How the draft SIP was created
During the summer term, your board should have met with the headteacher and the senior leadership team (SLT) to go over:
- Pupil performance data
- Financial data
- Results of staff, parent/carer and pupil surveys
- Previous school improvement plans (SIPs) and their outcomes
- The self-evaluation form (SEF)
- Feedback from your last Ofsted inspection
Your board should have set the objectives for the SIP at that meeting. Refresh your memory of the SIP process and your board's part in it.
Since that meeting, the headteacher and the SLT will have drafted the actual SIP. This should be a detailed plan of:
- What specific actions to take to meet the objectives
- When those actions will be carried out
- Who is responsible for carrying out each action
- How progress will be monitored
- How you'll measure success
See examples of SIPs from other schools in our article on your role in school improvement planning.
Though there's no formal requirement that your board approves