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Towards an Assessment Paradigm Shift
Despite my reservations about some of the big data measures that are used to judge schools, I am hopeful that our discourse is shifting the debate on assessment in a very positive direction. If this continues it will represent an important paradigm shift with positive consequences for students’ learning and their overall school experience. The … Continue reading
EVENT: Powerful Curriculum Design
If you are interested in curriculum design, this one-day course could be the perfect opportunity to explore a range of powerful ideas to take your school forward. Martin Robinson and I will be delivering the programme based on our experience working with schools around the country. Please come and join us for what promises to … Continue reading
School Leadership in 12 slides.
Last week I was asked to lead a workshop on leadership for some middle and senior leaders. Here are some of the ideas I shared. Believe me, I’m not preaching from on high. I’ve had some successes but there isn’t a day that goes by when I don’t run through some kind of imagined … Continue reading
Headship Headaches: A brief index of leadership metaphors.
Hamster Wheel: Everyone is running round and round and round, getting nowhere fast but working really hard. There’s only one solution. Step off the wheel… STOP. Take a look around and think. What the hell are we doing? Let’s try something different…. Permanent White Water: There is no point telling people that it will pass; … Continue reading
6 things to get right in every school.
Over the years and in recent months I’ve seen lots of different, fascinating schools with great Headteachers; it’s so interesting to see how things are done in different places and the relative importance certain issues are given. Currently nearly everyone is talking about budget constraints, the challenge of implementing curriculum changes at every Key Stage … Continue reading
Teacherhead-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 contact me to discuss possible work, please use the contact … Continue reading
The Big Questions.
I am thinking of starting a series of blogs about the key issues, the big questions, that we wrestle with in our school – and probably in every school. So far, I have just sketched out what some of the big questions are. This will then become the homepage for this series -when I get … Continue reading
Putting the OfSTED Framework to good use.
Recently we ran a useful OfSTED planning session with my SLT and some key governors to prepare the ground for next year. We’re hugely likely to be inspected and we thought that, with new governors and refreshed SLT, it was time to revisit the framework together. I take pride in our stance on OfSTED – … Continue reading
Our School Development Plan Priorities 2016-7
It’s that time of year when we’re looking ahead, planning for next year and beyond, trying to reorganise and regroup so that we’re moving forward. As ever, we’re ambitious for what we can achieve and we’re trying move forward on lots of fronts. Here are our School Development Plan headlines (the full plan is … Continue reading
Rethinking Success in the Post-Gaming Zero Sum Era
My sense is that people across the education system have yet to fully appreciate the implications of the slow-creep bell-curve hold that’s been applied to school outcomes. Talking to folk from OfQual on a couple of occasions recently, they have reiterated the view that, even in systems regarded as successful, year on year improvement might … Continue reading
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