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Dec 16, 2016 | Category: Featured

I had an afternoon free in London on Monday (what luxury!) and arranged to pop in to Michaela Community School to see what, if anything, had changed since my last visit in May 2015. I hadn't realised...

#Katherine Birbalsingh #Michaela School

What I know about whether 'no excuses' behaviour systems work

Apr 25, 2016 | Category: behaviour

I read John Tomsett's account of his speech at Michaela School's Debate on 23rd April on why 'no excuses' behaviour systems don't work with great interest. As a speech it is well researched, well argu...

#John Tomsett #Michaela School #no excuses

Is displaying students' work worth the effort?

May 16, 2015 | Category: myths

Of all the observations I made about Michaela School, one which proved particularly controversial was their decision not put display children's work. The rationale given for this was twofold. It takes...

#classroom display #Michaela School

What 'no excuses' means to me

May 13, 2015 | Category: behaviour

And oftentimes excusing of a fault Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse, As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault Than did the fault before it was so patch’d....

#Michaela School #no excuses

I fought the law and the law won

May 15, 2015 | Category: behaviour

There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.Samuel Beckett Yesterday I attended a Speed Awareness Course. I wasn't sure what to expect but was mainly relieved not to get...

#Michaela School #no excuses #responsibility

'No excuses' is no excuse

May 13, 2015 | Category: behaviour

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. Rudyard Kipling I was a bit taken aback at the vigour and vitriol with which some people condemned Michaela School's approach to b...

#behaviour #Michaela School #Looked After Children

Michaela School: Route One Schooling

May 12, 2015 | Category: Featured

I learned two very important principles from my visit to Michaela: You can do whatever you want as long as you hold your nerve and accept the consequences. You can always go a lot further than you...