Are you seeking to recruit a classroom teacher who’ll hold additional subject leadership responsibility? Or applying for a subject leader role? This comprehensive selection of over 50 example model questions is broken down into sections including safeguarding, role-specific subject leadership, teaching and learning, behaviour management and SEND. Included, is examples of what to look for in an answer. These questions are useful for both those recruiting for the role and those applying for the role. Fully editable and in a format that’s ready to use, you can edit the questions to meet the requirements of your setting. If you’re looking for some inspiration for subject leader interview tasks or wondering what they may entail, take a look at our other resources. 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.

Are you seeking to recruit an assistant or deputy headteacher or applying for an assistant or deputy headteacher role? This comprehensive selection of over 50 example model questions is broken down into sections including safeguarding, leadership, teaching and learning, curriculum and assessment, inclusion, communication and relationships and financial management. Included, is examples of what to look for in an answer. These questions are useful for both those recruiting for the role and those applying for the role. Fully editable and in a format that’s ready to use, you can edit the questions to meet the requirements of your setting. If you’re looking for some inspiration for assistant or deputy headteacher interview tasks or wondering what they may entail, take a look at our other resources. 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.

While the lead inspector’s questions will be determined by their desktop review and lead on from the educationally focused discussion you have together, we’ve prepared some Example Ofsted Phone Call Questions that can help you prepare for the style of questions asked. You and other senior leaders can add notes based on your discussions so that you feel as prepared and comfortable as possible. This list has been created from recent 2024 Ofsted experience. 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 to boost key messages about attendance to parents, carers, families and the community? This digital download bundle of eight attendance posters is an ideal way to remind everyone about the importance of high levels of attendance, including messages around taking holidays in term time, how lateness impacts attendance and what to do if a family is struggling with supporting their child’s attendance. Each poster is in PDF format, so can be printed, sent as part of your regular newsletters and communication, or even displayed on your school website to promote good school attendance. Further attendance resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

This Subject Intervention and Provision Map Bundle is ideal for any subject leader who’s looking to explore what additional support is given to pupils in their subject. Aimed at primary subject leaders, this mini bundle contains two useful editable Word templates. The Subject Intervention and Provision Audit allows you to look in-depth at your subject and the provision, adaptations, differentiation and intervention on offer. This template is split into three handy sections that cover the following: Quality First Teaching Targeted Pupil Support Group Intervention This allows you to explore the current offer for pupils who need additional support to attain well in your subject as well as changes that could be made to further improve outcomes for pupils. You can then use the Subject Provision Map to give an overview of the different types of provision and support available in different year groups as well as summarising the general strategies used by all staff to support learning. Further subject leader resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Looking to recruit a headteacher, head of school, principal or looking to apply for the role? This set of interview questions will support you with the interview process with guidance on what to look for in the response. Visit our website to find more Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

If you’re unsure about the quality of personal development in your setting, a good starting point is a Personal Development Audit, followed up with a Personal Development Action Plan. This Personal Development Audit resource is broken down into categories, including Vision and Strategy, Curriculum and Resources, Preparing Pupils and Support, Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (SMSC) and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE), 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, assistant heads and pastoral leads. This may also be a good tool to use with a link governor or the wider governing body. This audit covers all aspects of personal development as outlined 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 Personal Development Audit pack including this and so much more can be purchased for £15 from our website Honeyguide SLS. 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 education in your setting, a good starting point is a curriculum and Quality of Education Audit, followed up with a Quality of Education action plan. This Quality of Education Audit resource is broken down into sections, including intent, implementation and impact, 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, assistant heads and curriculum leaders. This may also be a good tool to use with a link governor or the wider governing body. This audit covers all aspects of the quality of education as outlined 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 Curriculum and Quality of Education Pack can be purchased for £15 from our website Honeyguide SLS 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.

Considering sending out surveys or questionnares to parents, carers and staff? Wondering what you need to think about beforehand? This mini pack shares a pre-survey checklist so you have everything you need, survey letter templates to inform parents, carers and staff of an upcoming survey and provide feedback, and considerations for what to do following the feedback analysis. We’ve also included some survey templates for you to send the surveys out on. Looking for questions? Have a look at the range of questions we have here for parents, pupils and staff on a wide range of areas, covering all aspects as outlined in the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF). This survey information forms part of a larger pack on surveying school stakeholders, which you can download for £10 from our website Honeyguide SLS. For more resources, visit 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 unsure about the quality of Safeguarding in your setting, a good starting point is a Safeguarding Audit, followed up with a Safeguarding Action Plan. This Safeguarding Audit resource is broken down into categories, including Policies and Procedures, Staff Awareness, Roles and Training, Governing Body, Communication, Reporting and Record Keeping, Recruitment, Selection and the Single Central Record (SCR), Site Management, On-Site Safety and Off-Site Safety, so that you can assess the quality of the provision your setting provides. This resource is useful for all senior leaders, including headteachers, deputy heads, assistant heads, pastoral leads and designated safeguarding leads (DSL). This may also be a good tool to use with a safeguarding link governor or the wider governing body. This audit covers all aspects of safeguarding as outlined 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 safeguarding audit pack is available for £15 on our website Honeyguide SLS. Our full Ofsted Inspection Preparation pack includes this and so much more. Visit our website Honeyguide SLS for more 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.

If you’re unsure about the quality of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in your setting, a good starting point is a Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Audit, followed up with a Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan. This Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Audit resource is broken down into categories, including Policies and Procedures, Pupil Support and Wellbeing, Staff Training, Development and Recruitment, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Community Engagement and Learning Environment, 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, assistant heads and pastoral leads. This may also be a good tool to use with a link governor or the wider governing body. This audit covers all aspects of equality, diversity and inclusion as outlined 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 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Pack includes this and so much more. It’s available on our website for £15 - Honeyguide SLS 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.

If you’re unsure about the quality of behaviour and attitudes in your setting, a good starting point is a Behaviour and Attitudes Audit, followed up with a Behaviour and Attitudes Action Plan. This Behaviour and Attitudes Audit resource is broken down into categories, including Climate, Culture and Ethos, Pupil Behaviour, Engagement and Motivation, Parent and Carer Voice and Community Engagement, Staff Voice and Development, Policies and Procedures, Pupil Voice, Learning Environment and Attendance, 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, assistant heads and behaviour and welfare leads. This may also be a good tool to use with a link governor or the wider governing body. This audit covers all aspects of behaviour and attitudes as outlined 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 behaviour and attitudes 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.

If you’re unsure about the quality of leadership and management in your setting, a good starting point is a Leadership and Management Audit, followed up with a Leadership and Management action plan. This Leadership and Management Audit resource is broken down into categories, including Vision and Strategy, Culture and Ethos, Staff and Pupil Development and Wellbeing and Governing Body, 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. This may also be a good tool to use with a link governor or the wider governing body. This audit covers all aspects of leadership and management in the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF). Our Leadership and Management Audit Pack includes this and so much more. Available from our site for £15. Get yours on our website Honeyguide SLS. 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 Preparation Pack includes this and so much more. Visit 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.

Thinking about how well your school communicates and interacts with parents and carers? Are you wanting to improve parent communication and engagement? This bundle supports this school improvement process, providing prompts and checklists to get you thinking about how you can enhance parental engagement in your school. Included in this bundle: Parent Engagement Audit - great for auditing your current processes to pinpoint your strengths and areas for development. Parent Engagement Action Plan - use it to create a plan based on your audit. Parent Engagement Checklist - perfect for ideas of tangible actions you can take at different points in the school year to enhance parental engagement What if I want to survey parents and have access to more templates? We’ve got a great pack for this - it covers surveying staff, pupils, parents and other stakeholders. It also includes a worked example on how to analyse survey data. You can find it here: School Stakeholder Survey Pack on Honeyguide SLS

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

Keep your staff updated with this easy-to-use staff training bundle. Train staff on spotting the signs and indicators of emotional abuse with this flexible safeguarding training pack. With a ready-made presentation to deliver to staff, two accompanying safeguarding scenarios on emotional abuse, quiz questions, 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 content in KCSIE 2023, this helpful bundle contains four resources that work together to create a full training package about safeguarding and emotional abuse Staff Training Presentation - Emotional Abuse: A ready-to-deliver 21-slide PowerPoint presentation that outlines the signs and indicators of emotional abuse, 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 the choice of two scenarios and a quiz to check staff understanding about emotional abuse. Scenario - Emotional Abuse (Mistreatment, Language and Bullying) / Emotional Abuse (Restrictive Parenting): Two editable scenarios that outline fictional situations where emotional abuse is occurring. It also includes full commentary and guided considerations for the DSL or staff member leading the child protection training. Use them 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 - Emotional Abuse: There are five challenging multiple choice quiz questions that test your staff members’ understanding of emotional abuse, 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 - Emotional Abuse: 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. More safeguarding training resources can be found on our website, honeyguide-sls.co.uk

Train staff on spotting the signs and indicators of neglect with this flexible safeguarding training pack. With a ready-made presentation to deliver to staff, two accompanying safeguarding scenarios on neglect, quiz questions, 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 content in KCSIE 2023, this helpful bundle contains four resources that work together to create a full training package about safeguarding and neglect. Staff Training Presentation - Neglect: A ready-to-deliver 24-slide PowerPoint presentation that outlines the signs and indicators of neglect, 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 the choice of two scenarios and a quiz to check staff understanding about neglect. Scenario - Neglect: Two editable scenarios that outlines fictional situations where neglect is occurring. They also include full commentary and guided considerations for the DSL or staff member leading the child protection training. Use them 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 - Neglect: There are five challenging multiple choice quiz questions that test your staff members’ understanding of neglect, 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 - Neglect: 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.

Train your staff team on spotting the signs and indicators of physical abuse with this flexible safeguarding training pack. With a ready-made presentation to deliver to staff, an accompanying safeguarding scenario on physical abuse, quiz questions, 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 content in KCSIE 2023, this helpful bundle contains four resources that work together to create a full CPD training package about safeguarding and physical abuse. Staff Training Presentation - Physical Abuse: A ready-to-deliver 22-slide PowerPoint presentation that outlines the signs and indicators of physical abuse, 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 physical abuse. Scenario - Physical Abuse: An editable scenario that outlines a fictional situation where physical abuse 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 - Physical Abuse: There are five challenging multiple choice quiz questions that test your staff members’ understanding of physical abuse, 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 - Physical Abuse: 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. The pack is purposefully designed to be flexible to suit your busy school. You could deliver the training in one slot by utilising the presentation, scenario, quiz and snapshot together. Alternatively, deliver the initial CPD by using the presentation, then use the scenario and quiz questions in later staff meetings or future safeguarding training sessions, with the snapshot used as a reminder of the training content. Further safeguarding resources and packs can be found on our website, Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk

Train staff on spotting the signs and indicators of bullying, including cyberbullying and prejudice-based and discriminatory bullying, with this flexible safeguarding training pack. With a ready-made presentation to deliver to staff, two accompanying safeguarding scenarios on bullying, quiz questions, a discussion prompt and 3 one-minute guides to send and display, this whole pack works seamlessly to train staff in safeguarding and keeping children safe. Created from content in KCSIE 2023, this helpful bundle contains four resources that work together to create a full training package about safeguarding and bullying (child-on-child abuse). Staff Training Presentation - Bullying: A ready-to-deliver 28-slide PowerPoint presentation that outlines the signs and indicators of bullying, including cyberbullying and prejudice-based and discriminatory bullying, 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 bullying. Scenarios - Bullying / Prejudice-Based and Discriminatory Bullying (LGBT+): Two editable scenarios that outlines fictional situations where bullying is occurring. Both include full commentary and guided considerations for the DSL or staff member leading the child protection training. Use them 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 - Bullying: There are five challenging multiple choice quiz questions that test your staff members’ understanding of bullying, plus a discussion prompt that can be used to kickstart your training session or as a follow-up question a few weeks later. Safeguarding Snapshots - Bullying / Cyberbullying / Prejudice-Based and Discriminatory Bullying: These one-page, one-minute guide are 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. There are three included in this training bundle. The pack is purposefully designed to be flexible to suit your busy school. You could deliver the training in one slot by utilising the presentation, scenario, quiz and snapshot together. Alternatively, deliver the initial CPD by using the presentation, then use the scenario and quiz questions in later staff meetings or future safeguarding training sessions, with the snapshot used as a reminder of the training content. Further staff safeguarding training materials can be found on our website, Honeyguide-SLS.co.uk