school leadership

Behaviour Leadership Policies 

Permanent Exclusion And Youth Violence

15th February 201915th February 2019 Steve Warner 548 Views 3 Comments #SLTchat, #ukedchat, @amanda_spielman, @ChildrensComm, @educationgovuk, @OfstedNews, @vickyfoxcroft, DfE, Exclusions, knife crime, off rolling, Ofsted, politics, Safeguarding, school leadership, Serious Violence Strategy, Vicky Foxcroft MP, youth violence, Youth Violence Commission

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is it a huge risk to exclude vulnerable young people?

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Leadership Mental Health Ofsted 

Headteacher Views From School Inspections

30th September 201829th September 2018 A Teacher 1158 Views 0 Comments Anonymous, Bonuses, Demographics, Good to Outstanding, headship, Headteacher, HMI, Inspection, leadership, Ofsted, Outstanding, Pupil Premium, Requires Improvement, school leadership

Reading Time: 5 minutes What do head teachers think about the school inspection service?

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Resources Staff Well Being Workload 

Reducing Workload: Structured Conversations

23rd September 201822nd September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1448 Views 0 Comments conversations, data collection, Department for Education, Lesson planning, Managing Teacher Workload, Marking, Mental Health, school leadership, Structured Conversations, teacher workload, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can school leaders structure meaningful workload conversations to reduce teacher workload?

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Leadership Ofsted Publication 

Freedom of Information: School Inspection

24th June 201824th June 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3882 Views 5 Comments CPD, CPD Policy, Department Diagnostic, Freedom Of Information, Learning Policy, MAT, Ofsted, OfSTED complaints, Professional development, Quintin Kynaston, School Inspection, school leadership, The Life of a Deputy Headteacher, Westminster

Reading Time: 5 minutes Do OfSTED inspectors re-draft handwritten notes to suit an overall inspection outcome?

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Ofsted Publication Research 

Are OfSTED Value For Money?

23rd June 201822nd June 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1369 Views 2 Comments Census, Department for Education, Gender Pay Gap, grading, Money, NAO, National Audit Office, Ofsted, School Inspection, school leadership, taxpayer

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are OfSTED effective and value for money?

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Leadership Podcasts Teaching and Learning 

Podcast 23: Is Teaching The Best Job In The World?

22nd June 201828th October 2018 Joshua McGovern 1274 Views 2 Comments #TTkitPodcast, accountability, CPD, Essex, Harlow, Headteacher, Interview, leadership, Passmores Academy, Podcast, Reading List, school leadership, Vic Goddard, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 1 minute What is best practice, and is teaching the best job in the world?

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Leadership Policies Research 

School Accountability That Works For Everyone

11th June 201811th June 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1311 Views 0 Comments accountability, Asessment, Curriculum, Department for Education, Examinations, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Ofsted, School Inspection, school leadership

Reading Time: 2 minutes How do we improve school accountability, and what form should it take?

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Leadership Recruitment Research 

Keeping Your Head

26th May 201827th May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1314 Views 0 Comments Attrition, headship, Headteacher, leadership, NfER, Ofsted, Recruitment, Requires Improvement, Retention, school leadership, Special Measures

Reading Time: 2 minutes How does OfSTED ratings impact on head teachers working in schools?

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Leadership Ofsted Staff Well Being 

The Life of a Deputy Headteacher: The Finale

29th April 20186th June 2018 @TeacherToolkit 4490 Views 19 Comments Consultancy, Contextual Value Added, Department for Education, Education Datalab, InstagramBlog, Mental Health, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Ofsted, Paul Garvey, Progress 8, Quintin Kynaston, school leadership, Soft Bigotry, The Life of a Deputy Headteacher, Wellbeing, Workload, YouGov

Reading Time: 8 minutes How can teachers support and challenge the status quo to build a fairer system for all?

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Assessment Research Teaching and Learning 

Live Marking

19th November 201719th November 2017 @TeacherToolkit 9351 Views 3 Comments #MarkPlanTeach, Action Research, Book looks, Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation, Corrections, dialogue, Education Endowment Foundation, EEF, evidence, Feedback, Fishing Without The Bait, frequency, Impact, live marking, manageable, Marking, meaningful, motivational, Ofsted, Progress, Queen’s University Belfast, Research, retrieval practice, school leadership, spaced learning, spaced practice, Speed, verbal dialogue, Verbal Feedback, Wellbeing, Work Scrutiny, Workload

Reading Time: 6 minutes Have you ever tried ‘live-marking’ in class? Of course you have …

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Leadership Middle Leadership 

Advice To My Senior Leadership Self

28th August 201728th August 2017 @TeacherToolkit 5454 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 Policies Seasonal 

Advice For School Leadership Teams

26th August 201728th August 2017 @TeacherToolkit 5375 Views 6 Comments Back To School, Behaviour, Behaviour Policy, Data Analysis, demotivated, Meetings, New Term, Priorities, school leadership, Self-evaluation, Values, Vision

Reading Time: 2 minutes What advice would you offer to school leadership teams who are returning to school?

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Leadership Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

The Life of a Deputy Headteacher: Part 10

23rd July 201729th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 13072 Views 9 Comments @SLTchat, Behaviour, Consultancy, Department for Education, DfE, Exclusions, Harris Federation, Illness, Inspection, leadership, Michaela Community School, Ofsted, Preferred Partners, Professional development, Pupil Premium, Quintin Kynaston, Resignation, School Inspections, school leadership, Teaching and Learning, The Life of a Deputy Headteacher, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 7 minutes When does ‘the life of a deputy headteacher’ become untenable?

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Leadership Middle Leadership Workload 

Stand Up Meetings

18th June 20179th June 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3544 Views 2 Comments agenda, chair, delegation, items, leadership, Meetings, school leadership, Work-life balance, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hands up: who likes attending meetings?

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Leadership Staff Well Being 

Top 10 Ways To Demotivate Teachers

20th May 20174th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 21945 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 Research 

It’s Confidential

9th April 20177th April 2017 @TeacherToolkit 6952 Views 2 Comments announcements, Deputy Headteacher, drama, Education, information, Public Speaking, Research, Safeguarding, school leadership, Schools, staff briefing, teacher

Reading Time: 3 minutes How do you get people to listen a little more carefully to what you have to say?

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Leadership 

Becoming Less of a Teacher

18th March 201718th March 2017 @TeacherToolkit 7157 Views 8 Comments Classroom, leadership team, maverick, school leadership, senior teacher, teaching

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do school leaders who teach less in the classroom, become ‘less of a teacher’?

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