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- Teaching and learning policy: model and examples Recommended - Adapt our model to help you set your own teaching and learning policy for your school or trust. Also see examples from primary, secondary and special schools.
- Topic: Teaching and learning policies
- Reviewing the quality of your teaching and learning Use a range of sources to get a reliable overall picture of the quality of teaching and learning in your school. Download our tracking and summary sheets to record and communicate the outcomes of your monitoring activities, and understand how to act on this evidence to improve your offer.
- RE policy: examples (primary) See examples of RE policies from Church of England, Catholic and non-faith schools to find out how they organise RE teaching and learning.
- Pupil voice questions: teaching and learning Use our question banks for EYFS, primary and secondary pupils to help you talk to your pupils about their learning in class or in focus groups.
- Tracking and assessing pupils' progress Learn how to track pupil progress and what factors to consider in order to effectively assess pupil performance and the quality of your teaching and learning.
- Teachers' skills audit Use our audit to assess your teachers' professional development needs against the Teachers' Standards. It's up to date with the latest Ofsted inspection framework and current research around teaching and learning best practice.
- Teacher with a TLR: model job description Download our model job description and person specification for a teacher with a teaching and learning responsibility (TLR). It includes guidance for adapting your job description for TLR1 and TLR2 payments.
- Remote learning policy: model You're only expected to consider offering remote learning if your school can't open safely, or if pupils are able to learn but are unable to physically attend school. Adapt our model policy to set out your expectations in these situations.
- Assistant headteacher: performance objectives See our example performance objectives for an assistant headteacher, covering areas such as improving pupil progress, teaching and learning, and pupil behaviour and safety.
- Teaching and learning responsibility (TLR) payments Understand the rules around what you can award, the criteria teachers need to meet, and the payment values this year.
- Changing teaching and learning responsibilities (TLRs) Learn about the circumstances under which TLR structures can be changed, as well as when salary safeguarding applies. Also get to grips with what you need to do if changing the duties of a TLR post, and whether you can phase out TLRs altogether.
- Subject leaders: rules around teaching and learning responsibilities (TLRs) The STPCD is clear that teachers without a TLR1 or TLR2 shouldn't be given subject leadership responsibilities. See what this means, and how you can tell if you're asking too much of teachers without TLRs.
- Analysing pupil performance data Data analysis of your pupils' performance is a key part of understanding attainment and improving teaching and learning. Get to grips with how to go about it, including what to focus on and how to analyse data from ASP and IDSR.
- Pay award for teachers in 2023 Find the pay ranges from the STPCD all in 1 place, including the teacher pay ranges and teaching and learning responsibility (TLR) payments for 2023/24. Be clear on how to apply them, and download our cheat sheet to keep the information on hand.
- Subject leader: meeting agendas for the year (secondary) Use our bank of template agendas to save time planning your department meetings throughout the academic year. See handy suggestions for timely topics, linked to teaching and learning, pupil progress and curriculum.
- Topic: Inspection criteria: teaching and learning
- Higher level teaching assistant (HLTA): qualification requirements Learn what qualification requirements you should use when hiring an HLTA, and how you can support a TA to step up.
- IT skills audit for teaching staff Spot gaps in your staff's IT knowledge and identify CPD needs to help them deliver high-quality teaching and save them time.
- Teaching assistants: role and responsibilities Understand the regulations around teaching assistant (TA) roles and responsibilities, including 'specified work'. Learn about deploying TAs effectively and download our model job description and person specification for a TA, to adapt to your school's needs.