Oliver Caviglioli noted that evidence-based school leadership is a ‘moral duty’. We have seen several school leaders destroy some of the…

There are some classic images that come to mind when we think about charities and schools. A cake sale to help fight cancer; the lunchtime…

I’m sat here, beer in hand, having not been appointed to a fab job at my brilliant school. I’m a bit bruised and sad, but also aware of…

We all know that social media and messaging apps are a huge part of young people’s lives. According to research from Ofcom, 70% of 12- to…

William Shakespeare may have written that “all the world’s a stage”, but sadly not everyone is getting the chance to experience live…

1. Faults and Fixes It’s important to have the correct classroom environment for peer-to-peer work to be successful. This means that there…

Imagine a world in which the only concrete experience is literally a concrete experience – where people grow up in an urban environment…

Q I am a maths teacher in a small, coastal secondary school. Our students are great, and we are blessed with really supportive families,…

When Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake opened in November 1995 it rocked the dance world. “There was a David and Goliath feel about the…

Most schools have one: a ‘cupboard of shame’, in which languish all kinds of products and resources that were taken for a trial spin,…

In 2018, Northumbria University was awarded government funding to develop a ‘widening participation’ English project. The widening…

“Discovering #TeamEnglish on Twitter was a revelation. It’s changed almost everything about my teaching, for the better.” - Anon…

1. Life vision From the offset, it is important that each pupil considers their life vision, or ‘road map’, and the career they would…