Duke’s Secondary School is in Ashington, Northumberland has approximately 80 teachers and 1,000 pupils. It was the first school to adopt ReflectiveTeacher, at the start of the 2021-22 academic year, having played a key role in its development and teaching and learning strategies. The challenge Over the last few years, Duke’s Secondary School has transitioned […]
‘Failing to plan is planning to fail,’ said American author Alan Lakein. He’s not wrong, especially when it comes to putting together lessons that will enable you to teach your students what you need them to learn in a set time without having to speak at breakneck speed to get through it, or ending up […]
Giving valuable time back to teachers Every education professional knows that teachers’ working hours during term time are long and often unsustainable, leading to issues with stress, burn-out, performance, staff retention and recruitment. But what can school leaders do about this and how can they work smarter? They are often tightly constrained by the demands […]
As every teacher will know, long and intense working days mean time is often at a premium. Here, four teachers share their “top time-saving teacher tips” on how to gain back some valuable extra hours: Live marking One of the best top teacher tips … I find that live SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar) marking […]
Finding time to save time: How school leaders can help According to the OECD, teachers in England put in longer days than any of their colleagues elsewhere in Europe. The Department for Education puts the figure at 49.5 hours a week on average (and this includes part-timers, so for full-time teachers, it’s likely to be […]