Gifted and talented quality standards

The Classroom Quality Standards (CQS)

Find the aims of Classroom Quality Standards (CQS), how leading teachers and classrom teachers can use them and what they offer. Also find an online resource to support auditing, planning and development of classroom practice. Part of the Gifted and Talented Quality Standards.

The CQS layers

Find the three layers that make up the Classroom Quality Standards (CQS): a quick self-review; a deeper, evidence-based evaluation; and support for next steps into improvement. Part of the Gifted and Talented Quality Standards

The Institutional Quality Standards (IQS)

Find the aims of Institutional Quality Standards (IQS), how schools can use them and what they offer. Part of the Gifted and Talented Quality Standards.

The Local Authority Quality Standards (LAQS)

Local Authorities (LAs) can find the Local Authority Quality Standards (LAQS), their aims, what they offer and how they can be used. Also find a case study of one LA’s experience of using the LAQS. Part of the Gifted and Talented Quality Standards.

Using the LAQS

Local authorities can find suggested strategies for using the Local Authority Quality Standards (LAQS), broken down into three stages. Also find a process diagram to explain the key stages of the improvement cycle. Part of the Gifted and Talented Quality Standards.

LAQS: The core team

Find out what the core team does, how many people can be involved and who to include in the team. Part of the Gifted and Talented Quality Standards.

LAQS: Sources of evidence

Find suggestions of sources that could be used for evidence when using the Local Authority Quality Standards (LAQS). These sources are grouped into data and reports, evaluations and audits, local authority (LA) sources, LA activities and school activities. Part of the Gifted and Talented Quality Standards.

Using the Institutional Quality Standards to improve Gifted and Talented education in schools

Understanding and using the Institutional Quality Standards.

• What are the Institutional Quality Standards?

• Who are the Institutional Quality Standards for?

• Linking the Institutional Quality Standards to the Ofsted Framework

• How the Institutional Quality Standards support schools’ self-evaluation and planning

• How the Institutional Quality Standards level descriptors can support whole-school improvement

• A word about evidence

• How some schools are using the Institutional Quality Standards effectively

• An extract from one school’s self-evaluation and analysis

• Action planning outline 1 – using the Institutional Quality Standards

• Action planning outline 2 – taking the Institutional Quality Standards to the whole school

Institutional Quality Standards – revised 2010

The revised Institutional Quality Standards (IQS) in Gifted and Talented (G+T) education for 2010.