School Improvement Services
Hertfordshire Internet and Connectivity Services (HICS)
 Details of our current advisory and consultancy services for school self evaluation and Ofsted inspection can be found on our one stop school improvement support website developed for schools - 'Herts for Learning'.
Please visit:
Read our 'Herts for learning' feature article 'Are you Ready for Ofsted?' which highlights the experiences of Hertfordshire schools.
The following range of support available from SSE can be tailored to meet individual needs and
delivered locally as training, consultancy, whole school INSET sessions or cluster sessions.
Ofsted area |
Examples of support available from SSE |
Achievement of pupils |
• guidance on how to effectively use data such from RAISEonline, Fischer Family
Trust and other sources, including evaluation of the achievement of pupils
• expertise and guidance for the achievement of vulnerable groups,
including black and minority ethnic pupils, pupils with special educational
needs or disabilities, pupils who are able, gifted and talented and children
looked after
• training and support on getting the best out of management information
systems, such as SIMS, to improve individual pupil attainment
• a range of SIMS reports for primary schools to help easily present your data
for Ofsted and help with tracking pupil progress
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Quality of teaching |
• training, support and guidance for subject knowledge and
pedagogical development
• delivery of department or whole school INSET sessions
• lesson reviews and planning to improve teaching and learning in the classroom
• target setting and tracking of pupil progress
• development of effective and innovative policy and practice in anti-bullying,
emotional and mental health, PE and school sport, PSHE, Citizenship and
healthy eating
• using dynamic ICT to inspire, engage and challenge pupils across the
curriculum and for teaching IT as a subject
• Hertfordshire Healthy Schools Programme |
Quality of
leadership
and
management |
• ‘Lead in Herts’ leadership development programme
• termly headteacher updates and seminars
• training, support and guidance in leading all phases, including the foundation stage
• leadership lite bite programme for school leaders and aspiring leaders, all all levels
• headteacher conference programme
• programme of governor development courses including an annual
governors' conference
• Chairs’ service to provide guidance, support and termly meetings of chairs of governing bodies
• Clerking service which trains and deploys clerks to provide efficient
secretariat and advice to governing bodies
• Leadership Appointment Service (LAS) to support the recruitment process for
headteachers or deputy headteachers
• appointment of LA governors to governing bodies
• HR advisory service for schools
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Standards
of behaviour
and safety |
• coaching and training on positive behaviour management
• whole school implementation of SEAL, including Wave 2 SEAL and Family
SEAL workshops
• Hertfordshire anti-bullying accreditation
• anti-bullying support and guidance
• expertise and guidance on behaviour for learning
• whole school and playground behaviour reviews
• reviewing and action planning in LSUs
• supporting the development of restorative principles and practices
• Hertfordshire Internet and Connectivity Services (HICS)
• eSafety support and guidance
• guidance and support, including a range of SIMS reports, on enabling
behaviour, achievement and detention data to be entered, extracted, analysed
and presented to meet your school’s requirements |
Support for Ofsted and School Self-evaluation through our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme
SSE’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme is designed to support school staff at all
stages of their career, to enhance and broaden their professional knowledge, skills and expertise, whilst also
improving pupils’ learning experiences and achievements.
SSE offer a range
of CPD courses specifically aimed at supporting schools and academies in preparing a self-evaluation and/or
for an inspection under the new Ofsted framework.
Full details are in the brochure or visit:
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