At the age of 48, and as it’s his birthday, this much I know about why my dad still matters! The Guardian Family page always does it. The article today about the man who struggled to have the meaningful final conversation with his dying father set me off weeping…
I have been a Headteacher for over nine years now and, at the age of 48, this much I know about an alternative to the English Baccalaureate Certificate. If Jeremy Hunt announced a backward-looking reform to appendix operations which would be hugely invasive and leave patients in hospital for a…
I have been a Headteacher for over nine years now and, at the age of 48, this much I know about an alternative to the English Baccalaureate Certificate. If Jeremy Hunt announced a backward-looking reform to appendix operations which would be hugely invasive and leave patients in hospital for a…
I have been a Headteacher for over nine years now and, at the age of 48, this much I know about an alternative to the English Baccalaureate Certificate. If Jeremy Hunt announced a backward-looking reform to appendix operations which would be hugely invasive and leave patients in hospital for a…
I have been a Headteacher for over nine years now and, at the age of 48, this much I know about the type of Headteacher I want to be. I am increasingly unsure about what kind of Headteacher I want to be; my first Headship was at a school where,…
I have been a Headteacher for over nine years now and, at the age of 48, this much I know about the type of Headteacher I want to be. I am increasingly unsure about what kind of Headteacher I want to be; my first Headship was at a school where,…
I have been a Headteacher for over nine years now and, at the age of 48, this much I know about the type of Headteacher I want to be. I am increasingly unsure about what kind of Headteacher I want to be; my first Headship was at a school where,…
I have been a teacher of English for 24 years and this much I know about teaching disengaged 15 year old boys (most, if not all, of which will be obvious). Eighteen months ago we withdrew 14 C/D borderline disengaged Year 10 boys from their English classes and I…