March 14, 2007
Release: Immediate
SCHOOL SELF-EVALUATION GETS SMARTER: SEE STRATIS E-SUITE AT THE
EDUCATION SHOW 2007
Stratis e-Suite, the new secure web-based school self-evaluation
and improvement planning solution from CfBT Education Trust, will
be showcased at this year’s Education Show. The innovative
self-evaluation tool, which provides the most comprehensive profile
of school self-evaluation that has ever been available to schools
and Local Authorities, is already helping schools across the
country work smarter.
Demonstrations of Stratis e-Suite will be available for visitors to
the Education Show at CfBT Education Trust’s stand IT-N60 from
March 22-24 2007. Stratis has been developed by experts with
professional backgrounds in school inspection and helps schools and
advisers comprehensively plan and manage their review and
improvement processes.
Stratis e-Suite is closely aligned to Ofsted’s inspection framework
and distinctive versions are available for secondary, primary,
special schools and nurseries as well as independent and
international schools. It records and stores evidence
electronically, and helps schools make the judgements required to
create and maintain a high quality Self-Evaluation Framework (SEF).
With Stratis e-Suite, schools can take the outcomes of
self-evaluation and make them the cornerstone of their improvement
plan. They can also use it to support evidence-based school
improvement conversations with the Local Authority, their School
Improvement Partner and Ofsted.
“Stratis e-Suite provides significant benefits to school management
teams over and above completion of the SEF,” said Andy Savin,
Stratis Business Manager, at CfBT Education Trust.
“It works at whole school and department levels and lets a range of
people get involved in school improvement, including headteachers,
governors, school leadership teams, middle managers, and LA
advisers. Stratis helps schools to move from description to genuine
evaluation in their approach to school improvement.”
Stratis e-Suite graduated from the Moderated School Self Review
(MSSR) programme developed in Lincolnshire and East Sussex School
Improvement Services that are managed by CfBT Education Trust. It
is comprised of five related modules. These are:
1. Moderated School Self-Review (MSSR)
2. Moderated Middle Management Self-Review (MMMSR)
3. Single School Improvement Plan (SSIP)
4. Linked Improvement Plans (LIP)
5. Control Centre, which allows users to control individual
access to all parts of the system.
Jill Marston, Headteacher at Ling Moor Primary School, Lincolnshire
said, “Nowadays self-evaluation is at the centre of everything we
do. Self-evaluation drives any organisation’s improvement and it
certainly drives our school improvement. The Stratis e-Suite
materials offer us the tools to be able to do that and to help us
to realise our school’s aims and values.”
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Notes for Editors:
Further details of Stratis e-Suite are available at www.cfbt.com/stratis
The Education Show takes place from March 22-24 2007 at the NEC,
Birmingham. To arrange a demonstration of the new Stratis e-Suite
at the Education Show please contact Bharat Mistry on 0118 902 1264
or by email bmistry@cfbt.com
CfBT Education Trust is a leading education consultancy and service
organisation. Our object is to provide education for public benefit
both in the UK and internationally. Established 40 years ago CfBT
Education Trust now has an annual turnover exceeding £100 million
and employs more than 2,000 staff worldwide who support educational
reform, teach, advise, research and train.
As a not-for-profit organisation we re-invest around £1million of
our surpluses every year for practice-based educational
research.
For more information contact:
Gillian Parry
Marketing Communications Officer
CfBT Education Trust
60 Queens Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 4BS
Tel: 0118 902 1221
E: gparry@cfbt.com