Submitted by reallyquiteadmin on 7th November 2016
Focus
The introduction of a National Funding Formula is likely to move funding from London and other metropolitan areas. Part of the success of London schools can be attributed to the ability to target resources where they are most needed. To remove these resources now puts everything which has been achieved at risk. This paper offers some reflection on why we need to fund all schools at the higher level.
Submitted by Aidan on 28th September 2016
London leadership is unique, special and complex. You can wear many hats, all complementary and spin many plates, all precarious. My role as Headteacher of Barham, an expanding, titan, multi-everything, global majority, family-feel primary school in Wembley, for the last thirteen years has evolved and morphed into an experience similar to the lure of a chocolate fountain: rich, indulgent but with a health warning.
Submitted by Aidan on 14th September 2016
On hearing that grammar schools were coming back, I immediately thought thank goodness Theresa May and her cabinet had not taken homeopathic medicine and believed it worked. If they had, that would be the evidence base used to justify introducing homeopathy into every hospital.
Submitted by Aidan on 1st September 2016
I remember the moment when Sarah’s file landed on my desk. It was a tragic history of neglect, failed placements and exclusions. Sarah, despite being in Year 9, was barely able to read. Numerous cancelled appointments at CAMHS had led to her case being closed, re-opened and then closed again.
Submitted by Aidan on 2nd August 2016
“History says, Don't hope
On this side of the grave,
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme”
The Cure at Troy - Seamus Heaney
The ‘Cure at Troy’ and Moral Purpose
Submitted by Aidan on 12th July 2016
Submitted by Aidan on 2nd June 2016
Mark Enser is a Geography teacher and Head of Department. He blogs at https://teachreal.wordpress.com/. Here, he reflects on the '9 Pillars of an Outstanding Department', inspired by the '9 Pillars of Greatness' identified by London Leadership Strategy's Rachel Macfarlane:
Submitted by reallyquiteadmin on 30th July 2015
Securing Good is a year long, highly effective programme delivering measureable results for schools at ‘satisfactory’ or ’required to improve’.
We are delighted to congratulate the following schools from the previous two cohorts, who have moved to an Ofsted grade ‘good’ since being taking part in the programme:
Submitted by reallyquiteadmin on 30th July 2015
Following the success of our Going for Great programme for secondary schools, 2015 will see the launch of Going for Great for primary schools – a programme especially designed for schools that are rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted and aspire to, or are on their journey to becoming world class.
Based on a collaborative model, it gives schools the ability to share and build upon outstanding practice and what is currently working well in schools.
The G4G programme aims to:
