Plan your yearly calendar

Presentation

Use this presentation in a staff meeting or INSET day to review your yearly calendar.

The presentation includes:

an exercise to discuss and map the current yearly calendar
discussions about what aspects could be changed, streamlined or stopped
review of the yearly plan and pinch points

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Audience

This resource has been provided to support senior leadership teams to work with the whole school, teams or departments.

Presentation length

The presentation should take 1 hour and 15 minutes. You should also allocate time for the facilitator to prepare the session for use in your school.

How to run with your staff

Use this presentation to map out your school year, considering how it impacts on workload. Decide if elements can be streamlined, removed, or can take place at a different time of year.

When adding to the calendar keep asking the question: If I do this at this point in the year, what will be the impact on workload? If the impact is high, then reconsider the timings.

At the end of your session, you should decide how actions are recorded and reviewed, who is responsible, and how you will communicate changes with staff, governors, pupils and parents or carers.

Decide whether the exercise will be completed individually, in teams or departments, before discussing together.

Senior leadership teams are likely to want to oversee the process, they could also consider if it is more appropriate for another member of staff to facilitate the session and lead on follow-up, for example, a head of department.

You might also wish to consider asking somebody independent to facilitate the workshop to free up time to take part.

The key to success is providing a supportive environment for open and honest professional dialogue.