Guidance to help School Improvement Partners (SIPs) when considering how the school is engaging with the Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda. This guidance is not intended to be comprehensive but rather to providesome prompts in areas of the SIP’s dialogue with the school that are outside the standard interpretation of key stage attainment data and value added (VA) and contextual value added (CVA) analyses.
The National Strategies Last update: 2011
Guidance for school improvement partners (SIPs) on pupil referral units (PRUs), which are primarily comprosed of children with special educational needs (SEN). Includes questions that SIPs can ask schools about PRUs.
The National Strategies Last update: 2011
Overview of the programme for extended schools led by the Training and Development Agency (TDA) for all schools to be extended schools by 2010. LAs should brief School Improvement Partners (SIPs) about the programme for extended schools in their areas and how it affects the school that the SIP has been appointed to. Includes questions that SIPs can ask schools to aid them in their planning and evaluation.
The National Strategies Last update: 2011
Prompts for school improvement partners (SIPs) to consider when analysing the school's Black, Minority and Ethnic (BME) pupils, including the ways in which the school monitors the impact of its policies and practice, and how this information is used to shape and inform policy and practice.
The National Strategies Last update: 2011
Summary of the regulations of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), and links to further resources.
The National Strategies Last update: 2011
Prompts for school improvement partners (SIPs) to consider when analysing how effective the school’s systems are at identifying and supporting pupils with learning difficulties.
The National Strategies Last update: 2011
Guidance for School Improvement Partners (SIPs) on potential differences between the LA which is the 'corporate parent' for a child and the one which maintains that child's school. Provides questions the SIP should ask of the school in relation to children in care.
The National Strategies Last update: 2011
Including all learners | General teaching requirements | Key stages 3 & 4 | National Curriculum Access Key Definitions Skip navigation Access key details Home page Latest updates Site map Search Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Terms and conditions The DfE is conducting a review of the primary and secondary National Curriculum. This site contains the statutory programmes of study for National Curriculum subjects which maintained schools must follow until a new curriculum is in place. Contact us FAQs News Accessibility…
QCDA Last update: 2011
The Secretary of State for Education has given high profile to breaking the link between poverty and attainment.
The National Strategies Last update: 2011
An overview of the Narrowing the Gaps programme, a selection of resources designed to help schools understand and tackle the attainment gap, and a set of guidance for leadership and using data when focusing on ethnic minority attainment (EMA).
The National Strategies Last update: 2011
