Standards and Learning Effectiveness Service

We are the main provider of school improvement services in East Sussex, and have a long track record of working in partnership with schools to deliver excellent outcomes. We have a proven record of delivering high quality support.

Key Benefits

• High quality support for all your staff, from newly qualified teachers to senior leaders.

• High quality support for alliances and partnerships, enabling schools and early years settings to build capacity to support each other.

• Support for on-going school improvement and excellent CPD for staff leading to improved outcomes for pupils.

• Reduced rates for attendance at courses, conferences and other events.

• Reduced rates for consultancy.

Testimonials

We have completed our series of lessons that you planned with us and are now in the throes of delivering another sequence of lessons around Rose Blanche. We really enjoyed teaching them both and the children did too, as well as completing some great work from it. They were commenting today how literacy in Year 6 is so much more exciting and that they really feel they are benefitting from it! So good news all round!

Teacher from a Junior School in East Sussex

Service Details

You can choose a package of advice, consultancy support and training that meets your needs. You will work with a manager from the service to create a customised package of training and support that meets your needs. 

We provide a relevant and up to date programme of training and conferences to bring you innovative professional development and learning for all of your staff.

Our service offer for schools is organised under the main headings of the Ofsted framework:

Pupil achievement

We will work with you to maximise the achievement and progress of all groups of pupils and to close achievement gaps. Our consultants and managers have expertise in:

• the effective use of performance data
• promoting strong transition between all key stages
• providing subject specialist support
• developing Careers Education Information Advice and Guidance and employability skills
• evaluating the progress of vulnerable groups (including pupils with Special Educational Needs and disabilities)
• raising aspirations and raising standards in literacy and mathematics.

Quality of teaching

We will work with you to improve quality first teaching for all groups, including the teaching of literacy and mathematics across the curriculum. Our consultants and managers have expertise in:

• the effective deployment and training of support staff
• planning, modelling and delivering highly effective lessons
• supporting curriculum development
• using innovative teaching strategies including ICT, and
• strengthening the quality of feedback on pupils’ work and progress and delivering high quality PSHE education.

Behaviour and safety

We will support you to improve standards of behaviour and attendance and pupils’ attitudes to learning. Our consultants and managers have expertise in:

• developing social and emotional aspects of learning
• PSHE education
• Spiritual, Moral Social and Cultural education and strategic and curricular approaches to anti-bullying.

Leadership, management and governance

We will work with you to support self-evaluation, improvement planning and preparation for OFSTED. Our consultants and managers have expertise in:

• delivering high quality governor training and development
• supporting leadership and staff development
• improving parental engagement, particularly hard to reach families
• managing targeted resources, and
• facilitating school to school support through alliances.

As developing and maintaining outstanding leadership is a priority for every school, we recommend that you consider buying into the Governor Services SLA at a level that supports your needs. This will ensure that your governing body receives the training, support and guidance it needs to provide strong strategic leadership for your school.

• Governing your school - Czone

For information on the support offered to those on the OFSTED Early Years or Childcare registers, please download Early Years Improvement Team support (Adobe PDF, 172KB) (Adobe PDF, 172KB).