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SIP: friend or foe?
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- School Improvement Partners (SIPs) are now three years old. As part of the new relationship with schools, they arrived to replace the local authority inspector. Heads were uncertain how to greet them. For some of the more naïve amongst us it seemed to be a move in the right direction.
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- 17/12/2009
When listening is hardest
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- What can we learn from promoting student voice at a school for pupils experiencing social, emotional and behavioural diffculties? Edward Sellman presents a fascinating case study.
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- 17/12/2009
Podcasting at Chepping View
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- Once you get the hang of it, making a school podcast can be a brilliantly motivating cross-curricular project. Caroline Twigge explains.
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- 17/12/2009
Questions - the key to unlocking potential
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- The power of questions cannot be overstated, explain Nick Austin and Richard Churches in the third part of their SLT series on the art of coaching.
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- 17/12/2009
Manager's Briefcase SLT 1.5
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- Proforma of the single central record of checks on school staff: All schools must have a single central record of the checks made on adults having regular contact with children. This pro forma is an example of what it might look like.
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- 17/12/2009
In defence of specialist schools...
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- In the last issue of School Leadership Today, Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson criticised specialist schools. Elizabeth Reid, of the Specialist Schools and Academies trust, wrote to us to respond.
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- 17/12/2009
Satisfaction guaranteed?
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- Pupil and parent guarantees - a new assurance of good teaching or just a government gimmick? SLT asked parents’ support group the Advisory Centre for Education for its response.
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- 17/12/2009
The challenge of system reform
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- David Hopkins’ thought-provoking series for SLT continues with a look at the shift in Britain’s school system from competition to collaboration.
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- 17/12/2009
Co-constructing an outstanding school
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- In the right circumstances, students can be the equals of school leaders in creating an excellent educational establishment.Elizabeth Allen offers an example.
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- 17/12/2009
The limits of inclusion
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- Many are now questioning the inclusion of children with special needs in mainstream schools. SLT editor Howard Sharron talks to a special school headteacher.
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- 17/12/2009
Introducing triple science
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- Allowing more pupils to take all three science subjects at GCSE could stimulate more interest at A-level and beyond, says John Holman – and help rebuild Britain’s economy.
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- 17/12/2009
Truancy and the recession
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- Statistical changes, more stringent reporting or the effects of the global economic slump? SLT looks at the reasons behind the upward trend in unauthorised absences from school.
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- 18/12/2009
Reach for the stars
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- Radical changes to the secondary curriculum offer a chance for pupils and schools alike to rethink their ambitions entirely. Crichton Casbon looks at the implications.
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- 18/12/2009
Centres of attention
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- All eyes are on children's centres as the Every Child Matters agenda rolls on - but how much do they and schools understand each other? Helen Kew weighs up some recent findings.
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- 18/12/2009
Is your school designed for the DDA?
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- What has the Disability Discrimination Act come to mean for schools? Jane Simpson looks at the design and accessibility issues thrown up by this diffcult piece of legislation.
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- 18/12/2009
It doesn’t add up
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- The Government's achievements on STEM subjects are being questioned - by a think tank with close links to the Conservative Party. Who can school leaders believe?
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- 18/12/2009
Going the extra mile
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- Social inequality shouldn’t have to mean underperformance. SLT looks at a successful scheme encouraging pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to aim higher and reach further.
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- 18/12/2009
Squaring the circle
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- With cuts looming over education budgets, this issue’s Leadership Dilemma finds a shrinking school faced with a really tough choice over spending.
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- 18/12/2009
Leadership Briefing - SLT1.5
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- Leadership Briefing is a weekly online summary of all that’s new and relevant to education, linked to original source documents that can be downloaded or viewed on screen, and available to everyone in your school leadership team.
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- 18/12/2009
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