Transformational package for independent schools to help you review and improve your curriculum. These templates will also help you evaluate your school curriculum against the criteria in Ofsted’s 2019 Education Inspection Framework. To help you improve your curriculum and be ready for conversations about curriculum intent, implementation and impact this package contains the following in word and pdf versions: Curriculum Review Procedure Curriculum Review Template for Senior Leadership Teams Curriculum Review Template for Teachers & Curriculum or Subject Leaders

The regulations which govern the admissions register have changed and will come into effect on the 19th of August 2024. We have updated our admissions register template to meet those regulations. Get your updated copy here!

This template is to be used to track pupils small steps in progress towards gaining the knowledge and skills outlined in the learning objectives of a specific subject. It is meant to provide an overview of the extent to which all pupils in a group are grasping what is being taught. The information gathered on this template can then be used to identify: ● topics that need to be revisited ● content which needs to be consolidated ● individuals who need targeted intervention

Simple Learning Walk Template

Formal Lesson Observation Template

A scheme of work template.

Template for School Principal’s Report to the Board

School Development Plan - Guidance & Procedure

This template makes it possible for school leaders to monitor every aspect of the schools provision. It includes criteria from the most up to date version of Ofsted’s “Non-association independent school inspection handbook” and a section for you to add criteria from your school’s vision, mission, value statements. This tool comes in a word and excel version.

This template is for school leaders. It helps those who are responsible for evaluating teachers planning focus their work and be able to identify, at a glance any common strenghts or areas of weakness in teachers long term planning. This document was originally designed for leaders of non-association independent schools but I am hoping you will find it useful for your context.

An audit tool for use by school leaders to accurately evaluate the extent to which their schools meet the requirements of the Independent School Standards (2014). This tool was created with reference to DfE and Ofsted guidance: It is written in plain English. Not all of the wording of the standards is included on this document. Instead, for each standard, there is a set of questions that require a yes/no response to determine if your school meets the requirements of the standard. Feedback from Dan Tipp: Director of Belong Learning “We used your independent school standards audit tool recently - very helpful” Version 10 - September 2024 From version 9a to version 10 the only standard which has had substantive changes is standard 15. This comes as a result of the updates to the regulations governing pupil registration and school attendance made on the 19th of August 2024. The rest of the changes are minor, focused on improving clarity and providing additional guidance.

For those who do not have a management information system - here is a way to record and analyse attendance at your school. This template includes the revised set of codes introduced on the 19th of August through School Attendance (Pupil Registration) (England) Regulations 2024. This template will automatically give you: individual pupil attendance at any time during the term average attendance of the whole school at any point during the term % of persistent absence % of severe absence Get yours here!

Annual Appraisal & Performance Review Template for Teachers

If you find it more convenient to do your planning over a 1 week period instead of writing plans for each lesson this id for you. This is to be used in conjunction with a detailed scheme of work such as the one you can create using the SOW template shared on this platform.

Audit of Promotion of Fundamental British Values

This is a guidance document for school leaders to support their improvement planning process. Effective improvement plans rely on the accurate identification of areas for improvement through self – evaluation. For this reason, this document should be read in conjunction with “Self-evaluation-getting it right!”

Are you in the process of registering an independent school? If your DfE application has gone through and you are preparing for that crucial pre-registration inspection, wouldn’t a detailed checklist of the policies and documents you need be useful? Our pre-registration checklist gives you information about: mandatory policies and documents required by the independent school standards and other regulations additional documents and templates we suggest to help you demonstrate how you are plan to meet the standards links to many relevant resources from our website and other sources additional information that existing providers such as alternative provision or children’s homes that are already providing education need to provide when they register an independent school This checklist has been developed over time from our work with groups that were looking to register independent schools.

This package is for the leaders of non-association independent schools. This package includes: guidance about coordinating the self-evaluation process a self-evaluation template Ofsted’s grading criteria a grading sheet It helps you evaluate your school’s provision against the latest Ofsted evaluation criteria, your school’s own vision/mission/values statement and additional criteria that you might like to add. It comes in word version.

Curriculum Checklist

A single central register specifically independent schools. Presented in two formats: a single sheet register with clear indications about the checks that apply to specific groups a multi-tab register with a tab for each of the relevant groups To maintain an accurate register which meets the requirements of paragraph 21 of the independent school standards, please read the instructions and additional guidance on the sheet.