A New Chapter… in a New School!
After spending a few years at a school, becoming confident in teaching and following the procedures, as well as being within a happy, caring...
Top Tips for Teaching Assistants
If you’re reading this, you’re probably working as, or thinking about becoming, a teaching assistant. Having worked as a teaching assistant and learning support...
How to balance your mental health with a hectic teaching schedule
As a teacher, you’re often racing around solving a million and one different problems at once, barely getting a moment for a...
The work-life balance myth
I’m going to generalise here, but teachers work hard. They work hard because they want the best for their pupils, they work...
Wild, Wild West – the development of Multi Academy Trusts
I’m the CEO of a small MAT, currently two small secondary schools that were previously part of a hard Federation. My job...
Debunking those teaching myths
You know when you were at school yourself and you thought of teachers of having the sole purpose to ruin your weekends...
Why promoting kindness in the classroom is a must
Kind words make the world go round. In fact, it has been proven that an environment where safety, kindness and understanding is...
How to keep class attention at an all time high in the lead up...
Summer-time; hot weather, bubbling excitement for the end of term and holding classes outside.
Sounds perfect. A sun...
Four teacher tips for balancing your summer holidays the right way
It's that time of year, teachers everywhere can breathe a massive sigh of relief and enjoy a hard...
Banish those back to school blues!
Remember those days back when you were at school yourself, you would feel that familiar jolt of nerves as your brain registered...