TeachVac: supporting schools during a recruitment crisis
Schools are facing the worst teacher recruitment crisis since the Second World War, but there is little recognition of this in the mainstream media and little comment from the DfE.
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World environment day
World Environment Day is an annual event celebrated on 5 June to raise awareness about environmental issues and promote actions to protect our planet.
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Women in Leadership in Education
Leadership progression in education is not a level playing field. Whether deliberately or unwittingly, women, and particularly women from ethnic minorities are frequently disadvantaged.
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Why you should sign up to The Children’s Charter – a pledge for children
The most widely spoken phrase during the launch of the Children’s Charter – a pledge for children was “It is time for change”.
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Women in Leadership and Education – Katharine Carruthers OBE
Katharine Carruthers OBE is Director of the Mandarin Excellence Programme at the IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. Katharine is an international expert on the teaching of Chinese and a driving force behind the teaching of Chinese in schools in England.
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Women in Leadership and Education – Chloe Richards – Leader of Learning, Colham Manor Primary School, Uxbridge
Failure has been an essential element of my journey into early leadership. In my early 20s, I found myself as a newly qualified teacher working across a cluster of schools where the environment was toxic. I felt disillusioned and uninspired by the work ethic and at the age of 24, I left the education profession in pursuit of a career which would make me feel motivated and capable.
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What learners need now
Prior to the pandemic, mainstream schools were saying they were unable to get timely support for students who needed more than they themselves could provide – particularly in respect of learners who needed CAMHS support and special schools were telling us that they were operating with over-commissioned places.
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One thing that Ofsted could do right now
Everyone in education’s thoughts this week are with the family, friends and colleagues of Ruth Perry, the Reading headteacher who took her own life in January. No one at this stage can know the thoughts that were in Ruth’s head at the time and it would be completely wrong to speculate.
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SSAT Statement following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry
We would like to offer our deepest sympathy to the family, friends and colleagues of Ruth Perry.
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SSAT Statements
The latest tranche of messages between Matt Hancock and Gavin Williamson shows a shocking disregard for teachers and children. School leaders suffered from a lack of clear direction from the DfE during the pandemic. School leaders, teachers and all staff worked incredibly hard to educate children and young people, and to keep them safe. Today, teachers and young people are still suffering from the effects of the pandemic. Our teachers deserve respect for the incredible work they do.
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