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I found secondary school frustrating, on the whole. I had always been a curious child, keen to know, to learn, to find things out – and my…

It is easy to be duped into believing that there are only two alternative ways of being a school in England these days. You either have a…

Even if you’re naturally beloved by all, like yours truly (I haven’t heard any different, alright?), statistically, you’re bound to…

Q I teach maths and PE at a relatively small, LA controlled secondary school in a rural area of the South East. It’s a friendly and…

ROCK THE BOAT (Augustine Coll/Tim Lay/Paul Shinn, Banter, £13.99) This fast, furious and funny graphic novel is a clever reworking of…

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…

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…

Some weeks ago there was a little flurry of new websites, launched to help parents rate and comment on their local schools. This idea…

I have fairly mixed memories of school. I went to Whitgift School in South Croyden; it had a boarding school feel to it, although it…

Alack of social skills can be detrimental to a student’s self-esteem, self-determination and success at school and in life. But how can…

There’s a slew of research out there telling teachers what to teach and how to teach it. But when you’ve got a Year 8 lesson to plan and…