I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about why all of us must improve our teaching. For the past month, since I last blogged, I have been thinking about how to develop…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about keeping the main thing the main thing. Can we really structure our school so that increasing the impact of teaching on students' learning…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about short stories for your Christmas assembly! I wrote this first short story; it is based on my wife's account of walking our youngest to school a couple…
I have been a Headteacher for over nine years now and, at the age of 48, this much I know about the tricky issue of planning the development of an outstanding school. Sustained, deep improvement of schools takes time. Twelve years ago I sat next to the late Derek Wise…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and a blogger since 16 June 2012 and, at the age of 48, this much I know about Edublogging! Sophie Coulombeau said to me recently, If you’re not on twitter you’re dead. Whilst…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about failure (well, everyone else is writing about it...). If you commit to something completely you almost certainly commit yourself to experiencing a degree of failure. On a profound level,…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years and, at the age of 48, this much I know about failure (well, everyone else is writing about it...). If you commit to something completely you almost certainly commit yourself to experiencing a degree of failure. On a profound level,…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and one of the Headteachers’ Roundtable for a matter of weeks, and, at the age of 48, this much I know/have recently learnt about developing curriculum and assessment. The English Baccalaureate Certificate proposals have…