What to do this month
On this page you will find month by month tasks that need to, or for best practice should, be done. Not necessarily by the Headteacher but by a leader of some kind. Heads are ultimately responsible for ensuring these things are done, so do it, or delegate it, but get it done.
Summer Holidays
Write up your SEF
Draft your School Development Plan
Plan your key dates for the whole year
Check staff users on internal systems for leavers and joiners
Update school website
Update the class cascade
Safeguarding updates (eg OperationEncompass contacts)
Update staff sickness absence insurance with current staff
Update GovernorHub/Sharepoint with the clerk
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September
Check and change permissions for staff on Safeguarding system (eg CPOMS)
Dates for leadership team meetings
Set up appraisals for all staff, and update any toolkit you might have.
Liaise with governors to do Headteacher performance management early so the HT objectives can cascade through to other staff
Check or write SDP actions with the other leaders
Learning walk to check on set up across the school
PTA AGM
DSLs meeting
Make a document of the highlights for the SDP for the school website
Check the SCR especially for leavers and joiners
Check Y7 safeguarding records have been sent
Update all safeguarding leaflets and information posters
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