My last blog post explored the forming of relationships with new classes, particularly for beginning teachers, and whether the advice…

In tes magazine, 10 August 2018 issue, there were several articles on the subject of how important it is to…

“Great schools rarely go it alone.  The most successful schools are not isolated and             …

In TES (27 July 2018) Lee Elliot Major & Steve Higgins quote the poet William Blake who said: “You never…

When I was a head, on one staff day we arranged for Ian Gilbert from ‘Independent Thinking’ to come to…

Chances are that over the course of your career in teaching, you will come into contact with a wide range…

A week ago I wrote a post about how leaders can safeguard their own well-being.  I also answered interview questions…

The key lessons learnt, highlights and formative moments from my first four months of headship could be confused with a…

When you have a leadership position within a school, at any level, there are two aspects of staff well-being that…

I have written elsewhere about the importance of establishing the most positive and, I hope, mutually respectful relationship between senior…