How is the start of the year going? Really well I hope 🙂 I’m hearing good news, happy vibes and refreshed teams. Yay! That doesn’t mean everything is perfect, but the sun is out (inside…
Is your school set up for success or stress? Take the test here: https://schoolsuccesstest.scoreapp.com I’ve made a short, 3 minute quiz. It looks, in depth, at the 3 indicators of success (aka high performance).…
Hi! How were your first few days of this shiny new academic year? What were your favourite moments? What are you looking forward to next week? What lessons are you learning this week to take…
It’s been a pleasure to work with Two Fresh Productions recently, who have helped us to produce two videos of testimonials from headteachers we work with; you can check them out here: https://youtu.be/KGTQnoOWAUAhttps://youtu.be/gfX_TK9VBgw The school leaders…
Yep! It’s almost the end of the school year. It always comes around so fast. Beginnings and endings are important; taking a moment to get these right pays dividends for your mindset and productivity. …
Ofsted isn’t in many people’s good books right now, and I totally get it. There is much that can be improved about all aspects of inspections and as we’ve tragically seen, the pressures involved…
Last week I asked ‘how are you?’. Thank you for all of your replies. One theme stood out: well-being. Your team’s. And your own. And it’s a theme that has been around for a while,…
Pandemics, strikes, soaring bills, budget shortfalls, recruitment issues and much, much more… All just another day on the job these days, right? Have levels of uncertainty ever felt higher? Many of my conversations with schools…
We so often hear about schools no longer being outstanding. But what we don’t hear about as often is those that retained their outstanding judgement. And what I find is these schools have done this…
Exam season is upon us and I hope it all goes well for you all 🙂 I remember the first post-pandemic SATs and many of the heads I work with shared how nice it…
