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In-depth articles

• Can a headteacher support pupils when the teacher objects?
• Head of school: challenges and expectations
• New to the headteacher role: priorities at the start of headship
• New to the school business manager role
• Role and responsibilities of a SENCO updated
• Role comparison: deputy headteacher vs assistant headteacher
• Role comparison: headteacher vs head of school updated
• Role of an executive headteacher
• Role of an online safety leader
• Role of a primary school deputy headteacher
• Role of a subject leader
• Role of the accounting officer in an academy trust
• SBMs and headteachers: case studies on working together
• SBMs and SENCOs: working together effectively
• Strategic responsibilities of school leaders
• The school business manager's role

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 22 Sep 2017

• News briefing: 18-22 September 2017 22 Sep 2017 08:00 new
• Need-to-know: Ofsted launches new short inspections consultation 21 Sep 2017 16:28 new
• 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

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
• Loaning ICT equipment to pupils new