Disclaimer – I do not affiliate myself with any exam board in this post. During my teaching career, I have marked for several boards over the years and marked for …

Matthew Evans’ excellent blog, When is a school not a school? examines the critical question of what a school is, both physically and in philosophical and conceptual essence – both …

I treasure classroom routines. Some are school-wide, some are specific to my faculty, and some are mine – but all of them are designed to ensure that each child is …

In Lockdown 1, I subscribed to Beachbody UK. Beachbody is a subscription service which streams exercise classes to your TV. If you have ever completed a Shaun T workout, then …

Securing an NQT post is an amazing but daunting feeling. The realisation that you’ll be moving from constant observations, hand-holding, daily advice, an ITT timetable, glorious uni-release days, into the …

Over the last decade, we have seen a glossing of the educational philosophies and landscape. We have polarised ourselves into camps – we are traditional or progressive; we are Team …

‘…our human speech is naught. Our human testimony false, our fame and human estimation words and wind. …Art remains the one way possible of speaking truth…’ Robert Browning The Ring …

A lamp is lit. Until this moment, when the flame of the lamp flares blue, then settles to steady yellow inside its ornate globe, the young man had been impressed …

Within this poem is a mind, a body, and a world beyond repair. There is a patina of respectability; there is a semblance of order in these four tightly-held stanzas, …

“Parrots sit on carrots,” said the cat. “Lions sit on irons and parrots sit on carrots.” “Doesn’t sound very comfortable,” said the frog. “It’s not about being comfortable,” said the …