Outlining vision and leading strategy
From what I have read, it would be fair to summarise that the 2012 framework is built upon achievement and teaching, after all if a school has satisfactory achievement, it would be difficult to argue that teaching is good. Consequentially, it is essential …
The two day, no notice Ofsted inspection has been full throttle from start to finish. From the call, to staff briefing, to SLT meeting. It is an intense schedule for both the school and the inspectors, and preparing that schedule is a logistical …
It really is a leadership moment when you announce to your staff body that Ofsted will be joining us for briefing tomorrow morning at the end of another busy day. I wrote the above introduction during a short break after the …
Two topics and thirty minutes on a Sunday evening with #SLTchat provides more than a spoonful of ideas. SImply, tweeters vote up top two topics which are then thrown to the wolves. You can, of course, follow the hashtag live or catch up via the archive Storify.com/SLTchat. Why not …
No, it is not some 80’s reference to win ‘Dusty Bin.’ It is an update to the letters and meetings that followed the ATL 3,2 and 1 band letters sent home this week. The letters, available if you want them, clearly …
The solution only make sense once you understand the problem. Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down – Ray Bradbury Success comes through rapidly fixing our mistakes rather than getting things …
The ‘Attitude to Learning’ effort continues. ATL bands are now in SIMs. They will appear on reports going out this week and next and the assemblies start tomorrow. Some colleagues might say that we are ‘presenting’ the ‘Stars and bars’ ATL …
This afternoon I received an email about the ‘practicalities and cost’ of the ATL ‘stars and bars’ reward system. If I am honest, the main expense is staff time. Every cycle our staff enter 2000+ grades, that is a significant staff investment …
