The Key and Learn Sheffield Matt Doughty, Senior Account Manager

Brief overview What is The Key? How do The Key for School Leaders and The Key for School Governors work? What resources and support are available? What do schools use The Key for? How much does it cost for my school?

What is The Key?

The Key provides impartial, trusted leadership and management support to schools in England and Wales At the heart of everything we do is a passionate commitment to supporting Learn Sheffield and your schools in delivering better outcomes for children and young people. We help busy school leaders and governors work with increased confidence, knowledge and capacity.

Why does The Key exist? New initiatives, policies and pace of change Increased breadth of school leadership and governance School autonomy Information sources Trusted sources of information School support Time Budgets

We provide support and resources on any aspect of school leadership and management No issue is too big or too small

The Key at a glance Founded in 2007 Over 130 members of full time staff A network of over 1200 contacts, sources and experts across the sector Over 68,000 school leader members Over 16,000 governor members Our school leadership resources and downloads are accessed over a million times per year In 2014/15 we added over 4 million hours of additional leadership capacity to schools More answers and resources than any other support provider sample policies for school leaders 750+ sample policies for school governors

What makes us the market leader? Expertise In-house team Associate experts and specialists Network of contacts and partners Teaching schools

What makes us the market leader? Quality Dedicated QA team Quality built in to every aspect Recruiting the best people and developing them Exceptional member service and customer care State-of-the-art technology & content management “The Key is kept so up to date, unlike any other info out there” Rosie Mirecki, headteacher, Elm Hall Primary School, Essex

The Key is cost effective and adds real value Save time and focus on higher value tasks Saves each school leader at least hours/week Quality is unparalleled – no wasted time checking information Use time saved to focus on higher value tasks Increase the capacity of the leadership team Adds almost 13 hours of capacity/week to a senior team… …and provides specialist support for ALL members of the team Save cost and demonstrate value for money 13 hours of capacity = over £18,360 of added resource/year, per school Reduces need for consultants, saving £500-£800/day in consultancy costs Increase the chances of a successful inspection The Key is a one-stop-shop resource bank for everything needed for inspection …Whereas The Key can provide all this and more for between £530 and £1,500 per school

What does value-added mean? Because The Key saves time for me as a headteacher, it automatically saves money” Deborah Wilson, headteacher, Springhead School, North Yorkshire Four hours saved in the office on the computer by using The Key, are four hours that I can be out in the school, being with children, being with staff, being with parents” Antoinette Drinkhill, headteacher, St John the Baptist Primary School, Barnsley

How do The Key’s information services work?

Why might a senior leader or governor choose to use The Key in their role? How can I? Are we doing this right? What are our responsibilities? What is my role? Is what we are doing correct? Do you have examples of...? What should we do when..? My ‘to do’ list Am I allowed to..? What is normal? Am I required to..? I don’t have time to... What do other schools do?

How does it work? What are the planned changes to school inspection? 8,783 views Is there a calendar of significant dates for governors? 5,484 views

Two services, different needs

New front page with more ways to find information faster

Easier search via topics with data driven results

Search using a keyword

Ask our researchers a new question

Article tools and See also

Pulling together the best possible information from authoritative sources

Our network of teaching schools Our researchers regularly visit our teaching schools partnership network. We publish a variety of case studies they have provided, to support school leaders across the country. Articles containing case studies from our teaching school partners have been viewed 22,000 times in the academic year 2014/15.

How do we ensure quality and accuracy of content? Recruitment Induction Performance management – 360 feedback Style guide Review cycle Rating system for every article Sector expertise Development time QA 1-to-1 School visits

What resources are available to schools via The Key?

Policy bank: sample policies

Calendars and planning tools

QuickReads: Take less than 3 minutes to read

Need to knows: Take less than a minute to read

Evidence-based practice

Other benefits of membership

What do schools use The Key for?

Keeping up-to-date on key changes in education What are the main differences between the 2013 and 2014 STPCD? Summary of changes and a downloadable KeyDoc What's happening with National Curriculum levels? Summary of FAQs on the removal of levels Do you have any information on the EYFS profile? Summary of the EYFS 2014 profile handbook What’s been going on in education recently? “In the news” highlights recent stories from “I use The Key in my day to day job as Business Manager to keep up to date with relevant changes so that we remain compliant.” Kaye Hill, school business manager, Willingdon Primary School, East Sussex

Setting budgets, raising funds and saving money Do you have any guidance on value for money? What questions can we ask our school business manager (SBM) for the SFVS? Other than redundancies, can you advise on ways to recover from budget deficit? What funding can schools apply for this month? How involved should the chair of the finance committee be in setting the budget? When might governors refuse to approve the school budget? Is there any research into how schools might best use the pupil premium? What should be in a good budget recovery plan?

Preparing for Ofsted inspections How can I demonstrate my school’s capacity to improve in our Ofsted inspection? Do you have a SEF based on the new Ofsted framework? How should we show governors’ contribution to school improvement? How can the school office prepare for Ofsted? How does Ofsted evaluate governance? Is there a checklist to help schools prepare for inspection? How is the EYFS judged under the 2012 inspection framework? How do I improve teaching from ‘good’ to ‘outstanding’? Which documents will inspectors ask for during an inspection?

How much does The Key cost for my school?

Exclusive Learn Sheffield school prices The Key for School Leaders and/or The Key for School Governors Size of school (number of pupils on roll) The Key for School LeadersThe Key for School Governors Standard price (including £100 joining fee) Approx 20% discount and no joining feeSavings Standard price (including £100 joining fee) Approx 20% discount and no joining feeSavings 1-100£630£425£205£495£315£ £760£530£230£595£395£ £890£630£260£640£430£ £1,080£785£295£695£475£ £1,195£875£320£755£525£ £1,300£960£340£825£580£ £1,600£1,200£400£865£610£255 *All prices exclude VAT

Benefits of access to The Key include Save time – rely on us for instant answers to questions and specialist expertise Solve problems – draw on experience, examples and case studies from across the country Save costs – reduce need for consultancy, subscriptions and other services Increase efficiency – use our broad range of practical resources Stay informed – news alerts and education updates relevant to role Make a difference – focus on higher-value tasks while we do the research Work effectively as a team – leaders and governors work more effectively together Be Ofsted-ready – templates, checklists and example questions from inspectors Be better prepared for meetings – planners and checklists, plus read up on issues beforehand Shape the school’s strategy – support to outline the school’s vision and to drive the school improvement plan Governors gain confidence and a better understanding of the role – instant answers and a safe place to ask new questions

How do I register? or Name Surname The school’s postcode (Which will link to the School’s Key membership)