Michael Gove

Curriculum Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

The Curriculum Locomotion

24th February 201924th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1019 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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Leadership Middle Leadership Research 

Can Schools Reform Performance Related Pay?

7th November 20187th November 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1570 Views 6 Comments Appraisal, ASA, Brown University, Collective Teacher Efficacy, Continued Professional Development, Freedom Of Information, Gary Rubinstein, leadership, Michael Gove, Observations, Ofsted, Open Doors, Performance Management, Performance-related pay, Professor Becky Allen, Professor John Hattie, Sam Sims, The Teacher Gap, Visible Learning

Reading Time: 5 minutes Is it time to move performance appraisal away from individual teachers, to a collective target across an organisation? 

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Policies Recruitment Staff Well Being 

Teaching Ideas To Bin: Appraisal

15th September 201815th September 2018 John Dabell 1022 Views 0 Comments Appraisal, ASA, leadership, Line Management, Michael Gove, Performance Management, Performance-related pay, PRP, Statutory, teaching ideas to bin, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 1 minute When was your last performance appraisal?

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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

Is The Fear Narrative Out Of Proportion?

8th February 201810th February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1910 Views 2 Comments @TeacherToolkit, Amanda Spielman, blogs, British Values, busload of heads, Curriculum, Education, evidence, Examinations, Exams, gaming the system, hijab, HMCI, HMI, Inspection, leadership, Michael Gove, Michael Wilshaw, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Parent View, Peter Wilby, School Inspection, Schools, Sean Harford, Teacher Toolkit, Teacher View, teaching, Testing, The Guardian, Trojan Horse

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is the inspection ‘fear narrative’ out of proportion claims OfSTED’s chief, Amanda Spielman?

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Assessment DfE Policies 

In Search Of Research: Mathematical Intimidation

21st October 201728th November 2017 @TeacherToolkit 6020 Views 2 Comments accountability, Amerin-Beardsley, Appraisal, Department for Education, Evaluation of Teachers’ Pay Reform Research, Flip the System, Gary Rubinstein, Good or Outstanding, Google Scholar, Learning Styles, Lord Jim Knight, Michael Gove, Value Added Measure, Van Der Wateren

Reading Time: 6 minutes Does performance appraisal lead to teacher improvement?

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DfE Politics 

If I Were Secretary of State for Education …

10th June 201710th June 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4582 Views 0 Comments #GE2017, Conservatives, Department for Education, DfE, Education, General Election, government, Justine Greening, labour, liberal democrats, Michael Gove, Ofsted, Policy, politics, refom, Secretary of State

Reading Time: 2 minutes If I were Secretary of State for Education …

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Policies Politics 

Education: Who Should Teachers Vote For?

4th June 20174th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 6593 Views 0 Comments #GE2017, Angela Rayner, Conservatives, Education, General Election, government, John Pugh, Justine Greening, labour, liberal democrats, Manifesto, Michael Gove, Policy, politics, Secretary of State, SSAT

Reading Time: 2 minutes Who should teachers vote for in the general election (June 2017)?

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DfE Policies 

It’s Another Government U-Turn!

29th October 201629th October 2016 @TeacherToolkit 5961 Views 0 Comments Academisation, Apprenticeships, Brexit, Grammar Schools, Justine Greening, Lucy Powell, Michael Gove, National Citizen Service, National Teaching Service, Ofsted, QTS, Selection

Reading Time: 4 minutes Does the Department for Education actually know what it is doing?

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Policies Politics 

School for Scandal

23rd October 201623rd October 2016 @TeacherToolkit 5434 Views 0 Comments 11+, Brexit, CBI, Centre for Cities’, David Blunkett, David Cameron, Ed Straw, Educational Excellence Everywhere, Europe, Finland, George Osbourne, Germany, Gordon Brown, Grammar Schools, Headteachers Roundtable, House of Lords, James Park, John Bird, Martin Rowson, Martin Wolf, Michael Gove, Nigel Farage, Ofsted, The Big Issue, Theresa May

Reading Time: 10 minutes How can we engage, deliberate and decide on what’s best for our education system?

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Policies Politics 

The Role of Policy Exchange: Part 1

27th August 20161st February 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2634 Views 0 Comments 1988 Education Reform Act, Adam Smith Institute, Alex Massey, Andrew Laird, Anna Fazackerley, Civitas, Conservative Party, Daisy Meyland-Smith, Daniel Nieto, David Cameron, Demos, Dr Stephen Gorard, Eleanor Sturdy, Free Schools, James O’Shaughnessy, Jonathon Simons, Justin Wilson, Margaret Thatcher, Michael Gove, Natasha Porter, Policy Exchange, Rachel Bull, Rachel Wolf, Sam Freedman, Teach First, Think Tanks, Tony Hockley, Tristram Hunt

Reading Time: 4 minutes What is the role of think tank, Policy Exchange?

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Politics 

What Next for Nicky Morgan?

24th June 20168th December 2016 @TeacherToolkit 4945 Views 7 Comments Conservatives, EU Referendum, Laura McInerney, Michael Gove, Nicky Morgan

Reading Time: 4 minutes So, what next for British education now that voters have spoken?

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Politics 

Stay Away Michael Gove by @TeacherToolkit

9th May 201512th May 2015 @TeacherToolkit 2249 Views 15 Comments Conservatives, Department for Education, Education Policy, General Election, Michael Gove

Reading Time: 5 minutes This is a blog about the future of our education system and my greatest fear.

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Leadership Politics 

The Difficult Conversation by @TeacherToolkit

14th April 20152nd May 2015 @TeacherToolkit 5499 Views 8 Comments Appraisal, BSF, Building Schools for the Future, David Cameron, Difficult Conversations, Emotional Intelligence, Michael Gove, Performance Management, Performance-related pay

Reading Time: 6 minutes This is a blog about leadership-appraisal (and coaching and mentoring). How would you conduct a difficult conversation?

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Teaching and Learning 

Education Panorama (March ’15) by @TeacherToolkit

1st March 201528th September 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2938 Views 3 Comments #TakeAwayHmk, @DigitalSisters, Canada, Education Panorama, March, Michael Gove, Newsletter, Royal College of Teaching, Schools Week, social-media, STEP Conference, the past 30 days

Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s been a tough week! Here is a summary of what’s being going on in the education sector during the

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Leadership Staff Well Being Teaching and Learning 

Ding A-Ling A-Ling: The Life Of A Deputy Headteacher

14th January 201529th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3766 Views 12 Comments Behaviour, BSF, Building Schools for the Future, corridors, George Osbourne, Michael Gove, Pavlovian, Quintin Kynaston, School Bell, school building, Teaching and Learning, The Life of a Deputy Headteacher

Reading Time: 6 minutes This is a blog about the importance of getting the smaller details right, within a bigger picture.

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DfE Politics 

A 5-point plan for incoming DfE @NickyMorgan01

15th July 201430th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2521 Views 12 Comments Department, Department for Education, Education Secretary Michael Gove, Michael Gove, Nicky Morgan, Secretary of State

Reading Time: 4 minutes I was teaching my very last lesson at my (current) school today when the following message popped up on my

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Blogging Leadership Twitter 

Educational Leadership and Management: @BELMASOffice – from Twitter-troll to the @HouseOfCommons

11th May 201323rd August 2015 @TeacherToolkit 1807 Views 6 Comments 40th anniversary, @DrMeganCrawford, @MrLockyer, BELMAS, Edinburgh, educational charity, educational leadership and management, House of Commons, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, leadership and management, Michael Gove, Michael Wilshaw, TeachMeet, Twitter, University of Cambridge

Reading Time: 4 minutes On Tuesday 7th May 2013, as a direct result of a Twitter-troll  – I was invited to The House Of

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