Schools for human flourishing – the whole child is the whole point
Schools for human flourishing published. An SSAT and Woodard Schools publication.
Blog posts by SSAT
Academisation – SSAT comment
SSAT is pleased that the Department for Education has decided to pursue a different pathway, rather than force all good and outstanding schools in all LAs to become academies. We have always advocated the importance of school leaders making their
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Primaries in umbrella trust take responsibility for their own future – part 2
The Oxfordshire Primary Education Network (OPEN) trust is an umbrella trust, ensuring no one school dominates. A vital factor to all involved. Part two.
What makes great teaching – answering a vital question
We need to understand the methods that will enable learners to think through and understand the process of learning, writes Andy Williams.
Promising practices in parental engagement – 3 resources
Professor Bill Lucas identifies three research-based resources that contain exciting practices in parental engagement.
SSAT’s most popular blogs of April 2016
Our most popular blogs of April 2016.
What kind of parental engagement for what kind of learning?
Professor Bill Lucas asks what kind parenting for what kind of character development? There is no one right approach to parental engagement.
Primaries in umbrella trust take responsibility for their own future – part 1
The Oxfordshire Primary Education Network (OPEN) trust is an umbrella trust, ensuring no one school dominates. A vital factor to all involved. Part one.
Fair Education Alliance report card: don’t fine parents, engage them
A write-up of the opportunities and challenges illustrated in the report’s recommendations, discussed at the launch event on Thursday 13th April.
Feedback to inform learning
Bethnal Green Academy’s consistent, whole-school approach to marking and feedback positively impacts on the learning and progress of all students.
