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Our Vision:
'A specialist SEND community to inspire Rochdale and beyond...'
Our Long-Term Outcomes (Summer 2026)
A -
The delivery of the curriculum and specialist offer will be consistently strong across all school cohorts.
B -
Systems and processes will be robust and specialist, ensuring high student engagement across all pathways.
C -
There will be a robust, trackable, and equitable personal development offer that meets individual need.
D -
Redwood will be well organised with strong leadership at every level.
School Development Visual Summary
Leadership and Management
Quality of Education
Quality of Care
Premises and Resources
Summary of Focus Areas: 2025/26
Leadership and Management
A1 - Maintain and further develop the impact of Redwood Governance through a period of transition.
A2 - Further strengthen Redwood’s place in the borough.
A3 - Embed the new staff structure, further developing line management and the quality of appraisal.
A4 - Further develop the operational and strategic function of senior leadership.
A5 - Further develop wider Redwood leadership and middle leadership across school sites.
A6 - Implement a core and enhanced CPD model across the Redwood workforce
A7 - Ensure an increasing emphasis on the wellbeing of the whole school community.
Quality of Education
B1 - Implement a broad, balanced and progressive curriculum across school from Pre-Formal to Formal.
B2 - Refine and embed Provision Pathways to further improve the SEND offer.
B3 - Refine, simplify, and organise progress tracking, whole school assessment and the evidencing of learning.
B4 - Embed systems and processes to develop more targeted support, further improving teaching and learning across school
B5 - Broaden personal development opportunities across pathways, embedding systems and processes to track impact and progress.
B6 - Further develop and improve the wider Post 16 offer.
Quality of Care
C1 - Launch and develop a whole school Quality of Care offer.
C2 - Further develop specialist SEND, utilising commissioned services and embedding Redwood Teams.
C3 - Broaden safeguarding capacity and remit across all sites, ensuring continued gains with attendance for all cohorts.
C4 - Embed new ways of recording all forms of behaviour/ anxiety, developing response and intervention.
C5 - Continue to increase staff skillset and confidence with challenging SEND/ behaviour
C6 - Further grow and enhance the Extended Schools Offer.
Premises and Resources
D1 - Secure sustained resilience in Redwood School staffing.
D2 - Further develop Redwood’s Business Support Function.
D3 - Improve Redwood environments (across estates) to support increasing SEND demand and rising complexity.
D4 - Further embed HR processes to increase staff attendance at work.
D5 - Future proof school finances ensuring equity across school
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