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​Q I teach MFL in a large academy in Norfolk. Although we have a long-standing exchange programme in place, which enables Y10 students to…

​“I feel like I’m on the outside with my nose pressed against the glass looking in, so I have a general overview, but I don’t really…

​While most teachers and school leaders agree that CPD is crucial to a school’s success and development, it can be harder to reach a…

​I was recently asked to speak at a seminar on the subject of “assessment in 2025 and beyond”. It sounds like rather a dry and distant…

​BODY IMAGE – how we view our physical self – is closely linked to self esteem. Young people, in particular, often feel under pressure…

​Most of what makes classrooms work is invisible. The here and now of lessons and classrooms is dependent on the routines and…

​And most of us will also be able to remember the first time we entered a truly inspirational learning environment – perhaps as a…

​If I were to bring up the topic of testing in education, what would be the image first brought to your mind? Would it be a gloomy factory…

It is 2008 and my mate Rob has convinced me to play a role in rescuing a set of English results in a school in Wandsworth. The head teacher…

The state of young people’s mental health is rarely far from the headlines these days. Recent reports have focused on, amongst other…

I once travelled overland from Thailand to Cambodia in an unlicensed taxi. Making polite conversation with the driver I commented at how I…

Around a year or so ago, reasonably soon after his appointment as Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw was resported in the Guardian as…

I work at an academy in the North East of England, serving a relatively deprived catchment area. We recently changed catering companies,…