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Goodbye to all that … for now.
I have just resigned as Director of Key Stage Five and requested to work a 0.6 contract. I am left with mixed emotions about it all, so I thought I …
Muddling through somehow
Simon Foster: It’ll be easy peasy lemon squeezy. Toby: No it won’t! It’ll be difficult difficult lemon difficult! In the Loop Teaching is not fun at the moment, it is difficult, difficult lemon …
Homage to the fromage: lessons in school leadership.
In normal times, education leadership is complex and nuanced as we navigate the ebb and flow of constantly changing educational landscape. Governments and ministers come and go with different ideologies and …
researchED Loom Durrington: The virtual one.
What should I do with my time during the Covid-19 pandemic? Having realised I am hopeless at DIY tasks and that I am annoying my nearest and dearest; I decide …
ResearchEd 2019: The Return.
April may be the cruelest month, but September has to be pretty close in the teaching calendar. The excitement and fear of the few first few days of term are …
One Year In.
My goodness, it is nearly a year since I started in post as Director of Sixth Form at a new school. In many ways, this is my perfect job as …
CPTSA Conference 2019: Rebuilding Curriculum and Assessment (2)
This Saturday saw a welcome return for this gem of an edu-conference, choreographed by one of the most well-connected couples on edu-twitter, the ‘Batman and Robin’ of education research …
Go Johnny go go: starting anew.
I have just started in a new school and it feels both familiar and strange at the same time. The rudiments of the job are the same; classroom, kids and …
ResearchEd 2018: The revolution continues.
September is a cruel month in many ways but one if its more established delights is that ResearchED is at the beginning. The jewel in the edu-geek’s conference crown. 2018, …
BPS Digest: How to study
This is all a bit brilliant so had to repost. Bravo BPS. Can psychology help us to learn better? Our presenter Christian Jarrett discovers the best evidence-backed strategies for learning, including …
the unconscious curriculum 