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Headteacher Update
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A free magazine and website for UK primary school leaders (and teachers). Weekly ebulletins. A monthly podcast. Regular webinars. Conferences. Lots of best practice articles and case studies as well as news & resources. Posts by @pwhenshaw.bsky.social
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 8h
Headteacher Update Podcast: This episode looks at a range of routines, systems & protocols that can help #teachers & school leaders to create a calm & efficient primary school environment – with lots of practical ideas to adapt & adopt! buff.ly/KPkFMNq #schools
Headteacher Update Podcast: Effective school routines - Headteacher Update
What are the most effective routines, systems and protocols for teachers and pupils to help primary schools run smoothly
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 11h
Headteacher Update Podcast: This episode offers advice for #schools on handling parental complaints, including steps to take & useful de-escalation tips. With Catherine Loake (@hfleducation.bsky.social), Steve Docking & Paul K Ainsworth (@pkainsworth.bsky.social) buff.ly/l2ZQ4FE #education
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 12h
The growing issue of self-generated images & sexual extortion, is a core #safeguarding challenge. Mubina Asaria – @lgfl-ngfl.bsky.social – considers how #schools can respond: buff.ly/EXU76Wm (Access to this article is via our Safeguarding Digest platform buff.ly/9eVNu9e)
Online child sexual abuse and extortion - Headteacher Update
A summary of the growing issue of child online sexual abuse and extortion, and how school staff can tackle the issue
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 16h
In a 6-part series, @mattbromley.bsky.social analyses the 6 core evaluation areas of the new #Ofsted #schools inspection framework, helping you to sense-check your approach, prepare your response & identify areas for focus. Part 1 is #Inclusion buff.ly/JjZ8nKq
Analysing Ofsted's core evaluation areas for schools: Inclusion - Headteacher Update
Analysis of how Ofsted will inspect inclusion in schools and how inclusion will be placed at the heart of inspection
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 16h
Get your free 21-page Headteacher Update guide to #teaching #oracy skills, with lots of practical ideas for primary #schools: Defining oracy – Disciplinary oracy – Vocabulary gaps – Assessment – Transition – Disadvantage – SLCN – School case studies:
A best practice guide to teaching oracy skills in the primary school - Headteacher Update
This free 21-page Headteacher Update supplement offers advice and examples for how to teach primary pupils oracy skills
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 17h
Anxiety & a fear of getting it wrong are big barriers to enjoying writing at school, while agency & freedom to choose topics/style & to express their opinions inspires pupils to put pen to paper. New @literacy-trust.bsky.social research: buff.ly/MrlOHeY
Pupil agency and removing fear of mistakes will boost writing enjoyment - Headteacher Update
Research findings from the National Literacy Trust offer insights into how to engage students in their writing
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 17h
Bitesize #safeguarding summaries & key questions to keep school staff up-to-date. This week: Mental Health: buff.ly/rme9WGO (Get access to this article via our Safeguarding Digest platform: buff.ly/9eVNu9e)
What physical signs indicate mental health difficulties? - Headteacher Update
Bitesize mental health and safeguarding CPD for DSLs to use to keep the school workforce up-to-date
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 17h
Headteacher Update Podcast: This episode looks at environmental work in primary schools, with tips for #climate #teaching & reducing emissions. With Will Ewens (Let's Go Zero), Dr Jess Tipton (@nhm-london.bsky.social #EducationNaturePark) & Lauren Vint (Washingborough Academy):
Headteacher Update Podcast: Environmental work and carbon reduction in primary schools - Headteacher Update
This podcast episode offers practical ideas and advice for carbon reduction and climate education in primary schools
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 18h
Hidden school hunger & school meals debt: The families of almost 1 in 4 pupils ineligible for free school meals are in debt because they cannot afford the cost of school lunches. Research from @aberlourcharity.bsky.social raises fears over 'hidden hunger' in #schools: buff.ly/qNrDSpU
Hidden school hunger and school meals debt - Headteacher Update
Research from Aberlour Children’s Charity finds many pupils and families ineligible for free school meals are in debt
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 18h
Our Safeguarding Digest scenarios illustrate issues to consider when dealing with a #safeguarding situation. This time: A confusing family story – how would you respond? buff.ly/5qolgK1 (Access to this article is via our Safeguarding Digest platform: buff.ly/9eVNu9e)
Scenario: A phantom SEN diagnosis - Headteacher Update
How can schools deal with confusing family stories when investigating safeguarding concerns?
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 19h
Headteacher Update’s free 21-page guide to #teaching #oracy skills in the primary #school is out now. Lots of ideas, examples & advice for #teachers. With a huge thanks to our friends at the amazing @voice21oracy.bsky.social for their editorial contributions, guidance & ideas:
A best practice guide to teaching oracy skills in the primary school - Headteacher Update
This free 21-page Headteacher Update supplement offers advice and examples for how to teach primary pupils oracy skills
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 21h
At the heart of an effective system of #CPD in #schools is effective evaluation. Bethan Hindley – @teacherdevtrust.bsky.social – offers three tips for ways to integrate evaluation into your #teaching staff’s professional development: buff.ly/V4vIymE #teachers #edusky
Is your school’s CPD paying off? How do you know? - Headteacher Update
Advice and tips to help schools ensure that evaluation of teacher CPD is fit-for-purpose and effective
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 22h
Faced with falling rolls locally, St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School adopted a three-step marketing strategy that almost doubled its reception in-take in just one year. Headteacher Sarah Thompson explains – buff.ly/GUqgnvt #schools #edusky
Marketing your primary school in three simple steps - Headteacher Update
Practical advice for marketing a primary school within its community and increasing pupil intake
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 1d
Headteacher Update Podcast: Our new episode looks at environmental work across the primary school, including ideas & tips for reducing our #carbonemissions & how we can integrate #climate education into the curriculum: buff.ly/m7CPZsu #ClimateAction #schools #teaching #edusky
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 1d
How can we develop children’s #oracy skills & what does best practice in primary #schools look like? This 21-page guide dives into all that #teaching oracy entails. Lots of ideas, examples, lesson advice & case studies. Get your free pdf:
A best practice guide to teaching oracy skills in the primary school - Headteacher Update
This free 21-page Headteacher Update supplement offers advice and examples for how to teach primary pupils oracy skills
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 1d
The @educationgovuk Writing Framework offers guidance to help create well-sequenced #writing lessons. Matt Bromley – @mattbromley.bsky.social – looks at what it says & how it sits alongside the Reading Framework & phonics work in #schools – buff.ly/CAeTImz #teaching #teachers
Breaking down the Writing Framework for primary schools - Headteacher Update
What does the Writing Framework say and how does it sit alongside the Reading Framework and phonics work?
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 1d
What does an equitable curriculum look like? It involves responding to the visible & invisible barriers in your community. @thatpovertyguy.bsky.social explains how we can do this, with some challenging questions for #curriculum leaders –
Who gets to learn? Revisiting what it means to offer an equitable curriculum - Headteacher Update
How teachers can design and deliver a school curriculum that recognises the barriers pupils face created by poverty
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 1d
School leaders are getting to grips with the new @ofstednews.bsky.social framework. @mattbromley.bsky.social looks at the key changes, the questions we should be asking of our provision in light of the new regime & actions #schools can take now buff.ly/otoPAtf #Ofsted #edusky
The new Ofsted inspection regime: Actions schools can take now - Headteacher Update
Key actions schools can take and useful questions to ask in light of the new Ofsted inspection framework
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 1d
Headteacher Update Podcast: This episode offers advice for #schools on how they can handle parental complaints, including the steps to take, useful de-escalation tips, the reasons behind rising complaints & how to deal with vexatious complaints: buff.ly/l2ZQ4FE #teaching #edusky #education
Headteacher Update Podcast: Dealing with parental complaints - Headteacher Update
A podcast discussion offering practical advice and tips for headteachers on handling school complaints from parents
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 1d
How can we develop children’s #oracy skills & what does best practice in primary #schools look like? This 21-page @headteacherupdate.bsky.social guide dives into all that #teaching oracy entails. Lots of ideas, examples, lesson advice & case studies. Get your free pdf:
A best practice guide to teaching oracy skills in the primary school - Headteacher Update
This free 21-page Headteacher Update supplement offers advice and examples for how to teach primary pupils oracy skills
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 1d
The development & recognition of your school’s #teaching assistants begins with effective appraisal systems tailored to this unique role. Sara Alston – @seainclusion.bsky.social – considers what such a system looks like in practice buff.ly/CZj7eD7 #schools #education #CPD
A model for teaching assistant appraisal - Headteacher Update
An outline of an effective appraisal system for the development and recognition of your school’s teaching assistants
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 1d
The Adobe Agile Manifesto has revolutionised approaches to #appraisal in the business world. Drawing on this, John Smith – @educatinghuman1.bsky.social – gives us five lessons for effective #teacher appraisal systems in #schools: buff.ly/qQUP6Ge #education #edusky
A deep dive into appraisal: Is your school's system working? - Headteacher Update
What can schools learn from the Adobe Agile Manifesto, which is revolutionising approaches to appraisal in business
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 1d
#Safeguarding teams in #schools can access our Safeguarding Digest platform & app on free trial until Friday (October 10). Check-out our best practice, CPD materials, online masterclasses & more. We are also offering 50% off annual subscription now:
A professional network for school safeguarding teams - Headteacher Update
The Safeguarding Digest will offer best practice, CPD, and support to help school safeguarding teams protect children
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 1d
Two children in every class have a food allergy & 1 in 5 allergic reactions happen in school. Allergy School from @natashasfoundation.bsky.social is offering free resources to all nurseries & primary #schools to help upskill staff & raise awareness about food allergies: buff.ly/U7hNpLV
Schools offered free support to protect pupils with food allergies - Headteacher Update
Allergy School offers free resources to train teachers and school staff on keeping children with food allergies safe
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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 1d
Taking #ClimateAction in schools is a moral imperative – but there are some immediate benefits too that this work brings. Jo Pettifer, a @letsgozero.bsky.social climate action advisor gives us 4 such examples & explains the relevance of Dermot O'Leary to her work! buff.ly/OI1yglr #edusky
Four immediate benefits of climate action in schools - Headteacher Update
Four immediate benefits that schools taking climate action will see alongside long-term environmental impact
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