Useful Information

A double check – The SEN policy – what the SEN Code says should be in it

• Outlining what should be in your SEN policy.
• Gives information from maintained schools, maintained special schools and special schools in hospitals.

A Provision Map – a secondary school example

• A step-by-step process for your school's provision - what happens each year?

Accessibility Plan Review

• Areas to be addressed in the Accessibility Plan.

Assessing Learners Views

Assessing Pupils Progress – Have you seen these?

• Resources you need to support you in assessing pupils' progress (APP) – the nationally recognised vocabulary.

Ask the Parents

Collecting the evidence – a school self-evaluation checklist

Communicating – Our agreed policy for consistency including visual communication in classrooms

Education Self-Evaluation – Check your evidence base and clarify roles and responsibilities

Equal Opportunities - Suggest an Umbrella!

• An Equal Opportunities Respect for All Policy that includes: EXAMPLE COVER, 3 YEAR POLICY, SCHEME and ACTION PLAN.
• Maria extends her sincere thanks to Denise Young, Deputy Headteacher of Mountjoy School in Bridport, Dorset for researching and starting this process and Lynda Morgan, the Headteacher of Maplefields School in Kettering and Corby for helping to refine and extend it so it can meet the latest statutory requirements, promote and provide better equal opportunities and strive for greater respect for all!

Experience and Achievement

Explaining the difference between Attainment/Achievement/Progress

• A simple chart to demonstrate and clarify this.

Extended Learning – Formal recording of activities

Governor Visit – Formal recording of visit

Governor Visiting Policy and Guide

GSP EDUCATION – 09 March 2009.doc

This is excellent guidance on safe working practice - especially the right hand side of the page from page 10 onwards - I suggest you get all staff to sigh they have read it and use it as an integral part of all new staff's induction - very clear what is expected!

ICT across the curriculum in action

Highly recommend that you check out the curriculum links and see ICT across the curriculum links at this school.

Incident Form

Inclusion and PSHE, citizenship, healthy schools and the 5 ECM outcomes. What’s new?

• Follow the link to QCDA and download the latest updates

Know your numbers

• Interesting facts about education!! (Source: TES Support Network)

Latest new Maths and English National Curriculum tracked back to P Level 1

• Lots of interesting ideas and planning documents.
• Visit the website!

Latest Primary Maths Planning Guidance linked to P Scales

Mathematics medium-term planning guidance for pupils working well below national expectations in both mainstream and special schools.

 New  Learning! Learning! Learning! – Five key questions to ask when observing, judging or reflecting on learning!

• 1. LEARNING? Do they know what they are learning?
• 2. LEARNING PROMOTED! Are they engaged supported and challenged?
• 3. PROGRESS? Are the learners making visible progress?
• 4. LEARNING LINKED? Is the lesson well structured and linked to prior and future lessons?
• 5. LEARNERS'ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR? Is the lesson and learning well managed?

 New  LEARNING: Pupil Learning and Thinking Skills – Key Learning Indicators!

• In recognition of the work done by the Senior Leaders in Curnow School in Cornwall who tracked the PLTs back using the P scales.
• Their expertise and experience is much appreciated!
• Ensure the PLTs are planned into your curriculum.

Learning styles and responses to new situations

• A useful table outlining the Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic styles of learning.
• Which are you?
• Do you plan for all learners?

Lesson Observation and Assessment

• 13 checkpoints to assess the quality of teaching in the classroom.

My Money

My Money is a groundbreaking 3 year financial education project funded by the Department for Children Schools and families and run by a consortium led by pfeg (Personal Finance Education Group), and made up of EdComs, National Children’s Bureau (NCB) and the PSHE Association.

NCSL – FMiS Diagnostic

National College for School Leadership – Finanical Management Self-Assessment.

The National Strategies Terminology

 New  PASS – Pupil Attitudes to Self & School

• PASS assesses 9 core dimensions based around: learner self worth, curricular and general motivation, pupil perceptions of their learning environment, task persistence and attendance attitudes.
• Assessment is standardised and nationally benchmarked for students of 8 years and above and is fully ICT enabled.
• Also see new KS1 Pupil Attitudes to Self & School.

P scales on the web

The P scales focus area of our website gives guidance on the use of P scales to improve outcomes for SEN pupils. Schools must now use P scales to report the attainment of all pupils identified as having SEN who are working below NC Level 1.

Performance Management and Classroom Observation – Before, During and After

Personalised Programmes - Explaining clearly what the student is learning

• How to explain personalised programmes using intensive interaction as an example.

Preparing for Independent School Inspections

• Ever Ready – How to prepare for school inspection.
• Also, visit www.learning-works.org.uk to access Free Downloads, purchase 'CAP It All! - A practical manual for assessing individual needs' and book places on our current training and accredited CPD courses.

Preparing for OfSTED – The Governors self-evaluation

The Updated Primary Curriculum

• Maria Landy helps you to understand The Updated Primary Curriculum.

Promoting Disability Equality in Schools – Consulting and Gathering Views

Excellent resources for enabling pupils with SEN to contribute to the consultation process for accessibility plans/ equality schemes.

Religious Education - P Level Examples

• Planning, teaching and assessing the curriculum for pupils with learning difficulties.
• Also links to useful websites.

Roles of the Support Worker

Self-Evaluation Evidence – Health and Safety

Self-Evaluation for Subject, Aspect, Faculty and Student/Pupil Progress Leaders

Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL)

There is now a secondary SEAL - check out the website.

Spiritual, Moral, Social, Cultural and Emotional Development

• Thanks to The Robert Ogden School and Linda and Chris in particular for sharing how they have mapped SMSC across Maths and History – also see the relevant National Guidance.

Stakeholders Views

Staff Questionnaire

• Maria is pleased that Sue Gething does not mind sharing this with others as it will strengthen your evidence base and improve your practice.

 New  Teaching and Learning Assessment – 10 Part Lesson

• Maria Landy suggests a ten part lesson – see what you think?
• She suggests the important component parts of a successful lesson!
• She offers advice on how to prepare to be observed teaching!
• Also focus on learning and self evaluation – see the suggested criteria – find Learning, Learning, Learning!

Ten skills taken for granted to help you do your job, help at interviews and to reflect on your skills

• Ten skills, keywords and definitions for effective teaching and learning.

The Garden

The monitoring of teaching and learning by subject leaders/co-ordinators' checklist

• How to record when visiting each other's classroom, remit and check list.
• Understanding the task.
• Collecting the evidence.
• A checklist to record your visit and provide the evidence.

The SEN/AEN value for money self evaluation resource pack

National Strategies and the Audit Commission have developed this resource pack in consultation with LAs, schools and parents. It is a voluntary resource to help headteachers and management teams:

• Support whole-school strategic planning and intervention
• Ensure the inclusion of SEN and AEN pupils
• Evaluate progress against expected outcomes for those pupils
• Assess value for money in using resources.

The pack helps schools gather evidence for the Ofsted self-evaluation process and supports the use of school resources with maximum impact. Headteachers can download the pack, containing guidance, a series of self-evaluation questions, accompanying background papers and examples of good practice, from the Audit Commission website.

Tracking progress over time

• Record in a different colour each time and date progress level.
• Use it for an individual, a class, a targeted group, a key stage, a subject or across the school.
• Track progress from year to year.
• Adapt it for your curriculum areas.

Work Related Learning – Risk Assessment