Tim has been a headteacher with a successful track record; his last school had a reputation for innovation and their initiatives have been utilised by others and presented internationally.
School improvement has been at the heart of his career, working as an LLE, a School Improvement Partner, Professional Partner as well as an Ofsted inspector and mentor for trainee inspectors.
Do you know your ASP from your elbow? An introduction to the RAISEOnline replacement… RAISEOnline is dead; long live the ASP! And its smaller sibling the Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) has usurped the Inspection Dashboard too. Actually I give it a year, or maybe two at the most, before it... View Article
There are a few different routes into subject leadership. You may be a subject leader because you have a passion for that subject, a wealth of experience in that curriculum area and your higher qualifications are in that subject. Or you may be the subject leader because you were the... View Article
Floor books in primary education If you have been to a conference or course where I’ve been speaking, you may have heard me referring to “The Peoples’ Independent Republic of Early Years”, hopefully before you nodded off or sneaked out early to deal with an ‘emergency’ back at school. It’s... View Article
Tips for NQTs in Primary Schools 1 Pace yourself. As a trainee teacher you can tick off each day of the six week teaching practice, knowing that after it is all over, you can relax back into normal life and sleep once again. But it is very different when you... View Article
My First Day as an NQT Right, first day of the job. Finally, I’m actually a teacher. Nervous, bit nervous. Very nervous actually. I wish this traffic would hurry up. What’s the time? Left half an hour early because of the roadworks but this is ridiculous. Can’t be late on... View Article
Transition from Primary School to Secondary School So, SATs are over, and the next big step for Year 6 (apart from catching up with any foundation subjects that took a bit of a hit with the build up to the tests) is their transition to secondary school. Thankfully this has... View Article
