Issue 4.6

Motivating A-Level students

The common perception of A-Level students among nonteachers is that being in post-compulsory education, they’re all mature, well behaved and wholly self-motivated… Unfortunately for A-Level teachers, that’s not always the case. Here, Marcella McCarthy outlines some of the problems KS5 teachers must face, and offers some simple yet effective solutions.

12 Mar 2013
24mins

Leadership

Becoming a stand out school

Over a period of five years, Andrew Morrish took his school from Special Measures to Outstanding by abandoning virtually everything that Ofsted and the government took to be good practice in teaching and learning. Andrew Morrish introduces the ‘Standing Out’ conference his school is sponsoring in June to explore transformational teaching and learning strategies, by explaining how his school is carving out a new route where the teacher progressively becomes more and more invisible.

12 Mar 2013
24mins

Leadership

Forget everything and run

With the yearly media frenzy surrounding exam results, it’s no wonder teachers are feeling increasingly pressured to deliver high grades whatever the cost. Chris Watkins details a few ways teachers can overcome the fear of failure and enhance both their own and their pupils’ experience of learning in today’s exam obsessed culture.

12 Mar 2013
24mins

Leadership

Why aren’t boys reading?

Boys achieving lower than girls in reading has often been attributed to biological predispositions, but evidence suggests it’s not that simple. Jane Woodley of the National Literacy Trust explains why such stereotypical views are damaging to boys’ enthusiasm for reading and what schools and parents can do to combat the problem.

12 Mar 2013
24mins

Leadership

SLT 4.6 Report Update

Reform of National Curriculum in England, and From GCSEs To EBCs: The Government’s Proposals For Reform.

12 Mar 2013
24mins

Leadership

How did he get it so wrong?

Michael Gove has had to abandon his plans to replace GCSEs with a new English Baccalaureate Certificate because of widespread opposition from ministers, exam regulators, headteachers’ unions, and parents. How did he get it so wrong in the first place?

12 Mar 2013
24mins

Leadership

Schools hoarding vast amounts of cash

In hard times, it’s generally sound advice to save a little money for a rainy day. But what do you do if it’s a school that’s hoarding its funds instead of spending it on children’s education?

12 Mar 2013
24mins

Leadership

SLT 4.6 Points

Vocational subjects being dropped by schools, catch up premium for failing pupils, Admissions Commission warns of covert pupil selection, and more.

12 Mar 2013
24mins

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Issue 4.6

Motivating A-Level students

Becoming a stand out school

Forget everything and run

Why aren’t boys reading?

SLT 4.6 Report Update

How did he get it so wrong?

Schools hoarding vast amounts of cash

SLT 4.6 Points

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