Handbooks

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.