John Tomsett

John Tomsett is Headteacher at Huntington School in York and co-founder of the Headteachers' Roundtable think-tank.

Making marking intelligent: feedback policy at Huntington School

John Tomsett, 15 September 2016 - Reducing teacher workload

Why do we mark? At the end of my first year of teaching I met with each of my students and discussed their progress. I was looking with Kate at her latest A level English literature essay. I had written …

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