School Data Updates: Drop the Data Drop

School Data Updates: Drop the Data Drop: If there is one phrase that exposes the true nature of data in a school it is 'data drop'. That termly data collection window, wh...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: School Research Champions and Habit Formation

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: School Research Champions and Habit Formation: Introduction Given one of the goals of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is to bring about beneficial changes in actions and be...

TDRE Boss Blog: #BlogFriday - A Year of Blog Sharing

TDRE Boss Blog: #BlogFriday - A Year of Blog Sharing: Last September, inspired by meeting   Rory Gallagher  at Northern Rocks 2015 , I started a SHoM #BlogFriday, emailing all staff with a ...

TDRE Boss Blog: RS Exam Reform

TDRE Boss Blog: RS Exam Reform: Religious Studies GCSE and A-Level were part of 'Phase 2' of the exam reform, ready for September 2016 teaching. This process c...

The Baron: Government policies have failed to weaken the infl...

The Baron: Government policies have failed to weaken the infl...: David Cameron’s administration has made no secret of its belief in the efficacy of traditional educational practices. It has radically refo...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Transferring research into practice - time and com...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: Transferring research into practice - time and com...: If you work in a school and are interested how research is transformed into practice, then this post is for you.  In particular, this pos...

TDRE Boss Blog: #TeachMeetCSS:

TDRE Boss Blog: #TeachMeetCSS:: At the second annual TeachMeet held at Compass School Southwalk in Bermondsey, I decided to take up the theme from a recent blog post (s...

TDRE Boss Blog: 10 Reasons

TDRE Boss Blog: 10 Reasons: 10 reasons teachers are on strike today: School budgets are being cut by 8% (in real terms) - in a small secondary school that could be...

School Data Updates: The ticking time bomb of KS2 VA

School Data Updates: The ticking time bomb of KS2 VA: I guess you could call it 2020 vision. This issue of calculating KS2 VA in 2020 has been bugging me for some time, ever since I discovered ...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: The Path to Academia or making students ‘cleverer’...

Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: The Path to Academia or making students ‘cleverer’...: Yesterday, I spoke at Anne William’s fantastic Teaching and Learning Conference in Leeds. This is just a part of my talk. Sadly, people...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: When the evidence is not all that it seems and the...

Evidence Based Educational Leadership: When the evidence is not all that it seems and the...: As we approach the end of term, we enter the season of INSET days and a tsunami of PowerPoint presentations by consultants and other experts...