Teaching Science: New GCSEs in Science: teaching them!

Teaching Science: New GCSEs in Science: teaching them!: The new science GCSEs are starting to be accredited. This is a relief, but not good enough. We should have had these specs a year before fir...

The Baron: 'Independent learning' creates irresponsible excus...

The Baron: 'Independent learning' creates irresponsible excus...: It’s funny: the more independent we try to make our learners, the more dependent they seem to become. After all, I suppose, at the hear...

TDRE Boss Blog: #TMLondon: My Great Form Tutor

TDRE Boss Blog: #TMLondon: My Great Form Tutor: Photo by  @benniskara As well as arranging the competitions, prizes and thanking our sponsors I managed a 2 min presentation at TM Lon...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: researchED Scandinavia Goteborg, Saturday 19 March...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: researchED Scandinavia Goteborg, Saturday 19 March...: On Saturday I was fortunate to attend researchED Scandinavia and had the huge privilege of meeting a range of educators from across Europe -...

The Snow Report: Explaining or justifying literacy instruction?

The Snow Report: Explaining or justifying literacy instruction?: In their piece on The Conversation this morning , Queensland education academics Drs Stewart Riddle and Eileen Honan referenced a previous...

TDRE Boss Blog: #TFREConference 2016: Core Knowledge & RE

TDRE Boss Blog: #TFREConference 2016: Core Knowledge & RE: A grey and misty Saturday morning saw an early start in London for the second Teach First RE Conference, this one entitled REthinking t...

School Data Updates: The difference between RAISE and floor standards

School Data Updates: The difference between RAISE and floor standards: For the past 3 years, the DfE have compared schools' percentages making 2 levels of progress (so-called expected progress) in reading, w...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Five great reads for evidence-based practitioners

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Five great reads for evidence-based practitioners: A few weeks ago Alex Quigley wrote an excellent blogpost entitled  Five great reads for evidence-informed teachers .  Now I have to say,  I ...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: The gender question: Boys are made of slugs, snail...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: The gender question: Boys are made of slugs, snail...: At some stage in every teacher’s career, somebody has uttered the phrase ‘to engage boys use competitions’ in the teacher’s presence. It...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: An agenda for REAL Evidence-Based Education

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: An agenda for REAL Evidence-Based Education: Are you a school leader or evidence-based practitioner and interested in bringing about real improvements for your pupils (and colleagues), ...

TDRE Boss Blog: If we want them to revise...

TDRE Boss Blog: If we want them to revise...: Wednesday was a 6 period day with a working lunch. It was really hard work and I then spent over an hour catching up on the day (ah... ...

TDRE Boss Blog: If we want them to revise...

TDRE Boss Blog: If we want them to revise...: Wednesday was a 6 period day with a working lunch. It was really hard work and I then spent over an hour catching up on the day (ah... ...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Evidence-Based Practice : A Handbook for teachers ...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Evidence-Based Practice : A Handbook for teachers ...: If you are a school research lead or interested in evidence-based practice, then this post is for you. Over the last 18 months I have had...

School Data Updates: The Writing's on the Wall

School Data Updates: The Writing's on the Wall: Last summer, when the news trickled out that the floor standard would be kept at 65%, rather than being hiked up to to a mountainous 85% as...

My Learning Journey: Can I be that little bit better at......using simp...

My Learning Journey: Can I be that little bit better at......using simp...: Courtesy of Coffeeforcollege I've been quiet on Twitter and my personal blog for a few months.  This has mainly come down to taking...