Raising Standards

Learning and Teaching is at the heart of the IMPROVE™ framework. Through careful planning, support and intervention, the appropriate member(s) of an Academy's/School's SLT is supported in ensuring that their staff understand what effective learning, teaching and assessment looks like. This includes:

• moderating lesson observation feedback through use of Accelerate Achievement and the associated nine point framework
• analysing lesson observations to identify staff training needs
• designing and delivering CPD
• sharing and celebrating what an outstanding lesson looks like
• focusing on the whole child
• mentoring/coaching key staff
• dealing with unsatisfactory teachers/departments/subject areas
• embedding IMPROVE™ programmes:
  • Leading in Literacy, including the 'Right to Read' programme, the 'Junior Literacy programme' and 'IMPROVE™ heroes'
  • Read to Achieve
  • The IMPROVE™ teacher
  • Students as Leaders
  • Numeracy