EFA: How to get organised in those early months
So, here we are: deep in Workshop 4 and trialling ways to make the EFA programme not just a programme but an adaptable programme that empowers staff and pushes people to move out of their comfort zones – not an easy task, I must say.
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Lead Practitioner accreditation as a milestone of achievement
Adele Hawksworth is King's Academy Bay House’s Librarian and SSAT Lead Practitioner. Adele has a proven record of impact in promoting reading for pleasure, reading across the curriculum, reading support and in facilitating best practices in research, with an emphasis on coordinating support staff teams in driving impact across the curriculum both within school and across the region.
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Women in Leadership and Education – Renata Joseph
Renata Joseph, headteacher at Saint Cecilia’s Church of England School in Wandsworth, London, shared her reflections with us on the theme of women in leadership and education.
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Understanding Attendance: findings on the drivers of persistent absence
Attendance is at the top of every school leaders’ priority list, with persistent absenteeism rates rising to 24.2% in the Autumn term of 22/23. However, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to improving attendance, and the effectiveness of interventions is context-dependent.
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Cracking Christmas Reads to Diversify Your Book Collection
In this second article by Ndah Mbawa from Happier Every Chapter, she highlights her top choices for diverse and inclusive titles as we approach the festive season.
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The power of fortitude in teaching
Welcome to the first article in a series dedicated to exploring the impact that a newly refined school vision, can have on learning and teaching.
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Learning from other school’s experiences, maximising impact
Julian Grant, EFA Mentor and SSAT quality assurance lead for the EFA programme shares his insights from discussions with schools.
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EFA improving student learning at Boston High School
Boston High School in Lincolnshire has enjoyed a successful first year undertaking the Embedding Formative Assessment EFA programme, at the end of which staff were asked to both review the impact individually, in their Teacher Learning Communities (TLC), and in their subject in departmental groups.
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Welfare packages: Supporting our vulnerable families
This document is a reflective blog of how I am trying to create a supportive and empathetic community at Farlingaye High School. This is because when students leave our community, they will take these qualities with them and help others.
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Global Equality Collective
The Global Equality Collective (GEC) is the world's biggest grassroots collective of inclusion and well-being experts and creator of the multi-award winning, 'GEC Platform', the first hyper-diversity framework and platform for education.
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