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​It’s June 2013 and the scene is a hall at Sydenham School in Lewisham. The room is set with 29 tables at which sit business-suited…

​Dominic Crompton is back home. Having spent three years teaching at Colegio Anglo Colombiano School in Bogota, Colombia, he has returned…

​Giving praise and some kind of reward for doing well has always been an integral part of the teaching process. Traditionally, rewards…

​My overwhelming memory of my school days is of freedom, to grow and develop as an individual and to learn to love individual subjects. It…

This is how it goes: Towards the end of the first half term of the school year, my PA, the irreplaceable Sheila, leans over the balcony and…

​On one level, most teachers are publishing all the time. Every time you plonk a worksheet before your pupils, you are publishing your…

​Michael Gove has presented, and continues to present, a thorny issue for any left-leaning educator determined his feet should stay…

​​Bright Futures Educational Trust was set up in 2011 to offer a quality education that opens up real choices for young people across…

​Does ability come from nature or nurture? If you’ve thought about this before then you’ve probably already made up your mind and…

​Internet translators, although they have their uses, have become the bane of all language teachers’ lives, creating an array of oddly…

​TS readers; meet Tom Starkey, our new, regular columnist. Mr. Starkey; meet the readers. Now, play nicely... My introduction to teaching…

​Money Talk Is your approach to teaching personal finance a little light on leading by example? Clare Griffiths addresses a few key FAQs…

​What can you do to make sure that you are treated fairly when PRP is introduced? Eileen Field has some focused and practical…