Skills Builder is an integral part of all our classes from Nursery up to Year 6. Nursery and Reception have Skills Builder incorporated into their provision and it's here they start to develop our academy's shared language around key skills. EYFS are included in our bespoke Career Related Learning Map, each half-term having an event to begin to bring these skills to life. This is built upon in KS1 and KS2 where classes continue to have half-termly opportunities to build links between key skills and future opportunities. At the start of every lesson across the curriculum teachers highlight links to skills that the children will need to use to be successful. These are shared alongside learning objectives and teachers use the school's assessment for learning systems to provide meaningful feedback to move children's learning and skills development forward. Classes also have a weekly timetabled session which is used to develop the class's next step for the focus skill of the week.

Skills Builder has been prioritised as part of our staff CPD calendar to ensure that teachers have regular opportunities to assess children's progress in the development of their skills on the Skills Builder Hub. This protected time is valuable for us as a staff team to make accurate judgements about children's progress and discuss next steps. Monitoring has shown that building in this time has resulted in more consistent assessment across the school. Children in KS2 have reflected on this improvement themselves and have recorded this in our end of year Aspiration Survey. Their feedback will inform teacher's prioritisation of key skills and steps for next academic year. Pupil voice is woven into the school year, so that changing aspiration and the impact of careers events are recorded and responded to. The development of skills are incorporated into our end of year reports which are sent to parents and these also include a target skill for their child to continue to work on.

Skills are explicitly taught in a weekly timetabled lesson with each class working on the academy's focus Skills of the Term. We use this time to teach the pupils to become better at the next small step in the aspiration of achieving mastery rather than hoping they will just become better at it with age. Teachers identify the next step that's needed through their assessment for learning as well as the more formal assessment of skills progression on the Skills Builder Hub. Teachers use resources on the Hub to deliver this input to the children, or create a bespoke activity that's needed by their learners to help them develop further. By doing this we are giving the children the tools and strategies to actively work on and constantly develop these skills. In staff meetings throughout the year, we have shared best practice in Skills Builder delivery. This dialogue has helped continue to build teachers confidence and supported staff who are new to the Skills Builder programme.

Our 'Bolt on' menu for extra-curricular activities are mapped out and ensure that skills are being reinforced systematically outside the classrooms. This offer is on display in school and is updated and communicated with parents every term. We track the spread of skills being offered across each academic year and to make sure that each year group has the opportunity to develop each skill outside of the classroom. In addition to this, we have further strengthened our Personal Development offer for the school by mapping this out and linking key skills throughout. This has helped to systemise our trip opportunities, visitors, assemblies, workshops, celebration days and other events and has further embedded our commitment to skills development across our academy. As part of our Professional Development and Careers Related Learning offer we ensure that whilst at our academy, all children will visit a place of higher education, a workplace, have meaningful encounters with employers and take part in an enterprise challenge.

Careers Related Learning (CRL) is a strength within our school and strongly supported by our Trust. We have annual documents such as a CRL Development Plan, Policy and Audit which we complete to ensure high quality provision in this area and Skills Builder is integral to this. The creation of 'Beckfield Careers Related Learning Map' has elevated our work in this area of the curriculum further. Annual events include a World of Work Week for Year 5, a Careers Fair, Dress as Your Future Self Day, Guess the Job? the list could go on! For all these events, children prepare questions they can ask employers about their skills and reflect afterwards. We have 'Staff CVs' which are displayed around the school and have helped bring the Local Labour Market to life for our students. On these, staff have highlighted the key skills they use and a skill they would like to develop. This has been another success in showing our children real-life application of the essential skills.