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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…sticking stuff in exercise books

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

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

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

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

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This much I know/have recently learnt about…developing curriculum and assessment

10/11/2012 4:34 pm10/11/2012By johntomsettIn General educational issues3 Comments

I have been a teacher of English for 24 years, a Headteacher for 9 years and one of the Headteachers’ Roundtable for a matter of weeks, and, at the age of 48, this much I know/have recently learnt about developing…

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This much I know about…why my dad still matters!

27/10/2012 10:47 am27/10/2012By johntomsettIn Other stuff27 Comments

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…

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This much I know about…an alternative to the English Baccalaureate Certificate

21/10/2012 1:16 pm21/10/2012By johntomsettIn General educational issues14 Comments

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…

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This much I know about…the type of Headteacher I want to be

13/10/2012 9:56 am13/10/2012By johntomsettIn School Leadership2 Comments

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…

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This much I know about…teaching disengaged 15 year old boys

06/10/2012 3:35 pm06/10/2012By johntomsettIn Teaching and Learning43 Comments

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…

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This much I know about…staff well-being

28/09/2012 11:35 pm28/09/2012By johntomsettIn School Leadership42 Comments

I have been a Headteacher for 9 years and at the age of 48 this much I know about staff well-being. Right now, keeping the fear factor outside the school gates is very difficult. I try hard to resist the…

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This much I know about…the Pupil Premium

22/09/2012 3:30 pm22/09/2012By johntomsettIn General educational issues, School Leadership8 Comments

I have been a Headteacher for 9 years and this much I know about the Pupil Premium. Sam Ellis told an audience of ASCL members some time ago that the Tory element of the Coalition hated the Pupil Premium because…

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This much I know about…my 1970s education (because that's where we're heading)

19/09/2012 6:31 am19/09/2012By johntomsettIn General educational issues9 Comments

I’ve been teaching 24 years and at the age of 48 this much I know about my 1970s education. The Gove/Clegg plans for the English Baccalaureate are so obviously wrong. There are many education professionals who have already expressed their…

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This much I know about…effective Self-Evaluation

14/09/2012 10:51 pm14/09/2012By johntomsettIn School Leadership3 Comments

I have been a Headteacher for 9 years and at the age of 48 this much I know about effective Self-Evaluation. I used to think more is more! In the past I have battered SLT and staff with Year 11…

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This much I know about what some other people are saying about…Grit!

06/09/2012 7:41 pm06/09/2012By johntomsettIn Teaching and Learning1 Comment

Here are some useful documents about developing grit in your students: Can you pass the grit test 12-item Grit Scale.08-item Grit Scale Child Adapted Version_0215125312011 8-item Grit 081011 5-item ambition scale093011

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A tremendous thank you to @MikeArmiger and @teacherhead for a tremendous day of CPD. Excellent professional challenge and expertise. I have so many take aways. Thank you.

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"No one knows in advance what will come out of a conversation - a conversation has a spirit of its own & the language in which it is conducted has a life of its own..." @MaryMyatt & the power of conversation in education & what might emerge from it. @SchoolsCat online conference.

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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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