Full participation is the emerging buzzword in education.  What is it and why do we need it? 79.1% of students were engaged in full time edu...

As teachers we are typically motivated people. We prepare classes, mark work, consider what comes next.  Generally we are moving from one th...

Programmes for each year group are developed over many years.  Redesigning them from scratch is a time consuming task and has the potential ...

It is easy to fall into the trap of being overly critical.  As an insider you know why things are done a certain way.  Often it is a comprom...

I was given advice when I started teaching - have a five year plan. It's good advice - like most good advice I've been given it was ...

As a HoLA there are a range of tasks you need to perform.  As part of a mentoring course a model was put forward that described these duties...

Learning via ICT is an odd fish in education.  Often seen as a panacea and the enabler for a transformation in education, it has consistentl...

My daughters do a maths challenge each week at their primary school.  I didn't pay much attention to it until my youngest was worried th...