As many of you may know, I started teaching in 1980.  Over the next 30 years I taught in six different schools. Throughout my time in my… Read more “Staff Training Days – what’s your experience?”

On Sunday 12th January 2020, the wonderful Caroline Spalding led an #SLTchat discussion on the subject of Motivation, and this made me thoughtful.  I’ve mentioned motivation in… Read more “Motivation”

I have written these #nurture posts for the last few years, reflecting on the year which is ending and looking ahead to the year to come.  The… Read more “#Nurture 19/20”

I enjoyed writing ‘Making the Leap – Moving from Deputy to Head’ in 2016, and found writing for a professional audience considerably more straightforward, and in some… Read more “Writing”

I decided to write a post on this subject following the #SLTchat discussion on Sunday 20th October, ably hosted by Andy Squires. And these were the questions:… Read more “Should mobiles be banned in school?”

Two things, recently, have made me thoughtful. The first was watching ’63-Up’, the latest instalment in the series which started with ‘7-Up’ back in the 1960s.  The… Read more “What advice would you give your teenage self?”

This post is based on my presentation at the fifth annual #WomenEd unconference in Sheffield on 5th October, which focussed on my chapter in the first #WomenEd… Read more “Get the job you dream of!”

In the summer term I carried out a senior leader appraisal.  I interviewed a number of this leader’s colleagues during the day, and one of them, a… Read more “At the end of the summer holidays…. Are you rested and ready?”

I recently read and enjoyed this post from @curricteamlead on the subject of meetings, which encouraged me to reflect on meetings I have attended, and led, over… Read more “Making the most of meetings”

On Saturday 13th July 2019 I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to speak at TEDxNorwichED.  I was given a nine-minute slot, and the topic we… Read more “Take a second look – bring out the best in yourself and others”