World Book Day 2017 It’s that time of year again… World Book Day! The day celebrates authors, illustrators, books and reading. This year is its 20th Birthday. World Book Day encourages children to explore the pleasures of books and reading. We hope you have a fantastic day dressing up, and... View Article
Thirteen reasons why we feel lucky on Friday 13th January 2017 at Focus Education There is only one more working day to go until Focus 2017 courses begin! In February 2013, the Focus publication, ‘Grammar & Punctuation‘ was released, one of our most popular books! Another reason to love the number 13.... View Article
Focus News What a term we have had here at Focus Education, we are certainly ending the year on a high. Here are some of the best moments at Focus Education in the autumn term 2016. Charity Fundraising We have had great fun taking part in charity events this term,... View Article
Mission Christmas Appeal Last year, Mission Christmas Appeal delivered over 1.9 million pounds worth of toys to disadvantaged children in Manchester, providing a happier Christmas for more than 51,000 children. Unfortunately, the high statistics of children living in poverty in Manchester and Greater Manchester is still incredibly high. The Christmas... View Article
Congratulations on your headship! For those headteachers taking on the role for the first time this term, congratulations! It’s a brilliant and wonderful job in so many respects. Enjoy the role and the positive difference you will now make to the children. There are of course, pressures and potential downsides... 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
Just about every school I worked with this year has been developing their summative assessment systems and practice, especially in foundation subjects. And now as we finally approach the Summer break that information is being finalized and subject leaders will then have a look at it. But very few subject... View Article
So, as we get to the end of another school year, and one in which much of my time has been spent working with subject leaders, I thought I would share some of the comments made by those new to the role as they reflect on what they have learned... View Article
As I scanned my news app this morning, I was not surprised to see that a large proportion of articles were in some way related back to science – from the sunny weather boosting clothing sales and Amazon helping NASA return to the moon, to endangered komodo dragons being hatched... View Article
As the government expands their Attendance Hub programme with more schools and trusts being nominated, I thought it would be good to distil some national thinking and provide you with a quick checklist to ensure we are all doing as much as we can. The Attendance Action Alliance have stated... View Article
Self-evaluations are a closely guarded document and headteachers rarely see any others apart from their own. So here are some top tips to bear in mind when writing, or updating, your self-evaluation based on what I have found is fairly typical in many self-evaluations, regardless of the format used. School... View Article
I am very lucky to visit many, many schools and as we all know visiting other settings is always a wonderful opportunity to see how things are done in a range of settings and to basically pinch ideas. With many schools working on raising aspiration for their children I thought... View Article
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