The DfE’s 2024 teacher appraisal guidance recommended using online platforms to reduce workload, target CPD needs, and support staff development. Advanced Learning Partnership (ALP) demonstrates this in practice, transforming teacher appraisal and professional development using BlueSky Education’s powerful People Development platform.
ALP’s Trust Improvement Partner, Catherine Hydon, said, “Using an online platform to support processes across the trust enables us to share information easily. It saves time and ensures consistency across schools. Our process would be impossible to manage at trust level without the platform.”
BlueSky helps ALP to tailor CPD using data-driven insights, ensuring professional learning at the trust is both strategic and personalised.
“We’re focused on providing staff with development that meets their needs. The intelligence from the platform makes this possible,” Catherine says. The platform also fosters ownership and accountability, allowing staff to build professional portfolios, track progress, and maintain ongoing conversations.
“BlueSky is not only a personal portfolio for staff – it creates a dialogue between staff and their line manager and enables our teaching and learning leads to monitor and evaluate the impact of CPD.”
Learn how an online platform can transform people development in your school or college and receive a 10% discount for ASCL members:
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