The road to better formative assessment at Shireland Collegiate Academy
For us at Shireland Collegiate Academy, it all began with a fabulous joint Trust School INSET day. Dylan Wiliam had travelled over from LA to share his wisdom about all things relating to formative assessment. This was in March 2020 and, towards the end of the day, he spoke about how difficult it was to change teachers’ habits in the classroom. A way to foster the idea of change and practice was though TLCs (Teacher Learning Communities).
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Leading change: reflections from Eltham Hill School
For middle leaders, leading change can be as challenging as it gets – but there are some golden rules that will help you. This article offers top tips from the middle leaders at Eltham Hill School in Greenwich, London, many
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The importance of being seen
Conversations about tackling disadvantage and discrimination often focus on intervention – on the additional support which might make a difference. And of course this kind of support can and does make a difference.
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Challenging the vocabulary gap within disadvantaged pupils
Working in a multi-ethnic primary school that holds 37% of Pupil Premium and 46% EAL intake, and situated within a low socioeconomic area of Southeast London, has been eye-opening to the link between social injustice and language limitations.
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Helping the whole school community to look inwards and outwards
"It is the overlaying of the fundamental ways of being and doing that the vision lives to become 'just what we do here'." Paula Ayto, Reid Street Primary School, writes...
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Tackling data about teaching jobs
John Howson explains how TeachVac can support schools tackling the recruitment crisis. TeachVac has been commenting on the ITT recruitment scene for many years, and has been joined by other commentators more recently, such as the NfER.
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School Diversity Week 2022
School Diversity Week is a huge celebration of LGBT+ inclusion that takes place every June, opening up much-needed conversations about acceptance.
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Improving mental health and wellbeing issues in young people
Graham Moore from humanutopia reflects on the mental health and wellbeing issues facing young people today and how we need to re-imagine schooling in order to solve this crisis.
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KS3 curriculum design: A scheme of work and a shift in pedagogy
A Leadership Legacy Project think-piece by Harriet O’Rourke, Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College
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