New academic year: time to recalibrate
Helena Marsh, Executive Headteacher, Linton Village College, reflects upon the start of the new academic year 2017/18.
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Hello September: here we go again…
Psychologist Dr Lindsay Joyce suggests evidence-based strategies to build wellbeing recovery into your school day; helping to boost your happiness and create a more effective learning environment for students at the start of the academic year and beyond.
My work experience at SSAT
In the last few weeks schools up and down the country have been giving year 10 students opportunities to experience the world of work. Meaningful WE placements give young people a chance to learn about different roles in the workplace, develop a range of skills and personal qualities to enrich learning and support personal development. One student who gained a unique insight into the world of work spending a week at SSAT is Emily.
Museums and other cultural organisations should play an essential role in education
Tristram Hunt, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, spells out what they are doing to support high-quality design and cultural education
A unique investment in potential school leaders
One of the first participants in the groundbreaking Leadership Legacy Project explains what is involved, and how much it means to her.
Why middle leaders matter, more than ever
And how the views of middle leaders across the network should lead to new programmes, new forms of delivery and new insights into how our best middle leaders work. Introduced by Alma Harris and Michelle Jones, University of Bath In
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After the promise of summer: how to avoid feeling let down
Psychologist Dr Lindsay Joyce suggests an approach to overcome the stressors that do harm, even if they feel good
Grenfell Tower: how schools are responding
Senior leaders from two London schools and one further away explain how they are helping students and staff to cope with the aftermath.
The energy, inspiration and support for schools to do things differently in order to do them better
Personalisation became an expectation that all schools would aspire to for their students
Pursuing the issues of disadvantage, social justice, and the school’s place in the wider community
Lesley King, Chair of governors, Ormiston Venture Academy; former SSAT director Certain themes have absorbed me over the last 30 years: disadvantage and social justice; the school’s place in the wider community; the importance of arts education. Since 1996 I
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