A 14 year-old starting their GCSEs this September is likely to be looking for their first serious job around 2030. I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently because my eldest child is one of those 14 year-olds. Like me when I was their age, they’re dreaming of a future career doing something creative and meaningful.
Top five tips from James Grocott, Deputy Headteacher, for fitting Maths into the curriculum, including advice "to not worry so much about fitting everything in" for primary teachers.
In this blog, Mr Bates Creates reviews Pearson's Primary Interactive Library – a great time-saving resource which can support any classroom and can help you deliver a well-rounded lesson.
Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE shares her thoughts on the crossover between gender and maths anxiety and the impact on wider society, as part of Pearson’s Power of Maths Spotlight series.
Jessica Tacon, second in charge of the English Department at City of London Academy Highgate Hill and member of NATE’s (National Association for the Teaching of English) ‘Reviewing Literature’ working group, explores why to improve diversity and inclusion in UK schools, time must be given to successfully plan, implement, and maintain change.
Knee-jerk: “a quick reaction that does not allow you time to consider something carefully”
When a topic or issue becomes very present in the public eye (often despite having always been of paramount importance, as is the case with genuine diversity and inclusion in education) or it begins to feel more urgent, there can be pressure to actively resist or even just to react.
Deborah Maclaren, MD of LoveReading4Kids, explores why it is crucial that diverse and inclusive books are normal for every pupils, not niche.
Alison Tarrant is the Chief Executive at the School Library Association and a dedicated school librarian passionate about the ever evolving nature of libraries.
It is unusual for challenge to be at the heart of a teacher’s reading experience, but for school library staff, this is the routine state of play. School library staff aim to build a collection to support learning and personal development; with resources not entering by ‘default’. Instead, each item has to justify its place as part of the library collection.
Writing a piece exploring the opportunities inclusivity offers seemed like a pretty straightforward task. Find some stats, look at some research, read up on a few ‘experts’ and write an article littered with percentages and data…easy!
That is what Inclusivity has now become after all - a series of research, a plethora of experts and survey after survey churning out a load of stats, repeating the message over and over again that “We need more Diverse books”.
Whether it’s teacher-tutor or pupil-tutor, there is a myth that due to technology and communicating through a screen, solid relationships can’t be built but as tutors, teachers and pupils will testify, this definitely isn’t the case.