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Rules for being a cool teacher

My personal favourite is Mr. Bergstrom from classic Simpsons episode ‘Lisa’s Substitute’. He inspires Lisa…

Best of back to school

It's the first week back and schools and staff have taken to twitter to shout…

Five things to look out for this year in education

Ofsted will return to the headlines Expect Ofsted to be more vocal this year in…

5 tips for governors on responding to GCSE results

Get to grips with new GCSEs and accountability measures You need to understand how changes…

‘Excluded at Seven’ revealed the children behind the data

Before watching Channel 4’s documentary ‘Excluded at Seven’, which aired last night, I was nervous…

Schools out – 10 best things about the end of term …

For many of you, there are just a handful of days left of this school…

5 reasons to keep on teaching

Why do teachers teach? With news attention over the last year focused on funding cuts…

Great rather than good teaching is what we should aim for in our new world

A few observations of how teaching and leadership might be changing at the moment… I…

The Queen’s speech: 3 things we’ve learned

The Queen has spoken! Parliament is back! The Queen’s speech was met by an eagerly…

What will education look like in 10 years time?

Last week The Key turned 10 years old, which means if it were human it…

10 things you never knew schools had to think about…

We know school leaders are facing a whole host of challenges every day, from juggling…

Ten years of The Key

This week The Key celebrates its 10th birthday. In human terms we are leaving early…

The State of Education 2017: view from the governors’ meeting

I think no-one can deny that 2017 is providing us all with some interesting times.…

High quality technical education would help our pupils and economy thrive

The current education system is letting down pupils who would thrive on technical and vocational…

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