Middle Leadership Mastery by Adam Robbins

There’s more to middle leadership than this concise book can cover, writes Kristian Shanks, but that shouldn’t detract from...

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Robin Conway’s blogs of the week, 7 June 2021

This week’s top blogs cover how to develop articulate learners, a powerful curriculum metaphor, world-building, courageous leadership, lies, damned...

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Opinion: SEND

What is it like for children with sensory processing issues?

Melissa Jane’s recovery from a brain injury that impaired her sensory processing was hard enough. Then lockdowns set her...

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MELISSA JANE
ITT

ITT reforms need more work to avoid a formulaic future

Some approaches to teacher formation have been overly theoretical – but government reforms risk formulaic compliance, writes Joe Hallgarten...

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JOE HALLGARTEN
Opinion

Speak first to close the reception year language gap

Covid’s disruption of young children’s early language development has been devastating – but some tried-and-tested approaches can undo the...

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JOSH HILLMAN
Opinion

Choosing the right intervention is a matter of psychology

Choosing how best to support vulnerable learners is a minefield, but a new tool could help school leaders navigate...

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DR MATTHEW EASTERBROOK* and IAN HADDEN**
Opinion

Your money or your data! Counting the costs of ransomware

A spike in ransomware attacks on schools should be spurring leaders – and the Department for Education – to...

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HAYLEY DUNN
Opinion

Recovery can’t be achieved with sparsely spread resources

New Teach First research reveals stark disparities. Our manifesto aims to put them right by giving teachers the resources...

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RUSSELL HOBBY
Opinion

The DfE must show it is inclined to learn from its mistakes

The DfE has been challenged like few others by the pandemic, writes Meg Hillier, but its disinclination to learn...

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Meg Hillier MP