Publications - Leadership and Management

The Child Protection and Safeguarding Handbook for Schools

Author: Ann Raymond

The Child Protection and Safeguarding Handbook for Schools fully outlines and explains child safeguarding policy and child protection policy, to aid you in implementing effective and thorough safeguarding of pupils and students in your school

School Governor Update

Author: Edited by David Gordon

School Governor Update delivers news, professional tips and advice for school governors. The perfect companion for members of the school governing body and school leadership team to keep updated on issues most relevant to governors, with a strong editorial focus and digestible in-depth case studies

Off the Premises Handbook

Author: Caroline Stagg, Anthony Thomas, Peter Smith and Chris Warn

Need help with planning and executing school trips? The Off the Premises Handbook will help you to run well-planned, efficiently managed, interesting and safe events away from school, that will have a lasting impact on your students

Extended Schools Update

Author: Edited by Colleen Cummings

Extended Schools Update offers extended school co-ordinators the practical advice and support to help them with matterss such as extended school policy and extended school funding

Curriculum Briefing Vol 3 No 1: Positive classroom behaviour

Author: Angela Dewsbury

This issue of Curriculum Briefing focuses on developing systems and support structures to help your teaching staff implement effective behaviour management skills in practice read more

Curriculum Briefing Vol 2 No1: Achieving effective assessment for learning

What is assessment for learning all about and how can these concepts be applied to everyday classroom practice to trigger real improvements in your pupils' learning curve? Questions like these are constantly on the minds of curriculum managers and school leaders that it can often feel as though you are tip-toeing on a mine-field of uncertainty read more

Curriculum Briefing: Assessment for learning: Targeting success

As a curriculum manager or headteacher, you will need to ensure your school’s assessment for learning approach is a permanent and central part of everyday classroom practice throughout your school read more

Curriculum Briefing Vol 2 No 3: Vocational curriculum: Making it work

Under the 14-19 reforms, vocational education is being given more weight in the curriculum. Whether you have already introduced some vocational courses, or are starting from scratch, this issue of Curriculum Briefing has been written to help schools' vocational programmes go from strength to strength read more

Early Years Handbook

Author: Pat Brunton and Linda Thornton

Early Years Handbook provides a complete guide to establishing and running high quality, sustainable early years provision which provides good outcomes for children and meets the needs of parents and carers

Making the most of SIMS.net: Assessment for Learning: The Path to Primary School Improvement

Author: Anthony Powell

This easy-to-use guide will help you monitor and evaluate performance in your school using SIMS, enabling you to support school improvement and assessment for learning. By Anthony Powell

Making the most of SIMS.net: Improving School Attendance

Author: Alison Parkinson

Use SIMS software effectively to improve attendance and attainment. By Anthony Powell

The Peer Mediation and Mentoring Trainer's Manual

Author: Belinda Hopkins

Empower your students to resolve conflicts for themselves and their peers with this comprehensive guide to making peer mediation and mentoring happen within your school. By Dr Belinda Hopkins

The Home-School Partnership File

Author: Mike Walton

Enhance your home-school partnerships with this one-stop resource by Mike Walton, offering all the resources you need to communicate with parents!

More Favourite Assemblies Key Stage 2

Author: Edited by Gerald Haigh

Bringing you the best from the Primary Assembly File plus more new assemblies in one handy book! Edited by Gerald Haigh.

Self-Evaluation for School Improvement

Author: Gill Bracey

This unique guide written by Gill Bracey provides the tools you need to help all staff embed the self-evaluation process within your school and use it to raise levels of achievement.

Making the most of SIMS.net - Assessment for Learning

Author: Anthony Powell

This straight-forward guide by Anthony Powell will help you to monitor and evaluate performance, showing you how you can exploit the power of SIMS to assist with this task and support school improvement and assessment for learning.

Making the most of SIMS.net - Timetabling for School Effectiveness

Author: Nicholas Faux

This complete guide by Nicholas Faux will enable you and your staff to produce and work with timetables that can contribute to the overall improvement of school performance.

The Role of the Subject Leader

Author: Edited by Glynn Kirkham

Subject leadership is developing as a role. The Role of the Subject Leader, edited by Glynn Kirkham, assists subject leaders in the establishment of a detailed appreciation of the role.

The Cross-Curriculum

Author: Edited by Kit Field

The Cross-Curriculum, edited by Kit Field, is designed to support subject leaders in the organisation of learning in relation to cross-curricular matters. By focusing on cross-curricular matters, subject leaders are likely to improve the performance of pupils in their own subject area, as well as contribute to the broad education of the learner.

Resource Management

Author: Edited by Simon Hughes

Resource Management, edited by Simon Hughes, is written for all subject leaders interested in managing resources more effectively and efficiently in their school.

Curriculum Briefing

Author: Edited by Angela Dewsbury

Curriculum Briefing is your guide to implementing change, cross-curriculum management and introducing new teaching and learning strategies. It is edited by Angela Dewsbury.

Primary Headship

Author: Edited by Steve Mynard

For the latest insights into school leadership - read Primary Headship, edited by Steve Mynard.

“If you are only going to read one publication, then this should be the one.” Roz Levin, Headteacher

Early Years Update

Author: Edited by Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton

Early Years Update brings together essential news and information in a concise and practical format, ensuring you stay up-to-date with all the latest thinking in your area. Published 10 times a year, Early Years Update covers a variety of topics from developing curriculum provision to the broader issues of child development, pedagogy and working with other professionals.

Secondary Headship

Author: Edited by Jill Wyatt

The job of a school leader can be an isolated one. Tackling the prominent issues affecting your school's performance will help you gain the professional respect you drive for! Secondary Headship, edited by Jill Wyatt, will help you achieve successful leadership of your school.

Gifted & Talented Update

Author: Edited by Linda Evans

Gifted & Talented Update newsletter keeps you up to date with the latest national and regional G&T initiatives, in addition to giving you the opportunity to learn from examples of good G&T practice and read guidance from your peers working with gifted and talented students

Improve your Leadership Skills

Author: Edited by Kit Field, Elizabeth Hoult and Simon Hughes

This school resource tackles the issues that those with leadership positions in schools face. It contains worksheets, guides and 20-minute activities designed to help middle leaders develop practical and straightforward procedures that will make a contribution to teaching and learning within their school

Matching Teaching to Learning

Author: John Beresford

Matching Teaching to Learning by John Beresford will help you to identify and address the learning styles of the pupils you teach. This essential publication explains the mapping techniques used to record students’ learning preferences. This book describes what many schools now regard as an essential part of their process of self-review.

School Financial Management

Author: Edited by Brin Best

School Financial Management is the recommended read for all school financial managers, school bursars and headteachers, written specifically to help school leadership teams manage their school finances effectively

Improving Performance in Primary Schools

Author: Kevin Bullock

This pack provides a framework that penetrates to the core of teaching and learning, enabling the headteacher, school management team and teachers to focus clearly on the pertinent issues.

Education Law Update

Author: Edited by Leila Segal

Each month Education Law Update brings you analysis, insight and practical guidance.