In Mental Toughness: Being the Best You Can Be I introduced our work on mental toughness. You may alternatively know mental toughness as character, grit, growth mindset, learned optimism, learning powers. Data on the mental toughness of young people across Blackpool reveals a high level of sensitivity and a very low level of toughness. Continue reading
This is the month when secondary school headteachers age quickly. It’s not just last year’s examination results playing on their mind or the start-up of the year; their haggard look is from numerous evenings making presentations to parents on the annual primary school merry-go-round. Continue reading
In writing Schools that Enable All to Thrive and Flourish, we never sought to respond to Education Excellence Everywhere nor Schools that Work for Everyone rather to demonstrate there was another way; one in which our children and young people can thrive and flourish. Continue reading