When it comes to delivering praise, a classic means of getting it wrong is missing kids getting it right. Do this at your peril – the…

We need more teachers across the board; But especially in maths, says Peter Ransom – so How can we start making the figures add up?

I’ve heard some fantastic music lessons over the years. The music itself hasn’t always been wonderful but more often than not, the…

For a long time, some of us have been saying to colleagues: ‘if I were still working in school, I would no longer have time to teach…

Having taught languages in England for over 30 years I have seen many changes, worked with and observed superb teachers, and experienced…

Why is it that, despite the Bercow Report (2008), children and young people with Speech, Language and Communication Needs are still being…

When I was asked to write this column, the brief was to provide information for teachers on how to handle a situation in which you have a…

WHY TEACH THIS? Science and drama are not the most obvious crosscurricular combination links but there is no better topic for them to…

WHY TEACH THIS? The personal essay; A staple in most schools used for college entrance essays, scholarship applications, student reflection,…

WHY TEACH THIS? Optimisation, or finding the best possible solution to a problem, is an important real-life application of mathematics. We…

Amiracle cure… the Holy Grail… the Rosetta stone for teachers everywhere. The transformative powers of technology have been sold to…

Passmores is an 11-16 school, as some of you know, and it’s hugely important to us that the prestissimo start of examinations doesn’t…

Of all the impossible tasks expected of poor, over-worked teachers, differentiation is one of the most troublesome. The generally accepted…