I have been a teacher for 26 years, a Headteacher for 11 years and, at the age of 50, this much I know about impostor syndrome. We’re all in this (education world) together. This morning I will be talking at The Sunday Times Festival of Education about bridging the…
I have been a teacher for 26 years, a Headteacher for 11 years and, at the age of 50, this much I know about Northern Rocks 2015. I had the pleasure of presenting at Northern Rocks 2015 yesterday. Huge thanks to Debra Kidd and Emma Hardy for putting together such…
I have been a teacher for 26 years, a Headteacher for 11 years and, at the age of 50, this much I know about basic budgeting. A fundamental truth about school budgets: If your costs rise but your income remains the same you have less spending power. There is one…
I have been a teacher for 26 years, a Headteacher for 11 years and, at the age of 50, this much I know about maintaining perspective. Can you recognise a mid-life crisis when you’re in the middle of a mid-life crisis? I have been unsettled by Will Self’s…
I have been a teacher for 26 years, a Headteacher for 11 years and, at the age of 50, this much I know about helping Cat White get to university. We need to raise £1,600 for one of our Year 13 students Cat White to attend the British Institute…
I have been a teacher for 26 years, a Headteacher for 11 years and, at the age of 50, this much I know about an unlikely literary lesson for the next Labour leader. Jane Austen knew her stuff. Thematically, Pride and Prejudice is about finding the middle way between two…
I have been a teacher for 26 years, a Headteacher for 11 years and, at the age of 50 this much I know about revising on 8 May 2015. Stick with this... Comment on whether a cut in tax rates will always result in a budget deficit. This is the…
I have been a teacher for 26 years, a Headteacher for 11 years and, at the age of 50 this much I (DON’T) know about why Education is not on the General Election agenda. Remember 1997? In his latest book Alistair Campbell recalls that back then education was [New…