How schools are using innovative ways to support student wellbeing
How schools are using innovative ways to support student wellbeing
School staff share their approaches to student wellbeing
Trainee teachers have really gone above and beyond this year
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Emma Sikora, Kim Renshaw, Matthew Turner, Kirsty Butler, Sophie Olley, Kirsty Pretsel and Bailey Wilson, Posted on:
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COVID-19 support, Inspiring teachers, Support for ECTs, Teachers' reflections
From supporting the teaching of classes or bubbles to delivering remote education - this year’s trainee teachers have shown creativity, versatility and resilience. We asked trainees from Teach North/Outwood Institute of Education to tell us about some of their standout moments from the last year.
Six steps to successfully implementing the Early Career Framework reforms
Belinda Goodship is Subject Lead at Bedford Free School, which was part of an early roll-out of the Early Career Framework (ECF) reforms. In this blog, she shares her school’s experience of being part of that early roll-out, and her advice for how other schools can successfully implement an ECF-based induction this September.
“I now enjoy school more because of this” – how catch-up programmes are making an impact
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Lee Raftery and Craig Evason, Posted on:
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COVID-19 support, Curriculum best practice, Pupil wellbeing and behaviour, School funding, Secondary schools
Lee Raftery and Craig Evason are leading on their school’s education recovery plans. They share how the interventions they’ve introduced have supported the pupils who need it most.
How our pupils are benefitting from online and face-to-face tutoring
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COVID-19 support, Curriculum best practice, Primary schools, School funding
Deputy Head Elaine Williams explains how her school have made use of the government-funded National Tutoring Programme to target individual pupil needs, making sure that the children whose learning has been most disrupted by lockdown get the support they need.
Making sure students get the grades they deserve
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Andrew Beavis and Fuzel Choudhury, Posted on:
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COVID-19 support, Secondary schools
We asked two senior leaders to share how their schools are making sure the teacher assessed grades their students receive this summer are fair and reflect the hard work students have done in such an unusual year.
Ensuring equal access to period products in our school
Zoe has been leading the way in her school to make sure that all learners have access to period products through the DfE’s free period products scheme.
Embracing the ABCs of our behaviour policy
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Behaviour Hubs, Professional Development, Pupil wellbeing and behaviour
“It will be interesting to find ways in which the schools can take a reciprocal approach to sharing good practice.”
Ashmole Academy headteacher, Tim Sullivan, writes about his school’s involvement in the DfE behaviour hub programme and the six values that underpin their behaviour policy.
The impact of COVID-19 on digital learning
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Andrew Beavis, Posted on:
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COVID-19 support, Curriculum best practice, Remote education
With all children now back in classrooms, Deputy Head Andrew Beavis describes how lockdown has developed his school's blended learning approach and how their remote education model continues to support students now they're in school.
7 ways we’re maintaining bubbles to continue learning
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COVID-19 support, Primary schools, Reducing risk, Secondary schools
As schools head into the summer term, Chief Executive of Star Academies, Hamid Patel, shares the protective measures his schools have taken to successfully minimise the number of pupils and staff isolating when an outbreak occurs, while ensuring all pupils and staff are safe.
Helping primary pupils with their maths skills in a post-pandemic world
Michelle Cobb, Year 6 teacher and maths lead at Underwood West Academy in Crewe describes how using the DfE’s guidance on teaching maths in primary schools has both helped her school get through the pandemic and plan for the post-pandemic future.