School Strategic Plan

1. Preparing the School Strategic Plan

A School Strategic Plan (SSP) is a 4-year plan for school improvement, completed by schools after their School Review. The plan is based on the key directions (goals, targets and key improvement strategies) recommended by the school review panel. These are informed by the findings of the school review. The school’s allocated school reviewer documents the key directions and supporting rationale in the school review report. Once finalised, the department pre-populates the key directions and supporting rationale on behalf of schools into the draft SSP on the Strategic Planning Online Tool (SPOT).

The SSP:

• outlines the school's vision and values
• sets goals and targets for improved student outcomes
• lists the key improvement strategies (KIS) that will help achieve these goals and targets
• is sensitive to local needs.

Once key directions are pre-populated on SPOT, it is recommended schools share and discuss these with school staff and the wider community to generate ownership and support for the direction of the SSP over the next 4 years. Discussions can include a review of the school’s vision and values.

Following these discussions, schools complete the vision and values section of the SSP on SPOT. Schools can make any required edits to the key directions in SPOT and submit the SSP for endorsement by their senior education improvement leader (SEIL) and school council president.

Schools must complete their SSP by the end of the term after their school review and have it endorsed before they commence developing a new Annual Implementation Plan (AIP), which operationalises the SSP.

All schools review the SSP goals, targets and KIS when preparing to develop the AIP each year. Schools can unlock their SSP on SPOT to update the goals, targets and KIS where needed in response to changes in school priorities and context.