…practice. Observing and feeding back to fellow peers has become the norm at the school, with 63 hours dedicated to professional development throughout the academic year. What’s more the school…
Fiona Millar: The big election idea should be trust teachers
…away to be precise. But the big education idea has yet to reveal itself. What will it be? My prediction is that “choice” and its twin sister, “diversity”, will finally…
Rosamund Urwin: £926 a month – the cost of being an unpaid intern
…interns understandably complain, they’re often told it was ever thus. I’ve never understood that defence; no one would say that racism is acceptable because prejudice has existed for the majority…
Improving the learning of teachers
…teacher learning are those that involve teachers working alongside other teachers focusing on their practise in the classroom. 2. Reviewing a teacher should ideally combine the results of multiple approaches…
Helping parents to make a difference
…sector seeking to engage parents, but it tends to be very localised and isolated so that good practice is not necessarily being identified or shared. To date very few UK…
Parliament and Policy: September 2014
…Alan Milburn’s Social Mobility Commission. Policy August The Sutton Trust was quoted extensively in a Centre for Social Justice report on education “Closing the Divide”. Sutton Trust methodology and reports…