EBacc

DfE Leadership Research 

Research Questions About Education

17th March 201917th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 715 Views 0 Comments Areas of Research Interest, Coaching, Department for Education, diversity, EBacc, England, Holiday hunger, Mental Health, Nutrition, Pathways, Poverty, unicef, USA

Reading Time: 3 minutes What questions are the Department for Education currently researching about education in our schools?

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Curriculum Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

The Curriculum Locomotion

24th February 201924th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 894 Views 1 Comment #EIF2019, 1944, 1988, 1988 Education Reform Act, Butler Education Act, Consultation, Curriculum, Data, David Blunkett, EBacc, ed balls, Education Act, education ministers, England, Foreign Affiars, Gillian Shephard, Kylie Minogue, Learning Walks, Michael Gove, National Curriculum, Ofsted, Richard Austen Butler, Romans, Sir Cyril Norwood, The Locomotion, Wales, White Paper, Winston Churchill

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is ‘curriculum’ the emperor’s new clothes?

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Research Review Students 

Closing The Gap

15th February 201918th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1150 Views closing the gap, disadvantaged pupils, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, Exclusions, Free School Meals, GL Assessment, Hilary Fine, Mental Health, Parents, Product Review, Pupil Premium, Research, SATs, Stephen Tierney

Reading Time: 3 minutes How does a narrow curriculum disadvantage the disadvantaged?

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Curriculum DfE Ofsted 

5 Things Which Confuse Me

2nd February 20193rd February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1449 Views 4 Comments #EIF2019, consultants, Curriculum, Department for Education, Developing Great Teachers, EBacc, GCSE Options, Great Teaching, Heather Leatt, league tables, Lorna Cork, Mary Myatt, Narrow Curriculum, Ofsted, Pam Fearnley, Paul Dix, Paul Gavey, Professor Frank Coffield, Teacher Development Trust, Value For Money

Reading Time: 5 minutes What key points confuse you about Ofsted’s proposed framework?

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Curriculum DfE Ofsted 

Curriculum Misgivings For Young People

28th January 201911th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 798 Views 0 Comments Consultation, Curriculum, Davka, Department for Education, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, GCSE, high-stakes accountability, Jewish, league tables, Nicky Morgan, Ofsted

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do we anticipate all pupils to meet an English Baccalaureate curriculum?

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Leadership Publication Resources 

Book Review: Taught Not Caught

4th January 20197th January 2019 Rob Higgins 515 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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Curriculum Ofsted Workload 

Can One-Day School Inspections Evaluate Curriculum?

25th November 201814th January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1299 Views 5 Comments Assessment, Bold Beginnings, Clare Sealy, Curriculum, Curriculum Maps, Data, Department for Education, EBacc, James Pembroke, Knowledge organisers, Knowledge Rich, Matthew Benyohai, Ofsted, Progress, Progress 8, Schemes of Work, School Inspections, Sean Harford, Tom Sherrington

Reading Time: 4 minutes Can school inspections steer focus away from data, towards a broad curriculum?

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Curriculum Podcasts Politics 

Podcast 32: Does Your Curriculum Meet All Pupils’ Needs?

10th November 201812th November 2018 Joshua McGovern 1234 Views 0 Comments #TTkit100Women, #TTkitPodcast, Alperton Community School, Andria Zafirakou, Art, Brent, Cypriot, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, Global Teacher Prize, Greek, Greek Cypriot, London, Marylebone School for Girls, Multicultural, oprah winfrey, Parents' Evening, Textiles, The Arts, The Queen, Vegetarian

Reading Time: 2 minutes What does the Global Teacher Prize Winner say about the English Baccalaureate?

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Leadership Ofsted Teaching Secrets 

Are OfSTED Inconsistent At Evaluation?

14th October 201813th October 2018 A Teacher 1739 Views 7 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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Curriculum Ofsted Policies 

Will OfSTED Dictate The Curriculum Agenda?

30th September 201829th September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1557 Views 2 Comments #Bananas, Amanda Spielman, Bold Beginnings, Curriculum, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, Freedom Of Information, Knowledge, Knowledge Rich, Ofsted, qualitative, qualitative research, Requires Improvement, Research

Reading Time: 4 minutes What will the school inspection revolution ask schools do next?

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Curriculum Students Teaching and Learning 

Saving Design Technology

13th January 201813th January 2018 @TeacherToolkit 6451 Views 13 Comments blogs, Curriculum, Design, Design Technology, DT, EBacc, Education, English Baccalaureate, Food Technology, Funding, Graphics, leadership, Resistant Materials, Schools, subject knowledge, Systems and Control, Textiles

Reading Time: 7 minutes If Design Technology is to survive in an EBacc world, should technology teachers reconsider their curriculum?

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Conference Curriculum Leadership 

Keeping Creative

2nd December 20171st December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3065 Views 0 Comments A New Direction, Creativity, Curriculum, Department for Education, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, Funding, Jihadi John, leadership, Ofsted, Ross Morrison McGill, Sir Ken Robinson, The British Library, Tim Leunig, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute In times of increasing accountability, how can schools and teachers stay creative?

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Curriculum DfE 

An EBacc Embarrassment

19th July 201719th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4942 Views 1 Comment Consultation, Curriculum, Department for Education, DfE, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, House of Lords, Justine Greening

Reading Time: 2 minutes Why have we had to wait 500+ days for the Department of Education to publish 2,755 responses to their consultation?

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Curriculum Policies Politics 

Ignoring the EBacc

2nd July 20172nd July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 5103 Views 0 Comments Baroness Benjamin, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, Baroness Stedman-Scott, Consultation, Department for Education, DfE, EBacc, Education Select Committee, English Baccalaureate, Hansard Online, House of Lords, Lord Aberdare, Lord Nash, Lord O'Shaughnessy, Lord Whitty, National Curriculum, Nick Gibb, Ofqual, Queen's Speech, The Earl of Clancarty

Reading Time: 4 minutes What are the Department for Education hiding?

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DfE Policies Teaching and Learning 

10 Teaching Ideas to Bin in 2017

8th January 201731st December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 16941 Views 5 Comments Bootcamp, Department for Education, DfE, EBacc, Lesson gradings, MockSTEDs, Natasha Devon, No Excuses, Ofsted, Performance-related pay, Progress over time, Progressive, Richard Kennett, Traditional, Verbal Feedback, Written Feedback

Reading Time: 9 minutes What teaching ideas would you like to say goodbye to in 2017?

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Curriculum DfE Seasonal 

All I Want for Christmas

24th December 201623rd December 2016 @TeacherToolkit 3419 Views 0 Comments Christmas, Consultation, Department for Education, Donald Trump, EBacc, Father Christmas, House of Commons, Ian Taylor, Lord Nash, Schools Week, The Earl of Clancarty

Reading Time: 2 minutes If you could choose just one present for Christmas, what would it be?

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Curriculum Publication 

Mr. Benn’s Fancy Dress Curriculum

12th July 2016 @TeacherToolkit 5204 Views 14 Comments Design Technology, EBacc, Nick Gibb, Publication, Schools Week

Reading Time: 2 minutes What government policies are to blame for the recent decline in teachers?

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