Self Evaluation – RAG Rate your school’s Remote Learning
SELF EVALUATION – REMOTE EDUCATION DOWNLOAD
| REMOTE EDUCATION OFSTED October 2020 DfE published temporary continuity direction under Coronavirus Act 2020 | |||
| KEY POINTS | R | A | G |
| Remote curriculum is linked to our school’s curriculum expectations | |||
| Remote teaching uses and gives access to high quality on line and offline resources | |||
| On line tools are consistently used across the school | |||
| Printed resources for pupils who don’t have suitable online access | |||
| Adapted teaching offer for pupils who are not able to access remote education (eg SEND, younger pupils) | |||
| Tasks set are meaningful and ambitious | |||
| Tasks are set in a number of different subjects EACH day | |||
| Curriculum is planned and well-sequenced and knowledge and skills are built incrementally | |||
| Content is explained frequently – by a teacher in our school, or high quality curriculum resources or videos | |||
| A system is in place to check how well pupils are progressing | |||
| Teachers are clear about how regularly they are expected to check children’s work | |||
| Teachers adjust the pace or difficulty of teaching in response to assessments carried out | |||
| Remote education programme is equivalent to the core teaching that would take place in school | |||
| Remote education programme includes daily contact with teachers (aspirational) | |||
| LICENSING | |||
| We have appropriate licenses for staff and pupils to access the chosen learning platforms and software | |||
| SOFTWARE SETTINGS | |||
| The settings for software our school intends to use have been checked | |||
| PROTECTING ACCESS TO LEARNING | |||
| Our Remote Education Policy explains how our school users share access passwords/links | |||
| Our users know they must avoid using the same password for different sites & users | |||
| Our users know they must avoid publically publishing passwords | |||
| Our users are aware that our school connections are filtered but home connections are not | |||
| SAFEGUARDING | |||
| Procedures for reporting safeguarding concerns have been updated (e.g. COVID Addendum to policy) | |||
| Staff responsibilities relating to safeguarding clearly communicated (e.g. signed policy read & understood) | |||
| ALL staff understand how to report and seek help (e.g. signed policy read & understood) | |||
| TRAINING | |||
| Staff have received training and opportunities to practise using software/systems we intend to use | |||
| Staff training on effective pedagogies they can use in an online environment has taken place (aspirational) | |||
| Training for parents in school methodology using eg podcasts or videos has taken place (aspirational) | |||
| SUITABLILITY OF STAFF | |||
| Appropriate pre-employment checks on any staff who are new to school have been conducted | |||
| MONITORING & ASSESSMENT | |||
| Leaders have clearly defined how they will monitor remote learning (e.g. joint access, passwords, logs) | |||
| COMMUNICATION | |||
| Clear communication about what we will provide and what we expect back from pupils and home | |||
| All policies affected by remote learning have been updated (e.g. curriculum, E-Safety, IT Acceptable Use) | |||
| Staff, pupils and parents are clear about what the Remote Learning Policy means to them | |||
| CYBER SECURITY | |||
| Users know they need to keep back-ups up to date | |||
| Appropriate virus protection is in place for our infrastructure | |||
| Endpoint users are fully protected | |||
| Staff and pupils know about scams, protecting passwords and local policies relating to infrastructure | |||
| Staff and pupils do not use USB sticks | |||
| We manage our user population, (e.g. delete ex-staff no longer on systems/collect fobs etc) | |||
REMOTE LEARNING ACTIONS REQUIRED: