From reluctant student to inspirational teacher
From reluctant student to inspirational teacher
Kieran Anderson's journey into teaching shows how lived experience becomes a powerful tool for motivating others.
Talking with Staff on GDPR
...data. Our early staff engagement focussed on three key areas. Raise awareness We talked about how the data world has changed in the 20 years since the Data Protection Act...
Quality, not quantity: how teacher workload has been reduced by focusing on quality
Last year, at Prince Henry’s Grammar School in Otley, West Yorkshire, the findings of the Marking, Planning and Data Workload Review groups were presented to colleagues in a whole-staff meeting. Everyone from classroom teachers to SLT was asked to think …
The leadership equality and diversity fund is supporting diverse school leadership
We speak to participants taking part in school-led equality and diversity projects to find out more about the tools and techniques schools use to support teachers with leadership potential.
Marking: Postmortem or Diagnosis?
Our staff survey in January 2016 showed us that workload was an issue at our school. Marking was one of the tasks our teachers were spending a large amount of time on, often over 20 hours a week - but …
Using Curriculum Area Development Time to reduce teacher workload
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Like many of the schools in this series of blog posts, our first point of call when looking to address teacher workload were the three independent review group reports on the topic. Staff forums and regular meetings provided our Senior …
Developing exceptional leaders
A dynamic professional development programme run by a teaching school alliance helps develop staff into leaders and drives school improvement in a large multi-academy trust in London.
Educational psychology in a multi-academy trust
We meet 2 educational psychologists working at the Bright Futures multi-academy trust in the north-west, Dr Adam Rumble and Dr George Thomas.
Flexible working: Putting our pupils at the heart of our flexible working policy
The first thing to note about our flexible working policy at Hearts Academy Trust is that it is about our pupils and not our staff – although it benefits them too, obviously.
Light bulb moments: school-to-school support
...including the school governors, so that everyone is clear about the steps involved. Most schools want to do better and achieve more for their pupils so it’s a question of...
General Data Protection Regulation: Evolution or Revolution for Schools?
Like the DfE, many schools are increasingly talking about General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - the beefing up of data protection, which will be written into law in May 2018.