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A Complaints Process That Resolves Things
I remember sitting in a departmental meeting ten years ago, staring at a glossy, laminated flowchart that promised a “streamlined, multi-stage resolution process” for parental...
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Curating Rather Than Creating
I remember sitting in a departmental meeting ten years ago, staring at a spreadsheet that promised a “seamless, integrated digital repository” for our schemes of...
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A Complaints Process That Resolves Things
I remember sitting in a departmental meeting ten years ago, staring at a glossy, laminated flowchart that promised a “streamlined, multi-stage resolution process” for parental...
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Curating Rather Than Creating
I remember sitting in a departmental meeting ten years ago, staring at a spreadsheet that promised a “seamless, integrated digital repository” for our schemes of...
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Low Stakes Tests With Immediate Feedback
I was sitting in a departmental meeting three years ago, staring at a glossy, twenty-page training manual that promised a “revolutionary, multi-tiered assessment ecosystem.” It...
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Evidence Does Not Implement Itself
I remember sitting in a windowless CPD room in 2014, watching a consultant in a sharp suit explain exactly how evidence-informed practice works using a...
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Fluency and Reasoning Are Not in Tension
I was sitting in a CPD session last Tuesday—the kind where the air conditioning is slightly too loud and the presenter is...
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Academic, Vocational and the False Hierarchy
I remember sitting in a department meeting three years ago, staring at a stack of glossy, laminated prospectuses that looked more like...
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Premises Compliance Nobody Talks About
I remember standing in a corridor during a particularly grim February inspection, watching a senior leader explain to a visitor how a...
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Planning Study Around a Real Week
I’ve spent far too many Tuesday afternoons watching well-meaning trainees attempt to implement “optimized time-blocking systems” they found on a productivity blog,...
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Specialist Teaching and Its Trade-offs
I remember sitting in a windowless meeting room during my third year as Head of Department, staring at a glossy, twenty-page flowchart...
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A Revision Timetable Built on Retrieval
I was sitting in a staff meeting last Tuesday, listening to a consultant drone on about “multi-sensory cognitive mapping” and the necessity...
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The Complete Guide to Exam Preparation
If you’ve spent any time scrolling through “educational influencer” feeds lately, you’ve probably seen a dozen neon-coloured, perfectly aesthetic, and utterly useless...
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Where the Lessons Land in the Day Matters
I remember standing in the corridor during a transition period in mid-November, the smell of damp coats and floor polish heavy in...
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Writing Improves Through Modelled Structure
I remember sitting in a windowless training room during a Tuesday morning CPD session, watching a consultant in a crisp navy suit...
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Teaching Words Explicitly and Repeatedly
I’ve sat through enough expensive, shiny CPD sessions to know exactly what’s coming: a consultant in a slim-fit suit telling you that...
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