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Recently I posted on LinkedIn that I had delivered training on being a successful form tutor. This gained some traction with several people reaching out to ask for the material – so here it is. Instead of me sending a bunch of emails to people, you can get it if you click, here. Subscribe to the… Continue reading Being a Successful Form Tutor

Consistent school attendance is strongly linked to the quality of academic outcomes. It seems quite obvious really – for students to achieve academic success, they need to be in school with as few days’ absence as possible. As a senior leader, I have spent considerable time and energy analysing attendance figures, identifying students with the… Continue reading The Challenge Of Persistent Absence

It’s easy to lead with all manner of presumptions, assumptions and pre-conceived ideas. Lazy, in fact. But there’s a huge price to pay. If we’ve already made up our minds, we leave little room for encountering nuggets of wisdom and new ideas which present opportunities to learn. The alternative is to lead with curiosity. Curious… Continue reading Leading With Curiosity

This post is the second in the series of dealing with the Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of interventions. The first can be found here. I’ll be solely concerned with the Implementation phase in this article. Getting started can be the hardest thing. For example, when starting this blog I agonised over trivial matters and procrastinated… Continue reading Eating the PIE – pt2

I’ve got some exciting news to share with you. I have just published my first book which will be available for purchase in just under a weeks’ time! This work is another contribution of mine to the teaching community which I deeply care about. Stay posted for the release date!