School Devlopment Overview - October 2025 - October 2028
Noadswood’s Statement of Intent:
Fit for Learning, Fit for Life
Noadswood is a caring, inclusive community in which excellent teaching and meaningful partnerships enable a sustainable and exciting educational experience, in which students are nurtured and challenged to reach their potential as learners and citizens.
We are resolute that all students will have this experience at our school, and so our annual School Improvement Plan will tease out key objectives from clear analysis of our performance data, our self-evaluation documents and annual survey information under the headings of:
Quality of Education – Progress and Achievement
Quality of Education – Curriculum and Quality Assurance
Personal Development, Attitudes and Wellbeing
Leadership, Professional Learning and Development
*The hallmarks for great progress and the tangible outcomes under each heading will be captured in our annual School Improvement Plan, running October to October.
At Noadswood, we believe that our key values are:
Respect, Aspiration, Care, Kindness, Integrity, Positivity, Enthusiasm, Consistency, Fairness, Honesty, Determination, Patience, Accountability, Pride, Selflessness, Self-reflection, Challenge, Belonging, Happiness, Nurture, Understanding, Self-worth, Partnership…
Source: Colleague and Trustees’ Self-Evaluation Summer 2025
We further believe in:
Strong leadership at all levels of the organisation, including students,
Pride in our school, our excellent learning environment and our curriculum,
Passion about safety, attendance, well-being and unstinting commitment to each other,
Working at our best because our relationships are strong,
Our culture of steady improvement, deepening the impact of our professional learning and key initiatives, enhancing provision and student outcomes,
Striving to limit in-school variation and inconsistency of impact,
It being everyone’s job to assure high-quality, adaptive teaching and learning, and impactful use of our resources,
Noadswood commits to strong trusting partnerships, personal and team accountability and challenge to improve, without fear.
Cycle of Review:
September – Annual School Improvement foci launch
October – New Annual School Improvement Plan – launch
January – Survey cycle
May/June – Self Evaluation
August – KS4 outcomes
September – Strategic Plan Review and Annual School Improvement foci launch