Testimonials for Verifier from Birmingham Schools

“Promotes a shared vision throughout a school's SMT – the fact that it can also be used at local level is a big plus”

“Verifier provides a systematic map for school self-evaluation”

“Completion of this program is easy- it is ideal for Heads of Departments, particularly those not confident with ICT”

“Gives Easter Holidays back to head teachers!”

“Loved key questions”

“Verifier provides excellent questions that will support all schools in their development and will challenge all leaders to take their school forward”

“A useful tool when used over a period of time; building up a picture layer by layer. Your memory on a screen as it were”

“I liked having everything together in one place”

“Judgment support was really useful. Not only does it prompt you to think what the question entails it also gives you an idea of what you need to do”

“Step by step approach with detailed explanations makes this a very straight forward package”

“Allows ownership across the school’s management team”

“Leading questions are an excellent starting point for team leaders and allows them to feed into full SEF document”

“Verifier challenges leaders to make sound judgements; all stakeholders can make active contributions to the
SEF process”

“Indicates leadership effectiveness at all levels in the school”

“Provides a clear assessment of accountabilities”

“Verifier enables sharing, planning and evaluating across all curriculum teams”

Testimonials for Viewfinder

"The programme has made it very easy for us to pick out strengths and weaknesses in all the different areas of the school"

"Staff felt involved in the self-evaluation process and know that their views are being valued and acted upon; this gives them more ownership of what is happening in the school"

"As a head I feel really supported by the staff. The need for change has come from them, therefore they are more favourable towards playing their part in making those changes"

"It has led us to an improved dialogue on standards / pupil learning and teaching styles"

"Provision of technical help and advice has been excellent"

"We have been able to share current practice and trends as a team and as a head it has helped me to identify strengths and less good areas for development"

"All staff felt the process was helpful"