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
Starting back to the new half term, with an INSET Day, I enjoyed the usual free cup of tea and biscuit at break followed by a lunch of jacket potato and chicken curry and then had my first ever flu jab. All of these are provided as additional perks for staff. Continue reading
There’s nothing like a good bit of research and a nice neat model to sucker me in. The report on the impact of different types of leaders on turning around failing schools by Alex Hill and Ben Laker, from the Centre for High Performance, is well worth reading. Continue reading