Secondary School Improvement

The EPT’s School Improvement Offer is broken down into 7 key areas of work:

Access to subject specialist curriculum thinking experts to shape and guide what an effective curriculum looks like for your school
Support to develop standardised frameworks for ensuring high quality curriculum thinking documentation, ensuring there is a consistent and common curriculum language across all Trust schools
Access to a growing library of curriculum documentation to access from across the Trust to shape and inspire the curriculum in your school.
Cross Trust summative assessment systems for schools to benchmark with other schools and share good practice
Quality review visits, including expert reviews of subjects across both key stages

Safeguarding Quality Improvement Group led by the Trust safeguarding lead
Annual safeguarding audits to ensure safeguarding remains effective
Specialist SEND provision within the Trust to support and develop inclusion across all schools
NASEN accredited reviews to shape provision
Support from experienced SENDCOs to innovate and adapt your provision to meet the needs of all pupils
Extensive access to the expertise from our special and alternative provision schools
Trust SENCO Quality Improvement Group providing strategic and operational support to school SENDCOs

Trust level monitoring and support to improve attendance across schools
Expert reviews of culture, systems, and processes
Cross Trust attendance systems for schools to benchmark with other schools and share good practice
Extensive access to the expertise from our alternative provision schools
Support in developing a school’s behaviour curriculum appropriate to your context and values

Detailed and sequential curriculum planning to support effective teaching
Regular quality assurance by experienced practitioners to assess the impact of the curriculum and intelligent next steps
Extensive access to subject specific CPD to develop subject specific pedagogy
Subject quality improvement groups to share best practice and develop the quality of teaching across Trust schools

Subject specific professional development
Access to experienced leaders with current inspection training and experience
School specific CPD and support
Trust wide collaborative CPD, with the opportunity to meet and work with staff from different settings
Access to funded educational leadership qualifications

Support to ensure school self-evaluation is evidence informed, accurate and identifies the most impactful priorities to improve education for our young people
A systematic approach to priority planning that is proven to deliver the required change
A tried and tested approach to creating inspection ready documentation so that schools can focus on implementing change
Access to a quality assured network of school improvement partners
Access to leaders with up-to-date inspection training and experience