Issue 10.1

NQT Mentoring Can Improve Confidence and Retention

The #WomenEd movement has found that it’s not just female leaders who require mentoring and support—NQTs face related challenges right from the beginning. Vivienne Porritt & Lizana Oberholzer explain how mentorship initiatives are changing the playing field.

• 3 Mar 2020
• 24mins

A Strict but Immersive Careers Model is Improving Outcomes for a Cumbrian School

University Technical Colleges are a new type of career-focused school that are providing young people with direct pathways into careers. However, implementing this type of education is not without its challenges. Principal Cherry Tingle shows how she has pulled a Cumbrian school back from the brink and improved all aspects of school life for a community lacking in opportunities.

• 3 Mar 2020
• 24mins

The Power and Limitations of Evidence for Classroom Practice

A new book highlights research-based evidence of what actually works in classroom practice. Lee Elliot Major and Steve Higgins explain the research and show how the main issue in teaching is not what you do, but how you do it.

• 3 Mar 2020
• 24mins

One School’s Experience of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years

Charlotte Gregson shows how implementing the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme has taken their primary curriculum to the next level.

• 3 Mar 2020
• 24mins

Ten Steps to Building a Cohesive Workplace Culture

Staff health and wellbeing are high on the list of challenges facing leaders today. Here’s a list of ways to lay a good foundation for positive work-life balance.

• 3 Mar 2020
• 24mins

Why Teachers Should Take the Lead on Curriculum Development

With the new Ofsted inspections including a ‘quality of education’ evaluation, schools have a new opportunity to reconsider and redevelop their curriculum. MAT CEO Louise Smith believes that for a curriculum to be fit-for-purpose, the people teaching need to be involved in its creation.

• 3 Mar 2020
• 24mins

Beware of Politicians Bearing Gifts

• 3 Mar 2020
• 24mins