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Why schools and charities should work together
There are some classic images that come to mind when we think about charities and schools. A cake sale to help fight cancer; the lunchtime…
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How life performance can affect student outcomes
William Shakespeare may have written that “all the world’s a stage”, but sadly not everyone is getting the chance to experience live…
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4 ways to use feedback for progress
1. Faults and Fixes It’s important to have the correct classroom environment for peer-to-peer work to be successful. This means that there…
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6 ways to improve your school’s careers guidance provision
1. Life vision From the offset, it is important that each pupil considers their life vision, or ‘road map’, and the career they would…
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Why traditional models of revision don’t always work
The usual picture of a student revising is head hunched over a desk littered with open books, notepad, pen and highlighters. To study…
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Dame Esther Rantzen on why schools need to take action on bullying
My earliest memory of school is falling in love with someone called Alan. Actually, no – I can remember being at nursery school aged…
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Can schools really afford to invest in outside providers?
At the Education Show recently, I was struck by the number of private companies providing workshops. When schools are struggling to pay for…
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Doctor who star Mandip Gill explains why she will never take education for granted
I grew up in my family’s newsagent’s shop on a council estate in Middleton, Leeds, and went to the primary school around the corner.…
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Is your school making the most of its library management system?
A Library Management System – or LMS – is the central system for any secondary school library. The days when you would borrow a title…
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Assessment advice: 4 ways to improve feedback
1. Read, Reflect, Respond One of the central features of AfL is moving towards comment-only marking as a means to increasing learning gains;…
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How schools are improving parental engagement
“Parents absolutely love ParentMail and the feedback we have received so far is very positive. They love being able to read messages,…
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In a world of fake news, critical literacy is a key skill for students
I started high school in 2007, a shy girl who didn’t really have a specific subject that filled me with enjoyment and enthusiasm. The high…
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How schools are making the budget add up this year
“We have cut back every single line of our budget. When I started five years ago we had 54 teachers and 9 SLT. We now have 42 teachers and…
