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Headteacher Case Conferences: A ‘signature pedagogy’ for school leadership?
Published: October 7, 2024 13:12
At the end of the 2023-24 academic year, we published the findings of our survey of 236 headteachers in our ‘Labouring to Love Headship’ report. The picture presented was gloomy around preparation, induction, training and support for those taking up…
Going, Going, Gone: Correlating improvement needs and overall grades in 2023-24
Published: September 26, 2024 12:41
Overall grades from inspections are on their way out in 2024-25 and, by 2025-26 we will see more changes as the much-heralded ‘report card’ system takes effect (possibly seeing the end of the four-tier grading system, but who knows with any certainty). As…
Empowering Future Leaders: How Dormers Wells High School Transformed Student Leadership
Published: September 26, 2024 08:15
When Sarah Dowdle, Assistant Headteacher at Dormers Wells High School, took on the role of overseeing Student Leadership, she knew change was needed. The post Empowering Future Leaders: How Dormers Wells High School Transformed Student Leadership appeared…
Sometimes the path to school is complicated
https://www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/sometimes-the-path-to-school-is-complicated/
Published: September 25, 2024 09:03
In the village where we live, the primary school sits at the top of a hill. Alongside the main footpath runs an unofficial walkway, worn by small feet over many years. It marks out a more adventurous route along the top of a muddy bank, passing through…
Minding the Gaps: How inspections in 2023-24 differed by region
https://www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/minding-the-gaps-how-inspections-in-2023-24-differed-by-region/
Published: September 18, 2024 09:01
In the past week, I have been looking at the regional variations in the 2023-24 inspection data with some interest and so I wanted to share them with you. Hopefully you will find them fascinating too. The post Minding the Gaps: How inspections in 2023-24…
So… the honeymoon period is over? Now what?
https://www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/so-the-honeymoon-period-is-over-now-what/
Published: September 17, 2024 10:43
Thirty eager faces, hands shooting up in the sky as soon as you ask a question, soon makes way for smirking furtive glances around the classroom, rocking back on two legs of the chair, and volunteering a reluctant answer only when asked directly! So how do…
Implementation matters
https://www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/implementation-matters/
Published: September 13, 2024 14:50
Implementation matters. Even the greatest idea remains only an idea until it is successfully implemented. Effective implementation is the cornerstone of all meaningful and sustainable change in education, whether your focus is classroom, curriculum or…
Imagine your classroom
https://www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/imagine-your-classroom/
Published: September 11, 2024 14:25
Within this learning space, there is a hugely diverse group of young people from all different walks of life. You have around thirty pupils for a lesson and you have to teach a complex concept. The post Imagine your classroom appeared first on SSAT.
Chicken or Egg – The Big Listen Outcomes and SSAT’s Inspection Tracker
https://www.ssatuk.co.uk/blog/chicken-or-egg-the-big-listen-outcomes-and-ssats-inspection-tracker/
Published: September 4, 2024 13:51
My previous blog queried whether the data about ‘need to improve’ comments from inspection reports since January might be pointing towards an ‘Oliver effect’. I was exploring whether there were any discernible trends and microtrends during the first…
Improving retrieval and exam performance in hospitality and catering through formative assessment
Published: September 3, 2024 08:32
In May 2023 I was asked if I was interested in being an EFA lead for a new Embedding Formative Assessment programme (EFA), starting in September of the next school year. About to begin my eighteenth year as a teacher of art and design technology, it is…