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Weighing-up Questions - May 2025
As we head into exam season, schools become focused, rightly so, on answers. For students, this is the time when their knowledge, recall...
May 16 min read
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Magic Moments - April 2025
Spring is here, sprinkling dandelion yellow by our feet, blooming soft pink blossom overhead and piercing bright sunshine through the...
Apr 14 min read
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Decisions, Decisions... - March 2025
We are at the ASCL Conference 14-15th March, Liverpool. See you there? If I asked you, "How many difficult decisions have you made so far...
Mar 26 min read
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Re-Viewing Reviews - February 2025
It’s that time of year when line managers traditionally conduct mid-year reviews to assess staff progress against the targets set for...
Feb 35 min read
Optimism - January 2025
Meet Hugo. We brought home this 12-week-old Bernedoodle on New Year's Day. Having not lived with a dog before, there’s a lot to learn,...
Jan 45 min read
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Grief, Comfort and Joy - December 2024
Christmas is often described as the most wonderful time of the year, a season of togetherness, celebration, and joy. For many, it is a...
Dec 1, 20246 min read
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Careering Ahead - November 2024
We hope you’ve enjoyed your well-deserved half-term break and feel re-energised for the push to Christmas. As the year moves on, we...
Nov 1, 20245 min read
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Watch That Door! - October 2024
And just like that, we are back into the thick of things! A never-ending to-do list, unexpected emergencies, tons of necessary admin...
Oct 1, 20245 min read
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Family First - September 2024
Welcome back after your summer break! We hope you filled it with whatever brings you health and happiness. This transition from summer...
Aug 30, 20244 min read
Messy Experiments - July 2024
We’re all in the learning business, right? We all know that learning involves the discomfort of challenge, the fear of risk-taking and...
Jul 1, 20244 min read
Speak Up With Pride - June 2024
International Pride Month commemorates the Stonewall Uprising of June 1969: a pivotal event in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights. On that...
Jun 3, 20244 min read
Keep the Wheels Turning - May 2024
As exam and interview season are upon us, we are starkly reminded of the vulnerability of our organisation: our children’s outcomes rely...
Apr 30, 20244 min read
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Gratitude - April 2024
"Rest and be thankful" - William Wordsworth As we break from the demands of school life, and the days get lighter, the air warmer and the...
Mar 31, 20244 min read
How Big is Your Umbrella? - March 2024
With Neurodiversity Celebration Week coming up on 18-24th March, let’s take this opportunity to reflect on not only how we create...
Mar 6, 20244 min read
Hate the way “self-love” sounds? - February 2024
“I hate the way “self-love” sounds. I hate that I need some right now. I hate this dumb self-love song. Cause I'm the only one I don't...
Feb 4, 20243 min read
Somewhere over the mountain - January 2024
We hope that amongst the piles of presents, mountains of food and gatherings of people, you have found space for health, happiness and...
Jan 1, 20243 min read
The True Gifts: What Do You Really Want? - December 2023
As we navigate the final weeks of term towards the yearned-for Christmas break, there's a fundamental question that we rarely give deep...
Dec 4, 20233 min read
A Culture of Belonging - November 2023
A half-term in, now is a good time to reflect on how much your colleagues feel that they are integral to something meaningful, that their...
Nov 5, 20233 min read
Spinning the Beachball - October 2023
I first came across the beach ball metaphor at a local TeachMeet back in the noughties. I’ve regularly revisited it since, with students,...
Oct 2, 20233 min read
Stepping Out, Stepping In - September 2023
Welcome to 23-24! We hope you have been able to switch off ‘work’ mode and reconnect with your ‘not-at-work’ self, and now feel...
Sep 1, 20233 min read
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