Revised s3 self evaluation tool for sustainable schools

This document is a revised version of the s3 self evaluation too for sustainable schools. It stems from work in the north-east that was started prior to the election in 2010 and has been designed by a group of people to try to meet the requirements of schools wishing to self evaluate. It is significantly shorter than the last version and some of the recommendations have been changed. Although this is not an official DfE publication and will not appear on their website, it has been welcomed by many supporting work around sustainable schools. It is hoped that it will prove a useful document to help schools to consider and evaluate how sustainability across curriculum, campus and community could be embedded into their practice to enhance school improvement.

Thanks to Rich Hurst, Sustainability Education Advisor, Durham for this addition

Inspection 2012: consultation document

Ofsted

This document from Ofsted shares the proposals for changes to the inspection regime for schools to be introduced from January 2012. It is a consultation document and not yet formal policy, but provides clear pointers as to how things are being considered.

Evaluating Global Learning Outcomes

Think Global

Think Global and Charities Evaluation Services have created a new guide offering ideas and inspiration for monitoring and evaluating the outcomes of work to promote global, intercultural and environmental understanding. Bringing together expertise on evaluation with real-life case examples of different approaches to evaluating global learning projects, this publication offers guidance on how to provide good quality information to stakeholders and to better understand for yourself what is working well and less well.