The importance of being seen
Conversations about tackling disadvantage and discrimination often focus on intervention – on the additional support which might make a difference. And of course this kind of support can and does make a difference.
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Challenging the vocabulary gap within disadvantaged pupils
Working in a multi-ethnic primary school that holds 37% of Pupil Premium and 46% EAL intake, and situated within a low socioeconomic area of Southeast London, has been eye-opening to the link between social injustice and language limitations.
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Helping the whole school community to look inwards and outwards
"It is the overlaying of the fundamental ways of being and doing that the vision lives to become 'just what we do here'." Paula Ayto, Reid Street Primary School, writes...
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Tackling data about teaching jobs
John Howson explains how TeachVac can support schools tackling the recruitment crisis. TeachVac has been commenting on the ITT recruitment scene for many years, and has been joined by other commentators more recently, such as the NfER.
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School Diversity Week 2022
School Diversity Week is a huge celebration of LGBT+ inclusion that takes place every June, opening up much-needed conversations about acceptance.
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Improving mental health and wellbeing issues in young people
Graham Moore from humanutopia reflects on the mental health and wellbeing issues facing young people today and how we need to re-imagine schooling in order to solve this crisis.
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KS3 curriculum design: A scheme of work and a shift in pedagogy
A Leadership Legacy Project think-piece by Harriet O’Rourke, Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College
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Square pegs, round holes – Every child deserves success
A Leadership Legacy Project think-piece by Lucy Faux, Manchester Enterprise Academy
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Children facing the greatest challenges need professionals who see beyond targets
Janeen Hayat from the Fair Education Alliance outlines four priorities for creating a more inclusive education system and what needs to happen to achieve it.
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Giving voice to our students of colour
Caludon Castle has always been a diverse school, situated in the north of Coventry. It’s not an easy process for a school to look into itself and see if, and how, racism is a problem. The difficulty comes from the structural and societal racism that impacts all of us (particularly challenging for white people to recognise), but also from the uncomfortable ‘truths’ that might be brought forward. Particularly tough when the school perception previously was that we were doing things well!
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