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Robin Conway’s blogs of the week, 31 January 2022

Looking in the Mirror @greeborunner Zoe Enser’s writing is always thought provoking, engaging and accessible. This post focuses on the important role of reflective practice and explores the tension between our desire to be reflective and the busy nature of schools. This is an all-too-familiar experience for teachers and leaders at all levels, and Enser’s […]

Academy finances: Surpluses aren’t all they appear to be

A combination of committed funds and looming challenges means record-breaking surpluses hide a rocky time ahead for academies, writes Pam Tuckett

Why we scrapped PE for a healthier curriculum

Physical education is supposed to instil healthy habits for life in all our young people and it is fundamentally failing to deliver that, writes Gareth Evans

Simplifying our behaviour systems changed our culture

A bottom-up approach to school improvement led us from simplifying our systems to a whole new trauma-informed culture, writes Tom Burt

Why an SEMH setting could be a professional’s destination of choice

Too many teachers end their career prematurely when a change of setting could be the ideal solution for them and us, writes Neil Miller

How can schools begin to face up to systemic racism?

The White Spaces project highlights the challenges of unpicking systemic racism, but shows that doing so is within schools’ reach, writes Shona Hunter

Reading wars: Reconciliation will require more truth

This new paper on the teaching of reading is so set on its conclusions it has failed to make the best argument at its disposal, writes Tarjinder Gill

About our schools by Tim Brighouse and Mick Waters

Laura McInerney reviews an imposing new book by two education policy heavyweights and finds herself surprised to be surprised at its scope and quality

Penny’s podcasts, 24 January 2022

This week’s podcasts focus on LGBTQ+ History Month, with ways to rethink and redesign LGBTQ+ inclusion in schools