The Real Cost of Cutting Creative Subjects in Schools
Schools across the UK have seen a drastic decline in arts subject enrolment over recent years. While the majority of schools cherish their arts...
Most able: rethinking how we identify exceptional students
A bit about me: in the 1990’s in Ontario, Canada, at the age of ten, I was identified as being gifted. This identification was...
Senior Leadership: The Glass Ceiling in Education
The Statistics
Statistics over recent years reveal a troubling lack of diversity within the teaching profession, laying bare the glass ceiling in education. QA Education reported...
Inclusion in Schools is Not an Illusion
There has been much debate in recent years over how well inclusion in schools is working, or if it is working at all. Arguments...
Self-regulation: increasing the profile of teachers
Prior to teaching in England, I completed my teacher training in my hometown in Ontario, Canada. At the end of my teacher-training programme, I...
10 Inspirational Female Educators
For a large part of history, women were excluded from education and have had to fight to earn their place in the teaching world....
Holiday Homework: How much is too much?
The summer holidays have begun and that means ditching the textbooks for buckets and spades and swapping school uniforms for swimming costumes. When you’re...
Teaching as a Career Choice: Is Teaching Right for Me?
Teaching is an enormously diverse field that attracts people from all walks of life, whether you’re a fresh, young graduate or a career-changer becoming...
#SATshambles: The SATs Exam Scandal
Over the last week, hundreds have fled to Twitter in outrage of marking discrepancies in SATs tests under the hashtag #SATsshambles. The exam board,...
My Life in Learning Support: Working with SEN Children
It’s a Monday morning and the class are reading Macbeth. The students are all sat in rows as one reads out a line. One...