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Learning Walks or Aimless Wanderings? 5 questions to reflect on

The schools I’ve worked in have always used ‘every lesson, every day’ when it comes to leaders doing learning walks (or tours) of the school. I’m pretty sure this is the norm everywhere, though sometimes you do hear people say that they haven’t seen someone from SLT, or the Head / deputies, since Of Mice…

Leadership: Truth is like a precious stone…

In the last week, how many times have you been in a position where you could or should have given some feedback? It could have been seeing a lesson that wasn’t quite following the behaviour policy of the school, a deadline missed for the second time by someone you line manage, or a report from…

Culture: What you do is who you are

My children love to play-fight with me. Maybe we play too many video games together (Super Smash Bros – just try and beat me as Captain Falcon), but they love to plot my downfall. And good luck to them. I convinced them that I was trained in the ways of the Samurai almost 200 years…

5 ways to improve any team this year

School teams are preparing for, or currently beginning, an exciting academic year. Lots is going on in education and teams are the key to schools doing brilliant work and taking steps forward with their various goals. With lots to do, read, and digest for all educators at this time of year, I won’t write a cumbersome…

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