Following on from the HTRT Think Tank, we’re pulling together a number of policy ideas around accountability. The use of teacher assessments as a means of holding schools accountable is proving rather a thorny issue. Continue reading
Twelve is a good a number as any for directing people towards better teaching, assessment and learning. It certainly won’t cover everything and there are probably things you will disagree with. I don’t have any monopoly on what might improve teaching, assessment and learning. Rather these are the distillation of a number of presentations I have made of late and we are in the process of implementing across the Trust. Continue reading
It’s nearly forty years since James Callaghan, the then Prime Minister, delivered his Ruskin College speech that sparked the Great Education Debate. Political involvement has grown exponentially over the years and is now out of control. The Headteachers’ Roundtable are coming together with about one hundred and eighty colleagues to discuss, debate and have our say. Continue reading