Enhancing Self-Evaluation and Strategic Planning for School Leaders

Effective self-evaluation and strategic planning are at the heart of every successful school. We are committed to helping you fully leverage iAbacus to streamline these processes, enabling you to achieve your school's goals with confidence and clarity.

Streamline Your Self-Evaluation Process

iAbacus simplifies the creation of comprehensive SEFs, allowing you to accurately assess your school's current performance against key criteria.

Templates Aligned with National Frameworks: Use our extensive library of templates aligned with the latest inspection frameworks , ensuring evaluations are compliant with your country's specific requirements.

Customisable Templates: Tailor templates to reflect your school's unique context and priorities.

Evidence-Based Judgements: Gather and organise evidence efficiently to support your evaluations, ensuring your SEF is robust and inspection-ready.

Visual Progress Tracking: Visually demonstrate improvement over time with our intuitive abacus interface, making it easy to communicate progress to stakeholders.

Develop Effective Improvement Plans

Transform your self-evaluation insights into actionable SIPs and SDPs with iAbacus.

Strategic Action Planning: Identify helping and hindering factors affecting your school's performance. Plan strategic actions to enhance strengths and address challenges.

Collaborative Planning: Engage your leadership team and staff in the planning process. iAbacus supports collaboration, ensuring everyone is aligned and committed to the school's improvement journey.

Flexible and Dynamic Plans: Easily update and adapt your plans as your school evolves, keeping your SIPs and SDPs relevant and impactful.

Leverage Templates Aligned with Your National Standards

We provide templates that align with the current inspection frameworks for:

England: Ofsted frameworks and guidelines.

Ireland: Department of Education and Skills standards.

Scotland: Education Scotland's quality indicators.

Wales: Estyn's Common Inspection Framework.

Using these templates ensures your self-evaluations and improvement plans meet national expectations and are ready for inspections.

Empower Your Staff with Comprehensive Support

We offer a range of complimentary services to help you and your team make the most of iAbacus.

Personalised Onboarding: Start your journey with a tailored session to align iAbacus with your school's specific goals.

Training Sessions: Equip your senior and middle leaders with the skills to effectively use iAbacus through flexible online or in-person training.

INSETs: Enhance staff development with bespoke INSET sessions focused on collaborative self-evaluation and strategic planning.

One-to-One Support: Receive individualised guidance to address specific needs or challenges, ensuring you feel confident using all aspects of the platform.

Custom Templates and Resources

Can't find the right template? We'll design one for you at no extra cost.

Bespoke Template Design: Let us help you create custom templates that reflect your school's unique evaluation criteria and development priorities.

Tailored Resources: Access personalised videos, handouts, and how-to guides designed specifically for your staff, making it easier to onboard new users and maximise engagement.

Harness Data-Driven Insights

Make informed decisions with iAbacus's powerful analysis tools.

Overlay and Stack Abacuses: Compare evaluations across departments or over time to identify trends, share best practices, and ensure consistency.

Comprehensive Reporting: Generate detailed reports for governors, inspectors, and other stakeholders with ease.

Success in Action

Many schools across the UK have transformed their self-evaluation and improvement planning processes with iAbacus:

Improved Clarity: Achieved clearer insights into strengths and areas for development, leading to more focused and effective action plans.

Enhanced Collaboration: Fostered a culture of shared responsibility and collective effort towards school improvement.

Streamlined Inspections: Prepared confidently for inspections with well-organised, evidence-based SEFs and SIPs aligned with national standards.

We're Here to Support You

Our team is dedicated to helping you fully leverage iAbacus for your school's self-evaluation and improvement planning needs.

Project Management Assistance: Let us help manage specific initiatives, ensuring timely implementation and maximum impact.

Live Webinars and Workshops: Join our interactive sessions on hot topics and focus areas to continually enhance your skills.

Get Started Today

Empower your school's journey towards excellence with iAbacus. Whether you're updating your SEFs, developing new SIPs and SDPs, or looking to engage your staff more deeply in the improvement process, we're here to help.

Reach out to discuss how we can tailor our support to your school's specific needs. Let's work together to unlock the full potential of iAbacus, ensuring your self-evaluation and strategic planning drive sustained success.