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I know this is a sensitive subject and that not everyone will agree with my take on this, but when I was a head I always found… Read more “Holidays in term time – what do you think?”

I have great respect for Sir Kevan Collins, Chief Executive of the Education Endowment Foundation, an organisation which has done some great work over the past six… Read more “Twitter – “awful, polarised, adversarial”?”

It was a pleasure and a privilege to be asked to speak at #TLCWorcs18 on Saturday – many thanks to Rachel Stevens and Andrea Taylor for inviting… Read more “Confident leadership and its impact on teaching”

I have been asked a couple of times recently if I have any advice on, or know of anything which has been written about, taking the step… Read more “Taking the step from Assistant Head to Deputy Head”

There are many women who have inspired me in the past, and who continue to do so today – and #WomenEd has been the vehicle which has… Read more “My shero”

Have you known excellent classroom practitioners who have failed to make the transition to successful school leadership – as Middle Leaders, Senior Leaders, or heads?  Have you… Read more “Will a good teacher automatically make a good leader?”

The wonderful Jaz Ampaw-Farr speaks in a compelling and moving way about the difference teachers can make to the lives of students, and she talks about these… Read more “Because of you…”

I have written #nurture posts for the last few years (#nurture1617 is here), and love the opportunity to reflect on the year which is ending and anticipate… Read more “#Nurture1718”

I was interested to read this post from Mark Anderson (@ICTEvangelist) in the summer on the subject of taking a break from Twitter.  It made me thoughtful (as… Read more “Having a break from Twitter”