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  • Mastery teaching across the curriculum Be clear on what mastery means and see how you can help your teachers teach and assess it across the curriculum.
  • Progression grids: primary Progression grids can help teachers understand what progress looks like for their pupils. Have a look at these examples of subject and skills progression grids to help you develop your own.
  • Progression grids: Key Stage 3 Find out what good progress looks like in your subject. See examples of KS3 progression grids from schools to help you develop your own. You'll also find links to grids published by subject associations.
  • Computing: planning and assessment (primary) Learn how to plan and assess computing at the primary level. Find links to schemes of work, progression grids, assessment resources, and examples from a school and a local authority.
  • 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.
  • Key Stage 1 and 2 assessments Find answers to FAQs on how to comply with statutory requirements for Key Stage (KS) 1 and 2 assessments. Use our checklist of key dates and deadlines, and know what to report to your local authority and parents/carers.
  • Cooking and food tech risk assessment: template and examples Download our cooking and food technology risk assessment template, and get inspiration with examples of risk assessments that highlight potential hazards and actions to take.
  • School trips: risk assessments Understand when you do and don't need to carry out a trip risk assessment, get help with what you need to include and see template examples.
  • Dogs in school: guidance and risk assessments Read up on the rules around dogs on site, including therapy dogs, and use our template risk assessment to make sure that both pupils and the animal stay safe and happy.
  • COSHH: risk assessment template and guidance You need to have risk assessments for the control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH). Use our template to help you, plus see the rules on what your assessments need to cover and get tips on how to carry one out.
  • Risk assessment: staff briefing Schools have a duty to carry out risk assessments to keep staff, pupils and visitors safe from harm. Use this 30-minute briefing to get all staff up to speed with how to go about creating a risk assessment.
  • Non-examination assessment policy: model and guidance Save time by adapting our model non-examination assessment policy. Understand what you're required to include and find a school example to help you with writing your own policy.
  • Assessing pupils working between the engagement model and the primary curriculum Understand the requirements for assessing pupils working between the engagement model and National Curriculum levels. Also find advice for assessing these pupils between end-of-Key-Stage assessments.
  • EYFS: progress and assessment Learn about the statutory assessment requirements under the EYFS framework, and how to assess effectively and fairly. Understand how to monitor progress in the early years with minimal paperwork using these strategies and our downloadable templates, and get clued up on what Ofsted is looking for.
  • Skills and knowledge audit: history (primary) Use our self-assessment and audit tools to understand your staff's level of confidence in teaching history, and get some ideas for how to develop their skills further.
  • Risk assessment: generic template and guidance Find the resources you need to start carrying out a risk assessment, including a generic template and guidance on statutory requirements. Plus, use our flowchart to help you decide if you need a risk assessment for specific activities.
  • School resource management self-assessment: summary Academy trusts must complete the school resource management self-assessment checklist every year. Find out what it covers, so you know what to expect.
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  • Engagement model of SEN assessment Learn what's covered in the engagement model for pupils working below the standard of the National Curriculum assessments, and how to assess under it. Download our template form to record your observations during assessment.
  • Assessment approaches in special schools Get to grips with requirements and best practice for assessment in special schools. Learn from an ‘outstanding’ provider’s approach to baselining, assessing and analysing pupil progress.
  • Supporting staff with a health condition or disability: guidance and risk assessments You don't need a separate risk assessment for staff with health conditions or disabilities. Find out how to take their needs into account when reviewing your existing risk assessments.