SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN 2021-2022
SCHOOL CONTEXT, AIMS and VALUES
Musselburgh Burgh Primary School was built in 1964 as a merger between the original Burgh School and Fisherrow School. The ground floor of the building houses two classrooms, Nurture Room, large Assembly Hall with Stage, Dining Hall, Gym Hall, Nursery, Meeting Room and several offices. Ten further classrooms, a Library, and Support for Learning room are located in the two storey block. The TU in our playground will be repurposed and refurbished this session to create a Family Room space for our families to feel welcome within the school, while also offering an environment for wider community projects in partnership with our Excellence and Equity Officer. It will also house a dedicated Nurture and Learning base for our P1 cohort including a new sensory room. The Burgh is situated in Musselburgh town centre and has a very mixed catchment area, from the large, privately owned properties in Inveresk Village to a high number of council flats. Currently more than 65% of our pupils live in properties located in SIMD deciles 4 and below and the school benefits from the allocation of significant Pupil Equity Funding. This funding has been utilised to develop a Nurture approach across the school, including a Nurture base staffed by a Nursery Nurse. We have also targeted support towards closing the poverty related attainment gap through the employment of additional ASN Auxiliary staff. The school roll continues to increase and there are currently 316 pupils from P1 to P7 in addition to the 1140-hour Nursery with capacity for 48 full-time places. We have twelve mainstream classes with composite groupings at P2/3, P3/4, P5/6, and P6/7. The Burgh’s Senior Leadership Team has a relatively new look for the start of session 2021/22 with the Head teacher and Depute Head teacher beginning their first full years in post together following their appointments during the previous session. The school also now has three permanent Principal Teachers in post who share responsibility with the HT and DHT for the Early, First and Second Level teams. This year our Raising Attainment priority within our school improvement plan will focus on progress and achievement in Primary 1 and strengthening effective links across the Early Years, while developing a play based curriculum across P1 and wider play experiences throughout the school. At the Burgh, we are committed to working together as a whole team to deliver the values and principles of Curriculum for Excellence. We work in partnership with our families and the wider community to ensure that we deliver on our core purpose: to offer all of our pupils the best educational experience possible in a happy, safe and nurturing environment.
National Priorities (NIF) In line with the National Improvement Framework, school improvement priorities should clearly articulate with the following 4 key priorities in session 2021/22:
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Local Priorities East Lothian Council Plan 2017-2022 Reducing inequalities within and across communities
Growing our Economy
Growing our People
Growing our Communities
Growing our Capacity
East Lothian Education Service Improvement Plan
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School Priorities – identify three or four main priorities only. Please take account of the new developments towards a self-improving schools approach and focus on curriculum development and pedagogy of learning, teaching and assessment. Use the following HGIOS4 & equivalent HGIOELC QIs as a guide towards addressing the areas for improvement identified:
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PRIORITY 1: RAISING ATTAINMENT – Early Level Attainment at Primary 1 |
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Drivers for Improvement |
When/Who |
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Introduce and develop a play-based curriculum across Primary 1 Use GL Teaching Talking assessments as baseline (diagnostic) and summative measure to inform targeted developmental interventions Develop new Early Years planning and tracking framework from Nursery to Primary 1 Train all Early Years and infant staff in the use of high quality observations to track children’s learning and identify next steps Additional full time Primary 1 Teacher for delivery of targeted intervention groups in key curricular areas (funded by Scottish Government and Pupil Equity funding) Develop TU area as additional P1 Learning and Nurture environment including sensory room and outdoor space Embed regular opportunities for structured outdoor learning experiences Introduce regular Stay and Play sessions to encourage parental engagement in ongoing play-based learning |
Raising Attainment Driver
NIF Driver
East Lothian Sails
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August 2021 – Ongoing; Amy Hainey & P1 Team September 2021 and May 2022; P1 Team October 2021; Jon, Natalie, Amy & Jodie September 2021; East Lothian’s Early Years Support Team August 2021 – Ongoing; Stephanie Cunningham October 2021; School Leadership Team August 2021 – Ongoing; Amy Hainey, Emily Macdonald & P1 Team Oct 2021 – Ongoing; Amy Hainey |
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PRIORITY 2: HEALTH & WELLBEING – Inclusion & Equality |
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Actions |
Drivers for Improvement |
When/Who |
Impact/Evidence |
Create, share, and agree new whole school Inclusion, Equality and Positive Relationships policy Further engagement with East Lothian’s Inclusion policy – Included, Engaged and Involved: Inclusion, Equality and Accessibility for All Further engagement with East Lothian’s Anti-bullying policy – Respect for All Redeliver training on Building Resilience programme for all staff Delivery of Building Resilience Programme in all classes throughout school Delivery of training for all staff on racism and inclusion from Show Racism the Red Card Identify and Develop LGBTQ+ Inclusive Education resources Implement and integrate inclusive practices throughout the curriculum using Stonewall’s 10 steps to inclusive practice |
NIF Driver
East Lothian Sails
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Nov ‘21; RJ and Inclusion & Equality Team Nov ‘21; RJ and Inclusion & Equality Team Nov ‘21; RJ and Inclusion & Equality Team September 2021; Rebekah Jones Sept ‘21 – Ongoing; RJ and all staff 1st October 2021; SRTRC and all staff Jan ‘22; RJ and Inclusion & Equality Team June 2022; Inclusion & Equality Team and all staff |
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PRIORITY 3: HEALTH & WELLBEING – Rights Respecting Schools & Sustainable Development Goals |
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Actions |
Drivers for Improvement |
When/Who |
Impact/Evidence |
Introduce learning around Sustainable Development Goals and link to Rights Respecting Schools class charters Engagement with Rights Respecting Schools National training Materials Create SDG library – real and virtual – and share related resources for all pupils Professional Reading and signposting around SDG for all staff Delivery of training for all staff around Sustainable Development Goals through Scot-Dec Continue to embed SDG practices as part of work towards achievement of Green Flag ECO Award Full incorporation of UNCRC Rights of the child and progress towards Rights Respecting Schools silver award |
NIF Driver
East Lothian Sails
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August In-service; Emily Macdonald August In-service; Emily Macdonald October 2021 – ongoing; RRS & SDG Team October 2021 – ongoing; RRS & SDG Team January 2022; Emily Macdonald June 2022; Emily Macdonald & Eco Group June 2022; Emily Macdonald & RRS & SDG Team |
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PRIORITY 4: NUMERACY & MATHS |
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Actions |
Drivers for Improvement |
When/Who |
Impact/Evidence |
Develop progression pathway for Numeracy across Nursery-P7 identifying available and recommended resources and programmes in line with EL framework Develop robust assessments in Numeracy & Maths in line with existing school tracking processes to establish consistency of moderation across stages Create and share in-school numeracy challenge to support development of basic numeracy skills across each stage Develop whole school skills-based problem solving teaching resource Training for all Second level staff in Accelerated Maths to support raising attainment rather than as teaching tool Improve analysis of Accelerated Maths data to inform interventions for targeted support groups and develop the use of target setting using scaled scores Investigate available Numeracy intervention resources |
NIF Driver
East Lothian Sails
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February 2022; Natalie Copland and Numeracy Team December 2021; Natalie Copland and Numeracy Team June 2022; Numeracy Team December 2021; NC and Numeracy Team September 2021; Natalie Copland & Diane Chiole October 2021 – ongoing; SLT, Second level staff and SfLT April 2022; Numeracy Team and SfLT |
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