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Feedback Matters #ThursdayThunk
The road to great feedback is paved with good intentions and broken teachers. The idea of feedback sounds so simple and easy yet it has become a triple coloured workload nightmare in many schools. It’s not often a policy excites me but I thought the two Feedback Policies I received this week, one written for our primary academies and the other for our secondary academy, showed a mountain of common sense. Continue reading
The Progress 8 Board and its Flip Side
Tom Sherrington’s reflection on his school’s Progress 8 scores is a fascinating read, Dissecting Progress. The Good, the bad and the ugly. Last year Simon Eccles (@Head_stmarys), the headteacher at St. Mary’s, introduced me to the school’s new tracking board, based on students’ Progress 8 score. Continue reading
Social Mobility “Opportunity Areas” #ThursdayThunk
Justine Greening’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference included new “opportunity areas” in England. The areas will collectively receive £60 million of funding to help local children get the best start in life. How much funding each area gets and over how many years has yet to be decided. Continue reading
Leadership: Being, Knowing, Doing (New Book)
Liminal Leadership
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