Teaching and Learning Teaching Secrets Technology 

The Right Way To Show A Video

4th December 20184th December 2018 David Lowbridge-Ellis 683 Views 0 Comments AfL, Assessment, cognitive load, Cornell method, explanation, film studies, Knowledge, media, multimedia, note-making, notes, Progress, Video, YouTube

Reading Time: 3 minutes What are the common pitfalls of showing a video?

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Leadership Ofsted Teaching Secrets 

Are OfSTED Inconsistent At Evaluation?

14th October 201813th October 2018 A Teacher 1467 Views 4 Comments Anonymous, ASCL, Book looks, complaints, Complaints Process, Curriculum, EBacc, Family Fischer Trust, HMI, Lead Inspector, Mythbusting, Ofsted, Parent View, Progress 8, School Inspections, Value Added

Reading Time: 5 minutes How can we trust OfSTED leadership if we cannot raise a complaint about how decisions are reached?

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Leadership Ofsted Teaching Secrets 

Would Ofsted Dare?

6th December 201710th December 2017 A Teacher 3442 Views 3 Comments accountability, Amanda Spielman, Education, grading, NASUWT, NUT, Observations, Ofsted, Parent View, pressure, School, senior management, social-media, Teacher View, teaching, Well being, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why should teachers have to use social media as a pressure relief valve?

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Recruitment Teaching Secrets 

Why Supply Agencies Are The New ‘Del Boys’

1st December 201710th December 2017 A Teacher 3582 Views 7 Comments budget, cover supervisor, crisis, Del Boy, English, Maths, placement, Recruitment, Retention, science, supply, Supply Agencies, Training

Reading Time: 4 minutes Are supply agencies just wheelers and dealers? 

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Interview Teaching Secrets 

An Internal Stitch-Up

10th September 201710th September 2017 A Teacher 2232 Views 4 Comments Coaching, Feedback, GCSE, Interview, job, Job interview, Pastoral, selection panel, selection process, Senior Leadership

Reading Time: 2 minutes What happens when teachers are faced with an ‘internal applicant’ during an interview process? 

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Leadership Ofsted Teaching Secrets 

OfSTED Made Me Leave The Country!

2nd September 201717th August 2017 A Teacher 5496 Views 3 Comments #TeachingSecrets, Data Dashboard, Franz Kafka, Her Majesty's Inspectors, Inadequate, Local Authority, Multi-Academy Trusts, Ofsted, Outliers, Overseas, RAISEOnline, School Inspections, Special Measures

Reading Time: 7 minutes How long do we have to wait before OfSTED, in its current form, becomes untenable?

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Curriculum Teaching Secrets 

Our School Has A Zero Communication Policy

12th July 201711th July 2017 A Teacher 6640 Views 0 Comments #TeachingSecrets, Anonymous, budget, Communication, Curriculum, Funding, Policy, Timetable, Timetabling

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you know what you’ll be teaching in September?

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