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How To Grow A School – MEA Central
Once again, this year I had the “pleasure” of attending both the Labour & Conservative party conferences. If you’ve never been to these, think… ResearchED but with really expensive tickets,…
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The Wonder of Willingham…
No, not THAT Willingham, for once – but Willingham Primary School in Cambridgeshire! We’ve been lucky enough to benefit before from the lessons they’ve learned in recent times – with…
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Lift-off in Lincolnshire
I’m not a fan of early mornings, so it takes quite a lot to get me up really early. However, yesterday was one of those days where I was on…
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#StopSchoolShaming
I’ve written before about the shameful phenomenon of school shaming. Some claim that it isn’t possible to shame a school, because it is a just a building or an institution,…
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It’s not just Michaela, it’s a movement…
There was much (justified) excitement and debate around Michaela Community School’s first set of GCSEs. Given the challenges they’ve faced, to do so well is marvellous. We now have another…
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Assessment at Cottenham Primary School
[This blog builds on previous ones about Cottenham Primary School – in particular this one about their curriculum journey. We’re very grateful to James Kilsby for taking to time to…
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Trip Report: Leeds City Academy
For reasons I’ve not yet figured out, Yorkshire is a bit of a PTE hotspot, with loads of people and schools from across the whole region tapped into to what…
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The transformative effect of weekly knowledge tests
Colin McKenzie is a science teacher who is starting a tutoring agency in Lancashire Prof Tom Burkard is the principal author of the Sound Foundation decoding and spelling programmes and…
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The “Phone-Free School” Campaign – An Open Letter
(If you are a school leader & wish to add your name to this letter, please get in touch with us.) “Mobile phones have changed day-to-day life for almost everyone…
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