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This much I know about… our next books – SEND Huh and Alternative Provision Huh

25/06/2022 6:12 am25/06/2022By johntomsettIn Curriculum10 Comments

Huh? is my usual response when I enter a Year 6 grammar class! But little did I know when I began working with the indefatigable Mary Myatt that Huh would prove to be the perfect title for our current curriculum…

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This much I know about…sticking stuff in exercise books

14/05/2022 7:36 am14/05/2022By johntomsettIn Curriculum, Teaching and Learning0 Comments

The triangulation of speaking to colleagues, being in lessons and looking at students’ work is crucial to appreciating the quality of the curriculum. When looking in books recently, I have seen two things which have made me think. Firstly, the…

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This much I know about…Huh and the power of curriculum conversations

24/04/2022 8:17 am24/04/2022By johntomsettIn Curriculum, Research, School Leadership, Teaching and Learning0 Comments

“Through conversation…we may whet and sharpen our wits by rubbing them against those of others.” Michel de Montaigne [1] Huh is the Egyptian god of endlessness, creativity, fertility and regeneration. He is the deity Mary Myatt and I have adopted…

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This much I know about…why the quality of time spent in classrooms matters, not the duration!

28/03/2022 7:21 am28/03/2022By johntomsettIn Research, School Leadership, Teaching and Learning2 Comments

There is a lot of publicity about the DfE’s declaration that schools must be open for 32.5 hours a week. Accepting that most schools are already open for longer than 32.5 hours a week, what the DfE need to realise…

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This much I know about…Primary curriculum design and the “Huh” project

26/03/2022 8:33 am26/03/2022By johntomsettIn Teaching and Learning0 Comments

Collaborating with Mary Myatt on our Huh project has been a blast! Our new book, Primary Huh, was signed off this week. It is a moment of unadulterated relief when the copy editor says we’re finished and we can send…

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This much I know about…Hannah Lowe’s “The Kids” and the sonnet form

25/02/2022 4:36 pm25/02/2022By johntomsettIn Uncategorized0 Comments

I have written about sonnets many times; Hannah Lowe’s “The Kids” is a striking volume written entirely in that particular poetic form. “The Art of Teaching II” will resonate with every teacher in the land. You can read it here….

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This much I know about…the time I was closest to my dad

06/02/2022 9:57 am12/02/2022By johntomsettIn Other stuff0 Comments

Some 37 years to the day since he died, this much I know about the time I was closest to my dad. I was closest to my dad for two days in the summer of 1978 when I was just…

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This much I know about…three very personal reasons why I think Boris Johnson has to go

31/01/2022 8:28 pm06/02/2022By johntomsettIn Other stuff0 Comments

I need to get this out of my system. My mother died of Covid-19 on 18 April 2020, in a care home 260 miles away, alone. I said my final goodbye to her via mobile ‘phone as I was not…

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This much I know about…how ignorant I have been about the Primary curriculum!

23/01/2022 5:52 pm06/02/2022By johntomsettIn General educational issues0 Comments

Since Mary Myatt and I began the HUH project just under a year ago, I have felt increasingly ignorant. I have come to realise that for the duration of my two secondary headships – a full 18 years – I…

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This much I know about… Seven starting points for curriculum conversations between subject and senior leaders

19/12/2021 7:11 pm06/02/2022By johntomsettIn General educational issues1 Comment

What follows is an introduction to my Curriculum Masterclass on 6 January, part of Tom Sherrington’s Curriculum Masterclass series. You can book a ticket for the live event and/or access to the videos, here. As part of our HUH project,…

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Day number 42.
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What a fantastic morning seeing so many happy students & families as they pick up their A Level results @southhunsley @driffieldsch. We should celebrate this brilliant generation of resilient, determined young people who have dealt with the last 2 years so brilliantly

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OUR BEST EVER POST-16 EXAMINATION RESULTS 🥳
Overall, 42 per cent of the A-level grades achieved were either A* or A (compared to 36 per cent nationally) and 72 per cent of grades achieved were at grades A* to B.
20 per cent of our students secured 3 or more A*/A grades.

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John Tomsett is a nationally renowned school leader supporting schools to improve the quality of teaching and learning. He has 33 years of teaching experience, with 18 years as a headteacher. He led Huntington School in York, one of the country's leading Research Schools, for 14 years. He offers consultancy on school leadership with a clear focus upon improving teaching and learning and curriculum development.

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