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Classroom life: Avon Valley College
The beautiful landscape of Salisbury Plain attracts tens of thousands of visitors a year being, as it is, the largest remaining area of…
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Classroom life - Greenshaw High School
Our school has been well supported by the Teacher Development Trust in developing effective evaluation tools. Thomas Guskey’s five levels…
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Classroom life - The Academy of St Francis of Assisi
One of my greatest joys as a headteacher took place this A-level results day as I celebrated alongside a pupil who had secured a place at…
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Classroom Life: Hazelwick School
Technology at Hazelwick School is utilised and facilitated across many departments. Our teaching philosophy is firmly aligned within the…
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Make every meeting matter
What are your staff meetings like? Do you eagerly anticipate them as exciting forums for a stimulating exchange of professional views? Or do…
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Assessment after levels – what’s next?
Two years on from the Department for Education’s decision to remove levels, there is still widespread confusion and a lack of consistency…
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Save energy; save money
Improving energy efficiency in their buildings gives UK school business managers a huge opportunity to gain large financial savings and also…
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How to choose the right IT partner
Schools in the UK spend £900m a year on education technology (Gartner). The British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) says schools…
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SEND and genuine inclusivity
The reforms of recent years emphasised that all teachers are accountable for all children in their class, including students with SEND.…
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Why more choice can improve literacy
There is nothing quite like getting stuck into a good book and children are far more likely to read and enjoy a book they have chosen for…
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Apps for parental engagement
Over the past decade, teachers and parents have moved classroom communication beyond letters and homework. From online portals to email, a…
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Lesson plan: KS3/4 MFL – creating better sentences
Controlled writing assessments are soon to be a thing of the past; is this cause for a sigh of relief or a reason to rethink your career…
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Lesson plan: KS4 science – drugs testing and clinical trials
The final phase of drugs testing and clinical trials are human trials. These are the last hurdle before groundbreaking new treatments can be…