Category Archives: leadership

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in January 2019.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here.  Before you picked up this article, did you know what SLCN stood for? Don’t worry if not. I polled several secondaryContinue reading “Supporting pupils with SLCN – Part 1”

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in January 2019.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here.  In the first part of this article on leading PSHE, I recounted my own experiences as “Keeper of the Poisoned Chalice”Continue reading “Leading PSHE – Part 2”

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in January 2019.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here.  A few years into my teaching career, I was appointed head of PSHE in a large comprehensive school. I knew evenContinue reading “Leading PSHE – Part 1”

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in November 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 article was published as part of SecEd’s NQT special supplement in November 2018. During your teacher training you probably feltContinue reading “Working with teaching assistants”

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in November 2018.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can access the full archive of my columns for SecEd here.  The foreword to the SEND Code of Practice (DfE, 2015) states that “Our vision for children with SEND (should be) theContinue reading “SEND and school governance”

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. ThisContinue reading “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 and part five. In lastContinue reading “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 fifth instalment in a 7-part series. Read part one, part two, part three and part four. So far in thisContinue reading “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 fourth instalment in a 7-part series. Read part one, part two and part three. Among the many slursContinue reading “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 third instalment in a 7-part series. Read part one here and part two here In the first partContinue reading “Curriculum matters: Part 3 – knowledge is power”