JL Dutaut | Schools Week

How to take control of your finances in 2022

Budgets are stretched in unprecedented fashion, but putting value at the heart of our financial operation has been transformative, writes Andrew Moorhouse

Improving air quality is for life, not just for Covid

Improving indoor air quality shouldn’t be considered a quick fix for Covid recovery but a long-term investment in healthier and more productive schools, writes David Glover

Why we need to see the children of prisoners

Unlocking the potential of these children is matter of seeing them and tackling the stigma that keeps them and their families invisible, writes Natasha Porter

Twenty things to do with a computer (Forward 50)

Back in 1971, when computers in schools were barely conceivable, Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon produced a revolutionary paper. Reproduced in this book, their Twenty Things to Do with a Computer introduced teachers to the idea that programming could be used to engage children, release their creativity and still learn stuff.  Reading that paper now, […]

Is extending the school day a viable solution to lost learning?

Our case study reveals important caveats for ‘out-of-school time’ provision and challenges leaders to think differently about post-Covid recovery, writes Claire Forbes

Gerry Robinson’s blogs of the week, 10 January 2022

Creating the safe, happy space where children are inspired to talk @EmmaDee77 For those who haven’t been paying attention, the clue to the fundamental importance of the Early Years Foundation Stage is in its name. Nursery headteacher Julian Grenier’s excellent blog Inside the Secret Garden blog discusses all things EYFS, and this guest post by […]

How to build your armour against parental abuse

The pandemic started with an initial wave of support for schools, but ongoing challenges and controversies have created a backlash that has seen abuse towards staff – and particularly leaders – normalised. What I’ve learned from my experience is that you can’t be over-prepared for this. Investing in protecting yourself can only help to prevent […]

Admissions are closing the door on social mobility

The new social mobility commission chair should lobby for one reform that would deliver real change and silence her critics, writes Mike Ion

Making a return from retirement a success

Follow some simple guidelines on your return to school and you too could end up asking yourself why you ever left, writes Keith Fox