school leadership

Leadership Mental Health Ofsted 

Headteacher Views From School Inspections

30th Sep 201829th Sep 2018 A Teacher 975 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 Sep 201822nd Sep 2018 @TeacherToolkit 969 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 Jun 201824th Jun 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3430 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: 4 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 Jun 201822nd Jun 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1206 Views 0 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 Jun 201828th Oct 2018 Joshua McGovern 1066 Views 1 Comment #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 Jun 201811th Jun 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1181 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 1145 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 Apr 20186th Jun 2018 @TeacherToolkit 4056 Views 18 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 Nov 201719th Nov 2017 @TeacherToolkit 8290 Views 2 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 Aug 201728th Aug 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4812 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 Aug 201728th Aug 2017 @TeacherToolkit 5157 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 Jul 201729th Apr 2018 @TeacherToolkit 12830 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 Jun 20179th Jun 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3436 Views 1 Comment 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 Jul 2017 @TeacherToolkit 21201 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 Apr 20177th Apr 2017 @TeacherToolkit 6312 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 Mar 201718th Mar 2017 @TeacherToolkit 6736 Views 6 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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Leadership 

Cover Reporting

25th Feb 201720th Feb 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3917 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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