Redesigning Schools

Updated #Progress8 May Just Be A #Gamechanger

It’s not often that I get excited by another release from the Department for Education.  Thinking about it I’m not sure that I have ever previously got excited about a Department for Education release but the recent changes to the Progress 8 measure at GCSE has the potential to set in chain a set of thinking that could be a real game changer for education in England. Continue reading →

The New Professionalism – Reimagining the Profession

It won’t take long before merry hell breaks out in schools this term.  I’m not thinking of Year 9 after a wet, windy, miserable lunch time but rather the School Teachers’ Review Body’s Report (STRB) due out this week.  Following last year’s introduction of performance related pay this report may well end up to be an annual unsolicited and unhelpful wind up for teachers.

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This is the Decade of Professional Capital

“Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road”

So the lyrics of Green Day’s song “Good Riddance (I hope you had the time of your life)” start.

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