Closing the Vocabulary Word Gap after lockdown
“Nothing matters more than words.” Geoff Barton (General Secretary, ASCL) Even prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, there were concerns about literacy & vocabulary barriers to the curriculum,...
Category: Opinion
How do we prepare children for the future of the work?
When it comes to the future of work, technology is the future. Industries all around the world will be disrupted as technology continues to develop...
Opinion: The ISI Inspection Myth Buster!
What is involved in an ISI Inspection ? Here are the facts about the requirements of the ISI Inspection. JMC have delivered these messages in...
Opinion: The Ofsted Myth Buster!
What does Ofsted want? Here are the facts about the requirements of Ofsted. JMC have delivered these messages in training all over the country for...
OFSTED finds that Faith Schools Outperform the Rest
Ofsted data has revealed that faith schools account for a disproportionate percentage of the country’s best-performing primary schools. The figures, released by the Department for...
SLT : Positive Approaches to Stress & Crisis Management
“As a school, we have been dealing with so many changes to policies, but we’re so conscious of focusing on the children and their needs,...
Improving School Wellbeing Through Positive School Culture
The last 18 months have been the most challenging that schools can remember. The impact of the pandemic has really taken its toll on the...
OFSTED Observations ( extracts from Ofsted briefing)
OFSTED Observations Focus: Teaching and Learning At the start of the lesson thinks about a hook, something to grab their attention. – Not about going...
Good Teacher Behaviour : What inspectors value
In looking back over previous blogs I found this article about what makes a good teacher and I have decided to repost it as I...
21st Century Learning – 6 key trends in education
Tracing the origin of formal education is not an easy task. The earliest records of formal education vary from place to place. However, the generally...