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A Headteacher’s Suicide That Should Never Have Happened

The tragic death of a brilliantly successful headteacher alerted Jackie Beere to the destructive nature of stress . it profoundly changed her life.

15 Jan

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Why The School Library Was My First Investment – Richard Gerver

Richard Gerver, who has been called one of the country’s most inspirational and successful school leaders, urges schools to recognise the power of school libraries

9 Jan 2021
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The Digital School Of The Future

The depth of the change in teaching and learning in the last 12 months has been breath-taking, but we are only at the beginnings of the Edtech transformation, insists Parves Khan

24 Dec 2020
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A Modest Proposal For Schools After Christmas

Is there a better way to reconcile the dilemma that school are spreading the virus , and the need to keep hem open for the sake of educational equity?

23 Dec 2020
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A Headteacher’s Suicide That Should Never Have Happened

The tragic death of a brilliantly successful headteacher alerted Jackie Beere to the destructive nature of stress . it profoundly changed her life.

15 Jan

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Why The School Library Was My First Investment – Richard Gerver

Richard Gerver, who has been called one of the country’s most inspirational and successful school leaders, urges schools to recognise the power of school libraries

9 Jan

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The Digital School Of The Future

The depth of the change in teaching and learning in the last 12 months has been breath-taking, but we are only at the beginnings of the Edtech transformation, insists Parves Khan

24 Dec

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A Modest Proposal For Schools After Christmas

Is there a better way to reconcile the dilemma that school are spreading the virus , and the need to keep hem open for the sake of educational equity?

23 Dec

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The Four Pillars of Support Missing For Children With Special Educational Needs During Covid -19

Sonia Blandford describes the needs of children with Special Educational Needs during the Covid Crisis, which she laments, have been disgracefully neglected

17 Dec

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2020: The Year When Digital Learning Came Into Its Own

2020 - unforgettable but may herald a better, more equitable future for education

2 Dec

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Great Teaching and Learning? It’s a habit!

Our habits are like an automatic pilot that helps us do everything without too much thinking. We know what we are doing and how to do it. Then a pandemic hits and changes everything.

20 Nov

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Only A Crisis Can Produce Real Change

Headteacher Shonogh Pilgrim misses lockdown and has some bitter-sweet reflections about the return to a less-than-great ‘normal'.

9 Nov

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Learning the Lessons of Lockdown is Everyone’s Responsibility

Olly Newton, Executive Director, Edge Foundation, believes that the disruption of lockdown has been creative as well as horribly challenging

28 Oct

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Consistency and continuity in and out of the classroom with Net Support

Al Kingsley, MD at NetSupport, reflects on the impact of class management technologies

9 Oct

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Guild meets the need for a robust digital communication strategy

With pupils returning to the classroom and unprecedented levels of uncertainty and it is vital that schools have sound online systems and a robust digital communication strategy argues Ashley Friedlein, CEO of Guild

9 Oct

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KAZ: Why a little competition is no bad thing

Keene Braganza, managing director, KAZ Type Limited, describes the benefits of launching an international competition

9 Oct

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A Vision for Inclusive Middle Leadership

Professor Sonia Blandford, CEO Achievement for All , argues that an Inclusive school needs vision, and in particular a vision for inclusive middle leadership who will be asked, after all, to do most of the heavy lifting.

5 Oct

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What Happened To Learning During The Lockdown In Leeds?

The digital divide is deeply affecting children, families and teachers as Leila Johnston reports from Yorkshire

28 Sep

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Leading Academy Trusts – A Reflection

On the publication of his book ‘Leading Academy Trusts – Why some fail but most don’t’ Sir David Carter, former National Schools Commissioner, looks back on what he has learned about leadership and managing multi-academy trusts over a 37 year career

18 Sep

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Rescuing A Generation At Risk From Covid and Exclusions

A project at Lyng School In Coventry, which has 50 per cent of its children on free school meals, has shown remarkable success in keeping all its children engaged during the lockdown. Sonia Blandford describes the project and argues that it should be rolled out across the country.

11 Aug

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The do’s and don’ts of remote learning – How AI works and what it brings to the table

Dr Sara de Freitas, executive director of education at Wey Education, providers of InterHigh, the online school, shares her advice on retaining and refining the advantages we have all experienced from online, blended learning during Covid-19.

10 Aug

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The GCSE And A Level Results Will Just Not Be Fair!

The new exam results based on a system of teacher expectations and school benchmarking, will not be accurate or fair to children from disadvantaged backgrounds, argues Professor Nicola Ingram

6 Aug

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