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02/21/2019 By SSAT

HMCI dispels some myths about inspection

Amanda Spielman debunks inspection myths and advocates for professional judgements in the interest of students during her main stage presentation at the SSAT National Conference 2018.
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02/08/2019 By SSAT

School leader reflections on pure imagination: creative capital

A major theme of SSAT’s 2018 National Conference was capital: after social and cultural capital, covered previously, David Priestley, executive headteacher, Greenfield Community College reflected on creative capital
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02/01/2019 By SSAT

School leaders reflect on pure imagination

A major theme of SSAT’s 2018 National Conference was capital, discussed here by two school leaders: Andrew Morrish of Victoria Academies on social capital; and Caroline Derbyshire of Saffron Academy Trust on cultural capital
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01/10/2019 By SSAT

Teach young people to think like artists

At last month’s SSAT national conference, BBC arts editor Will Gompertz argued for a broader approach to education to balance the current focus on technology
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11/30/2018 By SSAT

Imagine if… the money ran out

In the years following austerity, we have seen the role of SBM become more demanding and challenging than ever, but also a trend in which SBMs play an increasingly strategic role in school leadership.
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11/23/2018 By SSAT

Imagine if… it didn’t matter where you came from

Unfortunately, educational inequality remains a persistent problem in our system. Despite almost a decade of the pupil premium, the national attainment gap between disadvantaged students and their wealthier peers has failed to close.
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11/16/2018 By SSAT

Imagine if… robots ran our schools

Robots will never run our schools. We don’t believe that robots will ever replace the role of the expert teacher. However, ‘robots’ may well change how we teach and how we deliver the curriculum.
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11/09/2018 By SSAT

Imagine if… we thought creatively about the curriculum

Let’s be very clear: the creative subjects are under threat.
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11/02/2018 By SSAT

Imaginative leadership in action

At the heart of this year’s conference is a conviction that schools should always do what’s right for young people.
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10/04/2018 By SSAT

Conference presentation will show how you can boost performance and reduce workload with AI

Snapshot of Priya Lakhani’s upcoming presentation at SSAT National Conference 2018 in Birmingham this December.
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