Then this afternoon my AP and I were discussing the type of school we wanted to help create, with reference to our leadership responsibility – Teaching and Learning. We have borrowed Sir Tim Brighouse’s sage words, quoting Professor Judith Little. …
If I knew then, what I know now, what would I do differently? Our Ofsted inspection this week was a hugely demanding and hugely valuable experience, however I do not think the reasons why would be of any real practical …
Never before, as a teacher, have I been as fortunate and privileged as I am now. In my role, I see at least five teachers ‘at work’ almost every day, sometimes more, and I undertake more lesson observations than ever …
The ‘Update on Progress 8 measure and reforms to secondary school accountability framework’ has been released. I use the DfE terms there, update and released. It is in fact a fairly inconclusive and somewhat muddled update, the final response due …
Effective marking, there are a growing number of blog posts on the topic at the moment. Basically we are being advised to through in a pinch of meta-cognition and a smattering of feedback and whallop, we have a recipe for, …
Thursday evening was spent in the company of some very accomplished and highly qualified researchers, who also happen to be teachers. One of four regional meetings (London, Manchester, Sheffield and Nottingham) hosted by Dr Kay Graham and Rachel Morris – Improving …
Today was an important day. Today I was supporting two colleagues, discussing lesson observations and defining a route way towards more effective teaching and learning. However, instead of discussing teaching and learning, professional development, we were discussing lesson observations inequalities. The inequalities of …
Most recently we have released a Scheme of Learning form / template that presents a year plan, through to unit or lesson outline plan, which feeds either a lesson plan or Lesson Observation form. I was asked by a number …
