The EYFS talks about ‘the supervision of staff’, but the inspection handbook refers to ‘the effective supervision of staff’ and ‘performance management’, so what exactly is the difference? And are we missing something important?

Through our time together, we will explore the essential components of a performance management system and the contribution it makes to morale, the professional growth of our teams and the quality of teaching and learning.

During this 2-hour session, we will focus on:

• What performance management is and why it is important,

• The elements needed for it to be successful,

• How to give feedback (both good and not so good!)

• What Ofsted will be looking at and for in terms of performance management,

• And we will start to explore how to manage under-performance.