Credit: The Times Reflections on the new inspection framework: 1742 days under the lottery finger My school and I have spent 1742 days in the OFSTED window (our last inspection was Feb 2018). 1742 …

What kind domains, wicked traps and school culture mean for improvement

Let’s cut through the noise. There is a lot of sabre rattling about inclusion. There are organisations, think tanks, consultants, local authorities and even educators in schools pushing an agenda t…

All schools can improve, but it's often hard to know where to start. In most contexts, we can begin by asking three simple questions.

How should we think about additional needs in a mainstream school?

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Attention as a Leadership Act in School Improvement School improvement is often framed around structures: improvement plans, strategic goals, and systems of accountability. However, beneath these f…

This week’s episode of It’s Your Time You’re Wasting with me and Martin Robinson is on coaching.

Over the last two years I have spent a lot less time blogging and a lot more time thinking about CPD. I’ve noticed that often when CPD goes bad it misses many of the EEF’s mechanisms fo…

Earlier this week I got sucked into a stupid ‘debate’ about subject knowledge after making some comments on X and replying to some other posts. It seemed to me that various people &#821…

There are some days where I as a leader absolutely smash it, endlessly ticking off those big and important jobs on the ‘to do’ list. I am strategic. I am purposeful. There are other day…

Former England football manager Sir Gareth Southgate reflects on his personal journey as a leader and the importance of belief and resilience.

An independent review of the curriculum and assessment system in England, with statistical analysis.

NFER's annual Teacher Labour Market report shows that June’s Spending Review is the Government’s last chance to enact the policy changes needed to hit its 6,500 new teacher manifesto pledge.

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The longer a teacher talks for, the more likely it is the number of pupils paying attention decreases. The trick to sustaining attention is to ask pupils questions and to expect 100% participation …

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There are myriad ways to simplify reading, from AI summaries to shortened sentences, but we may be making life hard for pupils in the long run, writes Alex Quigley

We all love a good speech, don’t we? A room full of nodding heads, a leader passionately declaring their commitment to inclusion and how e...

ideas and resources for mathematics teachers of 10 to 16 year olds

Sparx Maths Curriculum - An intelligently sequenced 5 year maths curriculum for Y7 to Y11. Free for any school to use.

Hayden is kicking off again. With a clockwork regularity he’s decided he’s not going to do his work and instead is shouting across the room to a boy he likes to shout at when he doesn&#…