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- Pupil premium: case study templates and guidance Read advice on using case studies to show how you're spending your pupil premium, and download our templates to help you write them.
- Staff appraisal and capability: requirements and guidance Get an overview of your requirements for appraising teachers and support staff, and see a case study of a staff-led approach to teacher appraisal.
- Subject leadership: how to develop and embed a vision Find out how to write your subject vision and get tips on embedding it. See examples of vision statements and a case study from a secondary teaching school.
- How to improve sixth form attendance and behaviour Get expert advice to help you improve attendance and behaviour in the sixth form. Read a case study to find out how a sixth form improved standards of attendance and behaviour.
- Allocating departmental budgets Understand the different ways you can allocate curriculum budgets. Download our curriculum budget formula calculator and see case studies from different types of school.
- Developing the leadership team Get tips on how to develop your leadership team using a leadership framework, as well as case studies on professional development for school leaders.
- Writing: effective teaching strategies (primary) Improve writing outcomes in your school. Get ideas for high-quality teaching of writing at Key Stage (KS) 1 and 2. Find research-based example strategies, a teaching framework and primary school case studies to help you along your improvement journey.
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How to use a standardised school-grading system across your trust: case study
You need an accurate picture of the strengths and weaknesses across your schools so you can prioritise effectively and report to the board. Stephen Astley from Unity Schools Partnership shares how his trust uses a standardised grading system to achieve this. Follow his tips to implement this approach in your trust too.
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How a joint-trust vision led to curriculum alignment: case study (secondary)
The de Ferrers Trust's curriculum is all about providing pupils with a broad education that prepares them for the challenges of modern society. Find out how this shared vision led to alignment in curriculum time, subject content and exam boards among the trust's 3 secondary schools.
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Developing a process for new schools joining your trust: case study
The Flying High Trust share their approach to new schools joining the trust. Learn about their due diligence process, how they assess their own capacity to grow and how they induct the new school over the first year.
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- Case study: getting the most out of PTA fundraising efforts Parent and carer associations are a great way to build a strong sense of community and to help your school get the extra financial support it needs. See how one PTA raised over £20,000 in a term and share their ideas with your own PTA.
- How one 'outstanding' secondary school cut its marking workload by 75%: case study Barr Beacon School cut down teachers' marking time to less than an hour a day by banning detailed written marking and improving the way staff give feedback to pupils. Read on and download this school's marking policy and other resources to learn how you can make this happen too.
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How a 6-school trust set its top-slicing strategy: case study
Learn how one trust set its top-slicing strategy, and get advice from an academy finance expert on how to make its approach work for you. Download the trust's service level agreement to see what central services it provides to its schools.
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How a 14-school trust set its top-slicing strategy: case study
Learn how one trust set its top-slicing strategy with a focus on investment. Get tips on designing the principles of your service, costing your investment plans and how to make this trust's approach work for you.
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- Making school meals more sustainable: case study Find out the simple steps an award-winning school has taken towards making its school meals more sustainable, with advice on how you can do the same.
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Aligning curricula across your trust: case study (primary)
Learn how Victoria Academies Trust rolled out its challenge-based curriculum across schools to drive Ofsted improvement, and how you can apply this approach to your trust.
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- Journey to become an 'outstanding' school: case studies Get advice and inspiration from other schools about how they turned the dial to push school improvement, and to go on to be rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted.
- How to offer flexible working to attract outstanding staff and boost retention: case study An innovative timetable enables Manchester Communication Academy to offer flexi days, staggered start times and part-time working – contributing to a 90% staff retention rate. Read on for ideas about how to implement flexible working in your school.
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How to roll out one school's curriculum across your trust: case study (primary)
Woodland Academy Trust's curriculum focuses on helping pupils understand their local area. The highly aligned curriculum enables teachers to share best practice and cut workload – and gets top marks from parents and children too.
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- How to embed sustainability into your curriculum: case study Corbridge Middle School is on a journey to embed sustainability throughout its curriculum and promotes a focus on the environment across its school. See how the leaders there did it and find resources to learn how you can make this happen too.