Is Your School Improvement Plan Moving? From Action to Evidence and Impact

In this session

An improvement priority can look on track on paper while changes in classroom practice remain uneven. Training may be complete and actions signed off, but how do leaders know whether the work is making the intended difference to pupils’ experience?

Join Derventio Education and Halui Angus of The Excellence Classroom on Thursday 12 November for “Is your SIP moving? The first 60-day implementation review”, Part 2 of our leadership webinar series.

Building on the first session, The September 2026 Ofsted Updates: From Inspection Change to Implementation, this webinar takes leaders into a practical review of one live school improvement priority. It provides an opportunity to examine what is happening, identify where implementation has stalled and make adjustments ahead of January.

Using an illustrative example focused on access to ambitious classroom tasks for pupils with SEND, Halui will explore how leaders can:

• Test whether completed actions are translating into consistent classroom practice.

• Compare classroom observation, pupil work and pupil voice to understand what pupils experience.

• Identify barriers relating to clarity, ownership, capacity or the suitability of planned actions.

• Choose a leadership response that addresses the underlying problem.

• Build a manageable 30-day plan with clear ownership and a purposeful review point.

The session will also consider what meaningful assurance looks like for governors and trustees. Delegates will explore how to question RAG ratings, compare current evidence with the starting point, and recognise where practice remains uneven or some pupils continue to miss out.

Designed for school and trust leaders, improvement leads, governors and trustees, this working session will help participants apply the discussion to their own setting. Leave with one priority to review, a clear decision about the next step and a practical approach to checking what changes over the following 30 days.