by iabacus | Monday, September 16, 2019 | inspection, Leadership, School Improvement, Self-evaluation |
The 2019 Ofsted Inspection Framework is now live, but schools still face uncertainty about what “deep dives”, a “top level view” and scrutinising “curriculum intent” mean for inspection. John Pearce offers his translation, as well as practical activities for senior...
by saragadzik | Monday, May 20, 2019 | inspection, Leadership, School Improvement, Self-evaluation |
Thud! The 2019 Ofsted framework just landed in your in-tray. What’s your response? Former headteacher and iAbacus creator John Pearce explores how the new criteria can be used as a springboard for high quality, professional school improvement. When the 2019 Ofsted...
by iabacus | Wednesday, February 13, 2019 | Leadership, Self-evaluation |
In 2005 the DfES published the seminal Middle Leaders’ Self-evaluation Guide. So what have we learned about self-evaluation since then? At iAbacus we like to review before making a plan. So, we were going through our archives recently and dusted off the...
by iabacus | Tuesday, January 22, 2019 | Leadership, Professional Development |
If you are not sure how to get your team to buy into your vision, here is an activity that may help. It is also great professional development for everyone involved. Achieving a vision has to be a collaborative process. What better way to refine, reshape and motivate...
by iabacus | Sunday, January 6, 2019 | Leadership, Professional Development, School Improvement |
We are delighted that Andrew Clay, Head of Counden Court School in Coventry, was featured in the Association of School and College Leaders’ (ASCL’s) magazine, Leader, talking about how they use iAbacus with middle leaders. In the ASCL article, Andrew...
by iabacus | Thursday, October 18, 2018 | Leadership, Staff well-being |
With World Mental Health Day falling in October, we thought it was timely to look at how schools can use iAbacus® to tackle the worrying issue of work-related stress. Below are three ideas. It won’t surprise you to hear that more than 500,000 working days were...
