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Julie Leigh, Co-ordinating Adviser for ICT, outlines how schools might make use of the online Self-Review Framework

School improvement through ICT. The SRF is an extremely useful tool designed in collaboration with a number of key agencies in the ICT world.  Working in partnership with the National College of School Leaders, Naace, Qualifications and Curriculum Agency, Primary and Secondary National Strategies, the Training and Development Agency and the Specialist Schools & Academies Trust, Becta has developed this online tool, the Self-Review Framework (SRF), to help schools answer the questions:

“How well are we doing?” and “How can we do better?”

The SRF is a developmental tool. It identifies the blockers and provides ways of moving forward and doing something about problems. Becta’s SRF covers the whole development of ICT across the school.

The SRF enables schools to assess themselves against eight elements; within each element there are a number of strands.

The framework, unlike OfSTED’s SEF, has five levels, take for example:

Element 8c-2 Behaviour

Level 5

Pupils do not engage or collaborate sensibly with others when using ICT. Some distract other users. Pupils show little respect for others’ work, feelings, values and beliefs.

 

Level 4

Pupils are beginning to engage or collaborate sensibly with others when using ICT. Some show respect for others’ work, feelings, values and beliefs.

 

Level 3

When using ICT, pupils mostly engage or collaborate effectively with others, but some may lose interest when they encounter a problem. They show respect for others’ work, feelings, values and beliefs.

 

Level 2

When using ICT, pupils engage or collaborate and generally sustain attention. Most show sensitivity and respect for others’ work, feelings, values and beliefs.

Level 1

When using ICT, pupils engage or collaborate effectively and sustain attention and show tenacity. They show sensitivity and respect for others’ work, feelings, values and beliefs.

 

On this particular strand the ICT Mark is positioned at Level 2 denoting the threshold.

Take a look at: http://www.becta.org.uk/schools/selfreviewframework

The key benefits of the SRF are that it:

Becta has also developed an accreditation scheme allowing a school to achieve external recognition of its achievements. The ICT Mark has been developed in partnership with Naace and replaces the Naacemark. The award lasts for three years, the same as its predecessor but that is where the similarity ends. The ICT Mark does not require large folders of evidence. With the Naacemark schools had to demonstrate that they had policies; now they have to show that their policies have impact on the pupils in the classroom!

Schools will not find using the SRF a short-term task. It will take time to undertake it properly. It will require involvement from the whole school and need revisiting.

If you are interested in finding out more please check out the OQSA ICT half day training session on 26th June.

Julie Leigh
Co-ordinating Adviser – ICT Specialist