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Don’t Rush to Calculate Progress 8 and Other Results Day Bits

There are now three results days in my calendar each year; arguably four but Key Stage 1 drifts in over a number of weeks rather than being a set day.  Starting in early July with Key Stage 2 with A-levels in mid-August followed a week later by GCSEs.  They have been a mixture of individual pupil and organisational triumphs and disasters, over the year. Continue reading →

Let’s Talk the Profession Up; Nope

Probably not the most cheery blog post title to end the academic year on but it’s getting increasingly galling being told to talk the profession up.  The profession should talk for itself; not individual people but rather the shared, lived experiences. Continue reading →

Where Will All the Leaders Come From? #ThursdayThunk

If you think we’ve got a leadership recruitment problem now; you ain’t seen anything yet.  There’s a tsunami of job vacancies coming over the next five years and a dearth of high quality applicants.  We’re coming to this issue too late and in a piecemeal way.

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