Last year, in conjunction with subject leaders, we wrote modified criteria to support writing assessment in non-statutory year groups as part of our Covid support for schools.

In response to requests from a considerable number of schools, we have now revised this so that the statements are fully aligned to the whole curriculum and can be used from 2022 onwards to support writing assessment and moderation. To support teachers, we are running a twilight session to share the rationale behind the criteria and explain how the statements should be used to support accurate assessment. ...

This Course is for Gloucester Schools' Partnership members only.

There are four workshops in the course which focus on school improvement linked to the expectations of the Education Inspection Framework. The course covers good practice in statutory expectations for school improvement and is particularly relevant to those schools who are anticipating an inspection. 

Schools and academies are invited to send three people to the first two sessions of this training which are face-to-face. We suggest these are headteacher, Chair of governors and another senior leader. T ...

This session will concentrate on examining the staff variances thrown up when producing a budget monitoring report.

There are many things that can initially result in large variances against staffing. Anticipated pay rises, maternity, leave without pay, overtime are all areas that need manual adjustments calculated to ensure your expected outturn is accurate.

This session will take you through how to identify & explain genuine variances and how & why adjustments need to be made.

We recommend you attend the Budget Monitoring in HCSS (snapshots) course prior to ...

This short 1 ½ hour webinar is suitable for anyone who would like an overview of how to manage a disciplinary situation, covering both informal and formal processes. The overview will cover best practice principles and will ensure that your actions are in line with relevant procedures

The course is particularly useful for Headteachers and other managers of staff in schools.

The cost for this course is £45 for HR subscribing schools and £75 for non-subscribing.

Delegates will be contacted three days before the session with details of how to access t ...

Last year, in conjunction with subject leaders, we wrote modified criteria to support writing assessment in non-statutory year groups as part of our Covid support for schools.

In response to requests from a considerable number of schools, we have now revised this so that the statements are fully aligned to the whole curriculum and can be used from 2022 onwards to support writing assessment and moderation. To support teachers, we are running a twilight session to share the rationale behind the criteria and explain how the statements should be used to support accurate assessment. ...

With the largest percentage of every school’s expenditure being on staffing costs, it is essential that all schools undertake regular payroll reconciliations. A good payroll reconciliation will be a thorough check of expected employee costs per month to actual employee costs.

An effective reconciliation should not only identify incorrect staffing forecasts, but also incorrect payments to staff, creating a ‘win-win’ situation.

During this session we will show you how to use the payroll reconciliation function in HCSS.

There will be plenty of opportun ...

Current school staffing regulations (Keeping Children Safe in Education) require that at least one member of a school interview panel must have completed appropriate safer recruitment training. The session offered provides a refresher on the subject of Safer Recruitment in schools, for those individuals who have already completed an accredited Safer Recruitment training course. The course will consider developments in safer recruitment/safeguarding in schools; and discuss how issues have developed within the education setting. The course will clarify requirements for safegu ...

Last year, in conjunction with subject leaders, we wrote modified criteria to support writing assessment in non-statutory year groups as part of our Covid support for schools.

In response to requests from a considerable number of schools, we have now revised this so that the statements are fully aligned to the whole curriculum and can be used from 2022 onwards to support writing assessment and moderation. To support teachers, we are running a twilight session to share the rationale behind the criteria and explain how the statements should be used to support accurate assessment. ...

We will be holding a series of virtual meetings with our Customer Success colleagues at ESS-SIMS.

Getting to know more about SIMS

Helping you get the most from SIMS and showing you the benefits and quick ways to support everyday tasks.

Our first session is:

• What’s new in the SIMS Release
• YouTube channel
• Ideas portal
• SIMS / FMS satisfaction survey
• The Power of SIMS

This is an online course via Teams. Please ensure that the email address you have registered with is correct. On ...

Are you a Year 4 teacher? In need of advice on how to prioritise key learning in maths so your Year 4 pupils are ready for the Year 5 curriculum? Not sure how to plug the gaps in learning? Then this course is for you!

The course will support you with:

• Identifying the key building blocks that Y4 pupils need to be secure with
• How to plan to ensure these are secure
• Ideas and strategies to plug the gaps from previous year groups
• How to embed through problem solving and reasoning
• Classroom strategies for the effective teachin ...