The Adult Who Notices
I’ve sat through enough Ofsted-ready presentations to know that the official handbook on how form tutors support pupils is essentially a work of high-concept fiction....
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Practising the Bit You Are Bad at
I remember sitting in a windowless training suite back in 2014, nodding politely while a consultant in a slim-fit suit explained exactly how deliberate practice...
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What Governors Are Actually for
I remember sitting in a windowless meeting room during a Tuesday evening briefing, staring at a sixty-page strategic document that promised to...
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Building Spacing Into the Scheme of Work
I remember sitting in a windowless professional development suite five years ago, staring at a glossy PowerPoint that promised a revolution in...
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Who Does What in a School Structure
I remember sitting in a windowless meeting room in 2014, watching a consultant with a pristine haircut draw a series of interlocking...
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The Complete Guide to Teaching Vocabulary
I’ve sat through enough expensive, glossy CPD sessions to know that most “complete guide to teaching vocabulary” booklets are essentially expensive paperweights....
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Self-regulation Is Taught, Not Innate
I remember sitting in a brightly lit professional development suite five years ago, listening to a consultant in a slim-fit suit explain...
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Implementation Beats Announcement
I remember sitting in a windowless meeting room in 2014, watching a consultant in a slim-fit suit present a thirty-slide deck on...
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Retrieval Practice as a Five Minute Routine
I remember sitting in a windowless professional development suite back in 2016, watching a consultant in a slim-fit suit explain how retrieval...
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Teaching Pupils to Monitor Themselves
I was sitting in a middle leadership meeting last Tuesday—the kind where the air feels thin and the coffee tastes like burnt...
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Three Priorities, Not Fifteen
I remember sitting in a windowless meeting room in 2014, staring at a thirty-page document that promised to revolutionise our literacy outcomes...
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Eighty Percent of the Budget Is People
I remember sitting in a windowless meeting room in 2014, staring at a glossy, colour-coded spreadsheet that promised “strategic resource optimisation,” while...
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