Learning from good and outstanding practice

Highlights from school evaluation and improvement

  • Boost school improvement with 15-minute pupil progress check-ins
    Mini-meetings can make major changes to pupil attainment, teacher/SLT relationships, staff’s sense of support, and more. Nicki Jaeggi shares how holding fast, focused and frequent pupil progress check-ins between class teachers and the SLT led to measurable improvements at her school. She explains how to make 15 minutes make a difference by focusing on pupils’ work and setting SMART actions to take back to the classroom.
  • How to effectively lead a school and transform its culture
    How do you learn to be a leader? Sam Strickland, principal of an all-through school and author of books on school leadership, gives his top tips for becoming a leading light in your school. Find out how any level of leader can drive top-down change, communicate effectively and champion the curriculum while staying true to the school’s ethos and moral purpose.