Independent School Inspections: Virtual toolkit
£339.00 + VAT
Inspection day doesn’t have to be daunting so long as you are fully aware, up-to-date and well prepared!
The Independent School Inspections virtual toolkit has been designed to ensure you are always inspection ready!
The fully online comprehensive 8-module course and will guide you through the inspection and regulatory framework, the standards, and the inspection process – helping you to understand what inspectors are looking for and how to meet, and exceed, expectations.
It will enable you to demonstrate compliance, best practice policy, implementation and impact and drive the best outcomes possible for your students and your school.
With increasing competition in the sector make sure you are receiving the highest rating possible and attracting and retaining your student base.
Agenda
The inspection and regulatory framework
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- Key statutory requirements
- Latest regulatory changes
- The Independent School Standards – DfE guidance
- Inspection principles and the use of evidence
- An overview: the different types of inspection
- EYFS Regulations
- Boarding standards
Quality of education – policy, implementation and compliance
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- Interpreting the requirements for your setting
- Key curriculum design principles
- Demonstrating broad subject expertise
- Developing refined and engaging lesson plans and schemes of work
- Teaching and learning – overseeing excellent delivery
- Framework for pupil performance – progress and assessment
- Meeting the needs of all pupils
Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils (SMSC)
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- Understanding and meeting the standard
- Embedding into day to day operations
- Making the approach appropriate: age, ability and SEN
- Actively promoting British values
- Putting the new RSE guidance into practice
- The role of extra-curricular activities
- Relevance of other standards to SMSC
Welfare, health and safety of pupils: actively promoting wellbeing
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- What are your responsibilities and duty of care?
- Demonstrating an understanding of the requirements in your policies
- Putting policy into practice and learning from experiences
- Safeguarding guidance and best practice arrangements
- Preventing bullying and online harms
- The provision of mental health support
- Boarding: what additional policies and measures need to be in place?
Leadership and management
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- Demonstrating an ambitious vision and achieving desired outcomes
- Meeting the independent school standards consistently
- Engaging with learners and the community
- Managing staff practice, teaching and workload
- Promoting staff CPD and other development opportunities
- Staff wellbeing and mental health: best practice strategies and frameworks
- The Provision of information standard
Preparing for inspection day
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- The inspection schedule
- Demonstrating compliance
- Preparing pre-inspection documentation
- Who will inspectors want to see on the day?
- How will they make their judgements?
- Looking at previous inspection reports
- Preparing staff, governors and pupils for inspection day
- Parental and pupil feedback in advance of the inspection
Inspection day and beyond
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- Guidelines for inspection day
- Meeting with inspectors and leading the day
- Lesson and pupil observation
- Tips for addressing issues during the inspection
- Post-inspection evaluation
- What will the report cover?
- Understanding and responding to your draft report
- Next steps and building into school development plan
Self-evaluation and sustainable improvement
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- School self-evaluation
- Department/ subject self-evaluation
- Data analysis, progress tracking and goal setting
- Benchmarking: local and national
- Addressing your inspection recommendations
- Taking a whole-school approach to improvement
- Implementing change
- Sustaining change
Speakers
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JMC Education, the consultancy group whose unique bespoke approach to CPD has led to them being in high demand in schools and colleges across the UK and the world. The Group have won awards in the sector in 2019 and 2020 and have been named Educational Consultancy and School INSET Provider of the year respectively.
Steve Burnage
Having spent over 25 years teaching and leading high schools across the UK, Steve is a sought after as an expert practitioner, consultant, and trainer. He specialises in developing effective school leadership; and the key areas of outstanding learning and teaching including inclusive learning, positive behaviour management, marking, feedback and assessment, performance management, staff development, coaching and mentoring and the performing arts.
Steve writes, delivers and hosts training and consultancy in schools, colleges, academies and conference venues throughout the UK, Europe, The Indian Subcontinent, Central and southern Asia and the Middle East as well as supporting organisations in planning, producing and delivering on-line and blended learning education courses.
Steve is a principal examiner and lead trainer for Cambridge International Examinations, The International Baccalaureate, and the British Council. In addition, Steve is the lead trainer for Cambridge online professional development across the world.
Steve writes a regular column for several UK education publications and is currently writing a teacher development training manual for an international publisher.
