“To err is human but to make a real mess of things you need a computer.” (Anon) The Headteacher looked back at the school buildings one...

One of my favourite tools to check learning is Socrative. I prefer it to Kahoot as it takes out the speed element of Kahoot which causes...

(Abridged version of ch 24 of my ‘Elephant in the Staffroom’ book) According to the old joke, October is the month where the cricket fan...

As teachers marking work and providing feedback our aim is to ensure 2 things That we deliver good and useful feedback that helps...

I am not in the current ‘teacher transfer window’ ahead of the May deadline but I have had a lot of interviews over the years – good, bad...

In my book ‘ the elephant in the staffroom ’ I briefly mentioned dealing with email, citing one interesting statistic from John Freeman’s...

A few years ago I wrote an article for UkEdMag on lessons for teachers from the thinkers of Ancient Greece. Recently I have been thinking...

Change is all around us, some good, some bad. This prompts a lot of reflection and there is much to reflect upon. One reflection is...

Recently I re-read the story of Jonah in the Bible. (Yes, I am aware that the Bible uses the word 'fish' rather than whale but I'm going...

Recently I shared some thoughts on competent vs charismatic leadership. This is almost a footnote to that post addressing something a...

If you’re reading this in 2025 - you may remember that for most of 2020 there was a coronavirus pandemic and schools closed. Many...

In the early 1990s, the satirical series Spitting Image famously characterised the Prime Minister John Major as the grey man. His grey...

Most of us if we're honest are having good days and bad days at the minute. After a couple of bad days I downloaded some podcasts given...

I don’t think it’s just me. Has anyone else noticed that it seems to be open season on teachers at the moment? From criticism of online...

Having done quite a bit of reading around leadership, I realised that much of my early leadership development happened outside of...

We have had a week of working from home getting to grips with teaching our students remotely. Some parts of the job have remained the...

Recent news stories of 60 hour weeks, Debra Kidd’s honest reflections on her experience and the subsequent debate on Twitter have led me...