Geography. Teaching. Learning
Leadership: more like whack-a-mole than spinning plates
School leadership is often compared to spinning plates. However, after three years of senior leadership, five years of...
The brutal slog: on improving attendance
I enjoy assemblies but the empty seats trouble me. As the year groups get older, the more empty...
#TMSolutions : the founding party
I understand the irony of writing a post about an event that isn’t about ego on a blog...
Closing the gap: when the main thing is not always teaching and learning
Over the past three years, one of my accountabilities has concerned accelerating the progress of disadvantaged students. We’ve...
Fall down seven, rise eight. Can schools grow grit?
This may get messy as thoughts run through my head. This post is about plans and reflections on...
Eliminating workload: are curriculum change, behaviour and tutoring the elephants in the room?
The three reports published in March by the workload review groups make interesting reading. They have been informed...
Creating connections between secondary and primary classrooms
Making connections between primary and secondary classrooms from David Rogers I’ve had better times. As I make and...
Leeds Learning Conference
Temporary Post with link to the Dropbox file
Twitter isn’t the best form of CPD 1: the traits of school leaders
Before I start, I looked up the word ‘provoke’ today: Much is written about the power of social...
High Impact, Low effort
This month is the start of the #29daysofwriting challenge. I enjoyed this last year and will be using...
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