Behaviour Tools – How Many Do You Use?
Depending on the class you have and what subject you are teaching, different behaviour tools will be used to combat the various personalities. Do you use the classic behaviour tools? Do you try to reinvent the wheel a bit too often? It has been shown that the classics still work, but what do you think […]
Reception Baseline Assessment – Will It Work?
The baseline assessment will be brought into schools in Autumn 2020 however a pilot of the scheme will be utilised this Autumn. The aim of this initiative is assessing mathematics and language skills of every four and five-year-old starting school; this will mean that there will be added pressure on parents to get their children […]
Progress 8 Does Not Reflect the Achievements of Schools
National League Tables are used for all schools to measure certain aspects within the school’s curriculum, these tables play a pivotal role in assisting parents, carers and others to measure how successful a school has become. There are many who believe that Progress 8 works however there are calls to take into consideration characteristics of […]
Ofsted Warns: Teachers are Worrying about Academy Chain Growth
Throughout the UK, there are plenty of multi-academy trusts with a huge amount of teaching staff in them. Ofsted have reported that these teachers are worried about their trust’s continued growth as this may reduce their influence within the classroom and create isolation within the management team. Some teachers have also stated that they feel […]
Do Exclusions Work? In or Out of School.
Over the past year, there have been plenty of stories in which exclusions or isolations were utilised in either a positive or negative way, every school will practice their own way of doing them however are they affective towards students? Exclusions are used as a punishment or a deterrent if a student breaks the rules […]
