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Post lockdown – children in crisis

16 June 2021

Exploring the links between social distancing and the mental health of children in poverty.  The Childhood Trust has published a report on the effect of the pandemic on children. Key…

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Senior mental health lead training – grant available

15 June 2021

The Department for Education (DfE) is offering a senior member of staff in every school or college the opportunity to get a grant for training to help the lead develop or introduce…

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Creativity celebrated during learning disability week

13 June 2021

It’s Learning Disability Week from 14th  to 20th June 2021 and this year’s theme is art and creativity. The NSPCC have put together resources to help you protect children and young people with…

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Headteacher development guide

11 June 2021

Being a headteacher is one of the most rewarding and challenging roles in public service. Headteachers create the conditions in which teachers and other staff can thrive so that pupils…

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Ofsted review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges

10 June 2021

Ofsted was asked by the government to carry out a rapid review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges. They were asked to report on the following:  Safeguarding and curriculumMulti-agency…

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Lockdown fathers: the untold story

10 June 2021

Fathers seek more home and flexible working to maintain COVID transformation in childcare. During the Spring 2020 lockdown in Britain, fathers spent more time at home with their families than at any…

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Book review: Talk for Teaching

9 June 2021

Reviewer: Bretta Townend-Jowitt ‘Talk for Teaching is an idea to steal, make yours and use to change the way your school provides for staff professional development.’ Overall impression The book…

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EEF and Sutton Trust respond to education recovery plan

8 June 2021

In response to the announcement from the Department for Education, Sir Peter Lampl, founder and Executive Chair of the Sutton Trust and chairman of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: “Creating an…

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Challenges facing small school headteachers

6 June 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hlQZ6pSGLY Ofsted has published a new video from Mike Sheri​​dan​​ ​(Regional Director, London) ​who discusses how Ofsted understands the challenges that small primary schools face and emphasises the importance of the 90-minute…

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Managing behaviour through consequences, not punishment

3 June 2021

Karen Jones, Headteacher at Great Clacton Church of England Junior School in Essex, shares how she changed the behaviour management culture in her school to focus on ‘consequences’ rather than ‘punishments’. Karen…

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Second lockdown set learning loss back to the autumn

2 June 2021

Writing in TES, Amy Gibbons reports that the second full national lockdown at the start of the spring term regressed primary pupils' learning loss back to levels recorded at the start of the autumn…

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New national director for Ofsted

1 June 2021

Sean Harford, Ofsted's current national director, will be retiring at the end of August 2021. Chris Russell is currently Ofsted’s regional director for the south east, having previously held the…

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