The current fecundity of working groups and their ability to reproduce is showing no signs of slowing down. The answer to most problems in education these days seems to be: have a consultation, set up a working or review group and then depending on whether you like what it writes publish the report or bury it. Continue reading
If you work in a school I’m probably safe in saying you are working too hard and doing too many things. Whilst it might appear harsh, I may even suggest that you are probably not doing all these things as well as you could leading to reduced impact. Even worse you possibly haven’t spent enough time thinking, in the first instance, about whether all the things you are doing are likely to have a significant impact or possibly any impact. Continue reading
It’s been an odd twelve months with respect to data. I’ve spent the last two decades as a deputy and head teacher chucking as much aggregated data into the Data Monster, similar beasts exist in schools up and down the country, only to have now become an aggregated data minimalist. Continue reading