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Oct 6, 20248 min read

The Art of Conversation: using situational awareness to power great coaching conversations.

When I first started coaching, I was a lead practitioner in a large secondary school and I used to coach 12 people a week, every week....

Oct 6, 20244 min read

Can We Codify School Improvement? (Part Two)

In Part One of Can We Codify School Improvement? I thought about how we can draw parallels with Josh Goodrich’s exploration of the 5...

Sep 19, 20245 min read

Can We Codify School Improvement? (Part One)

As I take the first few steps into my new role, I have been thinking about the parallels between my work with codifying teaching and...

Aug 21, 20249 min read

Teaching…AQA English Language Paper 1, Question 2 (Part 3- Polishing)

I have just left teaching after 9 years in the classroom. As an act of reflection, but also a bit of a brain dump, I've started to...

Aug 19, 20245 min read

School Improvement: leaders’ mental models of school improvement

I was reminded of Brené Brown definition of leadership following a coaching conversation with the brilliant Sarah Cottinghat...

Aug 19, 202414 min read

Teaching… AQA English Language Paper 1, Question 2 (Part 2- Language Analysis)

I have just left teaching after 9 years in the classroom. As an act of reflection, but also a bit of a brain dump, I've started to...

Aug 9, 202410 min read

Teaching... AQA English Language Paper 1, Question 2 (Part 1- Inference)

I have just left teaching after 9 years in the classroom. As an act of reflection, but also a bit of a brain dump, I've started to...

May 15, 20247 min read

Teaching... AQA English Language, Paper 1, Question 1

I have just left teaching after 9 years in the classroom. As an act of reflection, but also a bit of a brain dump, I've started to...