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MATs: A view from the field
With the recent BBC Panorama investigation into Bright Tribe Trust, MATs have yet again been…
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Wellbeing: updates from our Facebook Groups
Hot topics this week: Wellbeing I have been incredibly saddened by how many posts we have had about Headteachers struggling with their own wellbeing. As leaders, we are always looking at how we can support our staff and maintain their well being, but do we…
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Plastic free schools: updates from our Facebook Groups
Hot topics this week: Plastic free schools As educators, we teach our pupils about the…
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Observations vs. learning walks: updates from our Facebook Groups
Hot topic this week: Observations vs. learning walks As we get deeper into the new school year, we’re starting to look at monitoring cycles - everything from books scrutinies to performance management. Everyone’s looking for…
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GDPR, assemblies and robust curriculum: updates from our Facebook Groups
Popular discussion topics this week: GDPR! A topic that we have all heard a million…
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The Key and Primary School Leaders
What is Primary School Leaders? When the budgets were cut I tried to think of way that schools will be supported and I created Primary School Leaders on Facebook; a place for all leaders, whether that be subject leads or Headteachers, to ask for support…
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The Key goes back to school
You may be encouraged to know that the staff at The Key spend a lot…
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Which education secretary would make the best England manager?
The world cup is upon us. Rejoice! Let the hope build, only to kill you…
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Greater scrutiny over MAT CEO pay
Damian Hinds spoke at the National Governance Association conference, covering a range of topics the Department for Education will be tackling over the coming months; we look at the major talking points below.   A closer look at leaders’ pay Hinds made it clear that he…
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International Festival of Learning
There was a definite ‘buzz’, no doubt further stimulated by the proper spring weather for…
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What would a National Education Service look like?
Until now, the NES was, largely, an aspiration rooted in the past glories of creation of the National Health Service (NHS). Certainly, publicity material drew parallels with the NHS with such terms as “cradle to…
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5 things you should know about apprenticeships
Perhaps you’ve been so focused, for so long, on pushing your students to get the…
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‘We mind the gap’: how to challenge gender inequality in 5 steps
International Women’s Day is here, and I bet you’re celebrating it. Schools around the country will have some empowering messages for students in assemblies and lessons today: learning about female role models who excel in their fields, and the suffragette movement, 100 years on from…
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Damian Hinds: as the dust settles, what can we expect from the new SoS?
A Westminster insight from Neil Carmichael, former MP for Stroud and previous Chair of the…
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