Leadership and Management Archives

COVID-19: Brief Reflections on Working at School

31st March 2020 Wise

A rota system is in place where I work to help ensure that staff time is distributed equitably across three-week

I started at a new school in January. It’s been a frenetic, but enjoyable two weeks. If you’re uninterested in

Click here to access booklet of educational research digests. There are fourteen in total, and I’ve included hyperlinks to the

Some brief notes below for those providing feedback after lesson observations… Remember that no two classes are the same Make

On Saturday 5th October, I presented at researchED Northampton on some (just some!) of the mistakes I’ve made in my career.

Fundamentally, all of us are prone to making what are called ‘cognitive errors’ – lapses in logical, rational thinking. And

GCSE results and linked progress scores for individual classes are unreliable proxies for judging teacher effectiveness. It’s tempting to think

I’ve nearly finished my third year as an Assistant Headteacher, having taken on the role in 2016 after a six

I became Head of Year 11 in my third year as a teacher. Looking back, I think it was probably

I did my NQT year at the school I was placed at during the second half of my PGCE year.