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QuickReads

Concise digests of reforms, policy changes and new guidance

• QuickRead: DfE report on workload and data management
• QuickRead: DfE report on workload and marking
• QuickRead: DfE report on workload and planning

In-depth articles

• Alcohol at staff social events
• Building relationships between staff
• Case studies on reducing marking workload
• Case studies on staff wellbeing and work-life balance
• Case study: reducing marking workload without compromising on pupil outcomes new
• Creating a staff mental health and wellbeing action plan
• Effective flexible working arrangements
• Flexible working for senior leaders
• Housing schemes for teachers
• Managing headteacher workload in small schools
• Managing workload (headteachers)
• Marking: maintaining a work-life balance
• Marking mythbuster new
• New headteacher's presentation to staff: content
• Reducing lesson planning workload for teachers: case studies
• Rewarding staff: payments, perks and incentives
• Staff retention
• Staffroom: promoting a positive environment
• Staff survey questionnaires: template and advice
• Staff wellbeing days
• Staff wellbeing questionnaires
• Start-of-year presentations and meetings for staff
• Strategies to improve staff wellbeing and work-life balance
• Support for new teachers to build their confidence
• Surveying staff about a recent restructure
• Teachers' workload audit tools

KeyDoc checklist for checks on new staff

The checklist can be downloaded from this article

Performance management checklist

Produced with Gulshan Kayembe, one of our associate education experts

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• What is assessment, in a classroom context? (free sample session)
• Defining and identifying more able pupils (free sample session)
• Differentiation: supporting all pupils (free sample session)

Calendars and planners

• Key dates for school leaders updated
• Assembly and national awareness days: key dates
• Interactive online calendar for school leaders

Interviewing teachers

• Interview questions: teacher (primary)
• Interview questions: teacher (secondary)
• Interview questions: subject leader (primary)

Improvement strategies

• Central services in multi-academy trusts (MAT)
• Forming a multi-academy trust (MAT)
• MATs: due diligence on joining schools

Policy bank

• Statutory policies and documents for schools
• Accessibility plans and policies updated
• Lockdown procedures: guidance and examples

In the news 21 Sep 2017

• News briefing: 11-15 September 2017 15 Sep 2017 08:00 new
• Need-to-know: Government's primary assessment consultation leads to scrapping of KS1 SATs from 2023 14 Sep 2017 16:03 new
• Need-to-know: National funding formula and high needs funding formula confirmed 14 Sep 2017 16:02 new
• News briefing: 4-8 September 2017 8 Sep 2017 08:00 new
• Need-to-know: New Academies Financial Handbook requirements now in effect 1 Sep 2017 09:00 new

Recently added

• Healthy school policies new
• Ofsted: what to expect this year new
• Tracking interventions: small infant schools new
• High needs funding formula: a summary new
• National funding formula: a summary new