Learners and Families: The value of feeling heard
One of the most demanding- and often draining- elements of a senior or pastoral leaders’ role are the meetings with … Continue reading Learners and Families: The value of feeling heard
One of the most demanding- and often draining- elements of a senior or pastoral leaders’ role are the meetings with … Continue reading Learners and Families: The value of feeling heard
In Beyond Boundaries: Leading Great SEND Provision Across a Trust (2024) edited by Natalie Packer and David Bartram[1] I set … Continue reading Provision Mapping: How does it work and why should Leaders care about it?
As a SENDCo I was often frustrated by the lack of domain specific knowledge- about the realities of the role … Continue reading Leading and supporting SENDCos: A practical guide for those that line manage SEND
As a leader of SEND there are some phrases that trip off my tongue very readily, ‘every teacher a teacher … Continue reading Not another blog on high quality teaching
The term ‘radical’ has roots. Literally. It comes from the Latin radix, meaning “having roots”. Entering Middle English, the word … Continue reading Radical Inclusion
Inclusion is on everybody’s lips right now. From Ofsted to Government, the edu-sphere seems keenly aware we have a problem … Continue reading What actually is Inclusion? Beyond via negativa.
In one of my favourite books Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013) contrasts the noun-centric English with more verb-centred Indigenous … Continue reading Towards a Curriculum of Animacy
Hands down the worst part of my job and the thing most likely to keep me awake at night is … Continue reading The power of pausing: Coaching difficult conversations
Horrible Pun Warning When I started as a (trainee) RE teacher I was given a KS3 Geography class to teach, … Continue reading Reflections on Learning to Knit Part 3: Knowledge rich, Novices and Garage Music
Those that know me will know I’m pretty keen on the notion of a ‘middle way’. Increasingly, I see that … Continue reading Creativity: Beyond the traditional progressive divide