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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, IContinue reading “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.  In June 2017, the chief inspector of schools, Amanda Spielman, gave a speech at the Festival of Education in which sheContinue reading “Curriculum matters: Part 1 – design and delivery”

This article was written for SecEd magazine and first published in November 2016.  You can read the original version on the SecEd website here.   You can read more of my monthly columns for SecEd here.  In Ofsted’s 2015 report, Key Stage 3: The Wasted Years? it was suggested, among other areas, that schools are not using Pupil PremiumContinue reading “Key Stage 3: Effective use of the Pupil Premium”

Your initial teacher training year is a bit like learning to drive: throughout your training you have a constant critic at your side offering advice (or possibly a staffroom full of them), and you are encouraged to endlessly reflect, adjust and – by so doing – secure incremental improvements. You might literally be in theContinue reading “The habits of a great teacher”