LeadingLearner

Challenging Yourself as a Teacher or Leader #ThursdayThunk

There’s a restlessness in many of us that drives us to keep improving.  It’s a good thing but something that needs channelling if it is not to become disorientating, exhausting and eventually self-defeating.  Excellence may well be a habit but it’s a disciplined habit. Continue reading →

Schools That Work for Everyone (teachers not included) #GreenPaper

Another Secretary of State and another colour paper but the same problem; let’s think and talk about structures rather than teachers.  The glaring omission is the Green Paper never once makes proposals about the key part of the whole system; the teachers and support staff who make our schools work, who actually make them so good.  Continue reading →

Exclusive: My Debt to Comprehensive Schools

With thanks to the Daily Mail for featuring my exclusive story, I would like to explain why, having gone to a comprehensive school, all schools must now become “bog standard”.  The whole thrust of national educational policy now seems to be predicated on personal preferences and singular experiences.  It leaves many people in despair.

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