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Logging In and the Home Screen

This guide explains how to access the system for the first time and how to securely set your password and log in with your email address.

School Inspection Handbook

The School Inspection Handbook provides clear, practical guidance on Ofsted inspection processes - helping schools and trusts prepare effectively, understand key criteria, and navigate graded or ungraded inspections with confidence.

Independent Guidance

The ISBL Professional Standards guide provides school business leaders with a clear framework of six disciplines and behaviours - supporting performance management, development, career progression, and recruitment in school and trust operations.

ISBL Standards

The ISBL Professional Standards outline a clear six-discipline framework and key behaviours for school business leadership - guiding recruitment, performance management, CPD, and career progression from entry level to executive roles.

Standard for Teachers’ Professional Development

This handbook summarises the UK Government’s Standard for Teachers’ Professional Development - a five-part framework that helps schools and CPD providers design sustained, evidence-based development focused on improving pupil outcomes through collaboration and leadership support.

International Baccalaureate Handbook

The International Baccalaureate Handbook offers schools an in-depth look at the IB Diploma Programme - exploring subject groups, core components (TOK, EE, CAS), assessment models, and the programme’s global credentials to support curriculum planning and university readiness.

Teaching Assistant Standards

The Teaching Assistant Standards guide sets out non-statutory, widely recognised professional expectations across four key themes- conduct, knowledge, teaching & learning, and collaboration - supporting recruitment, performance management, CPD, and consistent practice in schools.

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