Have you got a Head of Department interview coming up? These helpful example Head of Department interview questions include suggested responses for answers to help you prepare and succeed at interview. For more recruitment resources and guidance, visit our website honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Utilise these example premises caretaker and site agent/manager interview questions with an outline of what to include in your response and answer during interview. Further resources can be found at honeyguide-sls.co.uk

For safeguarding training and upskilling purposes, we’ve created some examples of common safeguarding scenarios, with practical advice about how to respond to help you keep children safe. Ideal for INSET training, utilise this safeguarding scenario on online safety (misogyny) with your team to discuss what the current concerns are, immediate next steps, further action and what could be done differently. Every setting that works with or comes into contact with children will have different needs for safeguarding and child protection. Our safeguarding scenarios are designed to be used alongside your school safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures. Whether you’ve encountered a safeguarding issue or you want to make sure your team are prepared, our scenarios highlight the steps you should take and open up points for discussion and reflection as a team during CPD sessions and refreshers. Looking for more scenarios? Check out the others we have on all areas of safeguarding as outlined in KCSIE on our website Honeyguide SLS. For more support on safeguarding, you can download our Safeguarding Audit Pack. You can find more safeguarding information and resources by visiting honeyguide-sls.co.uk Disclaimer: It is important to note that this resource addresses potentially sensitive and/or distressing subjects and is intended to be used for training purposes only. It may also contain strong language as well as terms, themes and content that depict child abuse, neglect and exploitation. All of this could elicit emotional responses and be triggering for staff using it. You must read the full resource before use and it is your duty to carefully assess its appropriateness based on your staff and your context. If you deem it to be suitable, you must ensure that adequate support is accessible for anyone who may be impacted by the content. 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.

For safeguarding training and upskilling purposes, we’ve created some examples of common safeguarding scenarios, with practical advice about how to respond to help you keep children safe. Ideal for INSET training, utilise this safeguarding scenario on taking disclosures with your staff to discuss what the current concerns are, immediate next steps, further action and what could be done differently. Every setting that works with or comes into contact with children will have different needs for safeguarding and child protection. Our safeguarding scenarios are designed to be used alongside your school safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures. Whether you’ve encountered a safeguarding issue or you want to make sure your team are prepared, our scenarios highlight the steps you should take and open up points for discussion and reflection as a team during CPD sessions and refreshers. Looking for more scenarios? Check out the others we have on all areas of safeguarding as outlined in KCSIE. In addition, our Safeguarding Audit Pack can be found in our store or on our website Honeyguide SLS. You can find more resources by visiting our website Honeyguide SLS. Disclaimer: It is important to note that this resource addresses potentially sensitive and/or distressing subjects and is intended to be used for training purposes only. It may also contain strong language as well as terms, themes and content that depict child abuse, neglect and exploitation. All of this could elicit emotional responses and be triggering for staff using it. You must read the full resource before use and it is your duty to carefully assess its appropriateness based on your staff and your context. If you deem it to be suitable, you must ensure that adequate support is accessible for anyone who may be impacted by the content. 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.

Want to check that staff understand Part One of KCSIE 2024? These Quick Quizzes are time-saving and adaptable, meaning you create quizzes on your school’s internal platform or cherry pick questions for use in meetings and briefings. Each quiz document has 10 multiple-choice questions but the answers aren’t obvious, helping to assure you that staff really do know safeguarding inside and out. These 6 editable quiz documents contain 10 multiple-choice questions each. They cover the following safeguarding aspects: KCSIE and Principles of Safeguarding Staff Safeguarding Roles and Responsibilities Types of Abuse and Neglect Specific Safeguarding Issues Concerns about Staff and Procedures Safeguarding Beyond the Family Setting Our full pack of 6 Safeguarding Quizes can be found at Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk for £10. This can help to reinforce messages from the safeguarding training you’ve already delivered and it keeps safeguarding at the forefront of staff member’s minds. For monitoring and quality assurance purposes, it’s also a great way to show that you’re delivering regular updates to staff. Please note though that these 12 snapshots do not cover all aspects of safeguarding in Part one of KCSIE. Looking for safeguarding scenarios as outlined in KCSIE? Try Honeyguide SLS. For more support on safeguarding, you can download our Safeguarding Audit Pack. You can find more safeguarding information and resources by visiting Honeyguide SLS. Please note the following disclaimer attached to this resource bundle: These resources address potentially sensitive and/or distressing subjects and are intended to be used for training purposes only. They may also contain strong language as well as terms, themes and content that depict child abuse, neglect and exploitation. All of this could elicit emotional responses and be triggering for staff using them. You must fully read each snapshot before use and it is your duty to carefully assess their appropriateness based on your staff and your context. If you deem each one to be suitable, you must ensure that adequate support is accessible for anyone who may be impacted by the content.

Does it feel like your to-do list is spiraling out of control as the end of the school year rapidly approaches? Don’t panic - Honeyguide’s comprehensive End-of-Year Checklist is here to support you every step of the way. We cover all the essential tasks you need to consider, from completing administrative duties to arranging leavers and goodbye assemblies. Stay organised, ensure a smooth transition and make the most of this critical period with our practical checklist. With Honeyguide by your side, you can confidently navigate the end of the summer term and set the foundation for a successful new academic year. A 10-page fully editable checklist to support your thinking as the end of the school year approaches. Work through the list, delete any tasks that aren’t relevant to your school and plan when you’ll need to complete relevant tasks by. Crucially, consider who tasks can be delegated to as there are many jobs that need to be completed by the end of the school year but they don’t all need to be done by you. Add any tasks not mentioned that are specific to your setting and keep this to-do list updated as you get towards the end of the summer term. Then celebrate your successes with a well-deserved summer holiday break! Visit Honeyguide SLS website for more resources and information. 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.

This pack is available for £15 on our website Honeyguide SLS. A comprehensive guidance pack with accompanying templates to help you audit the curriculum and quality of education practices, policies and procedures in your setting. This audit pack is designed to help you identify areas of strength and weakness in the school’s curriculum and quality of education and to provide recommendations for improvement. This pack is suitable for headteachers, deputy headteachers, assistant headteachers, curriculum leaders and members of the senior leadership team wishing to develop their understanding of the Ofsted quality of education judgement area and seeking to assess, evaluate and improve the curriculum and quality of education in the setting. Have you conducted a curriculum and quality of education audit before? Wondering where to begin or wanting to ensure you cover all areas of the quality of education in the Education Inspection Framework (EIF)? A quality of education audit can be a valuable tool for schools to evaluate and improve their educational offer and to support pupil learning and achievement. It provides a comprehensive evaluation of the school’s educational practices, identifies areas for improvement, and establishes a clear roadmap for continuous improvement. It also allows you to gather the views from all stakeholders, including staff, pupils, parents, carers and governors, as well as evaluate your school curriculum intent, implementation and impact. When you make your purchase, you’ll receive the whole pack, including: A 13-page PDF in full colour containing all the guidance, research and information you need. 5 fully editable and easy-to-use templates that can be adapted for your setting. These include: Quality of Education Audit Quality of Education Action Plan Ofsted Grade Descriptor Grids Quality of Education Document Checklist Quality of Education Question Bank Our full Ofsted Inspection Preparation Pack includes this and so much more. Visit our website Honeyguide SLS for further information. 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.

Are you a SENDCo preparing for an Ofsted inspection? Or maybe wondering what type of questions you’ll be asked during a SEND focussed conversation? This style of question is also used during SEND audits with school improvement advisors / partners (SIP) and SEND advisors. Broken down into the four Ofsted judgement areas, this template explores questions on processes and procedures, quality of education, leadership and management, behaviour and attitude, and personal development. This resource is also suitable to use alongside a SEND link governor or the wider governing body. Utilise this resource alongside our SEND audit. Our full Ofsted Inspection Preparation pack includes this and so much more. Visit honeyguide-sls.co.uk for further information. 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.

Looking for questions to use in pupil, parent, staff and governor surveys to find out their views on the school curriculum and quality of education? Look no further! This list of questions can be used to create your surveys with ease. These questions also cover the aspects and areas Ofsted inspectors cover in their staff, parent and pupil surveys. Utilise the findings of these as evidence for how you are working with stakeholders, listening to and gathering their views and working together for school improvement. This fully editable word document resource also enables you to edit the questions straight away so that they can represent your setting most effectively. Our full Ofsted Inspection Preparation pack includes this and so much more. Visit honeyguide-sls.co.uk for further information. 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.

This pack is available for £10 on our website Honeyguide SLS. A full guidance pack about how to run a primary writing moderation staff meeting, including the steps that an English subject leader or a curriculum leader could take to successfully plan the meeting. This will help you to organise your thoughts, including how to communicate exactly what staff need to bring and how to organise the paperwork you’ll need so there’s no last minute rushing required! The guidance and resources are built on the KS1 and KS2 teacher assessment framework for pupils in year 2 and 6 respectively, allowing staff to work through each writing moderation checklist and moderate judgements for the teacher assessment data they’ll need to submit. For teachers in other year groups, there are moderation statements built from the programme of study in the English national curriculum so staff can moderate their assessment judgements but also look for gaps in learning within each key stage in order to support their lesson planning. This pack is suitable for English subject leaders, curriculum leaders or those with responsibility for assessment or the quality of education will benefit from this pack to give them head space when planning out vital moderation meetings across the year. Senior leaders and headteachers will also find it useful to support new English subject leaders in running their first moderation meeting. Key questions answered: What is moderation? What is a moderation meeting? How is the local authority involved in writing moderation? Why is moderation important? What role do subject or curriculum leaders play in moderation? When is the best time to do writing moderation? How does moderation work for different year groups in a primary setting? What do I need to do when planning a moderation meeting? What should I do during the moderation meeting? Visit our website for more resources, including deep dive packs - 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.

Expecting Ofsted or want to be prepared for when the Ofsted call comes through? If you decide that a folder (or similar) is an appropriate route for you, you’ll want to collate all relevant documentation and evidence you have that demonstrates your school is meeting the required standards and expectations. Our Ofsted Folder Checklist gives a comprehensive outline so that you can have everything you need within reach when the call comes through. This fully editable word document template can help you and your team prepare. Our full Ofsted Inspection Preparation pack includes this and so much more. Visit honeyguide-sls.co.uk for further information. 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 unsure about the quality of mental health and wellbeing provision in your setting, a good starting point is a Mental Health and Wellbeing Audit, followed up with a Mental Health and Wellbeing Action Plan. This Mental Health and Wellbeing Audit resource is broken down into categories, including Leadership and Management, Ethos and Environment, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Enabling Pupil Voice, Staff Development, Identifying Need and Monitoring Interventions, Working With Parents and Carers, Targeted Support, so that you can assess the quality of the provision your setting provides. This resource is useful for a senior leaders, including headteachers, deputy heads and assistant heads, as well as mental health first aiders, leads and advocates. This may also be a good tool to use with a mental health and wellbeing link governor or the wider governing body. This audit covers all aspects of leadership and management in the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF). This fully editable word document resource also enables you to edit the questions straight away so that they can represent your setting most effectively. Our full Ofsted Inspection Preparation pack includes this and so much more. Visit honeyguide-sls.co.uk for further information. Our mental health and wellbeing pack is available on our website for £15 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.

Are you thinking about how to improve attendance on a strategic level? This bundle supports exactly that, with attendance audits, action plans, strategy documents and more. Designed from the latest guidance in Working Together to Improve School Attendance, it allows attendance officers, leads and co-ordinators to look at the bigger picture of attendance in their schools then use their findings to address gaps. Included in this pack: Attendance Audit - over 70 questions for you to reflect on your setting’s practice, including sections on attendance policy & procedures, analysing barriers, exploring attendance trends and patterns, attendance intervention, communication and safeguarding, and attendance enforcement. Find your current strengths and areas of improvement. Attendance Action Plan - use the gaps identified in your audit and turn them into tangible actions with this handy plan. Attendance Strategy - create this whole-school document, which contains prompts to help you, to share your vision and benchmarks for attendance with staff, governors/trustees and other stakeholders. Attendance Template Letters - Use these to pre-populate your own letters on your school’s headed paper or insert the text into your management information system (MIS) to save time when informing parents of their child’s absence levels. There are 15 individual letters covering a range of situations, such as concerns about authorised absences, invites to attendance meetings, term-time holiday requests and more. Attendance Co-Ordinator Job Description - whether you’re called an attendance officer, leader, manager, co-ordinator or something else, this document covers the responsibilities of the role and includes a person specification. It’s perfect if you’re looking to firm up your (or your attendance coordinator’s) responsibilities or if you’re looking to appoint someone to this post. Example Ofsted Attendance Questions - whether you’re due an inspection or not, this document can help you understand the types of questions Ofsted ask about attendance. Use it to reflect on the depth of knowledge about your current practice or to prepare for an inspection if you feel the need to build your confidence. This attendance co-ordinator audit and strategy pack is available on our website for £7.50 Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

Want to check that staff understand Part One of KCSIE? This Quick Quiz is time-saving and adaptable, meaning you can create quizzes on your school’s internal platform or cherry pick questions for use in meetings and briefings. The quiz document has 10 multiple-choice questions but the answers aren’t obvious, helping to assure you that staff really do know safeguarding inside and out. These 6 editable quiz documents contain 10 multiple-choice questions each. This Quiz focuses on Child-on-Child Abuse Our full pack of 6 Safeguarding Quizes can be found on our website Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk for £7.50 Looking for safeguarding scenarios as outlined in KCSIE? Try Honeyguide SLS. For more support on safeguarding, you can download our Safeguarding Audit Pack. You can find more safeguarding information and resources by visiting Honeyguide SLS. Please note the following disclaimer attached to this resource bundle: These resources address potentially sensitive and/or distressing subjects and are intended to be used for training purposes only. They may also contain strong language as well as terms, themes and content that depict child abuse, neglect and exploitation. All of this could elicit emotional responses and be triggering for staff using them. You must fully read each snapshot before use and it is your duty to carefully assess their appropriateness based on your staff and your context. If you deem each one to be suitable, you must ensure that adequate support is accessible for anyone who may be impacted by the content.

Looking to explore the primary writing, SPAG and spoken language in-depth and build confidence about an upcoming English Deep Dive? Tailored for primary English subject leaders, this bundle helps you to consider intent, implementation and impact questions when exploring writing and its components, allowing you to consider areas of strength and weakness so you can plan for improvement and (if you feel you need to) prepare for Ofsted. Included in the pack: Writing, SPAG and Spoken Language Deep Dive and Subject Evaluation Audit (Primary) - over 100 deep dive questions about all aspects of primary writing and spoken language to ask stakeholders, including senior leaders, subject leaders, teachers and pupils. As a subject leader of English, writing or oracy, you can utilise these to reflect on the current picture of writing and spoken language in your school and explore specific areas further when listening to staff and pupil voice. Many literacy subject leads find it useful to practise them with other leaders to build their own confidence in preparation for a English Ofsted deep dive. Writing, SPAG and Spoken Language Subject Knowledge Question Bank - content-specific questions for spoken language, writing, spelling, grammar and punctuation (SPAG) covering EYFS, KS1 and KS2 . They’re ideal if you’re wanting to explore the finer details of staff members’ English writing subject knowledge. Deep Dive Process Overview - use this to structure your internal deep dive in writing, working through the process of identifying your perceived strengths and weaknesses, observation and questioning, and creating a plan of action. Deep Dive Evidence Exploration - a handy place to collate all your observation notes when conducting a deep dive, including observing writing or GPS sessons and looking through work or folders. Whether you have an Ofsted inspection due or not, conducting an internal deep dive can help you to identify your subject’s strengths and weaknesses. Use it as a collaborative process that can support other staff members to develop and use your findings to report back to SLT, governors or trustees as part of your curriculum quality assurance. This pack is available on our website for £12.50. You can find more curriculum resources by visiting Honeyguide SLS

Utilise these example DSL and safeguarding lead role interview questions with an outline of what to include in your response and answer during interview. Further resources can be found at honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Use this Teacher Skills Audit as part of your appraisal and performance management process, or to identify training needs. This is also helpful for those aspiring for middle or senior leader positions to use to identify progression and next steps. For more skills audit resources for this role and others, visit our website Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk 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.

Safeguarding CPD for staff. Train staff on spotting the signs and indicators of sextortion with this flexible safeguarding training pack. With a ready-made presentation to deliver to your staff team, an accompanying safeguarding scenario on sextortion, quiz questions and answers, a discussion prompt and a one-minute guide to send and display, this whole pack works seamlessly to train staff in safeguarding and keeping children safe. Created from the latest guidance for education settings on sharing nudes and semi-nudes and to support schools to embed the advice made in the Financially motivated sexual extortion: an alert for education settings from CEOP, this helpful bundle contains four resources that work together to create a full training package about safeguarding and sextortion. You can use it to train your team on what sextortion is, what the signs and indicators are and how you can best support your students in response to this rapidly increasing threat to children’s safety. The bundle contains: Staff Training Presentation - Sextortion: A ready-to-deliver 20-slide PowerPoint presentation that outlines what sextortion is alongside its signs and indicators, followed by slides that allow staff to consider and discuss what puts pupils at greater risk, other factors to be aware of and what actions they should take. The presentation has built in discussion questions and finishes with a scenario and quiz to check staff understanding about sextortion. Scenario - Sextortion: An editable scenario that outlines a fictional situation where child sexual extortion (sextortion) is occurring. It also includes full commentary and guided considerations for the DSL or staff member leading the child protection training. Use it to gauge how effectively staff can identify the signs of abuse as well as how they’d respond in a real-life context, including further actions they’d take. Quiz and Discussion - Sextortion: There are five challenging multiple choice quiz questions that test your staff members’ understanding of sextortion, plus a discussion prompt that can be used to kickstart your training session or as a follow-up question a few weeks later. Safeguarding Snapshot - Sextortion: This one-page, one-minute guide is perfect for following up the session by using as a training handout, displaying in your staff-only spaces or sending as part of a safeguarding e-bulletin. Further safeguarding training CPD resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Do you have tried and trusted safeguarding INSET training but need to quickly deliver this year’s KCSIE updates to staff? Look no further - this PowerPoint and handout does exactly that! Based on the 2023 KCSIE, it’s a brilliant time-saver for anyone delivering safeguarding training and updates. You can find this and more resources by visiting Honeyguide SLS.