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A positive Ofsted school improvement experience — credit where it’s due 4 min read There have been enough Ofsted scare stories to last a lifetime, and the perverse effect they can have on schools are well known. But sometimes credit should be given where it’s due, so here is a tale of a supportive and constructive Ofsted visit…
This post is a bit of a diary / mind-empty on my progress so far in launching a Digital Leaders programme in our school. Poster As per my previous post, Kristian Still asked me to become involved in developing the Digital Leaders idea into my school and others in collaboration with Vital. Â
Strong Positions, Weakly Held 2 min read Starting a new job as Vice Principal at a new school, doing my NPQH, reading profusely and collating 9 years of blog posts into this one site have made me realise how my views on education have changed over recent years. Without blowing my own trumpet this post struck…
This post was written as part of my day job for Community Brands / Assembly: https://assembly.education/monitoring-improving-attendance/. The Attendance Challenge There is no bigger challenge in school leadership in 2022 than monitoring and improving school attendance. Despite the incredible progress in remote learning, we know students achieve best when taught face-to-face by subject specialists. During the…
This post was written as part of my day job for Community Brands / Assembly: https://assembly.education/data-trends-safeguarding/. Introduction In this article, our Analytics expert Dan Stucke looks at the current trends in safeguarding in schools in the UK, including the publication of “Keeping Children Safe in Education” 2022 (KCSIE), discussing good practice in using data to…
Looking back on my near 20 years of paying union subs and working with unions in leadership I can think of a few reasons for apparent apathy in the teacher strikes voting.