Nothing Is Perfect!
Reading Time: 6 minutes What makes you feel inadequate?
Tag: DfE
87% Oppose #EBacc
Reading Time: 9 minutes What are policymakers discussing and what decisions are they making that will influence education?
Stop The EBacc!
Reading Time: 7 minutes During 2015 the DfE announced their intention to make entering 90% of students for the EBacc suite of GCSEs a future school performance measure that will be given a more ‘prominent role’ within the Ofsted framework.
I Failed The #EBacc!
Reading Time: 6 minutes How would you (as an adult) fare if you completed examinations in foreign language, a humanities or indeed learning maths, English and science subjects all over again? I know I failed at least two of these subjects when I was 16 years old. Was my school a failure? Was I viewed as a failure too?
Why Do Teachers Leave Teaching?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why are teachers leaving the profession? And why do some choose to return?
Bad Ideas
Reading Time: 2 minutes How long do teachers waste time working on bad ideas? How often do we promote concepts, ideology and projects that have little or no impact on teaching and learning?
8 Teaching Ideas To Bin in 2016
Reading Time: 8 minutes What teaching and learning ideas would you like to say goodbye to in 2016?
What Recruitment Crisis?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Is there really a recruitment crisis? Are the government aware of the real picture on the ground?
A Teacher Exodus?
Reading Time: 2 minutes If you are a teacher, how long do you expect to continue working in the profession?
It’s So Rigorous; We Don’t Want You To Do It!
Reading Time: 3 minutes Do we want examination courses that will inspire our students?
Get Into Teaching for the Right Reasons!
Reading Time: 4 minutes Why are you interested in (or why did you start) teaching?
Data Management Workload: Ask A Teacher!
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you wanted to help improve data management and reduce teacher workload, who would you ask?