Inspection ready (Middle Leaders)
Middle Leader unsure if you are fully prepared for an inspection? Preparing for an inspection isn’t easy, there’s a lot to pull together and plan. Everyone knows inspections require late […]
Department meetings
New to a school? New to a Department or Faculty? Everyone is new at some point, don’t worry about it! Six years ago I was new in a Department, two […]
Appraisal Tips
Have you set some professional target this year? Have you started the appraisal process yet? Here are 2 top tips for your appraisal so you walk into your meeting […]
Diary update
I've been asked to present at the upcoming Bloomsbury TeachMeetBooks FREE event - info on how you can sign up to attend here ...
Introducing colour coded AFL to your school
I've created this 'quick start' guide for anyone who wants to try and implement a colour coded assessment methodology in their department, faculty or whole school. Download for free.
Visual Management for school improvement
It's a little bit more than colour coding, but that's a good start on the road to improved productivity!
Ofsted Ratings MAP
Find and view your school and others by rating on a useful map of the UK...
Life beyond levels
A simple start to assessing without levels - and directions to further reading and support online.
School improvement: Has everyone got the message?
This post looks at how to best communicate a school improvement message!
Ofsted Guide for improving schools
Download this Ofsted guide to help you wade through the ups and downs of the months following an inspection.
When the going gets tough (pt:1)…
This post looks at how schools respond to Ofsted inspections...
Whole School Teaching and Learning Strategy
My whole school (start of) teaching and learning strategy...
Tracking – visually
Tracking made visual As a busy (amazingly so) Head of Department I want a way to track every single pupil in my departments care. I want to know what ‘group’ […]
Boys, learning and progress
A collection of facts and thoughts on the problems we face engaging boys in their learning. As well as some suggested strategies you can use in a lesson to engage […]
The Art of Observing
Seeing is believing Being able to observe good teaching and learning is an art! It’s something that comes with practice. There are a number of obstacles in the way of […]
Cloud Computing
Clouds in school The concept has been around ages! 6 years ago I tried very hard to convince a school that this was the future, to no avail, thankfully my […]
Share ideas to improve
Share ideas and improve learning and teaching Site readership in 2013 It’s quite exciting as a teacher sharing ideas online to see a visual presentation of where in the world […]
Ideas worth a display
Cover all the bases! You’ve got to cover all bases when trying to share good practice! That’s what I’ve learned in the last two years as I’ve done more and […]
If you don’t grade lessons
Yesterday I asked ‘should ofsted grade individual lessons during whole school inspections?’ Thanks (in no small part) to a ReTweet by @GuardianTeach & then the passionate participation of my own […]
