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In-depth articles

• Addressing an employee's underperformance: template documents
• Capability action plans for teachers
• Capability procedures: sharing information updated
• Support for a teacher judged to be underperforming
• Teachers not fulfilling a teaching and learning responsibility (TLR)
• Underperforming middle leaders: setting improvement targets

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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Calendars and planners

• Key dates for school leaders updated
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Interviewing teachers

• Interview questions: teacher (primary)
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Improvement strategies

• Central services in multi-academy trusts (MAT)
• Forming a multi-academy trust (MAT)
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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

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