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The Negative Effects of Compliance Measures in Schools: A Classroom Teacher's Perspective
Before I begin, I would just like to preface that I am aware of the importance of compliance measures within an educational setting,...
Olly Cakebread
Sep 166 min read
Headteacher Diaries - One Week
“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”...
Chris Passey
Sep 76 min read
Beyond Inclusion: Designing Curricula Where Every Student Belongs
Inclusion isn’t an add-on, it’s a design principle that raises attainment.
Joanna Tompkins
Sep 14 min read
Multiple Choice Hinge Questions
Multiple-choice questions generally evoke a mixed range of responses from teachers and school leaders whenever they are used in a lesson...
Adam Kohlbeck
Jul 84 min read
Authenticity and Vulnerability: How systemic change can come from within
We believe that the synergistic relationship between equity, diversity, and vulnerable leadership can lead to more effective and...
Chris Passey
May 162 min read
Making School Development Work
School development planning could be so much better if more people knew about Problem Driven Iterative Action… At the start of this half...
Adam Kohlbeck
May 148 min read
I'm the visible invisible ...
What am I doing? Seriously? Someone have a word will you?! I'm writing things people won't read, recording things people won't watch and...
Chris Passey
Feb 273 min read
The power of mapping mental models in coaching
Over the last six months, I have been working with the brilliant Sarah Cottinghatt on a coaching tool that we think could help teachers...
Adam Kohlbeck
Feb 29 min read
Coach recruitment and the messages we send…
Instructional coaching is widely recognised as an effective method of teacher development. Sam Sims, (2018) went as far as to say that it...
Adam Kohlbeck
Jan 2610 min read
Rehearsal in Coaching
Rehearsal as part of the coaching process is often seen as being about ensuring absolute fidelity to a given technique or strategy. For...
Adam Kohlbeck
Oct 11, 20244 min read
Help! I'm an Imposter!
Sitting in your own vulnerability definitely has its downsides: you are painfully aware that what you are feeling isn't real and is a cruel
Chris Passey
Jun 17, 20243 min read
The Impact of Drama on Children from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
Drama can and does academically, socially and morally develop children from “disadvantaged” backgrounds.
Joanna Tompkins
May 31, 20245 min read
Agency - Making coaching count
Why is agency particularly important in teaching? In Responsive coaching, Josh Goodrich (2024) points out that teachers are often alone...
Adam Kohlbeck & Chris Passey
May 25, 20248 min read
Meaningful Leadership
Tom Sherrington's post on Behaviour really stirred something in the Twitter-sphere (I am not calling it X); his ability to mix...
Chris Passey
Apr 3, 20243 min read
Instructional coaching
Creating the conditions for successful implementation Instructional coaching currently sits in a fairly unique place in the educational...
Adam Kohlbeck
Mar 29, 202415 min read
The Problem with Outstanding
‘Outstanding’ has been the holy grail for school leaders since Ofsted was born in 1992. The implicit rewards in the judgement have long...
Adam Kohlbeck
Mar 29, 20244 min read
Authenticity in Leadership
Michael Holland, Founder and president of Bishop House said, “Authentic leadership is revealed in the alignment of what you think, what...
Adam Kohlbeck
Mar 29, 20243 min read
Bringing GCSE skills into the Primary Classroom: Connection and Continuity
When students come to study their GCSE texts in secondary school, how well prepared are they to interpret them with an open mind that has...
Chris Passey
Dec 1, 20234 min read
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