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Identify the Quick Wins

Priorities - Build curriculum progression maps

Standardise policy templates

Key Questions

Who leads curriculum development? – Leadership Role – C&A VP ?

Which schools/models can we replicate – Premium as a priority

GEMS Standardised Curriculum Maps – Timeline ?

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Identify the quick wins

What exists already (lesson plans, schemes of work)?

Gaps (standardized format? resource banks?)

Priority (focus on Maths/English/Science units)

Who leads this effort?

Leadership role: Suggest aspiring English, Maths, Science Leads ?

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Identify the quick wins

Existing frameworks (T&L handbooks, CPD programs, coaching models)

Gaps in monitoring systems? CPD consistency?

Priority: Define common teaching routines/lesson structure (TLAG ?) and monitoring systems

Leadership role: Suggest cluster T&L/CPDL leads or an existing VP for L&T

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What SMS exists? : iSAMS, SIMS

How are we benchmarking students? GL Assessments, CAT4, etc.

Gaps: formative tracking? consistency in report formats?

Priority: Unified assessment calendar, data dashboard and tracking system

Leadership role: Data lead or an Academic VP

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Strong policies exist in GEMS: re behavior, anti-bullying, child protection and keeping students safe

Gaps: consistency across all schools; contextual adjustments?

Priority: Model policies and frameworks repository (existing collation) + Training Resources (e.g. Level 1, 2, 3 Safeguarding)

Leadership roles: Suggested - Safeguarding and Behaviour Task Group

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Existing: Newsletters, Portals, Seesaw, Tapestry, Parent Handbooks, Website Examples

Gaps: structured onboarding? workshops? translated guides?

Priority: Model Parent Communication Pack

Leadership Roles: Suggested VP Pastoral or a Lead PRE or group of PRE’s wishing to work beyond their remit?

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I propose that there is a central pillar that links the other 6 pillars (but would incorporate the safeguarding aspect of pillar 5). This central pillar includes priorities that threads the other aspects of school and maintains the quality of education at GSM schools.

The central Pillar would include:

Culture, vision and values

Leadership and governance

Strategic coordination with the parent company (GEMS Education)

Quality assurance and accountability systems – both at the individual school level and across the wider cluster or network

Talent development - Performance management, professional development, onsite training, professional growth pathways

Safeguarding (pillar 5).

I suggest that our schools will have a range of documents and materials that could also be tapped into to support this pillar.

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At WSO - we have a multi-faceted document (knows as GAPs) that is an 'in-school' accountability document that records all staff in a department / across a year group and tracks their professional standards, professional growth, outcomes (student attainment) attributed to their teaching and teaching (observation outcomes). There is a middle leadership version of our GAPs document as well and a draft version of a senior leadership GAPs as well.

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A suggested overview of leadership structures - both within each school (intra leadership) and across the network of GSM school (inter leadership) - this being the central pillar operating across the other 6 pillars.

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GSM - Intra and Inter Leadership Pillar.docx

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With every school likely being extremely diverse in terms of its context and make-up I think it is important to have a plan of action for either a start up or an existing school. For an existing school it would be best to put an audit together to get a feel for the current practice and based on the outcomes of this, refine practice or put a number of 'non-negotiables' in place. Based on the chosen direction, some of GEMS best practice initiatives could then be implemented, along with analysis dashboards where applicable.

Some quick fire things from the top of my head:

Role of PRE?

Pulse

NPS

Parent/communication platforms or apps

ECA sign-ups

Newsletter approach

Handbooks

Onboarding strategies & for mid-year joiners

Parent workshops

Showcasing events

Role of PTA

Whatsapp groups & moderators

Coffee mornings

Homework comms

Events calendar

You said, we did

Tours for existing parents

Trips and events support from parents

Parent 'Skills Audit'