As a HOD / teacher, promote the sharing of good practise by ensuring that your department is observing each other. Use this proforma to collect peoples' reflections and as the basis for ensuring that evaluative conversations take place within your department. This could easily be added into your school's / department's policy for appraisal!

An easy-to-use proforma for use by HODs when completing a learning walk. This will enable you to record your observations of your team in one, handy place and record any issues that need to be picked up on efficiently after the learning walk has taken place.

A detailed handbook that introduces students to the new A-Level course and sets out clear expectations for how they are to approach their studies. This resource was written for the new AQA A specification but would be easily customisable to any new A-Level course. The advice to students is very pertinent and will ensure that your students begin their two years of study in the right frame of mind to achieve success!

A document that can be used for the planning of schemes of work. This is a great resource for HODs to introduce to their departments for the writing and re-writing of SOWs. This is user-friendly and will enable the user to create full and detailed lesson plans. From a HOD's perspective, this will enable you to have discussions with your department about the profile of the learner you are aiming to create. Also as HOD, you can relax in the knowledge that your department's schemes of work are fully differentiated and focused around success criteria.

An easy-to-use proforma for HODs or any other colleague when observing within their department. This enables you to pinpoint strengths and areas for improvement to inform positive conversations regarding CPD and to enable the sharing of good practise across the department.

This is the prospectus that I have created to 'sell' English Literature as an A-Level subject to Year 11s who are choosing their A-Level options. This Word document is fully customisable so that you can adapt the information to the needs / requirements of your school.

A proforma for a colleague to fill in during your lesson with a focus on an agreed, specific aspect. This will enable mutually beneficial conversations that help you to evaluate your practise and sets steps for improvement.

A handy copy of the mark sheet for each component of the NEW A-Level AQA English Literature course. This mark sheet can be attached to the front of any student's piece of work and contains a space for teachers / other students to write their feedback. It also contains a space for student to act upon the advice they have been given to show them making immediate progress and responding to your marking and feedback - a clear Ofsted priority at the moment.

An easy to use proforma which could be easily amended to suit your agenda. This enables you to collect evidence in one place from a learning walk.

A booklet to hand out to students at the beginning of the A-Level course to reinforce the importance of AO5 in the new A-Level specifications. Students need to incorporate and engage with critical views and this booklet is the perfect place for them to record and log the research and wider reading they have completed, making it easier for them to write their bibliographies for the NEA and revise for the other exam components. A great resource to help you set your expectations of the students from the beginning of the course and to help ensure that students engage with the critical material.

As HOD you will be observing your team across the year. Use this easy-to-use resource for compiling your notes on your observations of your colleagues. This will enable you to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses of your colleagues, better enabling you to organise the sharing of good practise across your department, organise CPD and inform discussions at Appraisal meetings.

The departmental handbook for my English Department. This handbook outlines all of the policies of my department and contains all the relevant advice for any teacher working within my department. This resource is comprehensive and approved by Ofsted and is guiding and starting point for any HOD looking to write / overhaul their own departmental handbook. This can easily be amended and customised to meet the demands of your school.