Pulling together to tackle wellbeing challenges
With teachers struggling with their wellbeing John Murphy, education leadership mentor and former CEO of Oasis Community Learning, considers what schools can do to help. Edurio’s recent report, Staff Wellbeing in Academies, deepened our understanding of the wellbeing pressures faced… Continue Reading Pulling together to tackle wellbeing challenges
Results 2023
The attention over these last couple of weeks has been on students receiving their exam results, and rightly so. We should be proud of the way our students have coped: those whose A levels were their first high stakes external… Continue Reading Results 2023
2022 End of Year Member Reflections
2022 highlights It’s important that we celebrate our professional accomplishments no matter how small, especially in a time where we’re constantly facing newer and scarier challenges. 2022 has been yet another trying year, a year where recovery should have been… Continue Reading 2022 End of Year Member Reflections
The policy landscape and teachers
Sam Freedman writes for the Chartered College of Teaching on the current policy landscape for teaching, what’s on the horizon and the issues being looked at by Government No one wants to talk about Covid-19 anymore. It was such a… Continue Reading The policy landscape and teachers
Reflections two years on and the ‘new normal’
As part of our Future of Teaching series, Chartered College members and individuals across the profession have been sharing their insights with us. Alan Garnett – Headteacher at North Primary School and Nursery – shares his reflections of the pandemic… Continue Reading Reflections two years on and the ‘new normal’
Schools as congregations of compassion: Rebuilding children’s mental wellbeing
Barry Carpenter CBE, Professor of Mental Health in Education, Oxford Brookes University. As I reflect on the impact of Children’s Mental Health Week 2022, I am struck by the power of the week’s key messages. From the Children’s Commissioner reporting… Continue Reading Schools as congregations of compassion: Rebuilding children’s mental wellbeing
Chartered College of Teaching comments on new disadvantage gap report
A new report by Education Policy Institute published today (10th February) has revealed a “decade of failure” to improve outcomes of GCSE pupils in poverty, while the disadvantage gap has widened for college and sixth form students. Researchers warn that… Continue Reading Chartered College of Teaching comments on new disadvantage gap report
Why teacher wellbeing must be central in recovery planning
Dr Lisa-Maria Müller – Education Research Manager Since the start of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, teachers have worked tirelessly to help students access online learning, organised food parcels for their students, dealt with escalating safeguarding issues because of lockdown, assured… Continue Reading Why teacher wellbeing must be central in recovery planning
Chartered College of Teaching publishes final ‘Education in times of crisis’ report
The Chartered College of Teaching has today (5th November) published ‘Effective approaches to distance learning: Sharing teachers’ expertise and experience’, the final in its Education in Times of Crisis series of reports. For this final report, the Chartered College has… Continue Reading Chartered College of Teaching publishes final ‘Education in times of crisis’ report
New report closes the gap around effective distance learning strategies for children with SEND
New report, published by the Chartered College of Teaching, identifies the most effective teaching methods to support children with SEND and others. A new report, published today by the Chartered College of Teaching, has identified some of the most effective… Continue Reading New report closes the gap around effective distance learning strategies for children with SEND