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Jill Clarke
Senior Adviser for Primary Education
01942 486166
Gareth Taylor
Senior Adviser for Secondary Education
01942 486165
 

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Available documents and resources
   
School Self Evaluation - a comprehensive collection of documents and weblinks
A framework for the management of personal and professional development (MSWord Document 205Kb)
Foundation Stage - Supporting the moderation of practitioners' judgements
Key Stage 1 Audit Moderation
Assessment Resources and Forms
Assessment for Learning
Guidance for schools wishing to review and revise their policies for assessment and teaching and learning (MSWord Document 362Kb)
Documents to support Subject Leaders' Self Evaluation in KS3
Minutes of the meeting about Leasing ICT hardware and services held at the Professional Development Centre on February 27th
Form to request recycling of obsolete ICT hardware (PDF Document 26Kb)
User guide for British Pathe Film Library (PDF Document 50Kb)
Cris Quigley's Teaching and Learning diagram
How the SEF sections link - A simple guide in PowerPoint (PowerPoint Presentation 35Kb)
A directory of schools and sites connected to the Wigan Video Conferencing network (PDF Document 84Kb)
A draft Attendance Strategy 2006-09 Document for consultation (PDF Document 178Kb)
DRAFT POLICY STATEMENT for Consultation (PDF Document 95Kb)
The Wigan Children and Young People Service (CYPS) policy for able gifted and talented pupils forms part of its commitment to support and facilitate inclusive high quality educational provision for all learners. The draft policy is open for consultation until Friday 9th June 2006. Any comments or suggested amendments should be submitted to:

Nigel Leighton e mail: n.leighton@wiganmbc.gov.uk
School Improvement Adviser
Children & Young People’s Service
Progress House
Westwood Park Drive
Wigan WN3 4HH

  Key documents to support school target setting: Autumn 2007
Guidance for Local Authorities on Setting Education Performance Targets (Part 2) (MSWord Document 326Kb) - This is the DCSF guidance on ‘Target Setting with Schools’, published on the Standards Site.
Guidance on the Education (School Attendance Targets) (England) Regulations 2007. (MSWord Document 734Kb) - This explains the regulations, and offers detailed guidance on setting realistic but aspirational attendance targets.
KS1-2 conversionaverage (MSWord Document 37Kb) - This offers brief guidance on the use of separate reading and writing levels at Key Stage 1, to calculate the necessary outcome at Key Stage 2 in order for a pupil to meet the ‘two levels progress in English’ target.
Information about Equality Issues can be found here
Classrooms in Companies (PDF Document 1Mb) - out of school learning opportunities for Foundation Stage to Post 16
Wigan Education Business Partnership Newsletter Issue 6 - Autumn Term 2008 (PDF Document 6.27Mb)
 
Educational Psychology Service
A service level guide describing the role and functions of the Educational Psychology Service within Wigan (MSWord Document 269Kb)
 
Request for Service Involvement form (EPS) (MSWord Document 228Kb)
EPS Self Evaluation Framework (MSWord Document 177Kb)
Educational Psychology Service - information for young people (August 07) (PDF Document 569Kb)
 
Arabic version(PDF Document 746Kb)
Cantonese version(PDF Document 800Kb)
Mandarin version(PDF Document 793Kb)
Polish version(PDF Document 697Kb)
Punjabi version(PDF Document 658Kb)
Slovakian version(PDF Document 713Kb)
Urdu version(PDF Document 671Kb)
Educational Psychology Service - information for parents and carers (August 07) (PDF Document 1.23Mb)
 
 
Arabic version(PDF Document 766Kb)
Cantonese version(PDF Document 639Kb)
Mandarin version(PDF Document 636Kb)
Polish version(PDF Document 686Kb)
Punjabi version(PDF Document 597Kb)
Slovakian version(PDF Document 709Kb)
Urdu version(PDF Document 642Kb)
 
 
Professional Development
Management Courses in the Wigan LA Professional Development Programme
Details on the Strategic Leadership for ICT Course (for Headteachers only) can be found here (PDF Document 2.17Mb)