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There was a time when teaching was the best job to do as a working parent. Some people who don’t work in schools or are not married to teachers still view it as a job that fits around the family. You get the holidays, of course. Except you don’t.

Do you remember what attracted you to a career in teaching?

In this blog, we would like to share with you some insights about how attendance has increasingly become the business of Ofsted inspectors.

One of the key ideas that emerged from our member conference in December, which focused on neurodiversity, was the need to “usualise” the use of assistive technology.

I look around the education landscape with sadness and concern as the word “inclusion” has been diluted, misappropriated, and sometimes airbrushed out of everyday professional parlance.

Within any organisation, implementation matters. Leaders may be generating inspired, ground-breaking ideas, but without effective implementation, they will remain only that, an idea. Implementing change in schools is complex, requiring every member of staff to play their part.

I had the privilege of helping Lauren, my PA, to choose a primary school for her nearly 5-year-old twins. Two happy, but very different children.

After 33 years of teaching, following many different trains of thought, always amending my approach and trying earnestly to keep myself ahead of the game, I have found myself curiously captivated by what really is good feedback?

So why write another blog on middle leadership? Well, in one way the answer is simple. I would like you to ensure that you take up your three member places on our new Middle leaders’ programme which begins on 30 January 2025 or consider becoming a delivery partner for our National Award for Middle Leadership (NAML) programme.

It was great to see so many colleagues from across our network at our member event on 2nd December. It is always great to connect in person and share ideas.