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Issue 18.1 - Managing Schools Today

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Sponsors! Who chooses? and why?

Court action by parents threatens to end Government secrecy around the appointment of academy sponsors from business - and lays bare a back-door privatisation agenda.

  • 4 May 2009
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How do you feel?

Primary schools that involve pupils in decisions can improve their morale, behaviour and attendance and boost exam results. Laura Parker tells us how.

  • 4 May 2009
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Reach a little further

Schools sometimes speak of ‘hard-to-reach’ parents but, says Margaret Booth, we should recognise that many parents find schools inaccessible – and do something about it.

  • 4 May 2009
  • 24mins
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Ofsted made easier

An online tool is taking some of the headache out of school inspections.

  • 4 May 2009
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Giving students a real voice

The vast majority of schools now have one – but if carelessly run, a school council might do more harm than good. Matt Lent looks how the best councils benefit pupils and the whole school community.

  • 4 May 2009
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Personality tests can help you choose

Senior leadership appointments are fundamental to a school’s success, says Richard Churches, and ‘personality instruments’ can help to make sure the right people are recruited for key posts.

  • 4 May 2009
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Levelling the field?

Supporters of a radical new approach to funding claim that it would balance out social inequalities between schools and reduce social exclusion. Could it become government policy?

  • 4 May 2009
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The many meanings of formative assessment

Assessment for Learning is all the rage. But are we actually doing it right? Bill Boyle and Marie Charles investigate.

  • 4 May 2009
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Psychology, learning and design

Psychologist Liz malcolm suggests it’s high time we applied a more scientific understanding of human motivation to the design of schools.

  • 4 May 2009
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The longest day of my life

In part 2 of MST’s shocking new series on a successful school condemned by Ofsted, the headteacher recalls her dread and helplessness as the inspection team arrives.

  • 4 May 2009
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