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
Like many schools we are currently looking at the data from last year’s Year 2, 6, 11 and 13 cohorts via RAISE, FFT & ALPS. The various documents have reinforced where we need to put our improvement efforts to ensure current pupils’ future success. Invariably too much focus will be on the short term; success next summer. Continue reading
Below is the content of the second half of the presentation I gave at the #LearningFirst Conference in Sheffield on the 5th November 2016. Thanks to Dame Alison and Julie for organising and to everyone who gave up their Saturday to attend. Continue reading