SOMAT for Education (mock-up)

Headlines · autumn term, all five schools

Lessons observed

486

on learning walks, 20 minutes each

Disruptions recorded

1,148

83% managed without loss of learning

Staff wellbeing responses

392

74% of staff

Safeguarding audit

5 / 5

schools evaluated; 3 actions open

Schools compared

Disruptions managed from learning walks. Persistent absence and suspensions from the management information system. Staff absence from HR, in days per full-time post this term.

Phase · School	Lessons observed	Disruptions managed	Persistent absence	Suspensions / 100 pupils	Staff absence days / FTE
▾ Primary
Oakfield Primary	92	88%	11%	0.4	5.1
Willow Lane Primary	76	85%	13%	0.6	6.0
Harrow Brook Primary	66	91%	9%	0.2	4.3
▾ Secondary
Kestrel Academy	118	74%	19%	6.2	8.4
Fenby Academy	134	63%	26%	11.8	10.2

Select a school to drill through to its learning walks, by department and year group.

Fenby Academy · Year 9 science · learning walk

About 7 minutes of learning time lost

What the observer saw, in order: a disruption, how it was handled, and where the class ended up. Observers record what happened, not a grade for the teacher.

00:04 · Disruption · managed

Four late arrivals; seated with the do-now task by the established routine.
00:09 · Disruption · mismanaged

Not enough practical equipment for every group.
00:10 · Error · instructional

Instructions given to the whole class while groups were still collecting kit.
00:11 · Undesired class state

Three groups off task for about six minutes.
00:17 · Recovered

Teacher reset with a countdown and repeated the instructions group by group.

Observer: "The recovery was well handled. The equipment shortage is a department issue: the same happened in two other lessons this week."

Findings

Patterns found across the sessions submitted so far, each reviewed by an analyst before being shown here. A finding is withdrawn if later sessions stop bearing it out.

Learning Walk · Learning Walks 2026–27

Lessons that opened with a settled routine reached an undesired class state less often.

Do-now task under way within 2 minutes	Of the lessons, reaching an undesired state	Sessions
Yes	31 of 302 (10%)	302
No	58 of 184 (32%)	184

Found together, which does not show that one causes the other.
Seen in all five schools analysed separately, primary and secondary.

Analyst's note: Supports the trust-wide routines training planned for January INSET.

Staff Wellbeing Survey · Autumn 2026

Departments where staff said they get same-day support with behaviour less often had staff absence above the trust average.

Same-day behaviour support (most staff agree)	Of the departments, above average absence	Sessions
Yes	4 of 21 (19%)	214
No	10 of 17 (59%)	178

Found together, which does not show that one causes the other; only 38 departments, so treat this as a lead to follow, not a result.
Survey answers are anonymous and reported only for groups of ten or more.