New Estyn 2022 template for school self-evaluation and improvement planning.
Schools and PRUs in Wales We have been working with schools in Wales for over ten years - and today we are pleased to announce the...
A free offer to support remote education provision
At iAbacus, we’ve seen how hard schools are working to offer high quality remote education in very challenging conditions. We take our...
Benefits of a teacher growth model in schools
John Pearce asks why the notion of teacher growth is exciting a new generation of school leaders. He looks beyond the feel-good factor to...
New functionality – more accurate and consistent judgements
iAbacus now has the option of including your own review statements which users then RAG rate – making it quicker and easier for them to ...
How to show curriculum intent, implementation and impact
Feedback from schools inspected since September 2019 indicates that Ofsted inspectors are spending less time with senior leaders, and...
The Scottish advantage
The Scottish Government’s 2019 National Improvement Framework is a step ahead of its southern neighbours because it completes the cycle...
A deep dive into Ofsted
The 2019 Ofsted Inspection Framework is live, but schools still face uncertainty about what is meant by “deep dives”, a “top level view”...
Are schools asking too much of their middle leaders?
A review of job adverts recently revealed the skills and experience schools are looking for in their middle leaders. Are expectations...
Three-step preparation for inspection under the 2019 framework
One thing we can predict about the early days of the new Ofsted framework is this: inconsistency will be a problem. iAbacus co-creator...
2019 Ofsted Criteria: Straightjacket or improvement tool?
Thud! The 2019 Ofsted framework just landed in your in-tray. What’s your response? Former headteacher and iAbacus creator John Pearce...
2019 Ofsted Criteria: Start using it in iAbacus
iAbacus users can now access the 2019 Ofsted criteria in iAbacus via a template that can be customised to suit your context and...
What we know about the new Ofsted framework
Our Managing Director Daniel O’Brien recently heard Lee Owston, Senior HMI in the North East, Yorkshire and Humber, speak to a room full...
20/20 Vision: Looking back to move forward
In 2005 the DfES published the seminal Middle Leaders’ Self-evaluation Guide. So what have we learned about self-evaluation since then?...
Leading a vision walk
If you are not sure how to get your team to buy into your vision, here is an activity that may help. It is also great professional...
ASCL magazine features iAbacus
We are delighted that Andrew Clay, Head of Counden Court School in Coventry, was featured in the Association of School and College...
Tackling work-related stress
With World Mental Health Day falling in October, we thought it was timely to look at how schools can use iAbacus® to tackle the worrying...
Mining for gold: using data to improve performance
Most schools are flooded with data. The challenge is to quickly and easily identify which are the nuggets of gold that will help to...
Four questions every HoD should ask about their department
Heads of departments/ faculty often know instinctively what their strengths and weakness are, but being so close to the action, it can...
Are you an operative or a professional? These 5 questions will tell you
This blog is a serious challenge to professionals in and beyond education. How much time do you spend chasing targets set by others,...
Judgement before evidence. How come?
We recently received a Tweet asking why the iAbacus process asks users to make a judgement before inputting evidence. It is a subject...