Leadership Staff Well Being Staffing 

35 Things Great Headteachers Do

16th February 201915th February 2019 John Dabell 1771 Views 2 Comments @southgloshead, Andrew Moorish, Andy Buck, Dan Buettner, Expectations, fellowship, leadership, Relationships, School Community, Sir John Dunford, staff, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is your headteacher a people person?

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Behaviour Leadership Policies 

Permanent Exclusion And Youth Violence

15th February 201915th February 2019 Steve Warner 500 Views 3 Comments #SLTchat, #ukedchat, @amanda_spielman, @ChildrensComm, @educationgovuk, @OfstedNews, @vickyfoxcroft, DfE, Exclusions, knife crime, off rolling, Ofsted, politics, Safeguarding, school leadership, Serious Violence Strategy, Vicky Foxcroft MP, youth violence, Youth Violence Commission

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is it a huge risk to exclude vulnerable young people?

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CPD Leadership Staff Well Being 

4 Tips For Valuing Your Staff

12th February 201912th February 2019 Malcolm Drakes 561 Views 0 Comments CPD, Damian Hinds, DfE, flexible working, Ken Blanchard, Meetings, mentor, Professional development, School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT), Teach First, value, Wellbeing, Work-life balance, Workload, worth

Reading Time: 4 minutes How can we truly value our staff?

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Behaviour Leadership Parenting 

‘Short Hair’, Suggests Some Don’t Care!

27th January 201926th January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1429 Views 4 Comments Academic Research, Bad Science, Behaviour, Behaviour Policy, bias, Chinese, Department for Education, discrimination, Equality Act 2010, Ethnicity, Exclusions, Gender, haircuts, Poor Proxy, Pupil Performance, racism, Research, Short Hair, stereotypes, Uniform Policy

Reading Time: 2 minutes Is it time for schools to ‘get real’ with some of their rules?

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Leadership Ofsted Policies 

System Leadership and School Improvement

20th January 201918th January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 576 Views 0 Comments accountability, EIF 2019, Football Manager Syndrome, Grading Schools, Local Authority, Local councillor, Macro, Meso, Micro, Ofsted, Outstanding, Requires Improvement, School Inspection, Seth Godin

Reading Time: 1 minute How do we find the next generation of teachers to step up to leadership?

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Behaviour Leadership Mental Health 

Leading Others Without Being An Asshole

19th January 201920th January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1831 Views 0 Comments @DebiHope, Agressive, Bourdieu, Bullying, Daniel H. Pink, Darth Vader, Depression, EdD, Habitus, leadership, line manager, Lne Manager, Meetings, Mental Health, Positioning, Professor Susan L. Robertson, Robert I. Sutton, Self-Esteem, Shouting, Sociological, Sociology, Staff Meeting, The Asshole Survival Guide, To Sell Is Human

Reading Time: 2 minutes How do you interact with other people you work with?

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CPD Leadership Staff Well Being 

Doing A Learning Walk On Yourself!

14th January 201914th January 2019 Neil Donlan 1013 Views 5 Comments #LearningPit, Assessment, Clever Classrooms, Curriculum, Feedback, Learning Walks, lesson observation, metacognition, Scrutiny, Self-Reflection, Verbal Feedback

Reading Time: 3 minutes Could a visit to yourself in your classroom improve your practice?

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Behaviour DfE Leadership 

When Teachers Behave Badly

13th January 201913th January 2019 John Dabell 2133 Views 0 Comments Barrett, Behaviour, British Values, Bullying, code of conduct, David E, ethics, integrity, IPSOS, Ipsos MORI, Misconduct, professional standards, Professionalism, public interest, Safeguarding, Sir Robert Francis QC, Teachers' Standards, Trust, Twitter, violations, Whistleblowing

Reading Time: 5 minutes What should reasonably be expected of a teacher?

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Leadership Pastoral Students 

Beyond The Gate: 12 Risk Factors Of Youth Violence

11th January 201911th January 2019 Steve Warner 499 Views 0 Comments #knifefree, Alison Cope, Behaviour, Children's Commissioner, county lines, Craig Pinkey, Early Intervention Foundation, father deficit, Gang culture, Gangs, Heads Together, knife crime, Mentally healthy schools, nspcc.org, Safeguarding, Sheldon Thomas, St Giles Trust, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, The St Giles Trust SOS Project, The Times, youth violence

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can schools identify those most at risk?

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Leadership Pastoral Students 

5 Tips For Succeeding As A Head of Year

7th January 20195th January 2019 Dan Hallsworth 996 Views 2 Comments counsellor, Expectations, Head of Year, listening, Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, Mental Health, Pastoral, prioritise, Relationships, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you have what it takes to be a Head of Year?

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Leadership The 5 Minute Series Workload 

15 Workload Tips For Schools

6th January 201929th December 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1592 Views 0 Comments 5 Minute Lesson Plan, 5MinChangePlan, 5MinSeries, Attrition, Continued Professional Development, Department for Education, Emails, James Callaghan, Marking, Ruskin College, Stratgey, The 5 Minute Workload Plan, Wellbeing, Workload, world economic forum

Reading Time: 2 minutes What will your school do this year to reduce teacher workload?

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Leadership Publication Resources 

Book Review: Taught Not Caught

4th January 20197th January 2019 Rob Higgins 461 Views 0 Comments character, Character Education, Creativity, Determination, EBacc, Grit, Independent School, Nicky Morgan MP, Oxbridge, Policy Exchange, Resilience, Taught Not Caught

Reading Time: 2 minutes What will you be reading this year?

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DfE Leadership Politics 

A New Paradigm For Schools

27th December 201831st January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1078 Views 2 Comments Attrition, Baroness Morris, Exams, GCSEs, House of Lords, Institute of Fiscal Studies, James Pope, Knowledge, LEA, Local Authority, Lord Jim Knight, NHS Digital, OECD, Parents, School Funding, Self Harm, Suicide, TES, Testing

Reading Time: 2 minutes Can the public build consensus for change in our education system?

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Assessment Leadership Policies 

Solutions Looking For Problems

18th December 201818th December 2018 Phil Naylor 803 Views 0 Comments aal$ed.org, Assessment, attainment, audit, CPD, Data, diagnosis, Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), engagement, evidence, gap analysis, Intervention, Pupil Premium

Reading Time: 4 minutes What exactly seems to be the problem?

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DfE Leadership Parenting 

Fact: School Budgets Are Dwindling

15th December 201815th December 2018 @TeacherToolkit 669 Views 3 Comments Barnet Council, Budgets, Camden Council, Department for Education, Finchley, Funding, Golders Green, Haringey Council, Hertfordshire, Inner London, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Mike Freer, Nick Gibb, Petition, School Funding

Reading Time: 3 minutes What impact is austerity having on your school?

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Behaviour Leadership Students 

Beyond The Gate: The Challenges Of Youth Violence

14th December 201814th December 2018 Steve Warner 680 Views 1 Comment #beyondthegate, community, crime prevention, Gang culture, Hertfordshire Constabulary, Hertfordshire County Council, knife crime, multi-agency, pressures, Targeted Youth Support Service, The St Giles Trust SOS Project, violence, Youth Connexions

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can schools best respond to youth violence?

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CPD Leadership Staff Well Being 

#1MinCPD: Making The Most of Staff Meetings

12th December 201813th December 2018 Hanna Beech 830 Views 0 Comments #1minCPD, Email, leadership and management, Meetings, middle leaders, outside meetings, time-management

Reading Time: 1 minute How can we improve staff meetings?

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