Nick Gibb

Assessment DfE Exams 

Do We Test Children Too Much?

17th April 201917th April 2019 @TeacherToolkit 475 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Baseline, Curriculum, Department for Education, England, Exams, EYFS, Finland, Gaming, Hong Kong, Jeremy Corbyn, Literacy, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Nick Gibb, off rolling, Phonics, Phonics Check, Primary, SAT, SATs, Singapore, Stress, Testing, Tim Oates

Reading Time: 4 minutes Do our schools in England test children too much, particularly at primary level?

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DfE Politics Research 

Visits to English Schools by Nick Gibb MP

6th January 20196th January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1563 Views 1 Comment Academy, Department for Education, FOI, Freedom Of Information, London, Minister for School Standards, Nick Gibb, Outstanding, Requires Improvement, School Visits

Reading Time: 3 minutes Which schools has Nick GIbb MP visited in his role as Minister for School Standards?

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DfE Leadership Parenting 

Fact: School Budgets Are Dwindling

15th December 201815th December 2018 @TeacherToolkit 808 Views 4 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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Blogging Parenting Students 

A Boy Called Freddie …

18th November 201819th November 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1520 Views 7 Comments Admissions, Blogging, child development, Childhood, development, Family, Freddie McGill, growth, Nick Gibb, Parenting, Parents, Paretning, Premature, Premature babies, Premature Birth, Prematurity, redundancy, Special Educational Needs, Summer Born, World Prematurity Day

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you know how this website started?

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DfE Leadership Policies 

If Damian Hinds Were A Headteacher …

16th September 201815th September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1871 Views 0 Comments Damian Hinds, Department for Education, Grammar Schools, Mark-Plan-Teach, Nick Gibb, Pay Rise, sabbatical, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What would it be like if the Secretary of State for Education were a school headteacher?

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Ofsted Policies Teaching and Learning 

Teaching Ideas To Bin: Ofsted Gradings

19th August 201817th August 2018 John Dabell 1180 Views 0 Comments Amanda Spielman, grading, lesson grades, Nick Gibb, Observations, Ofsted, Outstanding

Reading Time: 2 minutes Do you still grade lessons Ofsted-style?

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Policies Staff Well Being Students 

The Importance of Being Open In The Classroom

18th July 201819th July 2018 David Lowbridge-Ellis 2069 Views 9 Comments Bixexual, Gay, Lesbian, LGBTed, LGBTQ, misconception, Nick Gibb, Pansexual, Queer, role model, Transexual

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why do queer teachers not come out?

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CPD Seasonal 

CPD Picks of The Week

28th June 201829th June 2018 Holly Gardner 1061 Views 0 Comments #TakeAwayHmk, Amanda Spielman, Behaviour, Festival of Education, ICT, LKMco, Maths, Mental Health, Nick Gibb, Nuffield Foundation, Ofsted, outdoor learning, Pen Green Centre, TES Awards 2018, Textbooks, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes Will you get outside before the term’s out?

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Policies Research Teaching and Learning 

Educational Fad: The Silver Bullet Of Textbooks

17th June 201822nd June 2018 John Dabell 1441 Views 1 Comment ATL, digital textbooks, educational fads, Fads, Myths, Nick Gibb, NUT, Office of Educational Technology, open source, school cuts, standards, Textbooks, Xie and Luthy

Reading Time: 2 minutes Are you a fan of using textbooks?

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CPD Staff Well Being Students 

CPD Picks of the Week

22nd March 201822nd March 2018 Holly Gardner 1551 Views 0 Comments Alperton Community College, Andria Zafirakou, Differentiation, Dyslexia, Educational Policy Institute, Global Teacher Prize 2018, In Tray, Job interview, Leading Together, LKMco, Nick Gibb, Policy Exchange, prioritise, Revision, School Funding, SEND, Special Educational Needs, Tauheedul Islam Girls' High School, The Video Standards Council, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can you support children with SEND?

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CPD 

CPD Picks of The Week

22nd February 201821st February 2018 Holly Gardner 1704 Views 0 Comments ASCL, Damian Hinds, Free School Meals, hijab, multiplication tables, NAHT, NEU, Nick Gibb, North Lanarkshire Council, Ofsted, Religious Education Council, Sir Michael Wilshaw, Teacher Recruitment, teacher retention, teacher shortages, voice, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes Why do schools ask their teachers to mark every piece of classwork?

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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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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

Raging Against The Machine

4th February 20182nd February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1921 Views 3 Comments #OfSTEDBanners, Alex Tomlin, Amanda Spielman, Conservatives, Department for Education, DfE, Exams, Flip the System, Inspections, Interview, Jelmer Evers, Justine Greening, labour, league tables, National Education Union, NEU, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Sean Harford

Reading Time: 6 minutes How can we sort our education system once and for all?

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Resources Review 

How To Integrate Textbooks Into Your Teaching

29th January 201829th January 2018 Holly Gardner 1474 Views CLA, CLA Education Licence, Copyright, Copyright Licensing Agency, Differentiation, Lesson planning, Nick Gibb, Resources, Stickability, textbook challenge, Textbooks

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are you making the most of textbooks?

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CPD 

CPD Picks of The Week

11th January 201814th January 2018 Holly Gardner 1584 Views 0 Comments Amanda Spielman, Anne Longfield, ASCL, banners, Blue Monday, caffeine, Change4Life, Children's Commissioner, Consortium for Research in Deaf Education (CRIDE), Cyberbullying, Damian Hinds, deaf children, digital literacy, gaming addiction, guided reading, happiness, healthy eating, Killian Mullan, Literacy, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Podcast, Public Health England, snacking, Suella Fernandes, sugar, technology, Textbooks, The World Health Organisation, Toby Young, Verbal Feedback, Waitrose, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you want to beat those blue Mondays and bust some educational myths?

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DfE Policies Teaching and Learning 

9 Teaching Ideas to Bin in 2018

1st January 201831st December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 15777 Views 27 Comments #OfSTEDBanners, Amanda Spielman, Appraisal, Assessment, banners, Bin, books looks, coloured pens, Data, Department for Education, Graded Lessons, Jarlath O’Brien, Lesson observations, letterheads, logos, Loic Menzies, Marking, MockSTED, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Performance-related pay, polarisation, Progressive, PRP, Richard Kennett, Senior Leadership, Teaching Ideas, Tom Sherrington, Traditional, work scrutinies, Workload, Yellow Box

Reading Time: 7 minutes What teaching ideas would you like to say goodbye to in 2018?

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CPD Staff Well Being Teaching and Learning 

CPD Picks of The Week

12th October 201713th October 2017 Holly Gardner 2049 Views 0 Comments Ada Lovelace, Amanda Spielman, Association of School and College Leaders, CPD, Curriculum, Education Datalab, Exclusions, Institute for Public Policy Research, Mental Health, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Tests, Wellbeing, World Mental Health Day

Reading Time: 2 minutes What professional development have you engaged with this week?

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