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 Bolton Council - Quality Assurance Scheme for Study Support!

In partnership with the DCSF and QISS, Bolton Council have developed a LOCAL Quality Accreditation Scheme for Extended Services Providers.

The local framework has been designed as a developmental tool to enable Bolton schools and their extended services partners to enable them to audit, plan and assess their study support/ wider menu of activities curriculum in line with the DCSF Code of Practice for Study Support.

Awards are available at 3 levels - Bronze, Silver and Gold. 

Organisations who are working at Gold Level on the Bolton scheme are ready (if they want to) to collate portfolio evidence for to apply for the national kitemarks of QISS (Quality in Study Support) or QES (Quality in Extended Schools).

A full-day workshop will be held twice a year to enable schools and extended services partners to work alongside peers to assess which level they are at and submit evidence to achieve the award.

Successful organisations will be awarded with a plaque to acknowledge the achievement and commitment to developing quality out of school hours learning opportunities for children and young people.

For more information contact Derri Burdon: 01204 334005

BoltonCouncil QA Resources:

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Quality in Study Support (QiSS)

What is QiSS?

The aim of QiSS is to support schools, local authorities and other eucational organisations in raising students' achievement, motivation and self esteem.

The QiSS (Quality in Study Support) recognition scheme provides public recognition that the standards embodied in the DfES Code of Practice for Study Support are being met. This approach to quality assurance involves schools analysing their Study Support provision with the support of a critical friend, producing a portfolio of evidence and presenting this evidence to their peers for scrutiny at a recognition meeting. The schools involved will benefit from

• accessing a framework for self-evaluation

• implementing a nationally recognised quality assurance mechanism

• creating evidence that can be used to achieve other quality models and

• collaboration with other schools in order to share good practice.

For more information about QiSS contact Derri Burdon.  Tel: 01204 334005  Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Or log onto http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/education/departments/professional-development/centres/quality-in-study-support/

Click on links below to view Quality in Study Support 'Tree Diagrams':

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