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Whole institution

Improve your school’s performance

• Improving Classroom Performance

  A working guide designed to help you develop whole school systems to raise standards in the classroom.

• Target Setting in Literacy and Numeracy

  Practical guidance for those involved in developing a school plan for literacy and numeracy.

• Making Your School More Successful

  This important pair of publications helps you make your school a more successful place – where effective teachers work in well-organised classrooms.

• Managing Quality

  Setting the structures in place for school improvement can be a real challenge. This resource provides guidance and support materials to help your school raise standards and develop the quality of educational provision.

• Raising Achievement in the Primary School

  Ways of making sure that your school is able to thrive – thereby raising pupil achievement.

• Using RAISEonline

  An essential aid to interpreting your school’s performance to your school’s advantage.

Prepare for inspection

• Ofsted – Taking Control

  Guidance on using Ofsted’s evaluation strategies to prepare for an inspection, plus general guidance on what to do once inspectors arrive.

• ECM Curriculum Contributions

  A comprehensive tool to help you map existing curriculum provision to the Every Child Matters outcomes, in order to demostrate the strength of your pastoral care.

• ECM in the Foundation Stage

  Guidance and resources to help early years settings deliver the Every Child Matters agenda.

Involve parents and carers

• Parent Support

  Ready-made resources to support all staff who work with parents and carers, including parent support advisers (PSAs).

• Parents as Partners

  The Parents as Partners series explores the full potential of Parent–Teacher Associations within the school community.

Support for administration

• Managing Your School’s Finances

  Guidance on how to improve the management of your school’s finances.

• Organising School Trips

  Information and guidance, backed up with forms, handouts and checklists, to support key personnel and to reduce the bureaucracy and time involved in organising a school trip.

• School Safety and Security

  Essential help in developing a policy that covers all aspects of personal safety and the security of school property.

• Early Years

  This series aims to support early years staff. It offers material based around the curriculum guidance for the foundation stage.

Guidance for school leaders

• Management Musts

  Straightforward, practical advice and time-saving forms for senior leaders.

• Promoting Racial Equality and Cultural Diversity

  This resource provides information, practical guidance and framework documentation to prepare, implement and then monitor the school’s policy and practice in terms of promoting racial equality and cultural diversity.

• Working with Governors

  This resource offers guidance on how the governing body works and how best to work with governors to ensure the effective management of your school.

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