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School Development Plan 2025/2026

St Barnabas School Development Plan 2025 – 2026

Our School Development Plan (SDP) sets out the key priorities for the year ahead, helping us to continue improving teaching, learning, and wellbeing across our community.


Everything we do is guided by our Christian vision:

“Let all that you do be done in love.” – 1 Corinthians 16:14

For the current school year, our priorities focus on four main areas:

1. Supporting Every Learner – SEND and Inclusion

We are enhancing how our curriculum meets the needs of all learners, especially those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

  • Strengthening staff training and support.

  • Using clear targets and progress tracking for every pupil with SEND.

  • Ensuring lessons are adaptive, inclusive, and ambitious for all.

2. Consistency and Excellence in Teaching & Learning

With new teachers in several year groups, we are embedding consistent, high-quality teaching across the school.

  • Maintaining high standards in reading, writing, and maths.

  • Sharing good practice in modelling, challenge, and adaptive teaching.

  • Ensuring learning is well-sequenced and engaging for every child.

3. Caring for God’s World – Sustainability and Climate Action

Through our “Let’s Go Zero” project, we are deepening our commitment to sustainability.

  • Embedding climate education across subjects.

  • Involving pupils through our Earthkeepers group and events like Earth Day, Switch-Off Fortnight, and Cycle to School Week.

  • Working towards reducing the school’s carbon footprint and achieving the Eco Schools Award.

4. Reading for Life – Parental Engagement

We are building stronger partnerships with parents to inspire a lifelong love of reading.

  • Creating practical, welcoming opportunities for parents to get involved in reading.

  • Providing clear guidance and resources for reading at home.

  • Ensuring all children, especially those eligible for Pupil Premium, make excellent progress in reading.


Together, we are helping every child at St Barnabas to love, learn, and flourish.