I don’t really watch very much golf these days, but back in the day I seem to remember Tiger Woods periodically reconstructing his golf swing. Even though he was winning major after major he was never quite satisfied with his level of play, or perhaps as his body changed he…

Most English secondary schools operate a traditional model of form tutoring. This is where there is a morning session lasting about 20 minutes where a form tutor will meet with their tutor group and check in on them, give out key messages, follow up any absences and be a bridge…

Since taking on the role of Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning, I have had to get grips with Instructional Coaching as it forms a key part of my role. …

When I last blogged, back in June, I was a mere half-term into my new role as Assistant Principal for T+L in a school in Bradford. I had hoped to be able to keep up regular blogging but for various reasons that hasn’t happened. …

In my new role, I’m going to an enormous number of lessons outside of my own subject area. However, I often enter these lessons very much as a novice, unable to go beyond the generic pedagogy in terms of offering feedback. This doesn’t feel entirely satisfying. Furthermore, when I was…

One of the things I’ve been reflecting on recently is about the role of middle leaders within a school. …

I’ve recently just taken up a new post as a senior leader — Assistant Principal in charge of Teaching and Learning. This is my second bite at the SLT cherry, and I’m determined that this experience will go a lot better than it did the first time around. One of…

As many of you will know, I’m about to start a new job as Assistant Principal for Teaching and Learning. As a result, it may be that my History-specific blogging becomes less of a thing. …

I recently picked up a copy of Oliver Caviglioli and David Goodwin’s Organise Ideas. The reason being that I thought it might give me a different sort of input on teaching and learning ideas than I would normally seek out. A number of the ideas in the book link to…