I broke my ankle once. It was late November, 2013, in Cuerden Valley, Lancashire. I was out with my running club on a Thursday night. I’d sprinted down a hill, trying to out-run one of my faster team mates. At the bottom of the hill, I pulled up too quickly... View Article
I’m writing this blog as the father of a twelve year old girl who has been consumed by an anxiety disorder this year. This is our lived experience and it’s a journey we’re still navigating. I’m writing this blog as a man who, alongside his wife, comforted his daughter when... View Article
Press release: The new His Majesty’s Chief Inspector begins with an immediate package of training for inspectors, a response to the Ruth Perry inquest and a Big Listen. Key messages Sir Martyn Oliver begins 5-year term as His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills. Immediate package... View Article
We all have the subject or subjects in the primary curriculum which are our ‘favourites’, perhaps because we studied them at university or because they reflect a personal interest or hobby such as aspects of PE or the arts. Geography is one of mine, despite having absolutely no sense of... View Article
Before writing the usual blogs about all things educational that will appear throughout the year, I thought I would put together something that stems from the Summer holidays before they are too much of a distant memory and we all get back into the swing of a new term. On... View Article
Some of you will have finished for the Summer already; others will still have a few days to go, but at least those colleagues will be feeling smug in September when the early birds are back at the chalk face. Whenever you do finish term you will of course be... View Article
