Better behaviour: A guide for teachers Jarlath O’Brien brings his wide-ranging experience to bear in this plea to teachers and school leaders to truly understand children’s behaviour, and there is much to commend this book. Over the first chapters O’Brien advocates a highly empathetic approach to improving behaviour, drawing on lessons learned from psychological research and his own career. Throughout the […]
Shireland Collegiate Academy: The school replacing TAs with technology Shireland Collegiate Academy has been signposted by the DfE as an example of EdTech best practice. Schools Week went to observe the teaching in their immersive room and chat to the leadership team about what they’re doing, and why If you ask the Department for Education which schools are doing EdTech well, Shireland Collegiate Academy […]
Exclusions: are there too many or too few? As the debate on school exclusions becomes increasingly polarised, we brought together two people with opposing views to see where there might be common ground. Mark Lehain, director of campaigning group Parents and Teachers for Excellence, chatted with Jules Daulby, director of education for literacy charity Driver Youth Trust. Qu: Are there too many or […]
H is for Harry Given the aspirational philosophy that underpins the South-London free school Reach Academy Feltham, it seems apt that when it decided to invite in a film crew, it wasn’t to produce a TV series for Channel 4, but an art house documentary. “We are all on the path to university”, the new Year 7s are told […]
Should you hand back an EHCP if you think the child no longer needs it? Ed Vainker is the co-founder and executive principal of Reach Academy Feltham, the school featured in the documentary H is for Harry. We chatted to him about some of the themes raised in the film Qu: The documentary says Reach Feltham was spending twice the amount of funding allocated by Harry’s education, health and care […]
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