Focus Video Hub- Online Video Training. In response to school requests and the current budget crisis in schools, Focus took the decision earlier this year to offer filmed versions of a selection of our courses. Teachers and heads have repeatedly described how supply teacher costs and reducing budges is impacting... View Article
I started working for Focus 25 years ago, okay perhaps I wasn’t officially working as I would have been about 15 years old and still at school, but I remember my parents setting up an inspection company and they wanted a logo designing and some ideas for names. My naïve... View Article
Focus News 2018 is coming to a close and it has been another busy year for Focus. We have released 9 publications, ran 50 courses with 793 delegates attending throughout the year and delivered 403 inset days in schools. We launched Inspection Coach with 2Eskimos which is an exciting website... View Article
Happy Christmas from Focus Education To say thank you for supporting us through 25 years we have an advent calendar with different daily freebies, offers and rewards. Terms and conditions: Offers are only available on the date shown. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers/discounts/vouchers. 01/12/18 Buy Focus... View Article
Black Friday 2018 30% off publication orders over £35 Terms and Conditions: Focus Minis, pupil books and 2Eskimo / Teacher Profile software not included. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer / voucher. Discounts are applied to the full price of a product. Quote BLK18 Call 01457 821... View Article
GDPR Here at Focus Education, we’ve been super busy ensuring everything we do at focus-education.co.uk complies with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when they come into force on Friday 25th May 2018. The changes to how we handle data to comply with the highest EU data protection standards... View Article
Focus News – Christmas Term 2017 … And 2017 is coming to a close… what a whirlwind of a year it’s been! Take a look at the highlights of the Autumn Term. Charity Fundraising It is important to us that we get involved in charity events and fundraising. This term... View Article
Embed a rich and engaging English and Maths Curriculum into your primary school... We were excited to hold our first ever VIP Event at Madeleine Lindley bookshop this month to introduce our latest product - Focus English, and give Focus Maths users a recap and refresh of Focus Maths. The... View Article
This extract has been taken from Mastery and Depth in the National Curriculum by Clive Davies. You can view sample pages by clicking here. This publication is designed for school leaders who want to explore the concepts of greater depth. It is written in such a way that it guides the reader... View Article
The 25th February-3rd March 2019 is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. This is an international awareness event designed to promote understanding and fight myths surrounding eating disorders. The eating disorder charity BEAT have launched their “Breaking Down Barriers” campaign to raise awareness that eating disorders do not discriminate. Stereotypes exist suggesting... View Article
Head Teacher’s issue ‘I’m finding it difficult to create a coaching culture’ Background The following is a summary of a recent conversation with a head teacher. It captures some of the frustrations and ideas that schools have in trying to implement a coaching culture. The format of the conversation has been... View Article
Today marks Safer Internet Day. A whole day dedicated to teaching everyone how to use the internet safely. Furthermore, it makes children and adults realise what the risks are and what the consequences could be. Anyone who uses the internet should know how to use it safely. Whether it’s protecting... View Article
The 4th-10th February 2019 marks the fifth Children’s Mental Health Week in the UK. The week was set up by children’s mental health charity Place2Be to highlight the importance of children and young people’s mental health. Place2Be have found that children in every class have diagnosable mental health conditions and... View Article
Teachers today have many challenges in school life and one that has recently gained greater importance is the need to be mindful of children’s mental well-being. Life for children has become more complex particularly through the advent of social media and the adult world emphasis on personality and celebrity rather... View Article
This blog is an extract taken from Defining High Expectations in Your School by Tim Nelson. To find out more click here. As you may expect, many schools use the phrase ‘high expectations’ in their mission statement, prospectus, website and other similar material when describing outcomes for their... View Article
This is taken from our Focus Update Service. The Focus Update Service is intended to save you time and keep you up to speed. Each school leader update outlines the main headlines in clear no-nonsense language and tells you where you can find more information. Find out more about our... View Article
Rethinking the Curriculum, the Learning Challenge Curriculum How introducing pre-learning activities can spark life into stale lesson plans Anfield Road Primary School in Liverpool is a recently amalgamated school, combined in September 2014 from the infant and junior schools of the same name. Eighteen months ago, Anfield Road Primary saw... View Article
How external advice, a curriculum revamp, and becoming an academy helped one school dramatically improve its Ofsted rating from special measures to outstanding. A school from Sheffield has revealed how a total rework of its curriculum has enabled it to move from ‘Special Measures’ to receiving an ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating... View Article
Hopwood Primary School is in Rochdale. The school was judged outstanding by Ofsted. How the school has used Focus Education Over the last few years our use of Focus Education has grown from attending courses and purchasing publications to online updates, Finger Tips and consultancy. This year we have used... View Article
Miriam Lord is a large primary school in Bradford. Nearly all pupils are EAL and the proportion of children claiming FSM is well above the national average, as is the percentage of pupils on the SEN register. How the school has used Focus Education As a school we have used... View Article
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School is in the town of Leigh in Wigan local authority. The school serves children from a range of backgrounds and has been judged by Ofsted to be outstanding. How the school has used Focus Education Since 2003 the school have worked with Focus Education by... View Article
Westwood is in Oldham. All pupils live in a ward which is in the bottom 1% in the country in terms of multiple deprivation. All pupils are EAL learners and approx half the school is eligible for FSM. 98% of pupils enter the school well below expectations. Ofsted judged the... View Article
St Alban’s CE Primary School is in Camden. Most pupils are from minority ethnic groups and are EAL. Twenty six languages are spoken in the school. How the school has used Focus Education We have used Focus Education to work with our senior leadership team in helping us review our... View Article
As part of Sheffield’s overall school improvement strategy the Good to Great programme was designed to lead school transformation and facilitate school – to – school partnership work leading to improvement for pupils. How the school has used Focus Education Focus Education has provided consultancy to develop the Good to Great... View Article
This FREE download contains information about book scrutiny in primary schools. It includes the '7 strands of excellence' framework to support teachers in carrying out effective book scrutiny in classrooms. It also contains a summary explanation of book scrutiny and why it is necessary. Click the button at the top right of the page to download
