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Let the Teacher Auctions Begin #MeltdownScenario
It’s easy to forget, in the maelstrom of the academic year, just what it was like twelve months ago or twelve months before that. Teachers and school leaders will be experiencing sleepless nights about this summer’s results, the budget and recruitment; if school leaders have any sense they will be focussed on retention. Somehow this year feels different; more intense, more frenetic, more disturbing. Continue reading
Admissions and Refusals
The letters have gone out for another year. Joy, relief, worry and fear will have been the mixture of emotions felt by parents and children depending on whether they secured their school of choice. For school leaders and teachers similar emotions can be felt when you begin to contemplate the impact of Year 7 numbers on your budget at a time it is already falling. Continue reading
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast So Build Great Teaching Cultures
As weeks go this one has been a pretty damn good one. Returning after a decent rest from February half term, I’m arriving at work in the light and on some evenings also set off home in the light. The long winter haul of driving in the dark seems to be over. Throw in an INSET day with the Family of Blackpool Catholic Schools and the inspirational John Tomsett key noting; spring, if not quite in the air, seems only around the corner. Continue reading
Leadership: Being, Knowing, Doing (New Book)
Liminal Leadership
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