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Why you should practice the pause
Laura Williams, school leadership coach, trainer and SBL podcast host, on the importance of the pause… I’ve got three words keep reading
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Encouraging more girls to play football
The hope is that the summer’s women’s Euros will encourage more girls to play football in school CREDIT: This is keep reading
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Restrict phones to improve child social mobility in UK, says commission chair
Katharine Birbalsingh tells school leaders’ conference ‘all the problems start on smartphones’ Schools and parents can improve the social mobility keep reading
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Why the playing field needs be levelled for this years exams
Dennis Johnson suggests a fairer system that will take into account lost learning over the pandemic, while Bernie Evans says the power of keep reading
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DfE is ‘criminalising parents’ in England, say families still shielding from COVID
Parents facing prosecution for home schooling say vulnerable children and relatives’ safety comes before school attendance CREDIT: This is an keep reading
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Dear Nadhim Zahawi, your ‘levelling up’ in schools is jiggery-pokery
Michael Rosen says that those looking at government plans for education are struggling to find what hard cash is going keep reading
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How does an SBL know when they’ve been successful?
Stephen Peach, assistant headteacher and business manager at the Dacorum Education Support Centre, ponders how an SBL can count their successes keep reading
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How grammar schools are expanding
Critics say disadvantaged children are losing out in England as selective schools find creative ways to poach students CREDIT: This keep reading
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Dear Nadhim Zahawi, please sort out Ofsted’s lack of humanity. There’s no excuse
Schools need support, not trials led by unsympathetic inspectors who don’t take COVID into account, says Michael Rosen CREDIT: This keep reading
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How can guilty pleasures make you feel better?
Laura Williams, SBL coach and trainer, L J Business Consultancy, discusses why it’s time to give in to those guilty keep reading