I remember at an early stage of my career, when I was a relatively young leader, reading Winifred Holtby’s novel, ‘South Riding’, about a young female headmistress… Read more “Let it go….”

I have been delighted to provide resources for Mary Myatt’s CPD platform: ‘Myatt & Co’ – short videos on managing challenging conversations, moving into Middle Leadership, and… Read more “Stepping up…. Advice”

And what did that teach you about what matters most in teaching? A couple of years ago, I recorded a short piece for the DfE in which… Read more “Which teachers inspired YOU, as a pupil?”

Just before Christmas I read an interesting article in TES magazine entitled ‘How to say a proper thank you to your staff’. Helen Amass interviewed a number… Read more “Showing appreciation”

As we reach the final days of December, writing the traditional ‘nurture’ post provides me with an opportunity to reflect on the year which is ending, and… Read more “#Nurture 20/21”

This is the script of my keynote for #TMUKEduStories on 10th December 2020. I chose to talk about The Power of Connection. “Many thanks to the hosts… Read more “UKEduStories TeachMeet”

Last weekend I posted a short poll: ‘A young woman who was a pupil at the school where I was head has just secured her first SLT… Read more “Heads and Senior Leaders: are they welcome in the staffroom?”

On 30th October 2020, tes magazine featured an article by Stuart Lock, former head, now CEO of Advantage Schools. I met Stuart several years ago, at the… Read more “Heads – how many hats?”

This blog post is based on a #LeadMeet online presentation I gave for Haberdashers’ Aske’s Schools – the Boys’ and Girls’ schools – on Monday 9th November… Read more “Challenging Conversations”

Today is the start of a week of #teacher5aday online slow chats, with today’s, hosted by @TeacherEmpower, focussing on #connect. To launch the chat, @KathrynGrice1 has written… Read more ““Only connect…” – in a global pandemic…”