For the last two years, The No Barriers Foundation has worked with schools and charities in developing countries, training teachers and sending classroom resources, as well as dual-language children’s books. We’re doing this because we believe that education is the surest route out of poverty and a child’s chances in life should not depend on geography or gender. Continue reading
I ended #rEDBlackpool by challenging attendees to now go and “create the thunder needed to make evidence informed practice the norm in schools”; this after the lightning flash of a great event. The idea of thunder and lightning was taken from The Salesperson’s Secret Code by Mills, Ridley, Laker and Chapman; it’s all about communication. So much of great leadership is. Continue reading
If you’ve ever wondered whether the Big Brother of accountability is watching you; it is now. Ofsted has always carried out risk assessments within schools using pre-determined thresholds. It now has a new computerised algorithm to help it identify which good and outstanding schools it should be zooming in on. Continue reading