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IP Newsletter July 2025

In this edition of the IP Newsletter we look toward the end of the academic year, and to the start of the new one! We also discuss how empowering your team can provide benefits for your entire school.

Embedding Professional Growth into the DNA of School Improvement

When professional development is collaborative, ongoing, and aligned to school priorities, it drives improvement across the board. Discover how coaching, lesson visits, and platforms like SchooliP can embed growth into your school’s culture, and make improvement everyone’s responsibility.

Creating a Culture Where Teachers Ask for Lesson Observations

Lesson observations shouldn’t feel like a performance. Discover how schools can create a culture where staff request feedback, reframing visits as shared learning opportunities that build trust, confidence, and professional growth.

Designing CPD for ‘New to SEND’ Teachers

Teachers transitioning from mainstream to SEND need more than generic training. Discover how tailored CPD, skilled mentoring and context-specific content can boost confidence, retention, and long-term impact in specialist classrooms.

From Top-Down Targets to Teacher-Led Development

At Billing Brook School, the shift from performance management to professional development is more than a change in terminology; it’s a culture change. Nicola Holland shares how they’ve moved from “done to” targets toward a collaborative, reflective journey where lesson visits, coaching, and SchooliP all support genuine growth and autonomy.

Real-Time Reflections: Accelerating Feedback Loops

AI can now accelerate how school leaders analyse evidence and generate next steps. With SchooliP capturing and exporting structured observation data, AI tools can quickly surface patterns, inform decisions and support meaningful development.