Wellbeing
School staff and student wellbeing has never been more in focus or important and that is unlikely to change as schools start to recover from the pandemic.
‘Our Ukrainian pupils have enhanced every aspect of the school’
In all the years I've been a teacher, with all the challenges and endeavours I've faced, welcoming Ukrainian children has...
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School matrons: ‘I don’t like admin, or telling people what to do’
Angie Lezar is matron at St Mary’s School, Cambridge. St Mary’s has recently been named in Fortune magazine’s list of...
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Is it time to ditch the ‘superhero’ job spec?
I am frequently reminding colleagues or pupils that achievements don’t take place in a linear fashion. They are messy, sometimes...
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‘Music is a universal language for international school students’
The American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow famously said: “Music is the universal language”. As head of music at Southbank International...
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State school heads call for leniency in exam marking
GCSE and A-level exams should be marked more generously to mitigate against the teachers’ strike and on-going effects of Covid,...
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Swords, dogs and late-night takeaways – inside the principal’s office
The "headmaster's study" is the stuff of legend. Depicted in endless school dramas as shrines to discipline and authority, they...
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ABC of Safeguarding – Jamie Matthews, Kingswood School, Bath
Delyth Lynch returns to the school where she first started her career – Kingswood School in Bath – to meet...
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