New support initiative to help schools improve standing
In the week that Ofsted announced the move away from one-word ratings, Tes have launched a new support initiative for all schools who have received a challenging Ofsted report card or rating.
6 August 2024
For any school with sub-categories in their Ofsted report rated ‘Inadequate’ or ‘Requires improvement’, Tes has launched a special support initiative to get Class Charts, a powerful behaviour management tool, into the hands of more schools.
Tes Class Charts is a much-loved digital tool for improving behaviour and managing classrooms more effectively. It is common for schools to lose significant teaching time in each class, but recent research found that the average school using Class Charts was gaining back 18% of their class time that had been previously lost to disruption. For the average school that equated to 10,000 hours of teaching time regained across the year.
This impact was having a direct relation to pupil outcomes and school performance, with some schools calling out Class Charts as the tool that helped them drastically change their Ofsted rating. It was through this research that Tes asked how this tool could support more schools that are struggling with the most challenging Ofsted ratings.
Across the whole of the current academic year, Tes will be offering 50% off Class Charts for new school customers with sub-categories in their Ofsted report rated ‘Inadequate’ or ‘Requires improvement’, under the old and the equivalent new rating approach.
Max Lienard, Tes COO said, “At Tes we knew the difference Class Charts can make in supporting teachers in the classroom but now we can see how much more it offers pupils, parents and the schools. Everyone gets something from using Class Charts, from better behaviour, to less time on administration. There has never been a better time to ask what potential a school can unlock with 10,000 hours more teaching time every year?”
Not only does Class Charts deliver seating plans, but it also helps teachers identify negative behaviour and reward positive behaviour, increasing teaching time, whilst improving communications with parents and reducing administration time outside of the classroom.
Tes calculates that through this classroom and behaviour management programme;
- The average school gains back 10,000 hours of lost teaching time from reducing disruption in classrooms.
- 96% of teachers save time in managing and preparing seating plans.
- 93% of teachers save time in managing behaviour.
- Teachers also save on average 1.6 hours a week lost to admin.
Tes believes Class Charts will power up those schools to see an improvement in their performance, with engaged students ready to learn and succeed, supported by teachers spending less time on class management and admin, instead spending more time on what they love: teaching.
To learn more about Class Charts, please visit our website.