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Where now for school improvement?

Jul 03, 2016 | Category: Featured
In the past, school improvement was easy. You could push pupils into taking BTECs or Diplomas (sometimes with 100% coursework) equivalent to multiple GCSEs; you could organise your curriculum to allow...

Do you need a research champion in your school?

Sep 08, 2014 | Category: Featured
If you haven't read this great article by Carl Hendricks, Director of Research at Wellington College, on the need for 'research champions in schools, you should. In it Hendricks persuasively sets out...

Practical differentiation: high expectations and the art of making mistakes

Feb 01, 2014 | Category: Featured
Differentiation? I hate the word as I hate Hell, all ludicrous bureaucracy, and thee!Er... Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Differentiation is one of the darkest arts in teaching. The generally accepted...

So, what does 'gifted' mean anyway?

Jun 14, 2013 | Category: Featured
As you may be aware, non-selective secondary schools are failing the 'most able'. How do we know? Because a brand new Ofsted report tells us so. The report's key findings include such revelations as t...