How to improve your primary school using Becta's self-review framework BETT 2007 Philippa Lee

Key areas Why it is needed? What is the self-review framework? What are the benefits for schools? How can schools use it? What are the benefits of the online tool? Celebrating success: ICT Mark & ICT Excellence Awards What you need to do next.

Key areas Why it is needed? What is the self-review framework? What are the benefits for schools? How can schools use it? What are the benefits of the online tool? Celebrating success: ICT Mark & ICT Excellence Awards What you need to do next.

Where are we with ICT? The gap between the best and the worst is unacceptably wide and increasing. In the most outstanding examples, ICT is starting to have a pervasive impact on the way teachers teach and children learn. As yet the government’s aim for ICT to become embedded in the work of schools is a reality in only a small minority.

Achieving change - How far have we got? Spectrum of e-enablement by schools type   Late adopters Ambivalent Enthusiastic e-enabled Sample size (N) Primary schools 7% 44% 39% 10% 118 Secondary schools 11% 41% 34% 14% 85 Special schools 16% 35% 33% 43 All schools and colleges 13% 36% 40% 345 Source: DfES/PwC

Dimensions of change Vision Skills Incentives Resources Action plans Jacqueline S. Thousand & Richard A. Villa Managing Complex Change; 2001 Vision Skills Incentives Resources Action plans Success Skills Incentives Resources Action plans Confusion Vision Incentives Resources Action plans Anxiety Vision Skills Resources Action plans Slow change Vision Skills Incentives Action plans Frustration Vision Skills Incentives Resources False starts

What is it all about? “(Becta’s) self-review framework isn’t just about ICT and, interestingly, that is a key factor of its success. It focuses the mind on the whole spectrum of school development.” Steve Gater – Headteacher, Walker Technology College

Key areas Why it is needed? What is the self-review framework? What are the benefits for schools? How can schools use it? What are the benefits of the online tool? Celebrating success: ICT Mark & ICT Excellence Awards What you need to do next.

Self-review framework Developed and supported by all national agencies 100 professionals contributed to its development Building on the work of Ofsted’s Common Evaluation Framework Online self review tool with: action planning links to support materials benchmarking evidence examples linked to ICT Mark accreditation. Using the framework has enabled us to identify our strengths and provide a clear direction and pathway for us to follow Jeff Smith, Headteacher, Anson Primary School

Developing the framework Leadership and management NCSL Curriculum Strategies Learning and teaching Becta Assessment QCA Professional development TDA Extending opportunities for learning Resources Impact on pupil outcomes Ofsted

The elements of the self-review framework The curriculum Impact on the learner Professional development Learning & teaching Assessment Resources Extending opportunities for learning Leadership and management

Strategy in place Nothing in place Coherence Made a start Aspirational Leadership and management Curriculum Learning and teaching Assessment Professional development Extending opportunities for learning Resources Impact on pupil outcomes 5 4 3 2 1 Coherence Strategy in place Nothing in place Made a start Aspirational E-Mature

To view or download the video of Niel McLean, Executive Director, Institutional Development at Becta, talking about Becta’s self-review framework, please go to: http://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=28286

Key areas Why it is needed? What is the self-review framework? What are the benefits for schools? How can schools use it? What are the benefits of the online tool? Celebrating success: ICT Mark & ICT Excellence Awards What you need to do next.

Benefits - it helps a school decide: where you are in your whole school improvement and ICT development how well you are doing compared to others where you want to go - aspirations what good looks like and how you can achieve it what actions to prioritise where you may need support.

Benefits for a primary school To view or download this video, please go to: http://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=28290 Rob Hazelgrove, Headteacher, St Loys Primary School, Northants

Benefits of the process “The self-review framework … has enabled all the staff, not just the ICT specialists, to understand where we are going strategically. It has brought us together and consolidated the whole vision for the school.” Roger Whittall, Headteacher, Westwood School

Benefits for a secondary school To view or download this video, please go to: http://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=28291 Roger Whittall, Headteacher Westwood College, a Technology School, Coventry

Benefits - Quotes from school leaders “The self-review framework has taught us to focus in on what we need. It is a quick and easy way to evaluate ourselves and the school.” Lisa Edwards, Kings Rise Community Primary School “Suggested actions are a great starting point which enabled us to develop our own actions which were more customised to our school” Gina O Connor, Deputy Headteacher, Westwood School “The framework allows us to make judgements on how we are moving pupils forward in the use of ICT” Balwant Bains, Head of Student achievement, Westwood School

Key areas Why it is needed? What is the self-review framework? What are the benefits for schools? How can schools use it? What are the benefits of the online tool? Celebrating success: ICT Mark & ICT Excellence Awards What you need to do next.

To view or download this video, please go to: http://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=28289

To view or download this video, please go to: http://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=28287

Key areas Why it is needed? What is the self-review framework? What are the benefits for schools? How can schools use it? What are the benefits of the online tool? Celebrating success: ICT Mark & ICT Excellence Awards What you need to do next.

Benefits from using the online tool To view or download this video, please go to: http://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=28288 Steve Gater, Walker Technology College, Newcastle

Since the launch… Over 4,500 schools already using the online tools Interesting patterns of use emerging

Key areas Why it is needed? What is the self-review framework? What are the benefits for schools? How can schools use it? What are the benefits of the online tool? Celebrating success: ICT Mark & ICT Excellence Awards What you need to do next.

Over 100 Assessors registered National ICT Mark … Demonstrates commitment to continual improvement through ICT Based on schools own review using the self-review framework Nationally agreed standards and threshold Externally assessed Apply for assessment when ready Small charge for assessor time Register of accredited assessors Over 100 Assessors registered 637 ICT Mark schools

Celebrating success

Key areas Why it is needed? What is the self-review framework? What are the benefits for schools? How can schools use it? What are the benefits of the online tool? Celebrating success: ICT Mark & ICT Excellence Awards What you need to do next.

Register by What you do next Filling in the form or Visiting the Becta stand Using a sign-up pod

Thank you Philippa Lee philippa.lee@becta.org.uk http://www.becta.org.uk/schools