It’s raining RAISE at the moment. November is the month statistical analyses and dashboards become the group reader in schools across the land. Many people have a problem navigating these number dense documents.
With the pantomime season almost upon us; if you had three wishes to magically acquire “must haves” for a teacher what would you go for? The only certainty about this post is I’m almost certainly wrong but thought I’d offer it to get people to reflect, disagree and debate. Identifying only three is artificial but it does mean you have to develop a sense of priorities. You can’t go on writing an endless list. Here’s mine for what they are worth. Continue reading
With the longest darkest night of the year just a month away; staff tired with loads to do in what is the usual mad busy Christmas Term, it is all too easy to become a bit negative. Here are three reasons to be cheerful: Justine, Greening, Alison Peacock and Amanda Spielman.