The last few weeks has seen the production of the Headteachers Roundtable submission to the Education Select Committee Inquiry on Primary Assessment. It’s timely and hopefully will shed a light on a number of key issues. I’m indebted to Sally Hamson and Binks Neate-Evans who co-authored the submission with me. Continue reading
Sometimes a word or phrase just sticks; it encapsulates an idea or puts into words what you feel and are trying to say. The phrase “Humane Accountability” did it for me; it articulates how I feel and what I want to say. I think it might have been Laura McInerney or possibly Dr Becky Allen who suggested it; at the time I was trying to herd the cool cats who make up HeadsRoundtable. Read for this “chair the meeting”. Continue reading
Jobs have a bit of a habit of finding me. The opportunity to Chair the @HeadsRoundtable Group was one that proved a bit too irresistible. This powerful group of head teachers was established as a non-party political think tank to influence national education policy so that it centres upon what is best for the learning of all children. Continue reading