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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 new
• Case studies on reducing marking workload
• Case studies on staff wellbeing and work-life balance
• Effective flexible working arrangements
• Flexible working for senior leaders
• Housing schemes for teachers new
• Managing headteacher workload in small schools
• Managing workload (headteachers)
• Marking: maintaining a work-life balance
• New headteacher's presentation to staff: content
• Reducing lesson planning workload for teachers: case studies updated
• 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

• Tasks for school business managers: checklists
• Assembly and national awareness days: key dates
• Key dates for school leaders

Interviewing teachers

• Interview questions and tasks: head of year/pastoral manager (secondary)
• Interview questions: teacher (primary) updated
• Interview tasks for a classroom teacher updated

Improvement strategies

• Central services in multi-academy trusts (MAT)
• Terms of reference: committees in multi-academy trusts (MATs)
• Features of effective multi-academy trusts (MATs) updated

Policy bank

• Lockdown procedures: guidance and examples
• Statutory policies and documents for schools
• School staff dress codes updated

In the news 20 Jul 2017

• Need-to-know: Performance tables statement of intent 2017 published 20 Jul 2017 09:36 new
• Need-to-know: DfE revises target for the uptake of EBacc subjects 19 Jul 2017 15:49 new
• News: Justine Greening announces additional £1.3 billion for core schools budget 18 Jul 2017 09:05 new
• News: National funding formula - latest updates 17 Jul 2017 18:00
• News briefing: 10-14 July 2017 14 Jul 2017 08:00 new

Recently added

• Building relationships between staff new
• Educational visit proposal forms new
• Trade Union Act 2016: schools new
• School gardens and outdoor spaces new
• Parenting contracts for poor attendance new