How to test safeguarding chronology training before September
Test safeguarding chronology training with a synthetic staff rehearsal, a six-point recording check and an evidence-led governor assurance review.
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Earlier practical articles from Student Radar for school leaders and inclusion teams, covering SEND, attendance, safeguarding, assessment and pastoral work.
A parent-friendly template for explaining why an assessment is being used
Use this parent-friendly school assessment template to explain purpose, evidence, adjustments, limits, review and how families can question the record.
Read articleHow to review a DPIA for SEND technology
Review a DPIA for SEND software by tracing purpose, pupil data, processors, access, retention, AI use, mitigations and accountable approval.
Read articleSeven family-contact checks before attendance work restarts
Use seven checks to verify family contact details, accessible channels, named owners, support actions and safeguarding routes before attendance work restarts.
Read articleHow to design a school recognition system pupils understand
Design a positive behaviour recognition system that pupils can understand, staff can sustain and leaders can review for access, fairness and context.
Read articleWhen a safeguarding partner response does not resolve the concern
Use a seven-part DSL record when a safeguarding partner response does not resolve concern, with local escalation, ownership and review kept visible.
Read articleWhen two assessment results disagree: return to the decision
Resolve conflicting assessment results by checking purpose, provenance, curriculum context, adjustments, uncertainty and the next human review point.
Read articleHow to analyse SEND equality without reducing pupils to labels
Analyse SEND equality data across attendance, behaviour and attainment while keeping denominators, missingness, context, privacy and human review visible.
Read articleThe summer attendance report governors can actually interrogate
Use a one-page school governor attendance report template that keeps denominators, group gaps, safeguarding, support, actions and review evidence visible.
Read articleRemoval rooms: five questions to answer before September
Use five questions to review a school removal room policy in England: purpose, duration, meaningful education, pupil support and safe reintegration.
Read articleHow to keep child and family voice visible in safeguarding chronologies
Use a six-part DSL review to keep children’s and families’ views visible, attributed and linked to decisions without delaying safeguarding action.
Read articleHow to audit reasonable adjustments in schools
Use this reasonable-adjustments audit for schools in England to connect barriers, agreed steps, classroom use, pupil voice, evidence and review.
Read articleHow to report attendance cohort and disadvantage gaps without exposing pupils
Use a six-line attendance reporting card with clear denominators, FSM and pupil-premium distinctions, privacy rules and human review.
Read articleListen, prompt, pause: choose EYFS evidence for the next step
Use a listen, prompt, pause classroom-talk routine in EYFS to interpret a child's response, retain evidence limits and choose the next teaching interaction.
Read articleHow to write a governor SEND report that leads to questions worth asking
Write a SEND report to governors that connects cohort, provision, outcomes, attendance and behaviour, then turns evidence gaps into owned questions.
Read articleAttendance codes and register marks: pre-term check
Check school attendance codes, register timing, unexplained absence and enrolment status before term starts, using current statutory guidance for England.
Read articleFrom gate to classroom: map school behaviour routines
Build a school behaviour routines map for arrival, transitions and lesson starts, with accessible steps, named owners and a ten-day review.
Read articleAsk, commit, reveal, respond: a whole-class hinge routine
Use an ask, commit, reveal, respond hinge routine to check whole-class understanding and choose a careful teaching response in England.
Read articleAccessibility plan or SEN information report: what is the difference?
Compare a school accessibility plan with an SEN information report in England, including purpose, content, review cycles, ownership and evidence.
Read articleWhat a useful SEN information report should contain
Check that an England school's SEN information report covers statutory content, actual provision, review evidence, family voice and the complaints route.
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