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How to get parents on board with your behaviour policy

Aligning policy and parental expectations is vital in ensuring a behaviour policy is well supported at home and ultimately...

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Paul Dix
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How to ditch teacher appraisal – and what to do instead

Using a tool for development that was actually designed for accountability was hindering our improvement aims. Here’s what we’re...

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Katie Perry
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How to carry out social media checks on job applicants

Here’s how to ensure our modern hiring processes are legal and ethical – even if we can’t stop all...

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Dan Morrow
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Maximising your teaching assistants team

To mark National Teaching Assistants' Day, Angus Weir explains how his Birmingham academy has embraced their talents - with...

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Angus Weir
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Five ways for leaders to fly the flag for maths

A ‘phonics for maths’ is the right aspiration for government, but why wait to start priming teachers for a...

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Susan Okereke
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Seven essential steps for rebranding a trust

Far from a vanity project, rebranding is an opportunity to rethink your organisation from its core values out

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Unity Jones
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Five important steps at the start of your headship journey

Drawing on Ark Schools’ leadership development programme and my own experience, here are someu seful tips for new school...

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Mide Ola-Said
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How to support teachers to address the riots and civil unrest 

It’s the difficult job of every leader to ensure their school tackles the horrific scenes that dominated our screens...

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Nicole Rodden
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Four ideas from industry to start the school term strong

Some ideas from outside of education could help us in our search for stronger engagement from and partnership with...

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Rachel Johnson