One to One Tuition
Quality Assurance Visit Report
School and DFE number:
Date of Quality Assurance visit:
Visit carried out by:
Met with:
Did the school take part in the Early
Rollout pilot?
Allocation Information: Total Allocation for 2010/11 ______________ places
Key Stage 2
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 4
Key Stage
County
Allocation
CLA
County
Allocation
CLA
County
Allocation
CLA
Allocation
Completed
Started
Agreed Evaluative Framework Stages This is to be completed at the end of the visit jointly between consultant and
school
Leadership of tuition Involvement of
Involvement of
Impact on learning
tutors
parents and tutees
Initiating
Focusing
Establishing
Enhancing
1. Core foci discussed:
Foci
Identification of pupils
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How has the school ensured
that the right pupils are being
selected?
Are vulnerable groups
represented?
Is tuition considered when
provision mapping?
To what extent was the SIP
involved in the identification?
Is there a range of students in
terms of year groups and
ability?
Trackers
 Is the Tuition Lead familiar with
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the new ECC registration
system?
Has the DCSF tracker been
completed with the submit
button clicked?
How many have been
registered? How many have
started?
Has impact data from 2009/10
been submitted?
Comments
Next Steps
Safeguarding
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How does the school ensure
that the right tutors are being
employed to meet the needs of
the pupils?
How many tutors are existing
members of staff or external?
Do all tutors have ECC
enhanced CRB clearance?
Have you added the tutor(s) to
your Single Central record?
Do tutors have a contract or
letter of employment?
Have all tutors attended child
protection training?
Have the tutor(s) attended
ECC tutor training or
completed the one line ITT Ecourse?
www.essex1to1tuition.org
Has the tutor been given
access to school policies?
When is tuition taking place
and where?
Funding
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Is the tuition lead of funding for
the allocation and what this
covers?
Liaison between Class
Teachers and Tutors
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Do class/subject teachers
meet with tutors before tuition
starts to discuss pupils?
What systems are in place to
support the ongoing
communication between the
class/subject teachers and
tutors?
What links are there between
tuition and whole class
teaching? How is this
maintained?
Liaison with Pupils
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How have pupils been
engaged in the process of
tuition?
Are pupils involved in the
setting of their targets?
Do pupils have the opportunity
to self assess their own
progress during the tuition?
What systems are in place to
support communication?
Liaison with Parents
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How have you engaged
parents in the process of
tuition?
How are the ITPs shared with
parents and pupils?
How are parents kept informed
of their child’s progress during
tuition?
Do you promote the
information for parents on the
1 to 1 tuition website?
Individual Tuition Plans (ITPs)
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How are targets identified for
tuition?
Who writes the targets?
Is APP used to identify
potential targets?
Are targets robust and
appropriate?
Leadership and Management
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Has the SEF been updated to
reflect tuition?
Monitoring
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Are pupils attending all tuition
sessions? What procedures
are in place to address non
attendance?
How is pupil progress
monitored during tuition?
What are the school’s
procedures for monitoring the
quality of tuition sessions?
Who quality assures the ITPs?
How is the impact of tuition
being monitored over time?
How is the school’s monitoring
of tuition impacting on the
quality of tuition delivery?
How are the attitudes to tuition
analysed and what is being
done about the findings?
Governors
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Are governors aware of the
One to One tuition
programme?
Have the governors read the
document- ‘One tuition:
developing practice; a
reference tool for schools’
Finance
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How is the £20 administration
fund being used?
Has all money allocated for
tuition been spent on tuition?
Are financial records up to date
regarding payment of tutors?
Quality Assurance of Tuition Sessions
Person specification (To be conducted before the observation of a tuition session)
o Is the tutor a qualified teacher?
Yes / No
o Do they have appropriate CRB
clearance?
Yes / No
o Is there previous evidence of a track
record of effective teaching and in
particular with individual pupils?
Yes/ No
o Is there evidence of the tutor being
willing to familiarise herself/himself
with the National Strategy framework
objectives and linked materials?
Yes/ No
The Individual Tuition Session Observation
(Including scrutiny of ITP)
Context for the session:
When and where it is taking place:
Pupil information
Name
School
TUITION FOCUS:
CURRENT LEVEL:
TUTORING INFORMATION
NAME OF TUTOR:
START DATE:
ITP available
Place of this session in the
sequence
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Please respond to the questions below and note evidence to support your responses. Aim : to quality assure provision and derive
elements of good and exemplary practice.
Question
Are tuition sessions planned directly with the individual
child in mind? Have APP materials been used to identify
the needs of the child?
Is there evidence of clear links with class work and
individual gaps in learning?
Are targets, methods of teaching plus evaluation of each
session recorded and used to inform the next session?
Is the session engaging, with a high level of pupil
participation? Is the tuition teaching sequence being
followed?
Is the pupil asked to link the work with activities in class
and at home, as appropriate?
Response and evidence
Are the outcomes of the session shared with
parents/carers? Are school’s communication systems
being used effectively?
Does the child believe the extra help is making a
difference? Why and how?
What are the school’s procedures for monitoring the
quality and impact of tuition?
Summary of feedback:
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Discussion with Stakeholders
Areas discussed
Parent
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How was the tuition explained
to you?
How does your child feel about
the tuition?
Was the ITP shared with you?
Do you see the pupil passport
after each session?
What do parents believe the
impact of tuition to have been
on their child?
Pupil
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What do you like most about
your tuition?
Do you know what your targets
are?
What activities do you like
doing in your tuition sessions?
How has it helped you?
Comments
Next steps
Barriers to success/ Problems encountered/ Key actions
Areas discussed
Comments
Next steps