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Nicola Lark-Spain

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18 February 2018 Year 6 trainee placement? No need to fear, check out our survival tips ...

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Jill Berry

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10 March 2018 Do good teachers always make effective school leaders?

18 January 2018 Should headteachers and school leaders maintain a teaching commitment?

27 April 2018 I nearly left teaching after the first term – 30 years on, here’s my advice for those considering quitting

14 April 2019 How to unwind in the school holidays: five top tips for teachers

19 November 2018 Internal promotions into school leadership: how to lead those who used to be your colleagues

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Fergal Roche

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02 February 2018 Get it right, and teaching is life-transforming and exciting. Get it wrong, and stress takes over

15 February 2018 If teachers could learn from each other more, maybe teaching could be a lifelong profession – not a four-year sacrifice

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Dr Gary Jones

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10 August 2017 Can school leaders rely on Kotter's change management model?

09 February 2018 How to run a journal club in your school: top tips from research

22 April 2017 You don't need a school research champion, you need a team of champions – and here's how to build one

10 March 2017 Foxes vs hedgehogs: 7 evidence-based leadership tips for headteachers

23 March 2018 Do academy chief executives need to be education experts?

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Elizabeth Aubrey

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13 April 2017 Why won't schools listen to the experts about reducing workload?

02 May 2017 Testing times ...

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A beginner’s guide to Daisy Christodoulou

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University Challenge fans may remember Daisy Christodoulou: she was described as "Britain's brightest student" after her outstanding performance on the 2006-07 series, where she captained the Universi...

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Cut time, not corners: five life hacks to help you survive teacher training

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Teachers aren't known for having a brilliant work-life balance. They are, however, famous for getting stuff done – and a few simple life hacks can make all the difference. Here are our insider tips on...

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Memorisation, retention and learning

Research Matters

Teachers often assume that because they are teaching and their students are sitting there in front of them - looking attentive - that they are actually learning. They could be right. On the other hand...

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Five top tips to help headteachers and governors work effectively together

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School governance has changed in recent years. Gone are the days of light-touch oversight with a good dose of jolliness; governing boards are now expected to be more business-like rigorous,...

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Grammar schools are not the answer to improving social mobility – brilliant, well-trained teachers are

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It's not often that an education policy inspires unison in the sector, but the government's proposal to re-introduce grammar schools seemed to do just that, bringing the vast majority of educatio...

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A beginner’s guide to: Professor Barak Rosenshine

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Best known for: Rosenshine's research has contributed significantly to understanding the effectiveness of various instructional methods, which culminated in his identification of 10 principles of...

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A beginner's guide to Professor John Hattie

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Hattie has been Director of the Melbourne Educational Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, since March 2011. Prior to that he was Project Director of asTTle and Professor of E...

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Dr Gary Jones

Can school leaders rely on Kotter's change management model?

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A few weeks ago I wrote about the need for school leaders to be appropriately critical of educational and management gurus. One such guru is John Kotter, whose name is often found on lists of the worl...

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