"...it is perfectly in line with Ofsted’s requirements and ensures that all I have to focus on is the school improvement work needed to raise standards..."
"I am in the first year of using
Bluewave.SWIFT so I am still not
fully aware of its ultimate potential. However it has already had a profound affect
on certain aspects of my work. I was initially looking for a system that would
help me to present a more structured School Development Plan and that is exactly
what I got. The governing body were very impressed with what I was able to
present to them this year, as it clearly links in with the Ofsted Categories.
However, the system has given me much, much more. It has allowed me to input the
Teacher Appraisal targets onto the system – linked to the projects within the
School Development Plan and to Professional Standards. The system encourages the
staff to then take ownership of recording their progress against their targets
by logging on and recording their evidence.
The Self-Evaluation section
provides an extremely comprehensive set of prompts to encourage you to assess
yourself and identify where you need to improve – thus linking into the School
Development Plan. With the facility to tie in CPD as well, as far as I am
concerned, it is perfectly in line with Ofsted’s requirements and ensures that
all I have to focus on is the school improvement work needed to raise standards
and not worry about whether I have missed something or that it is not all joined
up thinking – the hard work has been done for
me.
One other thing to add is the
ongoing support that I have received in building up the skills base to operate
the system has been second to none. I am happy to recommend this as a complete
system in managing school improvement."
Jackie
Chalk, Headteacher, Seend
CofE
VA
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