Case Study: Central Foundation Boys' School

Staff and peris at high-flying London comprehensive “absolutely love” using Involve

Central Foundation Boys' School
Case Studies>Central Foundation Boys' School
Case studyWe spoke to Alec Haylor, Director of Music to find out more.
When did you start using Involve Education?

"I had a demo with Amanda and then we began using the service in October 2023."

How has it changed the way you run your music department admin?

"The biggest impact has been for staff outside the music department, who absolutely love it. The daily update emails they receive are perfect, they’re exactly the kind of thing that makes working within a school a little bit easier. (The daily update email feature sends an email to all classroom teachers who will be affected by one of their students leaving their lesson to go to an instrumental music lesson).

Peri staff love the fact that I can now display all the lessons on a screen in the department and also the feature that shows what room pupils are in (this is super helpful)."

How have you found working with the Practice Pal team?

"Couldn't be better. I asked for a feature to book practice rooms - they made it. I asked to change teacher names to title/surname, they did it. Really couldn't be better."

Anything that could be improved?

"Staff are still getting to grips with some of the notes/pictures features and sometimes find using small buttons on their phones a little fiddly.

But we’re loving Involve. The most exciting thing for me - as a teacher - is that it's still constantly evolving and improving. I’m more than happy to be a part of developments as time goes on."

Central Foundation Boys' School

Fact File

Founded1865CountyLondonPupils900

GenderBoys Mixed 6th FormAge11-18TypeVoluntary aided comprehensive school

OfstedOutstanding (2015)

AlumniTrevor Nelson MBE, Ronnie Scott

MISSIMS
The biggest impact has been for staff outside the music department, who absolutely love it.
Alec Haylor, Director of Music crestAlec Haylor, Director of Music

150

Average number of music lessons taking place through Involve per week during term time at Central Foundation

11

Music department staff members using Involve at Central Foundation

3,275 hrs

Admin time saved per year on average by schools when they switch to using Involve