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By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
The government appears to be in denial about the extent of the teacher recruitment crisis in the UK. And make no mistake, it is a crisis. Regardless of what political spin is put on it, the crisis exists and the DfE has repeatedly failed to deal with it. Of course, it is pretty...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
The summer holidays are likely to offer little rest to school leaders who see the new year beginning with teacher shortages in key areas of the curriculum. To add to the difficulties, new GCSE assessment systems are beginning in many subject areas. Although there are still teachers out...
By Rachel Lancashire, 24 Jan 2020
I was astounded to read that a secondary school in Essex are due to subtract an hour of teaching time per week in order to save one hundred thousand pounds. In the words of my eighty-nine year old Grandmother – the mind boggles. How is it that in 2017 school leaders are forced to make such...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
As an educator, I know it is tough to find time to communicate with other educators even located in our own schools, let alone outside our districts. We mainly speak with only the other teachers that have classrooms close to ours, and most of the time it is not pertinent information. It is mostly...
By Dan Silverman, 24 Jan 2020
Improving education was a key priority in the 1997 general election which swept the Labour Party to victory. Tony Blair's “Education, Education, Education” mantra, coined in 1996, made education a critical area of policy and highlighted the deficit in school and college funding. Over...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
What is gamification? Put simply, gamification is where elements or principles of game design or games are applied to a context that you wouldn't usually associated with games. This means that gamification has entered the realms of recruitment... and the school classroom. The...
By Daniel Maxwell, 24 Jan 2020
With another academic year now coming to an end, most teachers are getting ready to begin their well-deserved school holidays. While the most important things for teachers to do during the school holidays is rest and recuperate, the summer months can also be a period to do something productive...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
There is a growing epidemic involving school children, and there does not seem to be enough coverage in the media. More and more children are being diagnosed as having mental health disorders than ever before. Whether they are being properly diagnosed by a medical professional or sometimes...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
Teachers really should spend their summer holidays re-charging their batteries, getting some rest and relaxation and enjoying a bit of sun. Many will probably end up spending time clearing up after this year and planning for the next. And for some, the break can offer a chance to earn some much...
By Rachel Lancashire, 24 Jan 2020
Before we get started, I think it is important to stress what an ‘Academy’ is so that we understand exactly what an academy school is not. Academy schools are publicly funded independent schools, they needn’t follow the National Curriculum and they receive money direct from the Government as...
