Thursday, April 18, 2024
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5 Things Teachers Need To Do During The Summer Holidays

The summer holidays are one of the renowned benefits of being a teacher and make you the envy of all your non-teaching friends. While...

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...
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Key Stage 4: Reflections and Resolutions

Since results day I've been quietly reflecting on what worked and what I will do in the next academic year. To give some context,...
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5 Back to School Tips for New (or returning) Teachers

We all know that phrase: "new year, new me" and September is the teacher's New Year. So with it rapidly approaching Back To School...

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...

How to spook up your teaching this Halloween

Its officially Halloween month, you can’t go anywhere without bumping into scary skeletons and creepy costumes donning each and every shop you...

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...