Teaching and Learning Services

Focused consultancy - our consultants have the skills and experience to support your school across specific subject areas or on more general initiatives.

We work directly with schools to help identify the focus and nature of the support required, and present effective solutions to identified issues.

Support that matches your needs
Our team members will work with you to design a support package that matches your specific needs and is aligned to your school improvement priorities. A programme of support could for example include any of the following elements:

• Professional advice and support for headteachers
• Quick and efficient telephone and e-mail response, consultation and advice on operational and strategic issues
• Pre and post Ofsted support and advice including the writing of action plans
• Help with complaints, disciplinary and grievance procedures
• In-depth review of the quality of teaching and learning
• Support in the preparation and updating of self-evaluation forms
• Support and training in lesson observations, feedback to teachers and the development of action plans
• Specific support for statutory assessment
• Support for Basic Skills training
• Help with interpreting and implementing government documents and orders
• Advice on developing and evaluating the curriculum
• Support for new and acting headteachers and deputy headteachers
• INSET Training
• In-class support
• Moderation of students’ assessed work
• Developing resources
• Access to subject and non-core subject networks as well as cross-curricular networks
• Departmental review, data analysis, action planning, lesson observations
• Setting up school systems e.g. examination systems, data warehousing, tracking systems
• Access to external examination expertise, training and feedback
• Access to current research and Institute of Education (IOE) development materials
• Coaching and team teaching with Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs) and subject teachers

Through its own performance management arrangements Cambridge Education @ Islington is fully committed to maintaining high standards of performance across its teams. Our consultants are fully appraised of local and national initiatives.