Who owns the curriculum?
Tom Middlehurst asks us to remember that the real curriculum designers are practitioners – they have the biggest influence on the lives of young people.
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What does it mean to be one of the best schools in the world?
Kike Agunbiade explores the terminology used for schools that have progressed beyond ‘Outstanding’.
School leadership – effective for what? For whom?
Dan Belcher, Senior Education Lead SSAT, writes… John Dewey had some answers over a century ago The language of school ‘effectiveness’ has generally become accepted and normative. It is hard to argue against schools being effective, it sounds obvious. However,
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Congratulations to Lorna Bradford – Secondary School Teacher of the Year!
Congratulations to Lorna Bradford – the winner of the SSAT-sponsored Pearson Teching Awards Secondary School Teacher of the Year 2015.
Raising standards or raising fears?
Bill Watkin responds to a recent New Schools Network report on the teaching of the three Rs in primary schools.
Learning to make a difference
At SSAT’s National Conference 2014, Charles Leadbeater highlighted a number of key features that must characterise schooling in the future.
Personalising to help students realise their potential
Essa Academy, Bolton, gives students real-life experiences based on their interests and levels of achievement, to foster their drive to succeed.
Caught between a rock and a hard place…
In a fourth blog about the ‘Ebacc for all’ issue, Bill Watkin suggests that there has been a slight shift in the government’s approach.
Better results from primaries set a challenge for KS3 curriculum
Smestow School saw assessing without levels as an exciting opportunity, but its new Y7 intakes were offering increased (though welcome) challenges…
School in the Cloud helps close the gaps
We recap Sugata Mitra’s keynote speech at the SSAT National Conference 2014. In it, with the help of students, he explores his school in the cloud project.
