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Music curriculum webinar from Ofsted

17 November 2021

Ofsted have released a recorded webinar delivered by Mark Phillips, Senior HMI, London and National Lead for music, on the curriculum and moving music forward. Click here to access the…

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Harmful sexual behaviour

16 November 2021

NSPCC Learning has reviewed and updated its information and resources to help professionals working with children and young people who have displayed problematic or harmful sexual behaviour, including peer-on-peer sexual abuse. Topics…

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Ten priorities for the new Educational Ministerial Team

15 November 2021

Professor Dame Alison Peacock will be meeting with Ministers in the next few weeks and wanted to share what she thinks their top ten priorities are that need addressing urgently:…

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Ofsted blog: looking at schools in light of COVID

15 November 2021

Chris Russell, the National Director for Education at Ofsted, has published a blog about the inspectorate's return to routine inspection and the COVID context. Below are pertinent excerpts from the…

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Plan, do, review: the planning part of the metacognitive process

14 November 2021

Identified over and over again as one of the most effective ways to boost student learning, metacognition can be defined as “thinking about thinking”. Specifically, it is a person’s ability to reflect…

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Ofsted physical education and the curriculum webinar

13 November 2021

Ofsted have released 'physical education and curriculum' - a new webinar from specialist lead for physical education Hanna Miller HMI. The national curriculum for PE aims to ensure that all…

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An Equality & Justice Curriculum

12 November 2021

Exploring some of the biggest questions of our time From Black Lives Matter to Fridays for the Future to Decolonise the Curriculum, young people across the world are responding to…

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Using your pupil premium funding effectively

11 November 2021

Research has found that disadvantaged pupils have been worst affected by the impact of the pandemic. It is therefore more important than ever that school strategies focus on support for…

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Taking a step back from burn-out…

10 November 2021

Burn-out is not inevitable. As a school leader, how do you take care of yourself? Frances Robertson urges you to avoid burn-out by making time to reflect and step back…

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Computing curriculum video from Ofsted

9 November 2021

Ofsted have released a recorded webinar delivered by Marc White, HMI, Subject Lead for Computing on how to identify the most significant knowledge and how to ensure that what is…

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Alternative provision and unregulated schools

8 November 2021

There has been a reported rise in the number of primary-aged pupils in alternative provision. For children struggling in mainstream schools there are high-quality state-funded pupil referral units and good independent…

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Thinking, planning and wondering come before descriptive writing

8 November 2021

If you want to inspire children to write, there are a number of things to consider before they put pen to paper according to Emma Carroll, an author with 20…

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