Issue 18.1 - Managing Schools Today

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
24mins

Leadership

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
24mins

Leadership

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

Leadership

Ofsted made easier

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

4 May 2009
24mins

Leadership

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
24mins

Leadership

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
24mins

Leadership

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
24mins

Leadership

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
24mins

Leadership

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
24mins

Leadership

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
24mins

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Issue 18.1 - Managing Schools Today

Sponsors! Who chooses? and why?

How do you feel?

Reach a little further

Ofsted made easier

Giving students a real voice

Personality tests can help you choose

Levelling the field?

The many meanings of formative assessment

Psychology, learning and design

The longest day of my life

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