1. Identify the needs of your school and your staff
School needs
Identify and review your school’s priorities, targets and goals. Look at:
- Your school improvement plan (SIP)
- Subject action plans
- The size and suitability of your school to run CPD
- Ofsted inspections, or monitoring report recommendations
- Learning walks, lesson observations or staff meeting findings
- Emerging needs at your school – e.g. if a key staff member is retiring soon, leaving a skills gap
- Emerging needs of your school community – e.g. increasing numbers of pupils with English as an additional language (EAL) might mean more staff need relevant training
Staff needs
Ask teachers to complete skills audits – e.g. on a specific topic or against the Teachers’ Standards Survey staff about their individual CPD needs and career aspirations – download and use our staff development needs and career aspirations survey, below Identify development needs during the appraisal cycle Ask department leads to talk