Training

This section contains a curated set of key guidance documents, handbooks and standards that support high-quality teaching, professional development and leadership across a variety of educational settings.

The user training section details how to use iP, for users with the general user right settings. These help guides detail accessing their portfolio, rating standards, CPD, and more.

The leader training section details how to use iP, with guides on tasks frequently performed by leaders and administrators within iP.

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.

Find out how to use the Forgot Password? option, get your unique code by email, and set up a new password in just a few steps.

Access all your tools for professional review, CPD, and progress tracking - all visible in one place.

Learn how to add and share evidence in your Professional Review.

Learn how to add and share blogs in your activity feed. Link them to standards, share with colleagues, and keep your professional review up to date.

Easily rate yourself against your assigned standards and see a visual comparison with your manager’s ratings.

Learn how to view, update, and add actions to your objectives in your Professional Review.

Learn how to view monitoring records and add your own teacher’s comments.

Learn how to access and review interim reviews during your performance cycle.

Learn how to view assigned courses, request new CPD, and record your completed activities.

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.

Learn how to complete, submit, and review staff monitoring forms - record observations, add feedback, and manage what’s visible to staff.

Learn how to update staff objectives and standards - review progress, apply ratings, and record final outcomes to support performance management.

Interim reviews let you track staff progress during a review period, provide feedback, and adjust objectives if needed. Learn how to create, complete, and record them in a staff member’s portfolio.

Manage staff pay progression by accessing the Staff Summary, updating the status, adding justification comments, and securely submitting recommendations.

Close a staff review by ensuring all objectives, monitoring, development areas, and CPD activities are complete - finalise pay progression, confirm agreements, and securely lock the review.

Learn how to export your iP system data as spreadsheets, PDFs, or Word documents. Filter, customise, and anonymise information for staff monitoring, standards, and pay progression.

View and manage your establishment’s key improvement areas, set start and end dates, track linked objectives and staff, and edit priorities that shape your Development Plan

Learn how to create Development Plan objectives, link them to school priorities, assign staff, and connect them with performance management objectives.

Learn how to break down your Improvement Plan objectives into smaller, trackable activities, assign them to staff, and add resources, CPD requirements, and monitoring item.