Students often approach the topic of angles by memorising lots of vocabulary (acute, obtuse, right angle, etc.) and ‘facts’ about angles…

My overwhelming memory of secondary school is one of conflict. Constant battles with teachers. It was me really kicking against this…

“But which is the best education system?” I often get asked this question, because I’ve spent the last two years visiting six of the…

As the author Jeanette Winterson wrote: “A tough life needs a tough language - and that is what poetry is”. When we explore the impact…

I didn’t enjoy school. I went to St Benedict’s in Ealing, London, and between the ages of 11-13 I was in the middle school, which was…

I hate speaking on the phone. I loathe it with a singular passion and look to avoid it when I can. Why do I experience such a visceral…

Before you can train to become a teacher you need to satisfy certain mandatory conditions set by the DfE – one of which is to have GCSE…

Diagnosis, at least for some professionals, remains synonymous with labelling in a negative sense. Labelling is not a disaster. It does not…

This September, Westlands School in Torquay became The Spires College. I felt we needed a very clear signal to the outside world of just how…

Students often share their feelings on art education during their lessons with me, often including words like ‘sanctuary’, or describing…

If you’re a teacher of computing, spreadsheets are a great way into computational thinking, ie breaking down a problem into its…

The start of the new term has been marked with much speculation about banning mobile phones and iPads from the classroom. Following concerns…

Does it matter if an RE teacher can’t create a digital spreadsheet and should every English specialist be able to code? In other words, is…