Science Subject Leader's Toolkit

If you are a science subject leader, or you work with one, this one is for you.

Over the past few months I have been putting together something I wish had existed when I started doing this work. It is a complete toolkit for primary science subject leaders: eight fully formatted Word documents covering every significant part of the role, from auditing your curriculum to reporting to governors.

Here is what is in it.

Subject Leader Audit Tool — a seven-section self-evaluation framework covering curriculum design, teaching quality, staff confidence, resources, assessment, leadership, and wider engagement. Three-descriptor rating scales, evidence rows, and a built-in summary panel.

Action Planning Template — flows directly from the audit. Organised by section so your priorities transfer without any reframing. Includes a termly review panel and separate notes sections for senior leadership and governors.

Governor Report Template — ten structured sections that make reporting to governors straightforward rather than stressful. Writing prompts are built in; the finished document reads as a professional report. Includes a suggested questions panel for governors.

Pupil Voice Prompt Sheet — 27 questions across five sections, covering enjoyment, knowledge, practical work, science in the wider world, and pupil confidence. Includes additional questions for Ofsted and PSQM contexts.

Staff CPD Planning Guide — eight sections covering everything from a staff confidence audit to a CPD options reference guide, an annual planning table, budget tracking, and impact evaluation.

Curriculum Mapping Document — long-term overview, year group detail maps from EYFS to Year 6, concept progression tables for biology, chemistry, and physics, a working scientifically skills progression table, and a national curriculum coverage audit.

Resource Audit Checklist — nine sections covering all equipment categories, a safety check, consumables, digital resources, storage and organisation, and an ordering and budget table.

Subject Leader Links Directory — a curated collection of the most useful organisations, resources, and tools for primary science subject leaders, including STEM Learning, PSQM, the Ogden Trust, ASE, and more.

The documents work as a connected set. The audit feeds the action plan. The action plan feeds the governor report. The evidence you gather through pupil voice and monitoring sits across all of them.

There are two options:

​Starter Pack (audit tool, action planning template, and governor report template): Free

​Complete Set (all eight documents): Offer price of £5.99 (£9.99 from end of April)

Both are available on the sciencefix.co.uk shop here.

If you know a science subject leader who would find this useful, please do pass it on. The role is one of the most under-supported in primary schools and that is exactly what this was built to address.

Thanks for your time!

Danny

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