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Having trust-wide safeguarding procedures ensures consistency and shares best practice across the MAT. Dai Durbridge provides a guided approach to safeguarding in a MAT
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A common approach to QA across a MAT enables consistency and allows for individual school flexibility. Josephine Smith offers guidance and a template schedule for a MAT to use
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Multi-academy trust CEOs share their experience and advice on leadership in a MAT
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Chris Moyse explains how shortening the feedback loop with classroom coaching makes for faster teacher development
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Schools have the power to use reasonable force or control, but only in certain circumstances. Dai Durbridge explains how you can develop a robust procedure
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Lesson observations should create meaningful improvements in teaching and learning - not make teachers' lives miserable. Use them to drive CPD
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Diane Leedham highlights challenges around tracking progress for EAL learners and suggests ways forward for data managers and EAL leads
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The legacy proficiency in English codes are still a valuable tool for classroom teachers, even if the information is no longer collected by the DfE. Diane Leedham explains what they mean, how to use them and where to access further resources
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Reviewing appraisal objectives helps identify staff strengths and areas for improvement. Josephine Smith provides a sample appraisal review form for support staff