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"Is our teaching maximising its' impact on the learning of children? If not, how can we refine what we are doing? In these stretched times, carving the time to pause and ask ourselves these questions is more important than ever. By doing so, we can maximise the growth of the … [Read more...] about The Reflection Imperative

Delighted to be involved again at Osiris Educational's World Education Summit. It's the educational equivalent of Glastonbury with hundreds of speakers across ten virtual stages. This year's event promises to be even better than last year's given the stellar line-up of … [Read more...] about #WorldEdSummit 2022

'Learning cannot flourish without the right conditions' "Seedling" by Kevin Doncaster is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The last two years have seen tough, tough times in schools. For many, finding the time and processing capacity for high quality professional … [Read more...] about Growing teaching in Covid times

That Godfather of motivation theory, Frederick Herzberg, has a powerful quote about employee (and I'd argue it applies to our children and families too) engagement, 'If you want people to do a good job, give them a good job to do.'   Agency is fundamental to this.  Autonomy is … [Read more...] about Building Greater Agency

Delighted that my work with Accrington Academy & Curious Minds designing and facilitating 'The Uncertainty Principle' has won the CPD category in Teach Secondary Awards 2020.  Uncertain Times The trigger for this programme was 18th … [Read more...] about Teach Secondary Awards Winners 2020

The Teach Secondary 2020 finalists have been announced. It was great to discover that my professional learning programme with Accrington Academy staff during lockdown, 'The Uncertainty Principle', has been selected as one of the finalists in the CPD category. The … [Read more...] about Finalist for Teach Secondary Awards

I had the pleasure of spending an hour back at the start of June with Darren Leslie, a teacher and leader with huge passion for education and improving teaching. Darren hosts a podcast entitled, 'Becoming Educated' and he has been prodigious during lockdown, interviewing a whole … [Read more...] about ‘Becoming Educated’ podcast

Here is the link to the article on investing in staff wellbeing that I've written that will be appearing in both Headteacher Update and SecEd this month. In an era of unprecedented uncertainty, with no end in sight, investing in well-being in our schools is key to … [Read more...] about Investing in Staff Wellbeing