Opinion: Solutions

How to raise attendance and engagement through coaching

Connecting students with each other for academic and personal mentoring has helped us transform attitudes to learning and outcomes

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Sarah Hadlow
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Six ways to heal the SEND system from within – now

All the political pontificating is holding back improvement. Here’s what we could do now if those on the ground...

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Tom Legge
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Six tips for opening a specialist resource provision

Six SEND leaders with experience of opening specialist resource provisions share their top tips for ensuring yours delivers on...

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Gary Aubin
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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
Opinion: Solutions

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
Opinion: Solutions

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