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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…

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 as England scrape through their group and then lose 2-0 to Columbia. I hope that doesn’t happen, as I really…

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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…

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International Festival of Learning

There was a definite ‘buzz’, no doubt further stimulated by the proper spring weather for the day... My purpose in being there was to deliver two talks. One for the publisher, John Catt, of my forthcoming book with the working title of “Progressive, Productive and…

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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…

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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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Damian Hinds: how will he affect schools?

But before we let old acquaintance be forgot, it’s worth having a look at the record of the incoming secretary, and what his appointment could mean for the government’s priorities for schools in the near…

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School leaders shouldn’t be blamed for the workload problem

Firstly, we should welcome Ofsted's decision to include the impact of workload in its evaluation…

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Budget 2017: how will it affect schools?

Money for every extra pupil studying Maths at A-Level From 2019, each school will receive £600 for every extra pupil that studies maths at A-Level. To be clear, this is not money for each pupil taking maths. This is £600 per each extra pupil above…

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Let’s embrace teacher idiosyncrasy

I had quite a job tracking down a few of the teachers I wrote about…

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