Free School Leadership Resources

Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit Update Briefing - Free PowerPoint for School Leaders - Fully Aligned to 2025 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit

Navigate the biggest changes to school inspections in years with this comprehensive briefing presentation. Perfect for headteachers, SLT members, and school leaders preparing their teams for the new Ofsted framework.

What's included in this free Ofsted update presentation for staff:

☑️ Complete timeline of when changes take effect

☑️ New 5-point grading system and report card system explained 

☑️ 8 evaluation areas broken down for staff

☑️ Inspection process changes, including no more deep dives and case sampling method

☑️ Practical preparation steps for school leaders and staff with discussion prompts and reflection activities

This ready-to-present PowerPoint saves you hours of preparation time whilst ensuring your team understands exactly what's changing and when. Designed specifically for whole-school INSET sessions, staff meeting, leadership briefings or departmental meetings.

Perfect for: Headteachers, Deputy Heads, SLT members, trust leaders and anyone responsible for Ofsted preparation, school improvement and staff development.

Taking on a new school business manager role or school finance position brings exciting opportunities alongside plenty of questions about where to begin. Whether you're stepping into your first SBM position, finance officer role, or any school finance responsibility, this new school business manager checklist supports your successful start.

What you'll get in this free resource:

• First 100 days school business manager task lists covering before you start through your first full term
• School finance priorities to help establish credibility and build relationships
• Essential SBM processes and compliance areas to master early on
• Fully editable document so you can tailor tasks to your specific school setting
• Peace of mind covering the fundamentals every new school finance manager needs

Perfect for new SBMs, school finance officers, finance leads, school administrators, bursars, finance assistants, or anyone starting school finance jobs for the first time.

Let us take some of the pressure off by supporting your thinking as you navigate this important transition into school finance leadership.

Start meaningful conversations about AI use in schools without needing all the answers. This free editable download offers sample reflection questions across key areas of school life, plus prompts to help you think more widely about the ethical use of AI in education.

It’s designed for headteachers, SLT, trust leaders and any school leaders starting to explore how AI might support or impact their setting.

Use it to begin strategic thinking, shape SLT discussions or evaluate where AI fits into your wider school planning. You can also upgrade to the full toolkit if you're ready to go deeper.

This budget planning checklist and calendar set is designed to help you with staying on top of managing your budget across the school year. The editable budget planning checklist has suggested tasks to attend to when planning your next budget, including for school improvement planning, curriculum budgeting and expenditure, staffing and payroll, pupil premium and SEND. There are also suggestions for when to follow up and monitor each element across the school year. The accompanying calendar provides a month-by-month overview, giving you a quick and easy breakdown of what to explore each month when it comes to monitoring your budget - you could print it out and pin it to your noticeboard as a handy reminder (plus there's a print-friendly version included too). And best of all? This pack is free!

👉Looking for more budget support? This template is also available in the full School Budget Management Pack, which can also help you to upskill yourself on financial management, identify where cost savings can be made and work with your finance governors. This pack offers you best value for money if you want to get a better grip on your budget, but each strand is also available as a separate purchase should you need to explore a single area of budget management: School Budget Planning and Cost Saving Toolkit, School Budget Management Skills Bundle and Budget Planning Questions for Governors.

A key responsibility for headteachers and principals in schools is to support the wellbeing of your staff team... but what about you and your own wellbeing? You don't need us to tell you that the pressures of school leadership can often feel overwhelming but our FREE Headteacher Wellbeing Audit and Action Plan is here to help. Designed with the unique challenges of headship in mind, this tool helps you take stock of what or who is currently supporting you in a professional capacity and where there could be room for development to improve your wellbeing in school. It's perfect for heads, executive heads, school principals or anyone leading a school to use as a self-reflection tool, as well as being useful for trust leaders, CEOs, governors, trustees or anyone line managing a headteacher to utilise as part of a full support package.

Plan your September INSET with less stress.

This free checklist gives you a clear, structured run-through of everything that needs to happen before and on INSET day, including training content, safeguarding updates, logistics, staff induction, school improvement priorities and more. Work through it as a team with space to note deadlines and delegate tasks across your team, and start the year without the last-minute scramble. Ideal for headteachers, deputies, SLT, DSLs and anyone leading INSET planning.

☑️ Ideas for your INSET days – ideal for September planning

☑️ Space to personalise your approach, including delegation and key deadlines

☑️ Prompts for safeguarding, statutory updates and sharing your school improvement priorities

☑️ Editable Word format – use digitally or print and scribble

☑️ Includes links to ready-made training packs and resources if you need them

Becoming an assistant headteacher is an exciting step into senior leadership but with a new role comes new responsibilities. At Honeyguide, we understand the unique challenges and aspirations of new leaders like you. Our comprehensive resource is specifically designed to support you through the crucial first stages of your new position, empowering you to make a positive impact in your first term and beyond. Use this checklist, specifically written for assistant headteachers, to take some of the pressure off the initial thought processes required and instead, start to take action for yourself and your school community.

Stepping into the role of a deputy headteacher is the next transformative step in your school leadership journey but now you’re in this role, where do you start? Rest assured, Honeyguide is here to provide unwavering support with this comprehensive resource designed specifically for deputy headteachers. From preparing for your new position to navigating your initial weeks and beyond, we've created this customisable checklist with tasks spanning the breadth of school leadership to ensure your success. Let us do some of the thinking for you so you can get on with what you do best.