primary leadership

An open mind and a smile on your face

How do you like to spend your summer holiday? Relaxing on a beach somewhere, catching up with what should have been the spring-cleaning? How would you feel about travelling across the world for three weeks, eating dahl for breakfast and teaching pupils who take their shoes off to walk to school?

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Welcome to the new primary curriculum

That’s what it says on the QCDA website and yet so far the fanfare has been a little subdued. Certainly the amount of content is minimal in comparison to when the NC was first conceived. A welcome move. What does the new curriculum contain and how is it organised?

What is the future of learning?

What should our pupils be learning to prepare them for the future? In this article Steven Mark, Director of the International Primary Curriculum, shares some of the messages from the first ever Future of Learning Conference 2009. Find out more about the Five Minds for the Future and what it means for education…

Further Features

Guaranteeing assessment

It seems as though the business of education has gradually become more and more complicated. The forthcoming pupil and parent guarantees promise interventions based on teacher assessment. How can school’s keep up? Here is one method that schools are using to assist in the complex and high stakes development of teacher assessment.

Life ‘gets in the way’ of talking

A national survey of 2,000 parents, of children aged 0-11, has revealed that more than half of parents worry that they don't have the time to talk and communicate properly with their children, because life gets in the way.

Aiming for a learning-focused school

What is learning? It's something we think we all know but do we? Fairlawn Primary School decided to clarify what it meant for their school and embarked on a learning-focused programme. In this article we hear about how they did this. Read more...

Listening online to pupils’ views

With 'pupil voice' increasingly a priority, how can schools avoid tokenism and engage students in a genuine dialogue about issues that matter? SLT discovers one school’s secret weapon: blogging.

Your SEF

Completing your SEF - safeguarding

The Ofsted judgment ‘The effectiveness of safeguarding procedures’ is one of the eight judgments under ‘Leadership and management’. What does this mean for schools and how might you complete the judgement on your SEF. Read on to find out more…

Ofsted and community cohesion

The Ofsted judgment ‘The effectiveness with which the school promotes community cohesion’ is one of the eight judgments under ‘Leadership and management’. What does this mean for schools and how might you complete the judgement on your SEF. Read on to find out more…

Completing your SEF - behaviour

The Ofsted judgment ‘Pupils’ behaviour’ is one of the seven judgments under ‘Outcomes:how well are pupils doing, taking account of any variation?’. What does this mean for schools and how might you complete the judgement on your SEF. Read on to find out more…

in the latest issue

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International Baccalaureate - the answer for the 14–19 curriculum?
A new conversation about assessment
Listening online to pupils’ views
What every ‘failing’ school must make Ofsted believe
The new Masters in Teaching and Learning qualifcation
Coaching with impact
Making the most of tighter school budgets
A fair deal for international learning
Helping new pupils from overseas settle in the classroom
‘Doing up’ existing school premises

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Meet Trevor Hughes. Trevor is the school business manager (SBM) at William Farr C of E School in Lincoln. Click here to find out more.

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