the readiness check · free · five minutes · no email needed

you can see what isn’t working. you don’t hold the budget. start here.

this is not a finding about your school. it is one person’s read on one day, and we would rather say that than let you carry it into a meeting as though it were.

rate each one as it actually is, not as it should be.

answer for one setting you know well, and for one thing it already bought. if you genuinely can’t say, say so — “i don’t know” is reported as a finding, not counted as a nought. anything you skip is left out.

  1. 01 · provisionthe tools a learner needs are in the room, charged and working when the lesson starts.
  2. 02 · accessa learner can get into their tools on their own, without an adult beside them.
  3. 03 · accessthe support features are switched on and set up for the learners who need them, not just available.
  4. 04 · designmaterials are built with more than one way in, before anyone has to ask for an adjustment.
  5. 05 · capabilitystaff can set it up on a tuesday, and it holds when the person who champions it is away.
  6. 06 · belonginglearners take part without being asked, and can get back in when something goes wrong.
  7. 07 · trustlearners, families and staff believe it will work when it matters, and that their data is safe.
  8. 08 · evidenceyou can show a parent or a governor what actually changed, without reaching for the word “engagement”.
  9. 09 · evidenceyou could measure the same thing again next year and know whether it moved.

9 questions. answer one and you can see a result.