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January 22, 2017 at 05:45AMAs I walked out of my office, for the last time on the final day of my first ever Ofsted inspection as a Head, I made some off the cuff gag to the governors waiting and the Lead Inspector slapped me on the back and said ‘I can’t believe he’s still […]

January 22, 2017 at 02:39AM The post advertised by Cambridge University is not for the “world’s first professor of play”, as your story claims (Apply now for the most coveted job in education, 17 January). That title rightly belongs to either Fraser Brown of Leeds Beckett University, where he has been professor of playwork since

January 22, 2017 at 01:03AM Listen to this post as a podcast (sponsored by Kiddom):http://ift.tt/2jd42Gh   It’s that time again!! To celebrate the launch of my brand-new, fully redesigned Teacher’s Guide to Tech, I’m hand-picking six ed tech tools that deserve more teachers’ attention. These are not all brand-new tools, but I thought each one

January 22, 2017 at 12:22AM Members of dance troupe Diversity were the hosts at a recent event that celebrated the achievements of more than 60 pupils in Academy Transformation Trust (ATT) schools. Pupils from 20 of the trust’s academies received their awards at a Birmingham Council House ceremony. Hosted by Diversity dancers, Jordan Banjo and

January 21, 2017 at 10:29PM Last week, I wrote about the difficulties of educational research, and why we need more information on the circumstances in which research has been conducted.  After I had written that article, Daisy (Christodoulou) pointed out that E.D. Hirsch makes a related point in his article ‘Classroom results and cargo cults’.

January 21, 2017 at 06:21PM A Wellingborough pupil has won a national competition to step into Willy Wonka’s shoes and come up with a new chocolate bar. Eight-year-old Alfie Richards from Irthlingborough junior school in Northamptonshire scooped the top prize in the key stage 2 category of Discovery Education’s “Sweet Inventions” competition, which marked the

January 21, 2017 at 04:36PM This is part 3 of a series of blogs on my new book, Making Good Progress?: The future of Assessment for Learning. Click here to read the introduction to the series. I can remember having a conversation with a friend a few years ago about the value of memorisation and practice. I

January 21, 2017 at 01:20PM Separating pupils into those who qualify for free schools meals and those who don’t does little to highlight the more nuanced and complex picture in relation to attainment outcomes for different pupils, says Sameena Choudry. The Social Mobility Commission (SMC) research Ethnicity, Gender and Social Mobility, carried out in partnership

January 21, 2017 at 01:20PM Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Aldridge Education has appointed Brendan Loughran as executive principal of four of its schools in Darwen. He was founding principal at Darwen Aldridge Community Academy (DACA), leading the academy from its inception to an Ofsted rating of good in 2013. Aldridge