A short checklist for headteachers and senior leaders returning after the October break, to plan the first two weeks of the second half of the autumn term.
What's inside
- Day one: the DSL check-in, absent pupils and any resignations that arrived over half term
- Staffing and recruitment for January
- Data and inspection readiness, including any new IDSR data and the SEF
- The inclusion strategy statement due by 31 December
- Governors and the end of term
- A notes table for each week
Format: editable Word document and a PDF.
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