Making Good Lessons Outstanding £75.00 How does it Work?
" Starts by identifying the latest teaching expectations from the new evaluation schedule
" Focuses on the key components of: Challenge; expectations; behaviour management; subject knowledge; motivation and enthusiasm; teacher questioning; assessing pupils' progress; specific outcomes for early years practice as well as resourcing
" Provides clarity about movement from good to outstanding teaching by providing four descriptors for each component under the headings of: good, very good, outstanding features and outstanding.
find out more | | Simple Self Evaluation: Replacing your SEF £55.00 HOW ARE YOU SHOWING YOUR SELF-EVALUATION POST-SEF?
This publication supports school leaders to show their self-evaluation in line with the new inspection framework (from January 2012). It provides leaders with a simple format that they can use to link the Ofsted criteria to their evaluation.
It has been trialled in a range of schools; including schools inspected as part of Ofsted’s piloting of the new framework. Feedback from headteachers has been hugely positive… ‘It is so simple but yet does everything it needs to. I wish I had used this instead of spending hours on the SEF’.
find out more | | Marking Made Simple £25.00 This publication will support schools that want to evaluate and improve the quality of marking and feedback.
Research tells us that feedback is often under utilised as part of the learning process. We also know that the 2012 inspection framework places a high importance on the quality and impact of feedback in good and outstanding lessons.
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Year Group Non Negotiables (3rd Edition) £45.00 The White Paper puts a firm emphasis on basic skills; this new publication from Focus Education will help schools ensure that they have a rigorous approach to the teaching of basic skills in each year group. The simple, clutter-free, format outlines the non-negotiables for each year group. These are the 'nuts and bolts' which help to unblock learning and speed up progress. The accompanying CD has copies of documents which you can personalise for your school - saving hours!
find out more | | Subject Leader Handbook £40.00 This publication is intended to be used by primary school leaders to help ensure they have a secure approach to subject leadership in their school. It is especially useful for schools that wish to review their approach to leading subjects or health-check that they have robust systems in place.
Inevitably, the contents will be useful for school that think a subject inspection may be on the horizon!
find out more | | Evaluating your RAISE online Book (Revised 2012) £25.00 This publication (book only) breaks RAISE online down into bite sized chunks.
It explains what each section is or isn't telling you and gives key questions to ask when analysing your RAISE. Throughout the book there are tips and pointers to make your life easier.
This book has now been revised January 2012 in line with the new inspection arrangements.
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