You can mandate adequacy, you can’t mandate greatness, it has to be unleased. – Joel Klein How can we make a sustained and profound impact on/in the schools through our leadership? Sian would suggest the impact we seek must come …
In a car, some five years ago, my then Headteacher Ian Knights, informed me I had to get a handle on political conversation. I sighed. Ever since, I have tried to respond to Ian’s call to action. This mornings Deputy …
For the past two months I have been working on three Professional Development (PD) courses, crafted and shared with our middle leaders, online. The model is relatively simple. There are three roles, participants, coaches and tutors. Tutors administer the course (that …
As with all schools, we are keen to show to acknowledge and celebrate those pupils that demonstrate an exemplary attitude to their learning. A Principal’s lunch, celebration assemblies and tutor awards form part of our termly recognition programme, plus we display …
We have been using 4Matrix at The Wellington Academy for the past 2 examination cycles. It has fast become an invaluable analytical tool for SLT, Curriculum and Progress Leaders and staff leading raising achievement plans. With almost every new release, comes new tools and …
Our investigations with Quick Key mobile app scanning continues. Our confidence in the app is growing, our site licence fee paid. We will soon be ready to collaborate. Quick Key enhancements ideas are coming forward and our question design discussions are taxing and …
A few months back I asked all the exam boards if they could share the most common exam mistakes made by candidates, common exam blind spots or pot holes. I did ask for trade secrets, nor what was going to be in the …
The in-tray exercise and / or the parent or carer concern / complaint are two common tasks, often presented simultaneously – presumably measuring task management. Here are a few reflections. In-tray Read the tasks, highlight or focus on the key points not the …
