Being A Meetings Manager
If you are a middle or senior leader then one of the most important skills you can have is meeting management. Planning and running a meeting is an art. One of…
Every Day Is A School Day
If you are a middle or senior leader then one of the most important skills you can have is meeting management. Planning and running a meeting is an art. One of…
Ofsted are interested in well-being. You might not think it but they are. You might think their interest stinks somewhat given Ofsted is often a driver of stress in teachers.…
That could be a long list but there is one thing they all do: they go home early. I say 'early' but what I mean is they go home at…
I worked at a school once where the staff quite genuinely looked out for each other. This shouldn't sound unusual but busy teachers are usually just looking out for themselves…
What is making the news just lately? Take a look at the Children's Voices report from the Children's Commissioner which examines the wellbeing of vulnerable groups of children in England…
What's been newsworthy in the world of education? Damian Hinds announces new online resources for teachers to reduce time spent on 'unnecessary' tasks and support to focus on teaching. The…
What's been in the news or caught my eye this week? Can reading aloud make you a better learner? Read Forrin and MacLeod's 2017 study 'This time it’s personal: the…
How do your Senior Leadership Team make you feel? Senior leaders who put relationships first get the most out of their staff. Sounds obvious doesn't it but not all SLTs…
Are you having fun? Schools should be full of fun but they are actually turning into work-life balance crisis centres where wellbeing hangs by a thread and stress contagion has…
How has it come to this? Marking has been demonised. It has been hijacked by the workload witches and warlocks of marking martyrdom who rage against the machine. They hate…