Management

Curriculum Ofsted Policies 

Will Ofsted Drive Curriculum Reform In Our Schools?

16th January 201916th January 2019 Will Swaithes 911 Views 0 Comments Amanda Spielman, Behaviour, Consultation, Curriculum, EIF 2019, inadquate, Inspection, leadership, Management, Ofsted, ofsted inspection, Outstanding, personal development, Requires Improvement, Workload

Reading Time: 5 minutes What changes are Ofsted proposing?

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Seasonal Staff Well Being Workload 

6 Tips For End Of Term Wellbeing

11th December 201814th December 2018 Fabian Darku 1191 Views 2 Comments break, Christmas, Doug Lemov, Library, Management, Mark-Plan-Teach, organisation, parental engagement, planning, Susan Wallace, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we protect our wellbeing in the run up to Christmas?

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Staff Well Being Staffing Workload 

Why Do All The Best Teachers Leave?

15th October 201816th October 2018 Mary Wiltshire 2520 Views 10 Comments accounatbility, age of widom, career, consultant, CPD, Emotion, facilitator, high-stakes, leadership, Management, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why stay when there is nowhere to go?

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CPD Leadership Middle Leadership 

Is Middle Leadership For You?

26th March 201826th March 2018 Daisy-May Lewis 2713 Views 0 Comments Andy Buck, DfE Coaching Pledge, Jill Berry, leadership, Management, Mary Myatt, Matt Grant, NPQML, Outstanding, support, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 4 minutes Should you making the move to middle leadership?

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Middle Leadership 

10 Tips For Middle Leaders

23rd January 201815th February 2018 Daisy-May Lewis 4557 Views 2 Comments coordination, Darrell Williams, Department, Difficult Conversations, leadership, Management, Middle Leadership, NAHT, planning, prioritise, Reflection, Resilience, school effectiveness, School Improvement, teamwork, Values, Vision

Reading Time: 3 minutes What do middle leaders need to do to be effective?

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Leadership Middle Leadership 

Advice To My Senior Leadership Self

28th August 201728th August 2017 @TeacherToolkit 5431 Views 2 Comments Assembly, behaviour management, Classrooms, corridors, Data, deadlines, leadership, Lesson planning, Management, Marking, Meetings, Safeguarding, school leadership, Self-evaluation, senior leadership team, senior management team, SLT, SLTchat, Values, Vision

Reading Time: 3 minutes What advice would you give to someone who is ‘starting out’ in school leadership? 

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Leadership Staff Well Being 

The 7 Deadly Leadership Sins

13th June 201715th June 2017 John Dabell 18226 Views 2 Comments Andy Buck, Chris Eyre, Iain Erskine, leader, leadership, Management, manager, Relationships, responsibility, sins

Reading Time: 3 minutes How many are your bosses committing?

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Behaviour Staff Well Being Teacher Training 

7 Ways To Manage Difficult Conversations

26th May 201727th May 2017 Holly Gardner 14224 Views 0 Comments accountability, Appraisal, Behaviour, Difficult Conversations, Education, leadership, Management, professional standards, Respect, strategies, Training

Reading Time: 3 minutes How good are you at having those difficult chats with colleagues?

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Leadership Staff Well Being 

Top 10 Ways To Demotivate Teachers

20th May 20174th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 21761 Views 3 Comments Appraisal, Bullying, Contact Ratio, Data, Department for Education, leadership, Lesson gradings, Management, Marking, morale, motivation, Observations, Ofsted, school leadership, School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document, SCTPD, Timetable, Under-Performance, Well being, Workload

Reading Time: 4 minutes What can schools and school leaders do to demotivate their teaching staff?

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Leadership 

Improving School Leadership: One Nudge At A Time

24th March 201724th March 2017 Paul Ainsworth 3841 Views 0 Comments Cass Sunstein, choice, leadership, Management, Nudge Theory, Psychology, Richard Thaler, The British Behavioural Insights Team

Reading Time: 3 minutes Can we improve school leadership by ‘nudging’?

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Leadership 

Cover Reporting

25th February 201720th February 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3995 Views 0 Comments Absence, cover, equity, Lessons, Management, school leadership, supply, Supply Teaching, teaching

Reading Time: 3 minutes How does your school manage cover for (unplanned or planned) absent staff?

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Leadership Thunks 

What goes on behind a headteacher’s closed door? by @JillBerry102

21st April 201428th October 2016 @TeacherToolkit 3050 Views 6 Comments Education, Headteacher, leadership, Management, Office Doors, Schools, TTkitThunks

Reading Time: 3 minutes This post answers the 35th question from my TeacherToolkit Thinking page of Thunks. Thunk 35: What goes on behind a

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