A key responsibility for headteachers and principals in schools is to support the wellbeing of your staff team, but what about you and your own wellbeing? You don’t need us to tell you that the pressures of school leadership can often feel overwhelming but our Headteacher Wellbeing Audit and Action Plan is here to help. Designed with the unique challenges of headship in mind, this tool helps you take stock of what or who is currently supporting you in a professional capacity and where there could be room for development to improve your wellbeing in school. It’s perfect for heads, executive heads, school principals or anyone leading a school to use as a self-reflection tool, as well as being useful for trust leaders, CEOs, governors, trustees or anyone line managing a headteacher to utilise as part of a full support package. For further supportive resources for school leaders, visit our website - honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This comprehensive audit will support you to assess your setting’s current position against the DfE’s Digital and Technology Standards for Schools and Colleges. Split into 11 sections that mirror the digital and technology standards and containing over 50 pages, this editable Word document walks you through what schools should have in place when it comes to ensuring they’ve got a safe, robust and sustainable digital infrastructure. The audit can be used flexibly by working through sections at different points and with different stakeholders. For example, you may wish to work with your ICT service provider or in-house IT staff on the more technical parts of the audit, such as the sections on broadband internet, cloud solutions, networks and servers. This will allow you to find out where you currently meet these standards so you can then focus on improving your IT and digital provision in other areas. Part of the standards require schools to have a member of SLT who is the digital technology lead - if your setting does not have one yet, you may wish to start with the sections of digital leadership and governance before moving on to other aspects of the audit, such as laptops, desktops and tablets, and digital accessibility. You may also wish to work with your DSL when looking at safeguarding requirements and keeping children safe by using the sections on cyber security, and filtering and monitoring, which is also available from Honeyguide as an individual audit here: Filtering and Monitoring Audit and Action Plan. School leaders may also find this audit helpful when looking to procure new IT equipment, infrastructure or services to ensure that any upgrades meet and exceed the digital and technology standards. This allows you to ensure you’re making robust and carefully researched purchasing decisions. Ensuring your school has safe and secure IT systems can be challenging, especially when it comes to the technical elements. This audit will support you by breaking down all of the complex digital and technological requirements into manageable chunks so that you focus on finding our your current position and any further improvements you need to make. You can find further resources on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Support staff in how to avoid using group sanctions and collective punishment with this CPD training bundle which focuses on how staff can choose alternative and fairer methods of behaviour management instead. 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 or training sessions dedicated to improving behaviour management. This CPD pack includes a 30-slide PowerPoint designed to last between 30 minutes to 1 hour, this time-saving and ready-to-roll CPD session on avoiding the use of group sanctions is a perfect way to train staff in the different ways they can manage challenging behaviour without collectively punishing or sanctioning pupils who weren’t part of the disruptive behaviour. The session begins with the Mapping section, which outlines how collective group sanctions can erode trust between staff and pupils, damage peer relationship and build resentment (and therefore future potential behaviour issues) among pupils who are unfairly sanctioned for other pupils’ misbehaviour. This is followed by the Routes Forward section, which gives staff practical examples of addressing group behaviour management situations without using collective sanctions through identifying specific behaviours and pupils, using clear and consistent expectations, reinforcing positive behaviour and addressing the root causes of misbehaviour. Presenter training notes are built into the PowerPoint to support you when delivering it to staff. With examples, behaviour management scenarios and thoughtful questions, the training PowerPoint allows for collaboration and sharing between staff members so you can be sure everyone’s on the same page when it comes to knowing the strategies to use to avoid group sanctions. The accompanying Training Action Plan allows staff to identify their start point and mirrors how the training session is laid out, allowing them to create their own bespoke action plan with strategies that address any gaps in their current behaviour management. In addition to this, the ten Behaviour Management Scenarios can be selected from to use in the training session itself or be delivered as a follow-up, allowing staff to show their understanding of the content and apply solutions to real-life scenarios where staff should avoid group sanctions and utilise alternative methods of behaviour management. Further CPD courses can be found on our website, Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

Dealing with complaints - whether from parents, carers or community members - can be one of the most challenging aspects of school leadership. With vexatious complaints against schools and the number of instances of parents complaining on the rise, headteachers and senior leaders need ways of managing complaints and, crucially, preventing complaints from occurring when possible. This checklist is designed to do exactly that and allows school leaders to review their processes in order to prevent complaints from parents but also to manage legitimate complaints carefully. It covers the following key areas: Complaint prevention What to do following the receipt of a school complaint Complaint investigation Complaint resolution Managing persistent, serial and vexatious complaints Use the checklist to evaluate your current position when it comes to school concerns and complaints, such as how effectively you build and manage relationships with parents/carers and your use of communication to maintain a culture of mutual respect in school. This will help you to identify areas to develop to bolster your efforts in maintaining strong relationships and addressing concerns before they develop into a bigger issue, thus helping to prevent complaints from forming. For further leadership resources, take a look at our website - Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

Waiting for the Ofsted phone call, worried you aren’t ‘ready’ or wondering what you should do next? As a school leader, you understand the importance of ensuring that your school provides the best possible education for your pupils. Ofsted inspections play a role in evaluating the quality of education and services provided by your school, and this pack is designed to share valuable insights into the entire Ofsted inspection process, including the latest updates and requirements, tips for preparing your school for inspection and strategies for supporting and upskilling your team. With this pack, you’ll feel confident and well-prepared for your next Ofsted inspection. For more information about the 107 page PDF and 56 templates included in this pack, please visit our website Honeyguide SLS. A comprehensive guidance pack with accompanying templates to help you navigate your school improvement journey and ensure you and your team are prepared for an upcoming Ofsted inspection. The pack includes detailed information and resources on action planning and improvement as well as guidance on the pre-Ofsted inspection phone call and background preparation plus an extensive range of audits to ensure compliance. Throughout the pack, we’ll explain concepts, guide your thinking and provide scaffolds so you can focus on adapting everything to the needs of your pupils and staff, saving your valuable time and allowing you to be confident and well-prepared for when that call comes through. This pack is suitable for headteachers, deputy headteachers, assistant headteachers and members of the senior leadership team wishing to develop their understanding of not only the Ofsted process, but also how to support your school improvement journey. If you’ve never experienced an Ofsted inspection in a leadership position or one under the Education Inspection Framework (EIF), or if you’re feeling a little overwhelmed and unsure of where to begin, then this pack can support you throughout the preparation process. This pack is also suitable for experienced school leaders. 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 flexible pack is perfect for pupil premium link governors or anyone looking to support a pupil premium governor or governor with oversight of disadvantaged pupils with their role, such as headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals, pupil premium (PP) leads or a chair of governors. With four comprehensive, editable resources - a pupil premium and disadvantaged pupils audit for governors, a pupil premium report to governors template, a looked after children report to governors template and a pupil premium link governor roles and responsibilities document - this pack will support governors who are new to role or in cases where the pupil premium governor needs more structure and support in order to be highly effective in their role. For further governance resources, visit our website - honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This flexible pack is perfect for attendance link governors or anyone looking to support an attendance governor with their role, such as headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals, attendance champions or a chair of governors. With three comprehensive, editable resources - an attendance audit for governors, an attendance report to governors template and an attendance link governor roles and responsibilities document - this pack will support governors who are new to role or in cases where the attendance governor needs more structure and support in order to be highly effective in their role. For further governance resources, visit our website - honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This bundle is perfect for headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals and chairs of governors who wish to support governors or local board members to gain a clearer understanding of their roles and responsibilities as part of a school’s governing body. The 10 editable role and responsibilities templates will help your governing board to gain a clearer picture of the types of tasks they should be undertaking as part of their governor role, including how their actions should have a strategic (rather than operational) focus. This includes suggestions for the policies they should understand, which members of staff they should build strong relationships with and the aspects that are unique to that individual link governor role. Each template is fully editable, allowing you to customise, amend and agree the role and responsibilities with each link governor, with the option to utilise these as a governor role terms of reference document if you wish. For more governance resources, visit our website - honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This bundle is perfect for headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals and SLT members who wish to be consistent in the way they report information to their governing board. The 12 editable reporting templates will help your governing board to gain a clearer picture in each of the areas, which include school finance, safeguarding, subject reports, wellbeing, pupil premium and more. Each template contains space for data and commentary, allowing governors to build a picture of the school’s current position and the reasons behind this. Regular reports to the relevant governor committees, the full governing board or your local board members allows all of your governors to make more effective strategic decisions because they’ll hold a deeper understanding of the school. It can also support governors to share how they hold school leadership to account to ensure compliance, which is a crucial part of the Ofsted leadership and management judgement and a key feature of an effective governing board. For more governance resources, visit our website - honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This pack is perfect for staff, pupil and community welfare link governors or anyone looking to support a welfare and wellbeing governor, such as headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals, SENDCOs, pastoral leads or a chair of governors. With three comprehensive, editable resources - a staff workload and wellbeing audit for governors, a school wellbeing report to governors template and a staff, pupil and community welfare link governor roles and responsibilities document - this pack will support governors who are new to role or in cases where the staff and pupil wellbeing governor needs more structure and support in order to be highly effective in their role. For further governance resources, visit our website - honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This flexible pack is perfect for safeguarding link governors or anyone looking to support a safeguarding governor with their role, such as headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals, DSLs or a chair of governors. With three comprehensive, editable resources - a safeguarding audit for governors, a safeguarding report to governors template and a safeguarding link governor roles and responsibilities document - this pack will support governors who are new to role or in cases where the safeguarding governor needs more structure and support in order to be highly effective in their role. For further governance resources, visit our website - honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This flexible pack is perfect for SEND link governors or anyone looking to support a special educational needs and disabilities governor, such as headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals, SENDCOs or a chair of governors. With four comprehensive, editable resources - a SEND audit for governors, an equality and accessibility audit for governors, a SEND report to governors template and a SEND link governor roles and responsibilities document - this pack will support governors who are new to role or in cases where the SEND and inclusion governor needs more structure and support in order to be highly effective in their role. For further governance resources, visit our website - honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This flexible pack is perfect for GDPR link governors or anyone looking to support a data protection governor with their role, such as headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals, data protection officers (DPOs) or a chair of governors. With three comprehensive, editable resources - a GDPR audit for governors, a data protection report to governors template and a GDPR link governor roles and responsibilities document - this pack will support governors who are new to role or in cases where the GDPR governor needs more structure and support in order to be highly effective in their role. For further governance resources, visit our website - honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This flexible pack is perfect for behaviour link governors or anyone looking to support a behaviour and attitudes governor with their role, such as headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals, SLT or a chair of governors. With three comprehensive, editable resources - a behaviour audit for governors, a behaviour report to governors template and a behaviour link governor roles and responsibilities document - this pack will support governors who are new to role or in cases where the behaviour governor needs more structure and support in order to be highly effective in their role. For further governance resources, visit our website - honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This flexible pack is perfect for finance link governors or anyone looking to support a finance governor with their role, such as headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals, school business managers (SBMs) or a chair of governors. With three comprehensive, editable resources - a finance audit for governors, a finance report to governors template and a finance link governor roles and responsibilities document - this pack will support governors who are new to role or in cases where the finance governor needs more structure and support in order to be highly effective in their role. For further governance resources, visit our website - honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This pack is perfect for anyone looking to support school governors, such as headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals, SLT or a chair of governors. The 14 comprehensive and editable audit templates will help your governing board to gain a deeper understanding of your setting’s current strengths and areas for improvement, including school finance, curriculum and outcomes, safeguarding and more. This allows your link governors to make more effective strategic decisions because they hold a deeper understanding of the school and can also support governors to share how they hold school leadership to account to ensure compliance, which is a crucial part of the Ofsted leadership and management judgement and a key feature of an effective governing board. For support with a specific link governor role, these audits are also available in our individual link governor support packs. These packs include the relevant audit(s) plus report to governor templates and a role and responsibilities document. For further governance resources, visit our website - honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This flexible pack is perfect for curriculum and quality of education link governors or anyone looking to support a curriculum governor with their role, such as headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals, curriculum leads or a chair of governors. With five comprehensive, editable resources - a curriculum audit for governors, an EYFS audit for governors, a subject report to governors template, an EYFS report to governors template and a curriculum link governor roles and responsibilities document - this pack will support governors who are new to role or in cases where the curriculum governor needs more structure and support in order to be highly effective in their role. You can find more governor resources by visiting our website - honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This pack is perfect for health and safety link governors or anyone looking to support a health and safety governor with their role, such as headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals, premises managers, site agents or a chair of governors. With three comprehensive, editable resources - a health and safety audit for governors, a health and safety report to governors template and a health and safety link governor roles and responsibilities document - this pack will support governors who are new to role or in cases where the H&S governor needs more structure and support in order to be highly effective in their role. For further governance resources, visit our website - www.honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This full school budget management pack is perfect for any school leader who holds responsibility for the management of school finances, such as the headteacher, principal, academy head, school business manager (SBM) or another person in a similar role. The pack contains three distinct strands to support you: Cost saving toolkits to help you solve common problems when balancing your budget, including how to minimise expenditure and maximise income in different areas, including low pupil numbers, high staffing costs, managing the SEND budget while supporting pupil needs and planning an efficient and effective budget. Financial management skills-based support to help you understand key terminology and concepts linked to budget management and identify where you may need further skill development. This includes a finance management skills self-evaluation, a schools finance glossary and finance role handover checklist. Budget planning support, including ideas for finance governors when it comes to their role in budget planning and a handy budget planning checklist and calendar to help you stay on track throughout the year. This pack is ideal for those who are new to finances and budget management in schools but it can equally be used by experienced school leaders who are seeking further support. All resources are editable and in Word .docx format except for the school finance glossary and school finance calendar, which are in PDF format.