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  • Performance management: checklists Share our checklist with your line managers so they know what’s expected of them. Plus, audit your whole-school performance management procedures, so you can make sure you're compliant.
  • Termly tasks for secondary heads of department/subject: checklist Download our checklist to help you keep on top of your termly tasks. It includes tasks to help with preparing for exams, managing staff, and monitoring your subject.
  • How to manage complaints: checklist and guidance Complaints can be a big worry for all involved. Be clear on how to investigate complaints about your school and download our checklist to help you carry out a formal investigation.
  • School business manager: task checklists Use our checklists to make sure you're staying on top of your SBM tasks for the 2023/24 academic year. Find checklists and deadlines for yearly, termly and monthly tasks.
  • HR tasks and processes: checklist Download our handy checklist to stay on top of HR tasks and processes related to recruitment, staff training and wellbeing, performance management, parental leave, absence and leavers.
  • Statutory risk assessments: checklist and guidance Stay compliant and keep your pupils, staff and visitors safe with our checklist of the risk assessments you need to have in your school. Plus, see advice on when to do a risk assessment.
  • Health and safety checklists for classrooms Use these health and safety checklists for classrooms to save time and make sure staff and pupils are working in a safe environment. Download our specialist classrooms checklist to use alongside a checklist from the Health and Safety Executive.
  • Pupil premium: monitoring checklist Feel confident as pupil premium lead with our list of everything you need to do, including what data you should monitor, how you should report back to your governing board and how to track pupil progress.
  • Administrative tasks in schools: checklist Download a checklist of administrative tasks that schools may carry out on an annual, termly, daily and ongoing basis. Adapt it to adjust the frequency of the tasks, add your own tasks, and input a deadline, owner and status for each.
  • Ofsted pre-inspection checklist and reminders You've received the call from Ofsted that you’re going to be inspected. Download our checklist for headteachers to see what to prepare before they arrive, and share reminders and support with the rest of your staff.
  • Headteachers: exit tasks and handover checklists If you're leaving your role as a headteacher, use our checklists to tick off your exit tasks and ensure a smooth handover for the incoming head. You'll also find extra support if your successor is new to headship.
  • Self-evaluation form (SEF): checklists and template Use our checklists to help you evaluate your school against the Ofsted framework. Download our template SEF, which includes Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and post-16 provision. Plan monitoring activities, plus see examples of SEFs from a range of schools.
  • School premises maintenance: checklist Use our checklist to help you maintain your premises and meet your statutory health and safety duties. It outlines how often you should carry out tasks, separating daily, weekly, termly and annual duties.
  • Handover checklist for school business managers Download our handover checklist to help your new SBM settle into the role. It includes tasks and information related to finance, premises management and HR.
  • Headteacher appraisal: step-by-step process and templates Use our guidance for leaders in multi-academy trusts (MATs) to help you manage the appraisal process for headteachers in your schools. Download our templates and checklist so you can be confident you've got everything covered.
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  • Pupil reports to parents: checklist and templates Updated - Use our checklist to make sure your annual reports to parents meet statutory requirements, and see what extra information you need to include at the end of Key Stage (KS) 1 and KS2. Download our templates and adapt them to suit your needs.
  • Teacher appraisal policy: model, checklist and examples Adapt our model appraisal policy to use in your school, or use our checklist to make sure your own policy covers everything it needs to. Also see examples of school policies covering appraisal of teachers' performance.
  • Integrated curriculum and financial planning (ICFP): checklist and guidance Find out more about integrated curriculum and financial planning (ICFP), which can help you improve your school's financial efficiency and maximise resources. Download and use our checklist to guide you through the process.
  • Meeting the DfE's digital and technology standards: priorities checklist Make sure your school's IT services and equipment meet the DfE's minimum standards. Use our downloadable checklist to review your current provision, and get to grips with what to prioritise and what your next steps should be.
  • Early career teacher (ECT) induction: checklist Download our checklist to make sure you're following statutory requirements before and during early career teacher (ECT) inductions.