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By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
There was a time, not so long ago, when the traditional ‘chalk and talk’ lesson had become very much frowned upon in schools. For the most part over the last two decades, the focus of pedagogy has been centred on multiple intelligence learning and a recognition that pupils have different learning...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
It probably comes as no great surprise to learn that the Conservative Party’s recent proposals to ‘strengthen’ Ofsted inspections by increasing the length of a standard inspection from two to three days, and to introduce ‘snap’ no-notice inspections, have been met with universal condemnation from...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
As we head towards the end-of-term many teachers will be grappling with an age-old dilemma: Do end-of-term lessons need to be fun? Indeed, should the lessons you deliver at the end-of-term be any different from ‘the normal’? Is it best to forego the ‘traditional’ quiz or film, and just stick...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
It’s a shocking question to pose but many people working within the education system would say that we do have a broken system in our schools today. For those in the midst of it all, it’s in electioneering season that the stark realities are truly laid bare. Once again, during another election...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
We have an Ofsted outstanding school near to us. Every inspection says the same. Its students get among the best results in the county. Not the very best, admittedly, but in a pure numbers game more of its pupils gain the required set of five GCSEs, A* to C in old money, than most of its...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
If you are still using the same lesson plans day after day that you first originally created 20 years ago, it might be time to update your curriculum. After all, two decades ago, trucker hats were in style and skinny jeans were not even a thought. Things change! Your lesson plans and teaching...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
As all school budgets tighten a bit as funding shrinks, a common theme is to eliminate teachers and just make the class sizes larger. While there is no doubt that this strategy can save a good chunk of money, the question is whether it is worth it. Is there an academic benefit to having smaller...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
There are very few people that would take any issue whatsoever with staff wellbeing being seen as a key priority in schools. Indeed, probably next to concern about school budgets, workload and the impact it has on the wellbeing of staff is generally recognised as the most pressing issue of the day...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
The extent to which the current school curriculum is fit for purpose is a debate that rumbles on and on. On one side of the fence, it can be argued that there are more Ofsted-judged ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ schools than ever before. If this is the case, surely it points to the curriculum being...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
Back in 2009, Bedfordshire Borough Council’s website announced the closure of its middle schools. The method it employed to do so – we might call this ‘opaque’, for want of a better word, of which there are many – gives a clear answer to the question regarding the future of middle schools. It is...
