Developing practice
Guiding practice
Information about this website and how it uses various codes of practice to provide a flexible tool for both planning and quality assurance.
Stages of development
Progress through categories of practice - emerging, established and advanced - can be described as a journey consisting of three stages of development. These stages break down into fifteen themes.
Development themes
Provides the breakdown for each theme including an introduction, questions that need to be asked and examples of evidence.
Evaluating practice
How well a school can answer the questions in each of the 15 themes will determine how it evaluates itself against the standards for emerged, established or advanced categories of practice.
Using this resource
This resource has been adapted from a number of codes of practice, which have been used to guide developments in OSHL and study support since 1997. Designed to guide schools and other establishments in developing OSHL practice, it provides flexible access to the main areas covered by the codes of practice.