Start Point: New To Headship
This free, editable checklist maps out your key priorities and tasks for your first weeks and term in the role as headteacher. It'll give you a clear, grounding starting point when everything is competing for your attention at once.
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For DSLs and headteachers who need a structured, comprehensive way to report on safeguarding across the school to their governing board.
You'll get:
☑️ Annual Safeguarding Report to Governors – a fully editable 13-page Word document covering:
- safeguarding overview and culture
- safeguarding governor visit overview
- DSL and deputy DSL details and training
- safer recruitment information
- staff safeguarding training including Prevent duty
- induction procedures for new starters, volunteers and visitors
- alternative provision safeguarding arrangements
- Single Central Record (SCR) summary and compliance
- curriculum provision and safeguarding teaching
- space for narrative on pupil voice on safety and help-seeking, child-on-child abuse and whole-school culture, online safety filtering and monitoring including AI tools and cyber security
- referrals and cases including numbers of children in need plans, child protection plans, CME, LADO and Prevent/Channel referrals
- allegations against staff and low-level concerns
- specific safeguarding risks covering a comprehensive range of risk areas
- multi-agency and external partnerships
- vulnerable groups oversight
- safeguarding-related policies and procedures
- KCSIE implementation
- a structured evaluation and improvement section including governor questions and challenges.
All sections are fully editable so you can adapt the template to your school's context and reporting cycle.
Ideal for designated safeguarding leads, headteachers and deputy headteachers preparing an annual safeguarding reports to governors. The template could be used termly as well.
👉 Ensuring that your governors know your school well - especially when it comes to safeguarding pupils - is a vital part of the leadership and governance of any setting. As such, this template can also be found as part of our Reports to Governors Template Bundle. A separate Headteacher's Report to Governors Template is also available to help you to work effectively with your governing board.
🔒 Fully aligned to the final Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit 2025
Help your school prepare for Ofsted's new School Inspection Toolkit 2025 with this comprehensive Personal Development and Well-being update pack - everything you need to understand the changes, brief your team, and ensure your school is inspection-ready.
What you'll get:
☑️ Staff & Governor Briefing PowerPoint (24 slides) – Ready-to-use presentation covering all Personal Development and Well-being requirements, from strategic leadership to inclusive provision
☑️ Toolkit vs. Handbook Comparison Document – Clear side-by-side analysis of what's changed from the Personal Development requirements in the old Ofsted framework to the new Personal Development and Well-being requirements
☑️ Understanding Ofsted's Toolkit Guide – Easy-to-digest breakdown of the new evaluation criteria, with practical considerations for school leaders
☑️ Leader Action Checklist – Strategic planning tool to help you implement the changes across your school community
☑️ Editable Grade Descriptor Grid – Customisable toolkit reference for your leadership team
Perfect for: Headteachers, SLT members, and pastoral leads preparing for Ofsted inspection under the new 2025 School Inspection Toolkit, or wanting to ensure their Personal Development and Well-being provision meets the latest requirements.
Save hours of research time – we've analysed the new toolkit so you can focus on implementing the changes that matter most for your pupils' outcomes.
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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.
🔒 Fully aligned to the Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit 2025
This achievement audit pack helps heads, deputies and school leaders review pupil achievement, progress and outcomes across six key areas. Fully aligned with the Ofsted 2025 School Inspection Toolkit, it supports self-evaluation, attainment analysis and whole-school improvement planning.
☑️ Comprehensive 32-page achievement audit document with structured prompts across six key themes: leadership and strategy for achievement, foundational knowledge, inclusive achievement in national tests and examinations, inclusive achievement across the curriculum, assessment systems and data quality, and evaluating impact and continuous improvement
☑️ Complete audit toolkit includes 19-page guidance document on achievement, action plan template, achievement evidence checklist, pupil, parent, staff and governor question bank, a one-page SLT/governor summary, and step-by-step guidance on conducting an effective audit
☑️ Supports comprehensive review of pupil outcomes, attainment and progress data, equity for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND, curriculum impact, and readiness for next steps with confidence and clarity
☑️ Fully editable templates allow you to adapt all materials for your school's specific context and priorities
Ideal for heads, SLT, curriculum leaders and assessment leads reviewing pupil outcomes, evaluating attainment and progress, or preparing for inspection under the new Ofsted framework.
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👉 This audit pack is part of our Complete School Leadership Audit Set, which includes eleven audits in one purchase, saving you money whilst ensuring you can evaluate your entire school provision across all Ofsted evaluation areas plus three essential good practice audits.
🔒 Fully aligned to the 2025 Ofsted Inspection Toolkit and Framework and all 2025-2026 statutory guidance
This bundle is perfect for headteachers, trust leaders, governance professionals and SLT members who wish to be consistent in the way they report information to their governing board. The fourteen editable reporting templates will help your governing board to gain a clearer picture in each of the areas, which include reports for:
- attendance
- behaviour
- curriculum
- data protection
- EYFS
- finance
- headteacher's report to governors
- health and safety
- looked-after children
- pupil premium
- annual safeguarding report
- school well-being and personal development
- SEND and inclusion
- subject (can be used multiple times for different subjects)
Each template contains space for data and commentary, allowing governors to build a picture of the school's current position and the reasons behind this.
Regular reports to the relevant governor committees, the full governing board or your local board members allows all of your governors to make more effective strategic decisions because they'll hold a deeper understanding of the school. It can also support governors to share how they hold school leadership to account to ensure compliance, which is a crucial part of the Ofsted leadership and governance judgement and a key feature of an effective governing board.
👉 For support with a specific link governor role, the relevant report to governor template is also available in our individual link governor support packs. These packs also include full audits that can be used in a collaborative manner between schools leaders and governors, plus a role and responsibilities document to support link governors with their specific roles.
Looking to plan and prepare an effective continuous professional development cycle? Whether you’re wondering how to explore the training needs of all staff within your team or want to ensure you have a combination of whole-school and individual-focused support, this CPD Planning and Preparation Pack can support you throughout the process.
🔒 Fully aligned to the Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit 2025
This comprehensive audit pack helps headteachers, senior leaders and trust leaders evaluate their entire provision across eleven key areas in one purchase. Supporting whole-school self-evaluation, strategic improvement planning and effective delegation across leadership teams, it provides everything you need to audit all aspects of your school's provision.
You'll get eleven complete audit packs in one purchase:
☑️ All eight evaluation areas schools could face under an Ofsted inspection – Safeguarding, Inclusion, Curriculum and Teaching, Achievement, Personal Development and Well-Being, Attendance and Behaviour, Leadership and Governance, plus Early Years (primary version) or Post-16 Provision (secondary version)
☑️ Three essential good practice audits – Mental Health and Welfare, Equality and Diversity, and Health and Safety to support comprehensive school improvement beyond inspection requirements
☑️ Six tools within each audit pack – Full editable audit document, action plan template, document checklist, comprehensive question bank, one-page summary and editable grade descriptor grid
☑️ Updated 100+ page PDF guidance – Comprehensive information on all evaluation areas plus practical guidance on auditing provision effectively
☑️ Strategic delegation made simple – Distribute different audits across SLT members, middle leaders and other staff in key roles to build comprehensive understanding of your setting's strengths and development areas
All templates are fully editable so you can adapt them for your school's specific context.
Ideal for headteachers, executive heads, principals, senior leadership teams and academy trust leaders wanting comprehensive school evaluation, strategic improvement planning and effective leadership delegation across all key areas.
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Select whether you need the primary or secondary pack below 👇
🔒 Fully aligned to the Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit 2025
This early years audit pack helps heads, SLT and EYFS leaders review practice across seven key areas of their early years provision, from strategic leadership to teaching, learning and readiness for Year 1. Fully aligned with Ofsted's 2025 School Inspection Toolkit, it supports self-evaluation, curriculum planning and school improvement with comprehensive tools designed specifically for maintained schools with early years children on roll and maintained nursery schools.
☑️ Comprehensive 51-page early years audit document with detailed prompts across 7 key themes including leadership, curriculum, teaching, achievement, well-being and welfare, inclusive practices, and continuous improvement
☑️ Complete audit toolkit to support the full audit process, including action plan template, question bank, one-page summary and document checklist to support preparation and monitoring
☑️ Step-by-step 20-page guidance document on how to effectively audit early years provision, fully updated with the latest Ofsted framework requirements
All templates are fully editable so you can adapt them for your school's specific context.
Designed for school-based early years provision, including Reception and any nursery, preschool or foundation stage setting led and managed by the school. Ideal for EYFS leaders, heads and senior leaders driving improvement or preparing for inspection under the 2025 Ofsted framework.
🔎 Want a closer look? Click here to preview the audit pack🔗
👉 This audit pack is part of our Complete School Leadership Audit Set, which includes eleven audits in one purchase, saving you money whilst ensuring you can evaluate your entire school provision across all Ofsted evaluation areas plus three essential good practice audits.
🔒 Fully aligned to the Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit 2025
This leadership and governance audit pack helps headteachers, senior leaders and governors evaluate strategic leadership and oversight across six key areas. Fully aligned with the 2025 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit, it supports self-evaluation, effective governance and whole-school improvement.
☑️ Editable leadership and governance audit document covering six sections including strategic leadership, governance, staff well-being and workload, professional learning and expertise, parental, professional and community engagement, and evaluating impact and continuous improvement
☑️ Action plan template, document checklist, question bank and one-page summary template to support effective auditing and evaluation
☑️ Comprehensive guidance document with detailed information on leadership and governance aligned to the 2025 Ofsted framework and how to audit your provision effectively
☑️ Unique alignment map showing how leadership oversight connects to deeper evaluation in other school audits, helping leaders and governors plan cohesive self-review
Ideal for headteachers, executive heads, principals, senior leadership teams, academy trustees, local governors and trust leaders reviewing school leadership and governance, evaluating impact and planning for improvement.
🔎 Want a closer look? Click here to preview the audit pack🔗
👉 This audit pack is part of our Complete School Leadership Audit Set, which includes eleven audits in one purchase, saving you money whilst ensuring you can evaluate your entire school provision across all Ofsted evaluation areas plus three essential good practice audits.

