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.

Last reviewed on 5 February 2025
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Contents
  1. Watch our in-demand talk 
  2. Resources for this talk 
  3. Meet our speaker 

Watch our in-demand talk 

This video offers 'bite-sized' CPD for teachers, with accompanying handouts/resources.

It represents the speaker's role and approach (and where relevant, their school/trust's approach) at the time it was recorded, but still serves as both a source of inspiration and practical tips for you to use in practice.

Please note: any commercial providers, products or resources mentioned in this talk, and relevant links here, are on the speaker's own recommendation and should not be considered an endorsement by The Key.

 

Resources for this talk 

Boost school improvement with 15-minute pupil progress check-ins: key points PDF, 178.7 KB
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Boost school improvement with 15-minute pupil progress check-ins: note-taking template DOCX, 78.5 KB
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Meet our speaker 

Nicki Jaeggi is an executive headteacher for the Ivy Learning Trust. Her specialism is in early years and she gained leadership experience through leading what became an outstanding EYFS at a school in Enfield. She has also had