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Issue 2. 1
The school prospectus
- Description:
- This briefcase includes a list of what the school prospectus will be expected to include and how it should be presented.
- Submitted On:
- 07/04/2010
Effective citizenship
- Description:
- This briefcase outlines some of the key developments in citizenship education and encourages schools to reflect on their own provision.
- Submitted On:
- 07/04/2010
Differential strategies for school improvement
- Description:
- David Hopkins’ fascinating series on school improvement continues by focusing on the various strategies that best suit schools at different states of development.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
Primary File
- Description:
- Welcome to the second issue of Primary File – the section of SLT that focuses on the needs of primary schools.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
Let’s hear the master plan
- Description:
- What does the new masters in teaching and learning offer to schools, teachers and leaders? Bill Laar is enthused by what he’s heard so far.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
Are parents being marginalised
- Description:
- Parents are increasingly side lined in school governance, according to Tony McAleavy, who puts forward a new model to reverse this trend.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
Editorial - Keep the freedom of our curriculum
- Description:
- Tory education spokesperson Michael Gove enjoys good-humoured debate and is open and gentle in his manner. This is encouraging; it suggests that he might be a forward-thinking future education secretary who understands that teaching and learning need to be made active and relevant. Unfortunately Mr Gove also argues that traditional ubjects should be taught discretely.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
Resplendent refurbs
- Description:
- How can you transform a Victorian building into an environmentally effcient, functional school? Sarah Curl explains how her architecture frm won a 2008 BCSE award for its remodel of one school in north London.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
Becoming emotionally literate
- Description:
- No longer a taboo subject, mental health and well-being is moving into mainstream discussion, and the National Healthy Schools Programme is proving a useful way to address it.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
Fair means or foul
- Description:
- Cheats will never prosper – or will they? The economic collapse means pressure for top exam grades is growing – and students and schools alike seem increasingly tempted by dishonesty.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
Measuring school performance
- Description:
- The ground may be shifting on the use of targets and league tables to improve performance. Ruth Dixon, Christopher Hood and Deborah Wilson look at the past and future of the standards agenda.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
Set the bar higher
- Description:
- With workers focking to the recession-proof career of teaching, is it time to tighten up the requirements for entry into the profession?
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
Future Head Boy?
- Description:
- Michael Gove, the Shadow Education Secretary, has been outspoken in his critique of the education establishment, and has unveiled ambitious plans for reform. James Croft wonders, however, whether he is not ‘insuffciently political’ to meet the challenge.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
Nothing in reserve
- Description:
- If you are heading for a fnancial hole, stop digging! SLT fnance expert Malcolm Trobe contrasts schools’ current reserve funds with the very bleak outlook caused by the banking bailout.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
The value of early intervention
- Description:
- Early support for children struggling with SEN can save thousands of pounds helping them at secondary school – so why aren’t more schools investing in specialist tutors, asks Jean Gross.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
Leadership Briefng Report update
- Description:
- A summary of all that’s new and relevant to education.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
Too much information?
- Description:
- Do you know your FOI from your DPA? Schools are increasingly bombarded with freedom of information requests, but Chris Lowe is on hand to help.
- Submitted On:
- 11/04/2010
