As the wondering begins about whether we'll see a white Christmas, I encourage us to also be curious about a different type of “snowflake”: younger members of our workforce who are often seen as challenging traditional working ethic expectations.

Education is one of the most judged professions: the behaviour and results of the children; the WhatsApp groups of their parents; the support & challenge of governors; the book scrutinies, lesson observations and classroom drop-ins; staffroom whispers, open days, results days, press reports, social media and of course the inspections, both for schools, and soon for trusts. It is high-stakes, high-pressure, high-profile.

This month, as the whirlwind of the new academic year starts to settle, let’s take a moment to reflect on the culture that remains around...

Welcome back! I hope that you were able to make good use of the summer break, enjoying rest, recreation and reconnection in whichever ways work for you. In the same way, transitioning back to our “work self” is a highly personal experience: some will be chomping at the bit to get back into routine and crack on with the fresh challenges and opportunities of the new academic year; others will be reluctant and low, sad to leave their “summer self” behind as they start to feel th

As the summer break approaches, education colleagues across the country will begin that familiar descent into the brief, but essential,...

As the academic year slips towards the post-exam reflection and planning space, many of us will be taking stock of  what  has worked,...

As we head into exam season, schools become focused, rightly so, on answers. For students, this is the time when their knowledge, recall...

Spring is here, sprinkling dandelion yellow by our feet, blooming soft pink blossom overhead and piercing bright sunshine through the...

If I asked you, "How many difficult decisions have you made so far this term?", I guess there would be too many to count, right? Responding to urgent student issues and parental complaints; challenging, appeasing and supporting colleagues; determining long-term strategy and short-term processes; judging the best way to communicate information and expectations to different stakeholders, and of course, allocating finite budget and resource to infinite requirements... the list g