Teaching Staff Reference Questionaire

Request For Reference*

Applicant's Name
Post Applied for
Organisation/School
Name of Referee
Referee's Job Title
Today's Date (DD/MM/YY)

Please complete the following reference as much as you can, based on the role of the applicant in your organisation. Thank you for your time and deliberations.

Teaching and related qualities

Has high academic expectations of children of all abilities* Inspires confidence in children* Understands and uses assessment for learning techniques effectively e.g. feedback, questioning* Plans effectively* Ensures work is matched to support, challenge or stretch all groups of children* Uses a range of teaching methods* Has an understanding of independent learning strategies* Has high expectations of children's behaviour management strategies* Follows up concerns about children appropriately* Works well with colleagues and shares good practice* Has clear educational values*

Is confident and capable in developing children's skills in:

Literacy* Numeracy* ICT* Is an outstanding classroom teacher* % of lessons graded outstanding over the last 3 years (for NQTs-grading during placements)* % of lessons graded good over the last 3 years (for NQTs-grading during placements)* Children make good or accelerated progress and achieves good test or assessment results* Additional comments*

Relationships:

Has developed strong and effective relationships with:

Senior colleagues* Other colleagues* Children* Parents* Governors or other professionals* Additional Comments:*

Personal Qualities

Friendly, warm personality* Emotionally robust and resilient* Tactful, discreet and loyal* Professional integrity and personal conduct* Adaptable and flexible* Reliable* Has a growth mind-set* Ability to accept and embrace change* Use sense of humour to good effect* Physically robust and resillient* Copes under pressure* Forward thinking, innovative and imaginative* Has high standards of personal presentation* Enthusiastic and positive in outlook* Is a good listener* Sensitivity* Additional comments:*

Professional leadership qualities

Works well as a team leader* Makes firm decisions and carries them through* Accepts responsibility* Shows Initiative* Gives and takes on board constructive criticism* Is open-minded, self-critical and reflective* responds well to constructive critcism* Supports collective decisions* Is analytical and pays attention to necessary detail* Promotes the school well and actively supports its ethos* Hardworking and willing* Offers extra-curricular activities* Willingness to involve themselves in whole school activities and events* Is a good time manager/meets deadlines* Is a generous with time to current role(s)* Works well as a team member* Is a good administrator* Has good oral communication* Has good written communication* Additional Comments:*

Attendance and Punctuality

Attendance* Punctuallity* Additional comments:*

Safeguarding children from DfES/1568/2005

Please provide details of the candidate's:-

Dates of employment at your organisation* Current post* Salary* How many days parental leave (if any) has the applicant taken in the current year?* What is your relationship with the candidate, (e.g. did you you have a working relationship)? if so, how long have you know the candidate and in what capacity?* Are you completely satisfied that the candidate is suitable to work with children? If not, please give specific details of your concerns and the reasons why you believe the person might be unsuitable* Please provide details of any disciplinary procedures the applicant has been subject to in which the disciplinary sanction is current or any disciplinary procedures the applicant has been subject to involving issues related to the safety and welfare of children or young people, including any in which the disciplinary sanction has expired, and the outcome of those* Please provide details of any allegations or concerns that have been raised about the about the applicant that relate to the safety and welfare of children or young people or behaviour towards children or young people, and the outcome of these concerns e.g. whether the allegations or concerns were investigated, the conclusion reached, and how the matter was resolved* Please provide details of any capability procedures that the applicant has been subject to in the preceding two years, providing written details of the concerns which give rise to this, the duration of the proceedings and their outcome. (NB This is a legal requirement where a teacher applies for a teaching post at a maintained school).* Please give a statement giving your opinion of the applicant's suitability or otherwise for the post. It would be particularly helpful if you could give some indications of strengths and weaknesses in relation to the post details.* Is there any other relevant information about this applicant that you think would help the selection panel? If you wish to add further information, please do so in the space below.*

Would you?*Recommend without reservationRecommend stronglyRecommend for our consideration as a satisfactory candidateNot recommended at this time or for this post

Would you re-employ this applicant?* Are you happy to share this with the applicant?*

Conway Primary School