Successful difficult conversations

Author: Phil McMillan

Budgets are tight. And when they are, one of the ways to help combat this is to look at the costs we’re spending and not getting the most out of. Pay is your biggest cost. And it gets eroded from many angles. Perhaps sickness is eroding yours.
Doesn’t summer 1 go by in a blink? One minute it’s Easter, then exams start, then before you know it’s half term! As the break approaches, I wanted to take a moment to wish you a restful and well-deserved break. As ever I’m sure this term has brought its own set of challenges and triumphs, maybe you can think of a few of those wins now? [...]

I hope SATs went well last week, and the GCSEs & A-Levels continue to.   Time. Money. Two resources we never seem to have enough of.   But which is more important? Time. Why? Because: money buys time. And what do we do with time?   I know school finances are incredibly hard right now. […]

Exam season is here. SATs, GCSEs & A-levels. So I’d like to wish you, your teams and your pupils the very best. I remember talking to my class about tests and how this was a time to show off what they knew and learn from what they didn’t. It was a time to both shine and learn. [...]