Supporting and engaging white working class children
Daniel Jarrett, Safeguarding Manager, education charity School-Home Support (SHS), highlights some of the challenges white working-class children face and outlines what schools can do to improve their outcomes and aspirations.
Read now >>
Thank you!
Motivational speaker Action Jackson of The Fixup Team explains why he believes teachers must believe in themselves to show love to their students – based on the benefit he gained from his own teachers.
Read now >>
School improvement stories: All teachers and TAs get involved in checking for consistency
Mark Barrett, Deputy Headteacher, Kingsmeadow School, describes the work of their rolling consistency working parties.
Read now >>
School improvement stories: Creating the right ethos for teaching and learning improvement
Melanie Davies, Senior Lead Practitioner, Newmarket Academy, shows how the lead practitioner role has helped to move her school from special measures to good, and to make increasingly valuable contributions to the MAT.
Read now >>
How nudges can help parents to get more involved in their children’s learning
Rob Hitch, Vice Principal, Harris Academy South Norwood, on getting away from the traditional child response to any parent enquiry about school: ‘it was alright!’
Read now >>
Developing aspiration among students with high potential
Holly Henderson, English teacher, Bristnall Hall Academy, shows the benefit of abandoning the ‘gifted and talented’ label.
Read now >>
We infect them with our passion – and our stress
Dr Emma Kell, head of department in a north London school, and author of How to Survive in Teaching: Without imploding, exploding or walking away, offers some tips for teachers in the classroom.
Read now >>
Intensive focus boosts literacy
Jeniffer Sing, Vice Principal, and Michael Chapman, Strategic Lead for Educational Research, Hope Academy, describe their intensive, wide-ranging programme and its effects on student reading ages.
Read now >>
Further reflections on the SSAT Leadership Legacy Project
Emily Keen, English teacher responsible for KS3 English and whole-school literacy, Richard Challoner School writes.
Read now >>
