What a vision statement does
It's your vision for the future. You'll capture it in a clear statement, in collaboration with your school or trust leaders.
Your vision statement will make your ambitions for current and future pupils clear. Make sure it focuses on their progress and achievement.
Your strategic direction is aimed at achieving your vision
Making sure that your school's vision, ethos and strategy are clearly defined is one of the 3 core functions of maintained governing boards. For trust boards, strategic leadership, which includes setting your trust's vision, is one of the 3 core purposes of trust governance.
Your vision is the starting point for your whole strategy, so use your statement to make sure that vision can be communicated to your whole community, so that everyone can work towards it.
Make sure you're clear on the difference between vision, values, strategy and ethos.
How to create a vision statement
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