Supporting the focus on literacy and middle leadership

The Bemrose School, Derby

BlueSky helps the all-through school guard against a 'tick-box' culture for performance management and puts staff in control of their development.

"BlueSky allows me and the leadership team to reflect on things that are important for us, providing a rich source of evidence that we can triangulate with pupil outcomes and the impact of training on wider school outcomes."

Supporting students and their mentors in high-quality teacher training

Northern Lights SCITT, Yorkshire

Rapid feedback on performance, access to CPD materials and quality assurance across trainee cohorts all made easier with BlueSky

"We are not grading them, but they assess their progress and development against the standards, We then use that information to run reports across the cohort to see which areas need to be worked on during the year."

Using an online platform has transformed lesson observations

Thomas Telford School, Shropshire

Leaders can see at a glance the outcomes and easily identify common areas for development and training

"We have a culture now where professional development is seen as a career-long process and BlueSky could really help us to embed that concept ever more deeply across the school."

A school with 16th century history and 21st century management.

Sherborne School, Dorset

Sherborne School's new paperless process links the development of staff with its professional standards and school improvement.

"It is reassuring to know that we have a system to help us operate our CPL more effectively and productively. We are now a more effective organisation."

A 2-19 academy has transformed its approach to performance management

Beaumont Hill Academy

BlueSky is helping Beaumont Hill to put a deep understanding of staff evaluation at the heart of its improvement strategy.

Connecting individual staff performance and school-wide improvement

Hempstead Schools Federation

Hempstead Schools Federation uses BlueSky to link and bring clarity to all elements of staff performance and monitoring.

"Since implementing the solution, changes to the appraisal system and the need to tie processes together have led to us discovering so much more in BlueSky".

Evaluate the effectiveness of professional development and learning provision

Lampton School

Here is a school rated 'outstanding in challenging circumstances' by Ofsted. Its 1,600 students come from a range of ethnic backgrounds, with the majority speaking English as a second language, and falling below national averages in terms of socio economics and ability.

Reduce workload by having everything in one place

Dulwich College Beijing, China

"The teachers are comfortable with using BlueSky, and the processes we use it for. That makes a huge difference.They know their own objectives, they can request CPD and they know the school development plan. BlueSky links everything together, that's a huge impact for everyone. The transparency of the system means that everyone feels good about their development and can see what they are working towards which has a very positive impact. If a teacher is moving to another school they like that they can take their BlueSky account with them," says Mahesh

Linking professional development to individual and school objectives

UWC Changshu China

"All of these aspects contribute to, and have a certain impact on, pupil outcomes. It really does help to maintain standards, which is helpful for any institution," says Christoph Genz, Deputy Dean of Faculty

Evidencing the trajectory of one of Dubai’s most successful schools

The Emirates International School - Meadows, Dubai

"We can provide feedback very quickly after lesson observations," Andrew commented. "Whereas in the past I would have been entering data into spreadsheets and then making comparisons, the system does it all and the Head of Department can discuss the evidence with the member of staff almost immediately."

Performance management systems and practice are aligned across six schools in the multi-academy trust

Gloucestershire Learning Alliance Trust

BlueSky has provided an excellent platform for the trust to analyse and evaluate the impact of its performance management strategy, Claire says. But beyond the technical accessibility, a key element is that it matches their culture and philosophy around performance management.

At CIT South, standards are heading north.

The Priory, Garth and Boston Endeavour Academy Special Schools / Community Inclusive Trust South

CIT is also finding BlueSky is ideal for presenting information to bodies such as governors, Ofsted and the local authority.

"BlueSky provides senior leaders with access to quality-assured information, allowing an accurate overview of what areas are working well and conversely highlighting those areas which may need more energy and focus."

Providing Teach First with a powerful facility for tracking and supporting participant progress

Teach First

Allowing objective discussion, formative dialogue and rapid intervention.

"BlueSky is a key tool that is helping us to make a real difference to the quality of our programme and ensuring our teachers are the best that they can be for their pupils" Helen Gooch, Curriculum Design Project Manager at Teach First

Powering a global view of professional learning for all staff across five campuses

The British School in the Netherlands

How BlueSky supports one of Europe's largest international schools with their professional learning programme and objectives setting process

"We have a much more filtered and consistent process now, and that's reflective of the level of professionalism across the school. Staff are much more aware of their responsibility to keep their practice under review, evaluating it on an ongoing basis and looking at specific aspects of their practice that they are going to work on during the academic year."