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Being 10% braver by #WomenEd

Khera Potts discovers a book with bags of inspiration but little guidance on how to follow in braver women’s footsteps The sleepless nights, the wardrobe re-assessment – hallmarks of a pending return to work following maternity. #WomenEd’s Being 10% Braver – a follow-up to its 2019 volume – arrived at the perfect time for me and I was hoping it would provide coping strategies […]

Naureen Khalid’s blogs of the week, 15 March 2021

Naureen Khalid casts her governor’s eye over this week’s blogs and picks four of the best, covering SEFs, promoting governors, notes on reopening, and making policies inclusive of women Good Enough for Any SEF @DavidNautilus1 Your community will not judge you using inspection frameworks As school leaders and as governors, we are very familiar […]

How the NTP is solving the northern tutoring challenge

Disparities in accessing the National Tutoring Programme mirror existing inequalities, writes Emily Yeomans. But we are already beginning to level regions up The much anticipated 8 March date has now passed, with schools welcoming many more pupils back to the classroom. Inevitably this additional period of partial closures and remote learning has led to education […]

Reopening: SENCOs and students with SEND face multiple challenges

Not all students will be able to return to school in the coming weeks. SENCOs will be crucial to supporting those who can’t, writes Hannah Moloney As most pupils returned to school this week, it is important to remember that not all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are back […]

Ofsted’s restructure puts EAL and GRT students’ progress at risk

The reported redistribution of responsibilities inside Ofsted for EAL and GRT pupils threatens to dilute accountability for their progress, writes Chiaka Amadi Last Wednesday, Teachers Talk Radio reported confirmation from Ofsted that there would no longer be a specialist national lead for pupils learning English as an additional language (EAL) or for pupils from a […]

Teacher and leadership pay can no longer be ignored

The government has tried everything to distract from its failure to deal with the profession’s pay. They have run out of excuses, writes Ian Hartwright A member recently contacted me to ask: Does the government actually listen to the School Teachers’ Review Body? He had a point. This year, government again announced its decisions on […]

Why a five-term year works so well (as long as we all do it)

There are many reasons to support reform of the school calendar year. But there’s one important caveat, writes Sir David Carter In 2004, I was appointed principal of John Cabot City Technology College (CTC) in Bristol, my second headship. One of the most curious aspects of the college I was about to lead was the […]

Research: How masks in class went from unimaginable to mainstream

As children returned to school this week, masks have been more in use than ever. Teacher Tapp’s Eve Debbage explores how their classroom use became mainstream News reports at the onset of the pandemic led many of us to feel unsure about what precautions to take against Covid-19. One day, children were said to run […]

Sonia Thompson’s blogs of the week, 8 March 2021

This week’s top blogs cover children’s books, advice from a leadership dream team, how to knit up a strong curriculum and unpacking educational research Words and Feelings @one_to_read This is the best kind of book blog When Ben Harris recommends a book, I know I will need to seek it out. This discerning teacher […]