Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School in Buckinghamshire has been making innovative use of technology to tackle two long-standing teacher workload burdens: data sharing and marking. For the last couple of years Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School, a selective co-educational secondary …
Shireland has for well over a decade had a national reputation for using technology well not only in the classroom but also as a means of underpinning and improving school processes. It supports all areas of school life, from day …
By Lesley Allwood, Headteacher, Winteringham Primary School, Lincolnshire Winteringham Primary School in rural Lincolnshire has introduced smart paperless planning and “write, reflect, mark" sequences during lessons to help reduce task-duplication, improve learning and help teachers have a better work-life balance.
Shaw Primary Academy in Thurrock implemented a new marking system that allowed teachers to check every book quickly and efficiently. Headteacher Dawn Copping outlines the straightforward changes she introduced to eliminate the need for teachers to mark books at home. …
Plantsbrook School in the West Midlands has recently piloted a new marking strategy to help ensure that students are given high quality feedback. Deputy Headteacher Emma Thom explains how the new strategy is helping support teachers’ work-life balance.