Did you know about John Hattie’s Research?
Our school was recently inspected. The result of this has been a lot of time and effort spent thinking about how we can reimagine a lot of what we do. In terms of school improvement, it is impossible not to consider the work of...
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Returning to Blogging: Reflections on Education and Teaching
I’ve written posts like this before, declarations of returning to blogging, promises to...
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Once more into the classroom 2022
The end of the last term was difficult. I had to reapply for the position of Principal Teacher...
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Into Headship
From August 2020, in Scotland, gaining the Into Headship Certificate became a requirement for an...
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Moderation – how it works
Over the next couple of weeks, I will be looking at moderation and its implications for teachers...
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Learning Styles – The Japanese knotweed of education
The pernicious nature of learning styles means that this idea is one of the most widely propagated...
Read MoreTeacher Tools. Five @teacherhead blogs about teaching for easy sharing.
This blog is a designed for easy sharing of some of the more popular recent blogs from this site to help teachers reflect on their practice and to access some key research papers. 1. Read the Research Teaching and Learning...
Read MoreFinding or advertising a teaching job on Twitter with #teachingvacancyuk
I have got two of my last three positions by asking on Twitter if anyone wants a traditionalist maths teacher. This hasn’t always worked, but if you have enough followers it might. Generally, however, Twitter is not great for...
Read MoreThe school curriculum in the UK: divergence on the Celtic fringe
This is the original version of the article published today in The Conversation ( https://theconversation.com/in-britains-battle-over-school-curriculum-celtic-nations-have-got-it-right-90277 ) – before all the editorial to-ing...
Read MoreTeacherhead-consulting in action
I’m pleased to say that teacherhead-consulting is now up and running. If you are interested in the kind of support I can provide, here is a run down of some of the work I’ve done in the last two months. If you would like to...
Read More10 Blogs for Great Teaching
A blogger-friend told me recently that most of his top blogs have numbers in them: 10 ways to do this; 10 ideas for that; 7 tools for making life easy – that kind of thing. Why? I guess it’s because we want our online material...
Read MoreThe National Baccalaureate for England is taking shape. @NatBaccTrust
Last week, the National Baccalaureate Trust board gathered at the Edge Foundation offices to push forward with our mission. We’re due to update our website very soon but already natbacctrust.org provides lots of useful...
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