Subject Leadership

This section aims to provide a wide variety of resources that are particularly helpful for Heads of Department.

Policies and Procedures | Improvement Planning | Curriculum Planning | Assessment

Policies and Procedures

This updated version (April 2010) of the departmental handbook can easily be adapted to suit your school. It now contains renewed NC level and GCSE grade descriptors.

Ever wondered how Mathematics fits in to the 'Every Child Matters' agenda? Here are some thoughts based on QCDA programmes of study.

Improvement Planning

These example development plans were written in response to the named initiatives, though much of their content is suitable for other focusses too.

• Teaching and Learning
• Curriculum Review
• Raising Aspirations
• Developing Creativity and Talent
• Community and Transition

Curriculum Planning

Long term

The statutory stuff - links to QCDA Programmes of Study: Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4.

Links to National Strategies Frameworks: Primary, Secondary.

Medium term

Secondary schemes of work can be found in Kenny's Pouch:

• Key Stage 3: Based on a pathway structure which groups should access at an appropriate point based on their KS2 profiles. Stacks of ideas and activities, and includes assessment materials to support the tracking of pupils' progress in relation to National Curriculum levels.
• Key Stage 4: Schemes of work at four levels: 4 to D, 5 to C, 6 to B and 7/8 to A/A*. However, these are being rewritten to ensure smooth progression from the KS3 pathway structure and will be ready for teaching the new GCSE from September 2010.
• AS/A2 Level: Interactive schemes of work for all Core units, and lesser versions for some of the applied units. A great range of activities and includes suggested 'Success For All' activities.

Short term

Lesson planning sheet: That's it.

Assessment

Visit the links below for assessment resources in Kenny's Pouch:

• Key Stage 2/3
• Key Stage 4
• AS/A2 level

Recording Systems:

• Faculty database
• If the file above looks a bit scary, you might want to try this more basic version instead (user notes included).
• And here we have a faculty database for your AS/A2 groups.
• APP 'Building a Picture' e-profile: The KS2/3 assessment page has further resources to support this.
• Year 8 electronic markbook - a blank version: based on Year 8 Key Objectives from 2001 Framework, but easily adapted.
• Year 8 electronic markbook - mock end-of-year version.
• Year 8 electronic markbook - user notes.

Secondary Tracker Sheets: These documents can be used to track cohorts of pupils and their periodic assessments aginst age-related expectations.

Assessment at A' Level: A booklet to give examples of how different forms of assessment can be used to track students' progress and enhance the learning process during the AS/A2 course.