Looking to recruit a new pastoral lead, mental health lead or welfare office for your school? If you’re wondering what tasks can help you recruit the right candidate and questions to ask at interview to assess their skills and understanding of supporting pupils’ mental health, this Pastoral and Mental Health Role Interview Pack can support you throughout the entire process, from advertising to employment. Included in this schools pastoral and mental health role interview pack are two different editable interview tasks plus a wide variety of example interview questions and answers so you can find a brilliant pastoral lead, mental health lead or family support worker for your school. The job description and person specification for will also support you in advertising for a new family liason office or pastoral manager so you attract the right candidates. Use these, alongside the interview tasks and pastoral and mental health role interview questions to create a recruitment package that’s tailored to exactly what your school is looking for in a new pastoral leader. While the pack is tailored towards appointing a new pastoral and mental health lead, it can be used to support the recruitment process for any similar roles with a focus on pupil wellbeing, mental health and pastoral care, including family support workers, nurture teacher, pastoral manager, family liaison officer, welfare officer or similar. Further recruitment and job role resources and materials can be found on our website honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Looking to recruit a new EYFS practitioner, such as a pre-school assistant, nursery assistant or an EYFS teaching assistant? If you’re considering what questions to ask at interview to recruit the right person for your school or what tasks you can set to allow the candidate to show their skills and understanding about the early years, this EYFS practitioner Interview Pack can support you to plan an interview day. Included in this EYFS practitioner interview pack are two different editable interview tasks plus a wide variety of example interview questions and answers so you can find a brilliant pre-school worker, EYFS teaching assistant or nursery nurse for your school. The job description and person specification for will also support you in advertising for a new early years foundation stage practitioner so you attract the right candidates. Use these, alongside the interview tasks and EYFS practitioner interview questions to create a recruitment package that’s tailored to exactly what your school is looking for in a new member of support staff who works in the EYFS. While the pack is tailored towards appointing a new EYFS practitioner, it can be used to support the recruitment process for any EYFS support roles, including nursery assistant, pre-school assistant, early years LSA, nursery nurse, pre-school teaching assistant or any similar role where the candidate will be supporting the teaching, learning and development of children aged 0-5. More interview resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Looking to recruit a new midday supervisor or wrap-around care assistant? If you’re wondering what tasks to set and interview questions to ask in order to recruit the right candidate for your school, this Midday and Wrap-Around Care Interview Pack can support you plan the interview day. Included in this midday and wrap-around care role interview pack are two different editable interview tasks plus a wide variety of example interview questions and answers so you can find a brilliant lunchtime supervisor or wrap-around care worker for your school. The job description and person specification for will also support you in advertising for a new meal time assistant (MTA) or breakfast and after-school club (BASC) staff member so you attract the right candidates. Use these, alongside the interview tasks and midday and wrap-around care assistant interview questions to create a recruitment package that’s tailored to exactly what your school is looking for in a new MTA or BASC staff member. While the pack is tailored towards appointing a new midday supervisor or wrap-around care assistant, it can be used to support the recruitment process for any role like this that involves supervising children in a school setting, including lunchtime assistant, midday activity assistants, lunchtime supervisor, ‘dinner lady’, meal time assistant, MTA, breakfast club supervisor, after schol club supervisor or any role similar to these.

Looking to recruit a new school caretaker, premises officer or school site agent manager? If you’re wondering what tasks can help you identify the skills of potential employees and what questions to ask at interview to recruit the right site agent, premises manager or groundskeeper for your school, this school Premises Caretaker and Site Manager Interview Pack can support you throughout the interview process. Included in this Premises Caretaker and Site Manager interview pack is an editable interview task plus a wide variety of example interview questions so you can find a brilliant site agent or premises manager for your school. The job description and person specification for will also support you in advertising for a new caretaker or school maintenance worker so you attract the right candidates. Use these, alongside the interview tasks and premises manager and site agent interview questions to create a recruitment package that’s tailored to exactly what your school is looking for in a new caretaker. Further interview resources can be found on our website, Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

Looking to recruit a new school administrator, school administrative assistant or school office manager? If you’re wondering what tasks could help you to recruit the right person for your setting or what questions to ask at interview, this School Administrator Interview Pack can support you throughout the entire interview day. Included in this school administrator interview pack are two different editable interview tasks plus a wide variety of example interview questions and potential answers so you can find a brilliant member of admin staff for your school. The job description and person specification for will also support you in advertising for a new office-based admin or clerical role so you attract the right candidates. Use these, alongside the interview tasks and school administrator interview questions to create a recruitment package that’s tailored to exactly what your school is looking for in a new office staff member or manager. While the pack is tailored towards appointing a new school administrator, it can be used to support the recruitment process for any similar job role, including office assistant, school receptionist, clerical assistant, school office manager or a school secretary. It includes questions and specifications for both an administrative assistant as well as a more senior school office managers, so the pack can be used flexibly to suit your recruitment requirements. Further resources can be found on our website Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

This Improving Literacy in Secondary - Audit Template Bundle contains two editable templates that allow you to audit your literacy provision in a secondary school setting by using EEF recommendations on improving literacy. It’s ideal if you know literacy development needs to take place because it’s stopping your pupils from reaching their full potential, and the bundle allows you to audit your current strengths and weaknesses, including how reading, writing and other literacy skills can be taught through the full range of curriculum subjects that your school teaches. The templates included in this bundle are: Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools - Audit - explore disciplinary literacy, vocabulary, reading, writing, structured talk and interventions across your setting with this audit. (23-page document) Disciplinary Literacy - Audit - dig deeper in disciplinary literacy and how staff from different departments support the teaching of literacy through their subject specialisms. Duplicate and disseminate the audit to different subject teams, allowing them to consider how effectively they currently support your school’s endeavours to improve literacy. (3-page document) The Improving Literacy audit contains the EEF recommendations, split into handy, digestible sections so you can work through the audit at a pace to suit your school and your capacity. There are questions you may wish to ask staff for each section, as well as the specialised audit on disciplinary literacy, allowing you to RAG-rate your current position and identify next steps. The bundle is ideal for any leader in secondary with responsibility for improving literacy, reading and writing, raising standards and pupil outcomes, or curriculum improvement leaders. Those with responsibility for pupils interventions, tutoring or catch-up may also find this pack supportive. In secondary schools, the challenge of improving pupil literacy exists beyond just the subject of English, but how can secondary teachers with other subject specialisms be supported to see literacy as being integral to students’ learning? This bundle, created from EEF literacy research, is designed to help those with responsibility for raising standards in literacy in secondary schools to identify their setting’s current strengths and weaknesses in reading, writing, speaking and listening across the breadth of all subjects. From this, an action plan can be created to develop staff skills in supporting pupils with literacy needs no matter what subject is being taught. More available at honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Are new staff joining your school and you want to ensure you’ve got your induction process paperwork in order? This bundle has the templates, checklists and crib sheets you need to organise the whole process, ensuring that new staff are smoothly inducted and can hit the ground running. Included are the following editable templates that can be used to organise and prepare for inducting new members of staff into your school: Staff Handbook Checklist Staff Handover Checklist Staff Induction Checklist Staff Induction Crib Sheet Staff Induction Folder Checklist Staff Induction Questionnaire Staff Induction Roles and Responsibilities What if I want more guidance on staff induction? We’ve got full guidance on this which talks you through the whole process from start to finish, and also includes skills audits for staff at all levels so that you can ensure a thorough and robust induction programme, leading to higher rates of staff retention. See the Staff Induction Pack at Honeyguide SLS. For more resources, visit out website Honeyguide SLS. Disclaimer: This resource is intended solely for informational purposes and should not be interpreted as professional advice. The information provided herein is not tailored to your specific circumstances therefore we can not guarantee the completeness, accuracy or appropriateness of the information presented. Any reliance you place on the information provided is strictly at your own risk.

If you’re looking to explore your school’s provision and curriculum in Literacy for your early years children, this audit pack gives you the perfect starting point. Aimed at primary school settings, the audit can be used by EYFS leads, year 1 leaders & teachers, and curriculum leaders to explore how effectively your school gives children broad and exciting learning opportunities in early literacy, including comprehension, word reading and early writing and mark-making. Links are also made between the EYFS and the National Curriculum subjects in Year 1 to provide support for that crucial transition, and is ideal if you’re looking to provide a cohesive curriculum offer. Further EYFS leadership resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

If you’re looking to explore your school’s provision and curriculum in Communication and Language for your early years children, this audit pack gives you the perfect starting point. Aimed at primary school settings, the audit can be used by EYFS leads, year 1 leaders & teachers, and curriculum leaders to explore how effectively your school gives children broad and exciting learning opportunities to speak, listen, develop their vocabulary and build their early communication skills. Links are also made between the EYFS and the National Curriculum subjects in Year 1 to provide support for that crucial transition, and is ideal if you’re looking to provide a cohesive curriculum offer. Further EYFS leadership resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

If you’re looking to explore your school’s provision and curriculum in Expressive Arts and Design (EAD) for your early years children, this audit pack gives you the perfect starting point. Aimed at primary school settings, the audit can be used by EYFS leads, year 1 leaders & teachers, KS1 phase leaders and curriculum leaders to explore how effectively your school gives children broad and exciting EAD learning opportunities and where there are chances to develop this even further. Links are also made between the EYFS and the National Curriculum subjects in Year 1 to provide support for that crucial transition, and is ideal if you’re looking to provide a cohesive curriculum offer between the early years and KS1. More EYFS leadership resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

If you’re looking to explore your school’s provision and curriculum for physical development for your early years children, this audit pack gives you the perfect starting point. Aimed at primary school settings, the audit can be used by both EYFS leads, year 1 leaders & teachers, and curriculum leaders to explore how effectively your school gives children broad and exciting physical development learning opportunities in order to develop their gross and fine motor skills. Links are also made between the EYFS and the National Curriculum subjects in Year 1 to provide support for that crucial transition, and is ideal if you’re looking to provide a cohesive curriculum offer. Further EYFS leadership resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

If you’re looking to explore your school’s provision and curriculum in Understanding the World (UW) for your early years children, this audit pack gives you the perfect starting point. Aimed at primary school settings, the audit can be used by both EYFS leads, year 1 leaders & teachers, and curriculum leaders to explore how effectively your school gives children broad and exciting UW learning opportunities and where there are opportunities to develop further. Links are also made between the EYFS and the National Curriculum subjects in Year 1 to provide support for that crucial transition, and is ideal if you’re looking to provide a cohesive curriculum offer. Further EYFS leadership resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Support staff in managing classroom noise levels with this CPD training bundle focusing on identifying the root causes of rising noise levels in classrooms and strategies to tackle this. Ideal for behaviour leads, SLT or anyone looking to strengthen staff behaviour management skills, this PowerPoint training session, designed to last for up to an hour, allows for collaboration, discussion and action-planning, and is perfect for INSET days, staff meetings on training sessions dedicated to improving behaviour management. A 31-slide PowerPoint designed to last between 30 minutes to 1 hour, this time-saving and ready-to-roll CPD session on managing classroom noise levels is a perfect way to train staff in the different ways they can identify the causes of rising classroom noise levels to prevent it, and how they can monitor and respond to noise when it does occur. Further behaviour CPD resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Support staff in responding to challenging pupil behaviour by exploring calm responses, a practical and positive behaviour management strategy. Ideal for behaviour leads or anyone looking to strengthen staff behaviour management skills, this PowerPoint training session, designed to last for up to an hour, allows for collaboration and discussion, and is perfect for INSET days or staff meetings on behaviour management. This training session can be foundon our website Honeyguide SLS for £5. A 26-slide PowerPoint designed to last between 30 minutes to 1 hour, this time-saving and ready-made CPD session on responding calmly as an effective behaviour management strategy focuses on reducing behaviour escalation and creating a more positive learning environment. The Routes Forward section is split into three parts, covering: How staff can evaluate their own natural reactions to difficult situations, and how this can sometimes make responding calmly more difficult What support staff can seek, including scripting conversations to plan ahead for common behaviour issues How to avoid common pitfalls which lead to behaviour escalating, such as public confrontation between a pupil and staff member

Support staff in dealing with low level disruption with this CPD session focusing on low-level behaviour management. Ideal for behaviour leads or anyone looking to strengthen staff behaviour management skills, this PowerPoint training session, designed to last for up to an hour, allows for collaboration and discussion, and is perfect for INSET days or staff meetings on tackling low-level disruption before it escalates. This training session can be found on our website Honeyguide SLS for £5. A 29-slide PowerPoint designed to last between 30 minutes to 1 hour, this time-saving and ready-to-roll CPD session on managing low-level disruption is a perfect way to train staff in the different ways they can redirect a pupil’s behaviour to get learning back on track for all. With examples, mini scenarios and thoughtful questions, the session allows for collaboration and sharing between staff members so you can be sure everyone’s on the same page when it comes to managing disruptive behaviour. The Routes Forward section is split into three parts, covering: How expectation, identification and diagnosis of low-level disruption in classrooms is as important as tackling it Multiple practical strategies to deal with low-level disruption When and why staff should follow up and tackle the root causes of the behaviour

Train staff on how to forge positive parent-teacher relationships in order to work together to support pupil behaviour. Ideal for behaviour leads or anyone looking to strengthen staff behaviour management in this area, this PowerPoint training session, designed to last for up to an hour, allows for collaboration and discussion, and is perfect for INSET days or staff meetings on behaviour management CPD. This training session can be found on our website Honeyguide SLS for £5. A 28-slide PowerPoint designed to last between 30 minutes to 1 hour, this time-saving and ready-to-go CPD session on behaviour management focuses on the benefits of building parent-teacher relationships. This then leads into how staff can use this positive home-school relationship to discuss a student’s behaviour should issues arise. The Routes Forward section is split into three parts, covering: How to build relationships with parents as a teacher or member of the support staff team Why we need to communicate behaviour and how to do it, with real-life examples to support you How to enlist parental support and get them to support your behaviour management efforts in school

Support staff in tackling inappropriate language in your school with this engaging and thought-provoking CPD session. Ideal for school leaders and those with oversight of behaviour, this PowerPoint allows you to present effective CPD to teachers, teaching assistants and others to look at why pupils use inappropriate language, how staff can prevent it and how best to address it when it does occur. Budget-friendly and flexible, it’s perfect to use in staff meetings or training sessions, saving you hours of prep time. This 27-slide PowerPoint, designed to last between 30 minutes to 1 hour, is a ready-made CPD session on behaviour management, focusing on the issue of inappropriate language use by pupils. It covers the basics of what inappropriate language is, such as swearing, discriminatory language and gang slang, and looks at the underlying reasons why pupils may use these terms. The Routes Forward section is split into two parts: how to prevent inappropriate language use by pupils in the first place, and how to address it when it does occur. Going beyond the issue of just swearing, the training session allows you to explore different root causes, such as peer pressure, safeguarding or a simple misunderstanding, and gives practical strategies on how to address bad language in line with your school’s behaviour policy. The PowerPoint is fully editable but equally can be used ‘as is’ to present directly to the staff members of your choosing. Each slide is carefully crafted to keep staff engaged with prompt questions and considerations for your school. It’s a huge time-saver for school leaders who know they need to address the issues surrounding pupil language use - it allows you to deliver a consistent approach to different staff groups, with the flexiblity built in to dive deeper into specific aspects. You can get this on our website Honeyguide SLS for £5. For more resources, visit Honeyguide SLS

Created from the latest 2023 version of the Prevent duty, this training and audit bundle provides school leaders, DSLs and those responsible for staff training with a comprehensive package to use with all staff. The engaging PowerPoint presentation, designed to last between 30 minutes to 1 hour, is ideal for a staff meeting, INSET session or twilight to raise awareness of what the Prevent duty is and the signs that staff need to be aware of. Covering key terminology (e.g. radicalisation, extremism, ideology, permissive environments and terrorism), it walks staff through how and why people become radicalised and what can be done to lower this risk and prevent pupils from experiencing harm. The bundle also includes four additional resources to support your training efforts, which can be used during or after the session. These are: A Safeguarding Scenario on radicalisation based on real-life that allows staff to discuss the signs and indicators then share how they would follow this up. A Quick Quiz containing 10 questions and answers based on the content of the presentation. Use these to check staff understanding at the end of the session or send questions at a later date to see how much has been retained. A Safeguarding Snapshot on the Prevent duty, ideal for displaying in your staff-only spaces or sending as an e-bulletin. A one-page training handout that summarises the key information in the training presentation, perfect for disseminating after the session. This pack is available on our website for £5 on our website Honeyguide SLS You can find more safeguarding resources by visiting our website.

Have you got solid recruitment processes but need some fresh ideas for interview tasks? This bundle includes templates for nine different tasks that allow you to explore the skills and attributes of candidates - perfect for ensuring a positive recruitment and hiring process. These editable templates can be used on an interview day to determine the suitability of a candidate for a post in your school: Interview Task - Action Plan Interview Task - Assembly Interview Task - Curriculum Planning Interview Task - Data Analysis Interview Task - Goldfish Bowl Interview Task - In-Tray Exercise Interview Task - Lesson Observation Interview Task - Meeting With Pupils Interview Task - Presentation What if I want more guidance on the whole recruitment process? We’ve currently got a great resource for school leaders wishing to recruit an assistant or deputy headteacher or SENDCo, where you can find the above interview tasks as well as full guidance, interview questions, person specification, job descriptions and more: Honeyguide SLS