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Blog posts by Colin Logan

One of SSAT's senior education leads, Colin has in-school experience as a deputy headteacher and headteacher.

30 June 2022 By Colin Logan

The Fourth Pillar of Principled Curriculum Design: Experience

SSAT’s ‘Four Pillars of Principled Curriculum Design’ now has versions for mainstream primary, secondary and special schools. Over the coming weeks, SSAT’s senior education leads, Alex Galvin and Colin Logan, will be looking at each of the four pillars in turn. Today, Alex and Colin consider the fourth pillar: Experience 

24 June 2022 By Colin Logan

The Third Pillar of Principled Curriculum Design: Delivery

SSAT’s ‘Four Pillars of Principled Curriculum Design’ now has versions for mainstream primary, secondary and special schools. Over the coming weeks, SSAT’s senior education leads, Alex Galvin and Colin Logan, will be looking at each of the four pillars in turn. Today, Alex and Colin consider the third pillar: Delivery.

16 June 2022 By Colin Logan

The Second Pillar of Principled Curriculum Design: Content

Over the coming weeks, SSAT’s senior education leads, Alex Galvin and Colin Logan, will be looking at each of the four pillars in turn.  Today, Alex and Colin consider the second pillar: Content. 

9 June 2022 By Colin Logan

The Four Pillars

SSAT’s “Four Pillars of Principled Curriculum Design” now has versions for mainstream primary and secondary and special schools. Over the coming weeks, SSAT’s senior education leads, Alex Galvin and Colin Logan, will be looking at each of the four pillars in turn.  Today, Colin looks at how the resource developed and focuses on the first pillar, intent.

23 February 2022 By Colin Logan

Data is back – but not (quite) as we know it

Colin Logan, Senior Education Lead at SSAT, explains in his latest blog how data has made a return, but not in the same way that we were once used to.

11 March 2021 By Colin Logan

Navigating a remote inspection: our experience

Mark Phillips, headteacher at Deptford Green School in Lewisham, had a monitoring inspection from Ofsted just before February half-term. SSAT Senior Education Lead, Colin Logan, speaks to him about the experience.

13 November 2020 By Colin Logan

“I’m learning to speak Greek without a language teacher”

Colin Logan, SSAT Senior Education Lead, explains how his recent experience of learning a new language has offered a useful reminder on what makes a good scheme of work

3 September 2020 By Colin Logan

Ofsted visit or not – what do we need to be asking ourselves about the return to school?

Colin Logan, Senior Education Lead at SSAT, considers aspects of our school narratives we can all reflect on as we start the autumn term.

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20 September 2019 By Colin Logan

SEND no longer the poor relation during an Ofsted inspection

Colin Logan, Senior Education Lead at SSAT, elaborates on the meaning of the new regime’s changes and what the implications for schools being inspected are

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13 September 2019 By Colin Logan

So does data not matter anymore?

Colin Logan, Senior Education Lead at SSAT, analyses the correlation between Ofsted, data and IDSR and explores their impact in schools.

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