Outlining vision and leading strategy
Having joined the ASCL and accepted a new role, I visited their website and reviewed their data for school improvement resources, starting with ‘Making Effective Use of RAISEonline.’ Here, I found a plethora of RAISEonline and Performance table resources produced by …
On Thursday I attended the ASCL Leadership of Data One Day Conference. This training event represented a significant investment by my school in my professional development and I feel confident it was good value. I came away armed with a sound …
Every year, students across the country attend assemblies in their droves. Some are designed to inform and share school communications, some to celebrate student achievements or to inspire. But I was wondering how many students would attend assemblies if given the choice? Do we …
Data is mentioned specifically in two of the Headteacher Standards. Firstly, in ‘Leading, Learning and Teaching,’ where it outlines how headteachers need to understand how to collect and analyse data to inform learning and teaching. Second, in securing accountability, where …
In admist the swirl of edu-political vitriol, of #GCSEfiasco and the English Baccalaureate Certificates, times there are a changing. Module resits, coursework and controlled assessments are all leaving the gathering, just as the quarterback jock has just arrived. The terminal …
I really do not think that the title needs a posting but I am also accutely aware that it would be short sighted of me not to at least provide a brief explanation in three pragmatic bullet points. A hashtag or # …
I work with two fantastic middle leaders. Both support me whole heartedly and their feedback is always well considered. In preparing a whole school, whole year, data monitoring calendar I asked if one of my lines to proof both the document …
The GCSE English fiasco continues, it roots run deep. I have used the hash tag #reallives on a number of occasions now, for a D grade in GCSE English will certainly impacts on the lives of the 12/45 students that would have achieved …
