Offer Brochure 2023 - 2024
At Three Spires, we have adopted the four-stage model of school improvement in order to establish the foundations of support for all academies at all phases; leaders know that at different points of an academy’s journey, they will either need or offer capacity and strength.
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Access to an improvement cycle by DSI – diagnosis of need/ prioritisation/ communication/ 75-100 day plan/ capacity/ delivery/ evaluation / transmission At least 6 x ½ day attendance audit by DSS DSI to produce a tailored plan and report actions and impact to the Trust Board and AC each halfterm DSI/ DSS works with the school intensively for a number of days a week for an extended period of time to provide capacity and capability to help rapidly improve the school and address specific issues Focused Senior Leadership development Joint lesson observations in own and ‘freedom to excel’ academies Support with teaching judgements/ work scrutiny/ curriculum implementation/ professional growth
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DSI to produce a medium term plan and report actions and impact to the Trust Board and AC each term; 12 x ½ day visits per year by central team (inc. one monitoring visit) DSI/DSS works with the academy to support with teaching judgements/ work scrutiny/ curriculum implementation/ professional growth. At least 1x day attendance audit by DSS Focused Senior Leadership development; Joint lesson observations in own and other academies Deploying lead practitioners/ leaders to support across the Trust
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6 x ½ day visits per year by central team (inc. one monitoring visit) At least 1 x day attendance audit by DSS Termly visits from the central team Identifying and preparing senior leaders from the Middle Leadership team Facilitating joint observations within the leadership team Focus work on moving from ‘passion to serve’ to ‘freedom to excel’ Deploying lead practitioners/ leaders to support across the Trust
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Of 3 x ½ day visits per year by the central team (inc. one monitoring visit) 1 x day safeguarding audit per year Deploying lead practitioners/ leaders to support across the Trust
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Academy improvement or transformational change? There is debate to be had about the relevance
Along with 30 educational organisations nation
of the academy improvement rhetoric – is this
wide, Three Spires are keen to mobile change
the right focus to have and should we not
in education – a change which means all
instead, be debating the need for
young people will have the opportunity to
transformational and cultural change in order
achieve their God given potential by making
to address the challenges facing academy
education meaningful and relevant. Below are
leaders. Often, these are more about wider
two of the projects the steering group is
societal issues, as well as the need to ensure
currently working on.
all children can experience a well-rounded and full education which ignites their passion for learning and prepares them well for future life.
Current projects We believe the answer is a combination of the two; a drive for continuous academy
Rethinking Assessment
improvement which reflects the needs and
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A working party committed to providing
complexities of changing cohorts and a
workable solutions, practical ideas and
commitment to transformational change that is
approaches to making assessment fairer,
responsive to internal and external factors,
broader and more equitable.
which will ensure sustainability and support succession planning.
It is for this reason, Three Spires are proud to
The AED project
be working in partnership with Edge
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This AED project is focusing on developing
Foundation; an independent, organisation
a holistic and challenging professional
working to inspire the education system to give
development qualification that focusing on
all young people across the UK the
developing the whole child. The emphasis
knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to
is not on telling young people what to do
flourish in their future life and work.
with their lives, but ensuring they leave
school with the ability to competently and confidently progress in life, whatever they choose to go on to do.
Continuing Professional Development Offer 2023 - 2024
Welcome “Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.” Mark 4:1-20
Called Our vision is to establish a culture and context in
systems, but each individual setting has access to
which schools can grow, flourish and provide an
the full range of CPD. It means we can remove
excellent education with Christian values at its heart.
disadvantage together and work together to
We will seek to enable all children, young people
constantly aspire to be the best that we can be; do
and adults in our academies to realise their God-
‘with you’ not ‘to you’ in the best interests of all of our
given potential, aspire to succeed and to build
children.
communities where diversity is celebrated. The successes of our academies depends on our
Connected We know that all of our academies want to achieve and to be the very best version of themselves; to live out our EMBRACE values, and have proof of this in their everyday practice. It is important each and every one of our schools believe in true collaboration, to build mutual support and gain inspiration from each other.
investment in colleagues’ professional development and learning. Our emphasis on staff development and ‘growing our own’ talent is based on our commitment to spotting enthusiasm and nurturing ambition from an early stage, investing in every member of staff’s development through ‘in house’ and external programmes; coaching and mentoring, and a culture where there are numerous opportunities to step up and lead projects in and
Committed
across the trust.
As a trust, we are confident that our CPD offer has something for everyone. Each academy has its own unique culture and place within the community that it
Our programme is invitational and
serves, and our approach takes that into account.
inspirational – you are welcome to join
Our trust family may work within common
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Opportunities Christian Distinctiveness
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Professional Network Meetings
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Lead Practitioners
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NPQ Delivery Partner
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ECF Delivery Partner
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ECT Meetings
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ECM Meetings
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Safeguarding
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Christian Distinctiveness *This programme is offered in partnership with Lichfield Diocesan Board of Education and is co-delivered by Sarah Milne and Louisa Harrop.
SEF and evidence review meeting Monday, 16 October 2023 Face to face, Stafford office An opportunity to review academies' individual SEF progress using the new framework as a guide. Exploration of wider evidence bases and underused evidence portfolios in settings. This session is aimed at the Christian Distinctiveness and Worship leaders in each setting. Principals may also wish to attend.
TBC Friday, 23 February 2024 Face to face, Stafford office Content to be finalised once we have experienced the first inspections under the new framework. Collaborative learning event.
TBC Tuesday, 4 June 2024 Face to face, Stafford office Content to be finalised
The new inspection framework: for principals, governors and trustees Date TBC Online This session will focus on the new framework – what is the expectation? How are decisions made? What does it mean to "inspected in a Christian way"? How does your setting's vision resonate with the Trust's vision?
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Professional Network Meetings
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What we offer? Professional Network Meetings bring together different leaders from each
school within the trust for training, development, and networking opportunities. These meetings are chaired by our Trust leads and aim to ensure our in-school leaders are highly skilled and able to develop in their areas of responsibility.
Network meetings are held regularly, and between each meeting, ‘gap tasks’ are completed to ensure leaders are having impact in their settings. We currently hold network meetings for Teaching & Learning leads, subject areas, Reading, Inclusion and SEND.
Benefits Sessions aim to: Professional Network Meetings bring together different leaders from each school within the trust for training, development, and networking opportunities. These meetings are chaired by our Trust leads and aim to ensure our in-school leaders are highly skilled and able to develop in their areas of responsibility.
Network meetings are held regularly, and between each meeting, ‘gap tasks’ are completed to ensure leaders are having impact in their settings. We currently hold network meetings for Teaching & Learning leads, subject areas, Reading, Inclusion and SEND. THREESPIRESTRUST.ORG
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Executive Leadership Group
Thurs, 12 Oct 2023 Thurs, 22 Feb 2024 Thurs, 13 June 2024
Teaching & Learning
Business Managers
Fri, 13 Oct 2023 Thurs, 18 Jan 2024 Tues, 16 April 2024 Tues, 2 July 2024
Tues, 17 Oct 2023
1pm – 3pm
Tues, 23 January 2024
1pm – 3pm
Tues, 7 May 2024
1pm – 3pm
Data & Exams
Thurs, 5 Oct 2023 Wed, 10 January 2024 Thurs, 2 May 2024
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Reading
1pm – 3pm
Wed, 24 Jan 2024
1pm – 3pm
Wed, 8 May 2024
1pm – 3pm
Wed, 15 Nov 2023
1pm – 3pm
Wed, 20 Mar 2024
1pm – 3pm
Wed, 3 July 2024
1pm – 3pm
Thurs, 16 Nov 2023
1pm – 3pm
Thurs, 21 Mar 2024
1pm – 3pm
Thurs, 4 July 2024
1pm – 3pm
Tues, 10 Oct 2023
1pm – 3pm
Wed, 21 Feb 2024
1pm – 3pm
Wed, 5 June 2024
1pm – 3pm
PSHE / RSE
Maths
English
Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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SEND / Behaviour Assessment Christian Distinctiveness Sixth Form
Tues, 26 Sept 2023
1pm – 3pm
Tues, 5 Mar 2024
1pm – 3pm
Tues, 9 July 2024
1pm – 3pm
Tues, 7 Nov 2023
1pm – 3pm
Wed, 28 Feb 2024
1pm – 3pm
Wed, 15 May 2024
1pm – 3pm
Thurs, 19 Oct 2023
1pm – 3pm
Fri, 23 Feb 2024
1pm – 3pm
Tues, 4 June 2024
1pm – 3pm
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
10am – 12pm
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
10am – 12pm
Wed, 19 June 2024
10am – 12pm
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Careers
1pm – 3pm
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
1pm – 3pm
Wed, 19 June 2024
1pm – 3pm
Wed, 8 Nov 2023
1pm – 3pm
Thurs, 7 Mar 2024
1pm – 3pm
Thurs, 23 May 2024
1pm – 3pm
Tues, 18 June 2024
1pm – 3pm
Mon, 15 July 2024
9.30am – 3pm
Tues, 3 Oct 2023
1pm – 3pm
Thurs, 11 Jan 2024
1pm – 3pm
Tues, 12 Mar 2024
1pm – 3pm
Transition
Safeguarding
EYFS
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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Lead Practitioners
What we offer?
What will this look like?
Lead practitioners are outstanding middle
Deployments are tailor-made to meet the
and senior leaders, with at least two years’
needs of the supported school, but
leadership experience, who have the skills to
typically the lead practitioner’s work
support individuals or teams in particular
includes:
subject areas and/or specialisms. You can apply to join this team – in the first instance,
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audits
colleagues should talk with their line manager,
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data analysis
and then with the Director of School
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coaching or mentoring support
Improvement to discuss the role in more detail.
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facilitating and training
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joint action planning
Benefits Lead practitioners are deployed into schools to develop the leadership capacity of individuals and teams that match their area of expertise.
Three Spires Trust has designated lead practitioners with a range of expertise, including subject specialisms, CPD, behaviour and SEND.
Our leads have a proven track record in their area of specialism and regularly undertake
training to ensure that the support they give is of the best possible quality.
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NPQ Delivery Partner What we offer
What it looks like
Why complete your NPQ with the Church of
At Three Spires, we are proud to
In undertaking an NPQ you will:
be one of the Delivery Partners
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England
gain a nationally recognised qualification;
Completing your NPQ with the
learn from a rich programme
Church of England, will give you
her you are a teacher looking to
centered on evidence-based
the added benefits of:
deepen your expertise or
practice;
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for the Church of England NPQ programmes. Whet
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Small group expert coaching,
be able to transfer your
in partnership with Chartered
yourself to the next transition in
learning as and when you
College of Teaching and
your career, we offer
change schools;
Leadership Matters;
a school leader wanting to stretch
an NPQ programme, which is suitable for you.
We currently have the capacity,
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complete your learning in a
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Learning alongside peers with
flexible way- both virtually and
shared commitment to vision-
in regional face to face
driven education;
groups
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Expert facilitators from across our Trust;
numbers permitting, to deliver the ›
Support for your wellbeing
following, fully funded
In addition, the revised suite
programmes:
of NPQs has been refreshed to
and personal growth through
reduce the workload burden on
our extensive Peer Support
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NPQH
teachers and school leaders,
Networks, and Diocesan
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NPQSL
while still enabling you to develop
Education teams.
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NPQLBC*
and apply your knowledge, skills
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NPQLT*
and understanding both to your current school and to other contexts.
*This can be delivered as a Flex model, in-house, by senior leaders.
For further information on NPQ, please visit www.cefel.org.uk/npq/ or contact awilliams@threespirestrust.org
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ECF Delivery Partner From September, we are proud to be Delivery Partners for Best Practice Network’s, Early Career Development Programme.
What we offer?
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School visits to be agreed with ECT and Mentor;
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Self-directed study allows for candidates to
The DfE-funded Early Career Development
delve into ECF content most relevant to
Programme from Best Practice Network &
themselves when convenient;
Outstanding Leaders Partnership delivers the ECF reforms through a combination of facilitated face-to-
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Mentor sessions with structured content and a safe space to reflect on progress.
face training, online workshops and self-directed study.
In addition
The programme is delivered by Three Spires and in
Additional sessions will be included in the package
collaboration with schools whilst the programme
for those ECTs who are interested to understand
content, divided into 9 modules and mapped to the
what it means to work in a faith school.
Teachers’ standards, draw from a range of subjects, phases and contexts ensuring relevancy and maximising participation.
What will this look like? The Early Career Development Programme uses a blended delivery model that takes advantage of a range of channels to deliver learning including: ›
Online conferences at the start of each year to engage with early career teachers, outline expectations and facilitate the development of peer networks. With keynotes and workshops from leading practitioners
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Face-to-face training hosted by the School
Improvement Team at Three Spires; ›
Online facilitated workshops with expert
Schools can register their details through the Early Career Development Programme website.
facilitators;
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ECT Meetings Schedule of events 2023-24 Venue: Face to face, Stafford Becoming newly qualified is a challenging and exciting time and we’ve found that ECTs really benefit from the guidance, support and collaboration that the ECF training package offers.
Year 1 ECTs
What
When
Time
Who
Module 1
Monday, 13 November 2023
14.00-16.00
Aimee Williams / Tom Harrison
Module 2
Monday, 15 January 2024
14.00-16.00
Aimee Williams / Tom Harrison
Module 3.1
Monday, 26 February 2024
14.00-16.00
Aimee Williams / Tom Harrison
Module 3.2
Monday, 22 April 2024
14.00-16.00
Aimee Williams / Tom Harrison
Module 4
Monday, 17 June 2024
14.00-16.00
Aimee Williams / Tom Harrison
Year 2 ECTS
What
When
Time
Who
Module 6
Monday, 16 October 2023
14.00-16.00
Aimee Williams / Lizzie Leek
Module 7
Monday, 6 November 2023
14.00-16.00
Aimee Williams / Lizzie Leek
Module 8
Monday, 8 January 2024
14.00-16.00
Aimee Williams / Lizzie Leek
Module 9
Monday 25, March 2024
14.00-16.00
Aimee Williams / Lizzie Leek
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ECM Meetings Schedule of events 2023-24 Venue: Online The Early Career mentor role is key to successful teacher induction and as such mentors will receive access to high quality support and training.
What
When
Time
Who
Session 1
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
14.00-16.00
Aimee Williams
Session 2
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
14.00-16.00
Aimee Williams
Session 3
Monday, 1 July 2024
14.00-16.00
Aimee Williams
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Safeguarding Theme
Date
Time
Link
New to TST: Safeguarding the TST way – for any new safeguarding team members
Friday, 15 September 2023
11am – 11.45am
Link
Attendance for DSLs, Principals and senior leaders
Monday, 18 September 2023
10am – 10:45am
Link
Record keeping
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Link
Harmful and problematic sexual behaviour
Thursday, 12 October 2023
10:30am – 11:30am
Link
The role of the DSL and the SENCo in exclusions
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
12pm – 12:45pm
Link
Writing a good exclusion letter
Thursday, 26 October 2023
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Link
Online safety
Friday, 17 November 2023
10am – 10:45am
Link
Prevent
Wednesday, 22 November 2023
3pm – 3:45pm
Link
Culture of vigilance
Monday, 27 November 2023
10:30am – 11:30am
Link
Attendance over time
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
1pm – 1:45pm
Link
Safeguarding in the curriculum
Friday, 15 December 2023
10:30am – 11:15am
Link
DSL/DDSL Development Day
Monday, 15 July 2024
9.30am – 3pm
Face to face, Stafford
Monthly safeguarding meeting
Thursday,14 September, Friday, 6 October, Thursday, 9 November, Tuesday, 5 December, Tuesday, 9 January, Monday, 5 February, Monday, 4 March, Tuesday, 9 April, Thursday, 6 June
10am – 11am
TBC
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Additional School Improvement Offer 2023 - 2024
“Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.” Mark 4:1-20
Not all academies require our additional services, but we believe all should at least consider them. We know that each academy is unique with its own culture, challenges and ambitions. Still, all are striving forward under a unified theme: great opportunities and outcomes for its students. To help academies achieve this goal, Three Spires provides a number of services, in addition to the core offer, which are tailored to the needs of the academy.
Irrespective of whether you a member, associate member or belong to another Trust, there is something in here for everyone.
What to expect Pre-Review Meeting & Self Evaluation To reflect on the nature and quality of your school’s current provision and decision making and the impact that it has on pupils
School Visit Including meeting with stakeholders, focused learning walks, observations of intervention sessions for pupils, analysis of policies and relevant documentation (where appropriate)
Written Report Providing a summary of strengths and areas for development
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What we offer Pupil Premium Audit Leadership Performance Management Professional Growth Audit Pupil Book Studies Te a c h i n g a n d L e a r n i n g A u d i t SEND Review IT Audit Single Central Record Audit Health and Safety Audit Governance Health Check Link Champion Walk-thrus
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Pupil Premium Audit Pupil Premium is an important aspect of funding in many schools and academies but with this finance comes responsibility and accountability for school leaders, managers and governors.
What we offer
At Three Spires, a Pupil Premium
What will this look like? ›
audit works with leaders to analyse how the Pupil Premium
a pre-review meeting and self
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a thorough review of the
Grant is spent to ensure schools
documentation, extracting key
are achieving good value for
trails for further inspection;
money.
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1 to 2 days spent in school
parents, governors and
in which the Pupil Premium Grant
pupils;
is monitored and tracked.
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ensure the school’s provision
promotes full usage of Pupil Premium allocation;
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enables a holistic approach to student and stakeholder engagement.
talking with leaders, staff, The audit also evaluates the way
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is adventurous;
evaluation ›
Benefits
analysis of findings presented in a full report
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half day follow up review six months later*
*at an additional cost
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Leadership Performance Management improvement and children’s education;
What we offer? ›
children’s education;
The performance of the principal or Senior Leadership Team is key to the delivery of
set objectives linked to the improvement of
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enable the improvement of professional
outstanding leadership and management for
practice and identify the leader’s
your academy or Trust. Performance
professional development needs for the
management is the process by which your
next 12 months;
board acknowledges the role the headteacher
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career aspirations;
or SLT is playing in delivering the academy’s vision and strategy, as well as being the
recognise the need to consider the leader’s
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remain a confidential process unless the
mechanism for holding them to account for
leader decides to share objectives with a
meeting agreed objectives.
wider audience and ›
Benefits
will feedback to governors as necessary
*Additional mid-year review can be completed on request
It promises to be a supportive and motivating experience where the leader in question receives specific and constructive feedback;
the process is professional and strictly objective.
What will this look like?
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An experienced reviewer will:
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reflect on the leader’s performance and how this impacts directly on school
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Professional Growth Audit If planned in the right way and built on solid guiding principles, professional growth can be a real driver of academy improvement, providing academies with a framework for translating their improvement priorities into action. It can then be tracked and measured to give a detailed picture of how you, as
leaders, are progressing against your improvement targets in a timely and efficient manner.
What will this look like? The Academy Improvement team will work with leaders to complete the following activities: ›
pre-review meeting and self-evaluation
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identify professional development needs, via discussions with the principal, to ensure they make a tangible contribution to the fulfilment of a school improvement objective;
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review current targets ensuring they provide suitable challenge that is consistent with what should be reasonably expected of a teacher in the relevant role and at the relevant stage of their career – whether an NQT, mid-career teacher, or one who is more experienced;
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review and provide support with the ‘professional growth’ processes in place for support and inclusion staff;
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ensure ‘professional growth’ targets are SMART (specific, measurable,. achievable, realistic and timely) and consistent across the school in terms of role; career expectations and need
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ensure staff are suitably supported and challenged at every stage of their career stage;
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improves accountability;
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ensures all staff targets are aligned with the school’s main priorities
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Pupil Book Studies What we offer?
What will this look like?
Based on Alex Bedford’s evidence-informed
The strength of Pupil Book Study is the
guide to quality assuring curriculum provision,
precise examination of talking with children
the academy improvement team at Three
and studying work in their books.
Spires, will use the ‘pupil book study’ approach to support leaders to deconstruct the working
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Review of the subject curriculum, including
components of their curriculum and teaching
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how well the curriculum structure supports pupil learning;
and learning provision.
Unlike an Ofsted ‘deep dive’, this approach
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what knowledge is planned and taught;
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how effectively vocabulary is planned and instructed;
ensures leaders are using the most powerful and appropriate proxies for learning which
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content with pupils;
avoid the traps of making assumptions. ›
what sorts of tasks pupils undertake;
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the range and reach of questions and use and impact of retrieval practice;
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the process will serve as a manual that prioritises evidence to inform curriculum
how well teachers explain and model
the types and effectiveness of feedback – how well pupils understand and respond to it.
design; ›
it will illuminate strengths as well as focussing leaders to possible limitations in their curriculum;
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enable the professional growth of teachers.
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Teaching & Learning Audit What we offer?
For an independent and objective review the
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pre-review meeting and self-evaluation
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learning walks, book looks and meetings with key members of staff;
quality of education in your school, the School Improvement team will look into every aspect
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as part of a focus group;
of teaching and learning. The overarching aim of a T&L audit is to be developmental,
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a review of the current teaching and learning model;
enhancing leadership capacity within school and building sustainable models of school
dialogue with students both in lessons and
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a review of the homework policy/ learning from CPD and its effectiveness on student
improvement for future success.
progress;
Benefits
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a high quality report which celebrates strengths and clearly identifies next steps.
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provides an opportunity for leaders to
develop systems and sharpen skills in evaluating the overall quality of T&L; ›
provides evidence to externally moderate a school’s own self evaluation judgements and
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provides specific feedback at both individual and whole school level
What will this look like? Activities completed with leaders in your school could include the following:
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SEND Audit What we offer?
What will this look like?
A SEND audit looks at how your education
The SEND team will work with leaders to
setting provides for students with special
complete the following activities:
educational needs and disabilities. In a time of austerity, when academies are having to think
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meetings with stakeholders,
differently about how best to meet the needs of
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focused learning walks
children with SEND, the audit process
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observations of intervention sessions for pupils with SEND,
provides an opportunity to gain a fresh
perspective from an experienced SEND and Safeguarding lead.
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exploring identification, monitoring and assessment processes.
The audit provides external validation of a academy’s self-evaluation and will help to develop the SEND strategy, in order to effectively support children and young people to achieve good outcomes.
Benefits ›
an opportunity for leaders to explore different approaches to raising pupil outcomes
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gain an external perspective from experienced leaders with knowledge and expertise in school leadership and SEND
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validate current strategies to build on their success
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IT Audit IT audits play a crucial role in the education sector by ensuring the effectiveness, security, and compliance of information technology systems and processes. These audits evaluate the infrastructure, data management, network security, software applications, and overall IT governance
within educational institutions.
What will this look like? The IT team will work with technicians in the school to complete the following activities:
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assess data security measures such as access controls, encryption, and backup procedures;
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review the institution’s connectivity, including the telephone system and internet connections;
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evaluate the overall system architecture, including components, network infrastructure, scalability and redundancy measure;
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complete a website compliance assessment, including a full DfE compliance analysis with a detailed write up regarding findings and
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an evaluation of the effectiveness, readiness, and resilience of the institution’s cyber controls and disaster recovery processes.
Benefits ›
The audit will support schools to:
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identify areas of improvement and potential risks;
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ensure that technology is utilized to its fullest potential in supporting teaching, learning, and
administrative functions; ›
assess the alignment of IT systems with educational goals, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
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Single Central Record Audit What we offer?
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relevant risk assessments in place for
those members of staff appointed before 2013;
The safeguarding lead in the Trust will complete a comprehensive ‘deep dive’ into the
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‘right to work’ checks, as appropriate;
Single Central Record, spending time
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agency and third-party staff checks
ensuring, there is a robust and up-to-date record of the relevant pre-employment checks
Discussions with the leadership team to
required to ensure safer recruitment.
discuss procedures and maintenance of the Single Central Record.
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ensures compliance with statutory guidance and associated legislation
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provides an opportunity for leaders to develop systems and sharpen rigor in this area of safeguarding;
What will this look like?
Activities completed by the lead will include the following: ›
identity checks have been carried out and signed;
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an enhanced DBS check/ certificate provided;
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‘Prohibition from teaching’ check;
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Check against the Barred List;
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Check qualification records;
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Health and Safety Audit Health and Safety for schools is an essential aspect of the management of schools and academies and determines how students, pupils, members of staff, and others are kept safe.
What we offer
All academies must comply with
What will this look like? ›
leaders in your school could
the Health and Safety at Work
include the following: ›
education sector have duties to
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health and safety
ensure, so far as is reasonably
improvement plan for the
practicable, the health, safety,
school
and welfare of teachers,
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fire risk assessments
education staff, pupils and
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fire safety improvement plan
students – both in the academy and during off-site visits is at the
for the school › ›
both safe and compliant with statutory guidance and associated legislation ›
leaders will receive strengths, areas for development and appropriate actions that need to be addressed.
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half day follow up review six months later*
full audit of policies and procedures
forefront of everything they do.
confidence and assurance that the school environment is
health and safety compliance audits
regulations. Employers in the
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Activities completed with
the legal requirements outlined in
Act 1974 and its associated
Benefits
*at an additional cost
discussions with leads in the school to discuss systems and processes
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Governance Healthchecks the governance information you are
What we offer?
required to publish? All governing bodies want to be sure that they
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governance record review - review of your
are providing effective shared leadership with
minutes, training records, link governor
the management team in their schools/
visits, strategies, and action plans;
academies.
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succession planning for your chair and/or vice chair;
To assist governors in assessing the
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review of your skills audits;
contribution they are making to the success of
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Support for your clerk/Governance
Professional;
their school/ academy, this health check will review all six features of effective governance,
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modeling chairing or clerking;
which are set out in the Governance
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support with agenda setting;
Handbook.
Benefits ›
confidence that you have met your
governance publishing requirements; ›
you will receive a written report setting out recommendations and next steps;
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support in readiness for due diligence or an External Review of Governance.
What will this look like?
A health check could cover the following activities; ›
website compliance - have you published
Cost Associate Members: £400 Non-Trust Members: £500 THREESPIRESTRUST.ORG
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Link Governor Walk-thrus What we offer?
What will this look like?
The link governor walk-thrus are a suite of
By the end of the sessions, you will have:
workshops which provide opportunities for governors to truly understand their role as link
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examined good practice in relation to
champions. Along with exploring and
monitoring and the protocols for arranging
unpicking key academy documentation (SEF
and conducting school visits;
and development plans), governors will then
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explored, through discussion, the
learn how to use this information to inform
approaches to monitoring school
subsequent monitoring visits.
performance undertaken by other boards; ›
As these are practical workshops, delegates
a ‘link governor’ walk-thru handbook, tailored to the needs of your governors.
will be asked to bring to the session copies of their board’s monitoring visits policy/ protocols as well as any other documents which may support the visits. These can be referred to and reflected upon during the workshop. Delegates will receive an email containing guidance and instructions ahead of the session.
Benefits ›
Confidence that governors are making the best use of visits to academies;
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assurance the visits are well planned, focused on academy/ Trust priorities and make a positive difference;
Cost Members/ Associates: £250 Non-Trust Members: £500 THREESPIRESTRUST.ORG
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