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    is a nationally renowned school leader supporting schools to improve the quality of teaching and learning.

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    This much I know about… the principles of curriculum planning in action

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    This much I know about…five learning points from my work in schools

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    This much I know about…how to decide what to cut from your school budget

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    This much I know about…teaching what you love

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This much I know about…why we must keep asking questions about Research in Education #NTENRED.

04/05/2014 9:20 pm04/05/2014By johntomsettIn General educational issues, Teaching and Learning6 Comments

I have been a teacher for 25 years, a Headteacher for 10 years and, at the age of 49, this much I know about why we must keep asking questions about Research in Education #NTENRED. I have had an idealised…

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This much I know about…being taught/how I learnt to teach

27/04/2014 12:16 am27/04/2014By johntomsettIn Teaching and Learning4 Comments

I have been a teacher for 25 years and, at the age of 49, this much I know about being taught/how I learnt to teach. Any student can learn how to punctuate through creative writing. That’s a parody, to an…

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This much I know about…helping Year 11 feel like Champions!

20/04/2014 1:15 pm20/04/2014By johntomsettIn School Leadership6 Comments

I have been a teacher for 25 years, a Headteacher for 10 years and, at the age of 49, this much I know about helping Year 11 feel like Champions! This takes some explaining, but stay with it – it’s…

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This much I know about…feeling like a dinosaur

30/03/2014 12:01 pm30/03/2014By johntomsettIn School Leadership27 Comments

I have been a teacher for 25 years, a Headteacher for 10 years and, at the age of 49, this much I know about feeling like a dinosaur. ‘Tis now Spring, and all the pleasures of it displease me; every…

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This much I know about…why educational research matters more than ever

22/03/2014 5:23 pm22/03/2014By johntomsettIn School Leadership, Teaching and Learning7 Comments

I have been a teacher for 25 years, a Headteacher for 10 years and, at the age of 49, this much I know about why educational research matters more than ever. It’s OK to be unsure about what you think. In a…

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This much I know about…trying to improve my teaching deliberately

08/03/2014 4:43 pm08/03/2014By johntomsettIn School Leadership, Teaching and Learning8 Comments

I have been a teacher for 25 years, a Headteacher for 10 years and, at the age of 49, this much I know about trying to improve my teaching deliberately. I think you have to teach, no matter how demanding…

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This much I know about…the trouble with educational research

22/02/2014 7:34 pm22/02/2014By johntomsettIn General educational issues, School Leadership, Teaching and Learning22 Comments

I have been a teacher for 25 years, a Headteacher for 10 years and, at the age of 49, this much I know about the trouble with educational research. Like my imaginary teacher, Masie Tubbs, the vast majority of teachers do…

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This much I know about…daffodils

22/02/2014 2:49 pm22/02/2014By johntomsettIn Other stuff1 Comment

I have been a teacher for 25 years, a Headteacher for 10 years and, at the age of 49, this much I know about daffodils. The only way to make your cut flowers last is to keep them out of…

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This much I know about…why we should stop intervening and focus upon improving the quality of teaching

15/02/2014 6:46 pm15/02/2014By johntomsettIn School Leadership, Teaching and Learning12 Comments

I have been a teacher for 25 years, a Headteacher for 10 years and, at the age of 49, this much I know about why we should stop intervening and focus upon improving the quality of teaching. This is my…

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This much I know about…why we should never grade individual lessons again!

09/02/2014 12:22 am09/02/2014By johntomsettIn School Leadership, Teaching and Learning42 Comments

I have been a teacher for 25 years, a Headteacher for 10 years and, at the age of 49, this much I know about…why we should never grade individual lessons again! What is the Headteacher’s single most important responsibility? If…

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Great quote from @dylanwiliam @CharteredColl
'If we direct our energies not on evaluating teachers but on improving them, we are far more likely to improve the quality of education that our pupils receive'

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Things to remember about the Conservative Party’s new deputy chairman: from Eye 1584 last October. If you want to stay ahead of the news, subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk

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8 Feb

David Cameron holding an In/Out referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union has to count as the greatest political blunder ever made by a politician. It destroyed his political career, his legacy and slowly but surely, his party.

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7 Feb

Refining our approach to implementation led by @MikeCBrett focused on #settheday and front loading expectations. #excellence

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7 Feb

I made Lee Anderson Deputy Chairman because he represents the integrity and professionalism that I value so much. Like that time he lied to a journalist and got his mate to pretend he didn't know him.
Please don’t share. #Reshuffle

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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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