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How to solve a problem like teacher retention – part 2
There’s a staffing crisis right now in England’s schools. In part one of this blog I explained why this was the case. I explained that pupil numbers were growing, that there were not enough new secondary school trainee teachers coming into the sector, and that we were losing too many experienced teachers from the profession. In June… Read more
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Curriculum matters: Part 7 – the language of learning
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 2018. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. This is the sixth instalment in a 7-part series. Read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five and part six. This… Read more
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Curriculum matters: Part 6 – making the KS3 curriculum count
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 2018. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. This is the sixth instalment in a 7-part series. Read part one, part two, part three, part four and part five. In last… Read more
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How to solve a problem like teacher retention – part 1
In June 2018, I was asked to conduct a review of academic literature on the subject of teacher retention. It’s a hot topic because we are experiencing a staffing crisis in England’s schools. Why is this? Firstly, pupil numbers are growing. This is due to a demographic bulge which is travelling through the education system,… Read more
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Curriculum matters: Part 5 – Curriculum mapping (backwards)
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 2018. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. This is the fifth instalment in a 7-part series. Read part one, part two, part three and part four. So far in this… Read more
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Curriculum matters: Part 4 – Shakespeare’s education
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 2018. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. This is the fourth instalment in a 7-part series. Read part one, part two and part three. Among the many slurs… Read more
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Curriculum matters: Part 3 – knowledge is power
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 2018. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. This is the third instalment in a 7-part series. Read part one here and part two here In the first part… Read more
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Curriculum matters: Part 2 – vision and purpose
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 2018. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. This is the second instalment in a 7-part series. Read part one here. In the first part of this series, I… Read more
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Curriculum matters: Part 1 – design and delivery
This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in September 2018. You can read the original version on the SecEd website here. You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here. In June 2017, the chief inspector of schools, Amanda Spielman, gave a speech at the Festival of Education in which she… Read more
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Transition days are not for testing
In my recent post, Making Transition Count, I shared 20 top tips to improve a pupil’s transition from primary to secondary school. In this follow-up post I’d like to focus on the all-important transition day that usually takes place in June or July and affords Year 6 pupils a sneaky peek of life in big… Read more
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The problem with the Key Stage 3 curriculum
The Chief Inspector of Schools, Amanda Spielman, gave a speech at the Festival of Education in June 2017 in which she trumpeted the importance of the school curriculum… She said that, all too often, schools lose sight of the real substance of education: “Not the exam grades or the progress scores, important though they are, but… Read more
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Tricks of the teaching trade…
If you’re due to start your teacher training or NQT year in September, this is for you… I bought a Border Collie pup recently and, at eight weeks, have just begun training her. I don’t want to sound disparaging but the experience has reminded me a lot of my teacher-training. I’ve christened my dog Meg… Read more