As the new year, term or week begins there will be challenges a plenty. Whether you lead in the classroom or the staff room, new beginnings always bring that little bit of trepidation; that Sunday evening feeling in the pit of your stomach; even more so when starting a new job. Continue reading
School will have found out their GCSE results yesterday. There is an understandable tendency to be at one or other extreme of the emotional continuum. Results matter a lot to teachers and school leaders. Continue reading
Speaking at the Headteachers’ Roundtable Summit in February 2017, I mooted the idea that someone would challenge Ofsted in the courts and that Durand Academy may well be the first. They were already set on that course; now it has happened. This post was written for the TES and was published on the 15th August 2017. Continue reading