Make sure your vision statement still reflects your aspirations
Before you jump to embedding your vision, you'll need to make sure it addresses the biggest issues for schools/trusts right now, such as:
- Community engagement
- Sustainability
- Diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI)
- Wellbeing (for pupils, staff and leaders)
Read our article on developing an inclusive vision and strategy to help you take your first steps. Take a look at our articles on how to make sustainability a strategic priority and how to approach wellbeing strategically, too.
If you've already reviewed your vision, move on to the section below.
Keep your vision at the centre of all strategic decisions
To embed your school/trust's vision into everything it does, think of it like a pyramid. At the top is your vision statement, underneath that is your long-term strategic plan (3 to 5 years) and underneath that is your school improvement plan (SIP) (trust improvement plan in trusts). Your SIP or TIP needs to feed into your strategic plan and