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A CPD audit can feel like another compliance task, but a tightly scoped 90-minute review can show leaders where training has changed classroom practice and where it has merely filled a log. This practical process helps schools spot gaps, reduce wasted effort and sharpen the remainder of the 2026-27 programme without adding to staff workload.
Generative AI is now a routine planning tool in many UK schools, but saved time is not automatically reinvested in professional judgement. This article offers a practical audit and three department protocols for keeping teacher thinking central.
Department meetings can easily become a tour of opinions. This low-bureaucracy format uses a short evidence snapshot and a strict twenty-minute agenda to agree one realistic change that improves pupil learning without adding to teachers' workload.
Monday morning is rarely the problem itself; it is simply the moment the problem becomes visible. This practical guide sets out a five-minute routine that reduces early-week decision fatigue, protects planning time and asks nothing more of teachers who are already at capacity.