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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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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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Teaching Outside Your Specialism
I remember sitting in a windowless departmental meeting ten years ago, staring at a glossy, twenty-page “Curriculum Implementation Guide” that promised a revolutionary way to...
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The Complete Guide to Leading a Department
If you pick up any “complete guide to leading a department” from a major educational publisher, you’ll likely find a glossy, step-by-step manual on “strategic...
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Problem Solving Is Domain Specific
I’ve sat through enough “innovation seminars” to know the drill: some consultant in a slim-fit suit stands at the front of a...
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Five Minute Appointments That Achieve Something
I remember sitting in a drafty secondary school corridor in 2012, clutching a lukewarm cup of tea and staring at a “strategic...
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Teaching a Class With a Five Year Spread
I remember sitting in a professional development session back in 2014, watching a consultant in a crisp suit explain how we could...
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The Complete Guide to Professional Development
I remember sitting in a windowless staffroom in 2014, staring at a PowerPoint presentation about “Transformative Pedagogical Leadership” while my coffee went...
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Send Identification and the Support That Follows
I remember sitting in a windowless meeting room during my third year as Head of Department, staring at a glossy, twenty-page booklet...
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Practice and Understanding Reinforce Each Other
I remember sitting in a departmental meeting ten years ago, staring at a glossy, twenty-page manual on “innovative mathematical discovery models” that...
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Supporting a Pupil Learning in a New Language
I’ve spent far too many staff meetings nodding politely while some consultant in a slim-fit suit explains that the secret to how...
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Putting on a School Production
I remember standing in a drafty school hall at 6:30 PM on a Tuesday, staring at a “strategic event management framework” that...
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The Complete Guide to Working With Teaching Assistants
I’ve sat through enough CPD sessions to know that when someone promises a “complete guide to teaching assistants,” they’re usually about to...
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Language Learning Needs Volume of Input
I spent most of my career watching well-meaning educators and “polyglot influencers” sell a version of learning that simply doesn’t exist outside...
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