School improvement stories: 15 steps to transformation
Your first headship being the fourth appointee as principal in three years is quite a challenge, as Katie Scott explains.
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Integrated curriculum helps build a love of learning
Marie Harris, SSAT lead practitioner, Solace yoga teacher and charity co-ordinator, ACE Academy, shows how a varied curriculum across several different topics can provide the building blocks for KS4.
Unlocking the creative potential in your school
Jo Hunter, co-founder and CEO, 64 million artists, exhorts teachers to join their campaign ‘to unlock the creative potential of every human being in Britain’.
School improvement stories: A year from RI to good…
… with outstanding leadership, said Ofsted. Stuart Smith, principal of Hastings Academy, an 11-16 school in the University of Brighton Academies Trust, gives some highlights of their successful approach to school improvement.
Supporting and engaging white working class children
Daniel Jarrett, Safeguarding Manager, education charity School-Home Support (SHS), highlights some of the challenges white working-class children face and outlines what schools can do to improve their outcomes and aspirations.
Thank you!
Motivational speaker Action Jackson of The Fixup Team explains why he believes teachers must believe in themselves to show love to their students – based on the benefit he gained from his own teachers.
School improvement stories: All teachers and TAs get involved in checking for consistency
Mark Barrett, Deputy Headteacher, Kingsmeadow School, describes the work of their rolling consistency working parties.
School improvement stories: Creating the right ethos for teaching and learning improvement
Melanie Davies, Senior Lead Practitioner, Newmarket Academy, shows how the lead practitioner role has helped to move her school from special measures to good, and to make increasingly valuable contributions to the MAT.
How nudges can help parents to get more involved in their children’s learning
Rob Hitch, Vice Principal, Harris Academy South Norwood, on getting away from the traditional child response to any parent enquiry about school: ‘it was alright!’
Developing aspiration among students with high potential
Holly Henderson, English teacher, Bristnall Hall Academy, shows the benefit of abandoning the ‘gifted and talented’ label.
