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For headteachers and senior leadership teams

Keep the plan moving. Keep the purpose in view.

Turn shared priorities into work people can follow. See where support is needed, bring evidence into the conversation and adapt your approach as the year unfolds.

A shared direction

Know what matters, and who is moving it forward.

A plan is useful when it supports the next decision. See priorities, named leads and progress together, with the expected impact on pupils kept in view.

Willow Brook’s published school development plan, with progress summaries and a writing priority linked to named leads.
The published plan brings priorities, progress and named leads together. Fictional demo school. View full size

Earlier conversations

See where support is needed while there is time to act.

A short update puts a concern in context. Leaders and governors can understand what has changed and discuss the response, rather than wait for the end-of-year review.

Follow the school year
An attendance target marked off track, with a baseline, expected impact and the deputy headteacher’s update.
An attendance target shows the concern and the latest update in context. Fictional demo school. View full size

Evidence with a purpose

Build the picture as the work happens.

Connect monitoring notes, documents and links to the priority they inform. When you discuss progress, the supporting information is already in context.

See how evidence informs a review
A writing target with dated book look, pupil voice and learning walk evidence in its side panel.
Monitoring evidence stays attached to the writing target it informs. Fictional demo school. View full size

An honest view of the school

Connect what you know with what to develop next.

Bring self-evaluation answers and evidence together. SchoolTrack’s assessment supports discussion; leaders can record their own judgement and explain their reasons.

Read about the guidance behind SchoolTrack
Willow Brook’s achievement self-evaluation with its answers to the toolkit questions visible alongside the assessment.
Self-evaluation brings the school’s answers and assessment together. Fictional demo school. View full size

Support for teaching

Turn what was seen into a useful next step.

Record observations without lesson grades, connect next steps to the work and follow up what is seen in practice. Access depends on the observation and the person’s role.

Read about staff access
The English lead’s observations page shows shared teaching observations and their next steps, within the staff member’s access.
Teaching staff see the observations available to them and their next steps. Fictional demo school. View full size

For teachers and school staff, too

Keep the next step connected to the bigger picture.

Everyone with access to the school development plan can read its published version. Named leads can add evidence to the work they lead. My actions brings together the actions and responsibilities a person is named on.

Teaching staff can see observations shared with them, add reflections and follow up next steps. Observation access has its own boundaries: governors see a summary without names, rather than individual teaching records.

The headteacher manages school roles and permissions. Read how access works.

A clearer picture starts with a conversation.

Register your school for us to check and set up, or get in touch to talk through what you need.

How registration and setup work