School Direct

School Direct

​Lead School Meeting

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Sally Dudley and Keith Perera

Poll

How long has your school been leading School Direct?

• New for this year

• 1-3 years

• More than 3 yaers

Open Ended

What is the attraction of leading School Direct for your school?

Open Ended

What is the attraction of School Direct for your schools?

Inspire and Bosco Sussex

• ​Started in 2013/14 - over 200 teachers in that time

• ​Strong headteacher engagement

• ​Supporting recruitment into schools

• ​Focused on being active in recruitment

• ​Providing Professional Development opportunities

• ​PT level operational meetings

• ​Respect for individual schools but with some non-negotiables

• Partnership working with the university

Open Ended

What are some of the challenges that School Direct presents?

Challenges

• ​Time to Lead SD Partnership

• ​Adminstration of applications

• ​Communication between schools (and university)

• ​Competative nature of recruitment

• ​Being secure in selection decisions

• ​Applicants chnaging minds

• ​Mentoring capacity/remuneration

• ​Monitoring practice in schools

• ​Supporting trainee development

​Some ideas

• Half termly meetings​

• Peer visits to share practice

• ​Collation of some key materials in one place that can be used by us all

• ​Creation of some case studies

​Sharing Practice Betwen Lead Schools

• ​Profile on DfE Apply - by Partnership or Lead School

• ​Recruitment strategy - frequency, in school/f2f, promotion: website, flyers, social media, parent comms, alumni, offering school experience

• ​Selection - liason with university, school panel, process (teaching, presentation), feedback, offering school experience

• ​Pre-Induction - Summer term: when/who/what

• ​Sept Induction - new staff induction, INSET, formal induction, alignment with PGCE/other providers

• ​Monitoring of trainee experience - formal/informal, Professional Studies and CCF

• ​Ongoing support of trainees - PPPs, Teacher Standards and QTS

​Case Study

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