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.
Blog posts by Guest
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
Square pegs, round holes – Every child deserves success
A Leadership Legacy Project think-piece by Lucy Faux, Manchester Enterprise Academy
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.
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!
Impact of introducing Coaching at Richard Cloudesley School
Learn how Richard Cloudsey School embedded a culture of coaching throughout the school and the positive impact it made.
The powerful difference coaching can make
Steve Bush, formerly Assistant Headteacher at Sackville School spoke to SSAT Director Angelina Idun about the powerful difference coaching can make and why schools and organisations cannot afford not to coach.
My business trip to Chicago
Waj Mohammed a student at New Bridge Multi Academy Trust was one of a number of students who participated in a visit to Chicago earlier this year to work with American students and Apple to design apps. The work is part of an ongoing project funded via the Turing scheme. Read Waj’s blog and watch the film produced by the group.
Establishing and embedding a precedent of support of PLAC and SGO pupils
The Romsey School share some reflections and practical advice on support for looked after children. After taking on a new role with responsibility for looked after children, Gabrielle Bradbeer undertook research in order to better understand the needs of looked after children and to gauge levels of awareness and knowledge amongst her colleagues. She shares the practical strategies that they have implemented.
The importance of keeping the ‘unique child’ at the heart of the Early Years Foundation Stage
Beatrice Merrick, CEO at Early Education, considers the importance of keeping the principle of the ‘unique child’ front and centre when navigating current challenges for Early Years pupils and will be exploring this further at later this month as a keynote speaker.
