of all Learners’,
GIRFEC and Statutory Duties
Skills for Learning, Life and Work
Professional Learning
Leadership (Change and Improvement)
Strategic Priorities 3 Year Cycle
1. Maximising inclusion, involvement and engagement of vulnerable learners
2. Maximising achievement and attainment of vulnerable learners
3. Working together to meet the needs of vulnerable learners
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Session: 2016 – 2017
Strategic Improvement Planning for Kear Campus
Strategic Priority
1. Maximising inclusion,
involvement and engagement of
vulnerable learners
2. Maximising achievement and
attainment of vulnerable learners
3. Working together to meet the
needs of vulnerable learners
Intended Impact
Vulnerable pupils are
engaging positively with
their education
Through ambitious
planning, vulnerable pupils
are attaining and
achieving a range of
planned outcomes
Learners, staff, parents
and partners experience
increased involvement in
the life and work of Kear
Campus
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How it will be Measured
Attendance & exclusion data
Engagement (using Leuven
Scale of Engagement)
Classroom observations
Questionnaires / interviews
Review process
Tracking & monitoring process
SQA / CfE attainment and
wider achievement data
Review process
Didbook
Actual Impact
Attendance and engagement
at planned events: parents
eve’s, parent support groups,
partner events etc
Event evaluations
Questionnaires / interviews
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Operational Improvement Planning for Kear Campus
Session: 2016 - 2017
Strategic Priority 1: Maximising inclusion, involvement and engagement of vulnerable learners
Action Plan 1: ATTACHMENT
LEAD PERSON: Kirsty Brown
ACTIONS
TIMESCALE
RESOURCES
1. The attachment toolbox pilot project / consultation is
concluded and identified improvements are made the resource May 2016 – October 2016
before its publication in October 2017
2. Attachment lead practitioners ensure that all staff have access
to the attachment toolbox and promote its use when planning
and reviewing placements.
August 2016 –March 2017
3. Attachment lead practitioners support staff to embed
attachment informed strategies using a coaching approach.
August 2016 –March 2017
4. All bases in Kear Campus have the principles of an
attachment informed school displayed in the staff area along
with a spotlight on interventions.
By September 2016
5. Electronic support for attachment informed practice can be
accessed using GLOW / Website.
By October 2016
6. Regular focus groups monitor and review the implementation
of attachment aware approaches across Kear Campus.
October and December 2016
January and March 2017
7. Literacy is recognised to be at the heart of an attachment
aware school and the working group focus on strengthening
links between literacy resources (film, novels) to attachment
experiences.
August 2016 –March 2017
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Operational Improvement Planning for Kear Campus
Session: 2016 - 2017
Strategic Priority 1: Maximising inclusion, involvement and engagement of vulnerable learners
Action Plan 2: RIGHTS BASED LEARNING
LEAD PERSON: Tamsin Graham
ACTIONS
1. Teachers across Kear Campus delivering lessons on Rights
Based Learning as part of Health and Wellbeing taught
programme
2. Each area of Kear Campus has a ’Rights based learning’
display, including charter(s) which is visible to all staff, pupils
and visitors
TIMESCALE
Ongoing
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By December 2016
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3. Inform parents / carers and other partners about our
implementation of Rights Based Learning
Ongoing
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RESOURCES
SLC Pack: ‘Making
Rights Real’
Time within Health &
Wellbeing programme
to deliver lessons (3 x
40 min sessions)
SLC Pack: ‘Making
Rights Real’
Time to consult staff
and pupils (e.g. pupil
council meetings /
HWB lessons / other
curriculum time)
Display materials
SLC Pack: ‘Making
Rights Real’
Time at e.g. review
meetings, parents
evenings, partnership
forums
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Operational Improvement Planning (Action Plan) for Kear Campus
Session: 2016 - 2017
Strategic Priority 1: Maximising inclusion, involvement and engagement of vulnerable learners
Action Plan 3: SUSTAINABILITY & DEVELOPMENT
LEAD PERSON: Catriona Campbell
ACTIONS
1. Establish Campus-wide Eco-Committee splitting into with subcommittees across the provision
TIMESCALE
RESOURCES
Liaison time,
timetabled access for
pupils
Sept 16
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2. Audit previous work completed across campus in relation to
outdoor learning and sustainability
Sept 16
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Audit questionnaire
(PT/DHT)
3. Draw up whole campus Eco-plan, selecting three topics from the
Eco Schools programme
Sept 16
4. Develop individual Eco-plans for each area covering identified
topics
Ongoing from Sept 16
5. Monitor actions and evaluate progress in promoting sustainability
Ongoing from Sept 16
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Quality assurance
calendar
6. Embed Eco Schools in curriculum planning to involve whole
campus and develop ways to involve the wider community
Ongoing from Sept 16
7. Investigate and apply for funding opportunities to promote
sustainability
June 16
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Funding applications
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Operational Improvement Planning (Action Plan) for Kear Campus
Session: 2016 - 2017
Strategic Priority 2: Maximising achievement and attainment of vulnerable learners
Action Plan 1: LITERACY
LEAD PERSON:
ACTIONS
1. To create a literacy strategy for Kear Campus
TIMESCALE
Ongoing
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RESOURCES
Working Group time
2. To ensure all Kear pupils have a baseline assessment of their Autumn term 2016 (ongoing for
literacy skills at the beginning of their placement and for this to some)
be followed up with robust and systematic tracking of progress
through at least 6 monthly or annual re-testing
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Tests e.g. Aston Index
Time and staff to carry
out tests
3. To ensure that any pupils with literacy gaps (e.g. between
their reading / spelling ages and their chronological age) have
a targeted intervention to support their literacy development
Autumn term 2016 (ongoing for
some)
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Time and staff to
provide targeted
intervention
4. To ensure all Kear locations are adequately resourced with a
range of materials specifically designed to develop basic
literacy skills across a range of levels
By December 2016 (ongoing for 
some)
Funding (Closing the
gap bid)
5. All Kear staff to engage in a professional learning experience
in relation to teaching early reading skills and / or teaching
literacy across the curriculum
By April 2017
Funding (Closing the
gap bid)
INSET time
Working Group time
See also Attachment action plan and Curriculum Planning,
Assessment and Tracking & Monitoring action plan
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Operational Improvement Planning (Action Plan) for Kear Campus
Session: 2016 - 2017
Strategic Priority 2: Maximising achievement and attainment of vulnerable learners
Action Plan 2: HEALTH AND WELLBEING
LEAD PERSON: Tamsin Graham
ACTIONS
1. Increase pupil awareness of wellbeing through:
 all pupils experiencing delivery of lessons which explore wellbeing
generally, including the SHANARRI indicators
 reference to wellbeing in wider Kear environment e.g. wall
displays in classrooms, termly GIRFEC focus (linked to Kear
curriculum rationale) etc
TIMESCALE
RESOURCES
Ongoing – by June 2017
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HWB resource bank
Autumn 2016
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Display space /
materials
2. Continue to implement The Scottish Government’s Play Strategy
through:
 ongoing work with families
 play policy for Kear Campus
 professional learning opportunities for all Kear staff in relation to
play
Ongoing throughout 2016 –
2017
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Scottish Government
Play Strategy
Time / staff to work
with families
Working group time
Liaison time
3. Ensure most Kear pupils attain the SQA Wellbeing Award as part
of their senior phase experience
By June 2017
4. Establish a bank of health & wellbeing resources which support
the delivery of structured PSE courses across Kear Campus
5. Continue to provide relevant professional learning opportunities
for staff in relation to health & wellbeing (see also Partnership
action plan)
By December 2016
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Ongoing throughout 2016 –
2017
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Time to deliver award
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Liaison time / INSET
Time with partners
Ongoing throughout 2016 –
2017
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Operational Improvement Planning (Action Plan) for Kear Campus
Session: 2016 - 2017
Strategic Priority 2: Maximising achievement and attainment of vulnerable learners
Action Plan 3: CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENT AND TRACKING & MONITORING
LEAD PERSON: Yvonne Wright
ACTIONS
Curriculum Planning
TIMESCALE
RESOURCES
August 16
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All staff
2. A consultation process will take place regarding assessment
September 16
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Team meetings
3. Assessment actions plans will be agreed for each area of the
provision
August 16
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Team meetings
Ongoing
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Identified staff
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Staff teams
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Staff teams
1. The revised Curriculum Rationale will be embedded into the
planning and delivery of the curriculum
Assessment
4. Baseline learning profiles will be produced for all pupils as soon
as is practical after admission
Tracking and Monitoring
5. Monitoring and tracking procedures will be further developed for
BGE and senior phase courses.
Ongoing
6. Reporting procedures will be reviewed across the provision
Ongoing
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Operational Improvement Planning (Action Plan) for Kear Campus
Session: 2016 - 2017
Strategic Priority 2: Maximising achievement and attainment of vulnerable learners
Action Plan 4: DIDBOOK
LEAD PERSON: Tamsin Graham
ACTIONS
TIMESCALE
RESOURCES
1. Pupils across Kear Campus begin using didbook to record
achievements, skills etc
Ongoing
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Curriculum time for
pupils to input
information on
Didbook
2. Staff across Kear Campus making comments on their pupils’
didbooks on a regular basis
Ongoing
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Planning and
preparation time
Ongoing
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Time at e.g. review
meetings, parents
evenings, partnership
forums
3. Inform parents / carers and other partners about our
implementation of didbook
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Operational Improvement Planning (Action Plan) for Kear Campus
Session: 2016 - 2017
Strategic Priority 2: Maximising achievement and attainment of vulnerable learners
Action Plan 5: BUILDING LEARNING POWER
LEAD PERSON: Andy Thompson
ACTIONS
1. All staff will have an opportunity to engage in professional
learning and coaching led by ‘Learning Champions’. This
develops leadership opportunities in the staff team and also
develops a coaching model to support sustainable
development
TIMESCALE
By Oct ‘16
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RESOURCES
BLP toolbox, BLP
Working Group time,
whole campus
meetings
2. ‘Learning Champions’ will support staff to work with learners in By Dec ‘16
promoting metacognitive learning strategies, embed a
‘learning to learn’ culture and innovative teaching and learning
approaches
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BLP group, all staff,
working group time,
Whole campus
meetings
By April ‘17
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BLP champions, all
staff.
3. Through discussion of reflective journals with their ‘Learning
Champion Coach’, staff members will have an opportunity to
discuss strategies and approaches. Pupils will engage in
semi-structured interviews, keeping learning journals and
engage in the coaching progress to evaluate and discuss the
impact of the initiative.
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Operational Improvement Planning (Action Plan) for Kear Campus
Session: 2016 - 2017
Strategic Priority 2: Maximising achievement and attainment of vulnerable learners
Action Plan 6: SKILLS FOR LEARNING, LIFE AND WORK
LEAD PERSON:
ACTIONS
TIMESCALE
RESOURCES
1. Staff will receive training on ‘Developing the Young
Workforce’ programme and how it relates to the Kear
Campus revised curriculum rationale
Autumn term 16
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I whole staff
meeting
2. Each area of the provision will evidence ‘world of work’
related activities within the curriculum.
Autumn term 16
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Team meeting
3. A whole Campus audit will take place of the entitlements and
expectations in the career Education Standard
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Summer term 16
Time and staff to
gather information
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Operational Improvement Planning (Action Plan) for Kear Campus
Session: 2016 - 2017
Strategic Priority 3: Working together to meet the needs of vulnerable learners
Action Plan 1: PARTNERSHIPS
LEAD PERSON: Yvonne Wright
ACTIONS
TIMESCALE
RESOURCES
1. Further develop the ‘Big Partnership Breakfast’ forum
August 16
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SMT and partners
2. Have in place a range of planned opportunities for parental
engagement across the provision
Ongoing
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CFSW team
3. Review our methods of communication with parents/carers
By December 16
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SMT
4. Continue to build partnerships with schools via offering
training on positive behaviour support
Ongoing
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SMT
5. Continue to develop partnerships with a range of agencies
who can provide information and support for young people
and parents
Ongoing
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CFSW
6. Build on existing links with employers and training providers Ongoing
to facilitate increased opportunities for pupil work experience
and placements
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Employability lead
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Possible
requirement of
additional funds
7. Improve communication with partners through the
development of a Kear Campus website
Ongoing
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Establishment Maintenance Improvement Planning
Session:
2016 / 2017
National Improvement Framework Key Priorities
 Improvement in attainment, particularly in literacy and numeracy;
 Closing the attainment gap between the most and least disadvantaged children;
 Improvement in children and young people’s health and wellbeing; and
 Improvement in employability skills and sustained positive school leaver destinations for all young people.
National Improvement Framework Key Drivers

School leadership

Teacher professionalism

Parental engagement

Assessment of children’s progress

School improvement
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Performance information
HGIOS 4 and Early Learning and Childcare Indicators
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1.1 Self Evaluation for self-improvement
1.2 Leadership for learning
1.3 Leadership of change
1.4 Leadership and management of staff
1.5 Management of resources to promote equity
2.1 Safeguarding and child protection
2.2 Curriculum
2.3 Learning teaching and assessment
2.4 Personalised support
2.5 Family learning
2.6 Transitions
2.7 Partnership
3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion
3.2 Raising attainment and achievement/Securing
children’s progress
3.3 Increasing creativity and employability/ Developing
creativity and skills for life and learning
SLC Education Resources Themes
Transform Learning and
Teaching/Implement CfE
Meeting the Needs of all Learners’,
GIRFEC and Statutory Duties
Skills for Learning, Life and Work
Professional Learning
Leadership (Change and
Improvement)
Key Actions
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