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Issue 1.2

Leadership

Take the Energy Challenge

Schools are urged to help the fght against climate change in a simple but effective new sustainable energy initiative. Liz Warren has the lowdown.

  • 17 Jun 2009
  • 24mins
Leadership

The bank at Bell Lane school

The mighty high street banks may be struggling to survive – but the one run by primary school children in Buckinghamshire goes from strength to strength. Caroline Masters tells the story.

  • 17 Jun 2009
  • 24mins
Leadership

Funding chaos at the LSC

Further education is in turmoil over promises of cash for rebuilding which failed to materialise.

  • 17 Jun 2009
  • 24mins
Leadership

From poverty to equality

The Government has another chance to address the issues surrounding deprivation and underachievement. Can the link ever be broken?

  • 17 Jun 2009
  • 24mins
Leadership

Beyond the comfort zone

Risk-taking business people are clearly just what Britain needs – and an innovative scheme encouraging schools to take chances is helping to produce them.

  • 17 Jun 2009
  • 24mins
Leadership

Manager’s Briefcase – Learning Outside the Classroom

Learning outside the classroom is a priority for the DCSF: *Monitoring participation outside the classroom *Evaluating under-represented groups *Checklist for clubs

  • 17 Jun 2009
  • 24mins
Leadership

Political science

GCSE science is still under scrutiny – with rows over standards, changes to the syllabus, and this year’s exam candidates at an unfair advantage.

  • 10 Jun 2009
  • 24mins
Leadership

A question of priorities

Which to tackle first – disruptive behaviour or indifferent teaching and learning? A new head faces a tough early challenge in this issue’s Leadership Dilemma.

  • 10 Jun 2009
  • 24mins
Leadership

Extended Schools: an alternative view

If we keep building schools on the 19th-century model of containing children within, can we really expect local people to come in and use the facilities? John Waldron offers a historical perspective on extended schools.

  • 10 Jun 2009
  • 24mins
Leadership

Losing the best job in the world

Headteachers’ leader John Dunford asks why, with a looming shortage of heads, the Government pursues policies that mean school leaders are losing their jobs in record numbers.

  • 10 Jun 2009
  • 24mins