Becoming a new teaching school
...capacity to develop others. https://youtu.be/8YMTAQgsm04 Building an open and honest alliance To succeed we knew we needed our alliance of schools to be open and honest. Our schools have to...
Unlocking the power of collaboration
Six Lincolnshire teaching school alliances unlocked the power of collaboration when they agreed to work closely together. We visited Kyra Teaching School Alliance to find out more.
Putting research at the heart of your school
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Primary schools, Professional Development
The Mead Academy Trust has put research and development at the very core of their work. They explain why research and development was chosen as a strategic priority and how it has been embedded across the alliance.
Making marking work: Marking and feedback at Reinwood Junior School
The impetus for change Our school, a larger than average primary school located in the west of Huddersfield, had been reflecting on how we give feedback to pupils in light of the independent review group report on marking and reducing …
Making marking intelligent: feedback policy at Huntington School
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 …
Inclusive PE: How the PE and sport premium is helping to encourage sport for all
The West Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre (SILC) is a special school in the west of Leeds. Across the school’s five sites, they cater for children and young people with a wide range of needs, ranging from moderate learning difficulties, severe …
Keeping the focus on the core purpose
School improvement is all too often overcomplicated by leaders, who are under pressure to make ‘quick wins’, as a result of the high stakes culture that schools now find themselves in. As a result, teachers are asked to do things, …
Spotlight on National School Sports Week
With the European football championships underway in France and the Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games on the horizon it is set to be another memorable summer of sporting excitement, and hopefully success. Sport has an incredible ability to unite …
Culture, Heritage and Community: How one North East school uses the Pupil Premium to raise aspirations.
Everyone in the Northern Saints CofE School community was delighted to learn that we were joint winners of the National Pupil Premium Awards 2016 in the KS2 category. It’s wonderful that we have been recognized as excelling in the work …
High expectations and continuous reflection
Westfield Community Primary School is a high performing school working in a demanding area of Wigan. My staff are highly professional and dedicated - but never complacent. We believe pupils do best in an environment of high expectations and teachers …