Boys achievement
Sticking on the ‘narrowing the gap’ agenda I created a poster for the staffroom and staff work areas. Again, help yourself. The resoultion is should be sufficient for an A4 poster. The quote is adapted from the most recent DFE …
Leadership
Outlining vision and leading strategy
Office 365 first look
First, I want to thank @anthonynneke at Microsft, for all his support getting us to the starting. Nothing is ever too much trouble for Anthony. Plus extra Twitter chip-ins from @SeanOfTheNorth (Microsoft Business Manager for Schools North) and @jamesbmarshall The @Office365 Education guy at …
Making good better
Leadership coaching – yesterday morning and later that s afternoon, I was able to benefit from not one but two fast paced, frank and insightful leadership coaching session with Tony Stephens. Tony doesn’t mix his metaphors, or talk in edubabble. It plan …
#TLAB13 Keynote
After a warm welcome and very pleasant evening with the veritable Dr Nick Dennis at Berkenstand School – @zoeross19 and we have both decided we need a very strong coffee to kick start, what is hoping to be, a fantastic day …
Obs, 4Matrix and more
This week I lead our lesson observation and data training. Two eighty minute session, the first based on the ASCL lesson observation training materials and 4Matrix, the second the inner workings of 4Matrix and lesson observations. Our staff were very perceptive in …
Dashboard for governors
Tomorrow the new, two-page data dashboard for governors will be announced by SMW. More data unleashed into wild, well primarily to governors (though I provided the same data just this past week, and by series or data collection to show …
Drive time gems
The 100 minute drive time has thrown up a few gems recently. A little common sense, a little Carol Dweck, and a three pointer from Julius Irving. All bookmarked neatly on the Audible app. ’Goldilocks tasks’ – challenges that are not too …
Inexorable world of data
Warning – data post. Codes, tables, letters and far too many abbreviations. This afternoon I find myself on a data quest. How to handle B/N grades for KS2 with and without Teacher Assessments (TA) for the process of calculating progress measures? …