2020-01-22 06:32
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The Educator Blog, is a blog for teachers by teachers. We offer teaching tips, advice and news. a great read for NQTs through to Headteachers
2020-01-20 06:32
Exclusion is a hot topic at the moment. There is a growing concern about the rising number of school exclusions. Many comme… Read More
2020-01-13 06:32
Technology is constantly evolving. Just in the app space alone, by the time you finish reading this sentence, there will ha… Read More
2020-01-10 06:32
As the years go by, especially in the last couple of decades, teachers seemingly do not receive the honor that they once di… Read More
2020-01-08 06:32
There was a time, not so long ago, when the traditional ‘chalk and talk’ lesson had become very much frowned up… Read More
2020-01-06 06:32
It probably comes as no great surprise to learn that the Conservative Party’s recent proposals to ‘strengthen&r… Read More
2020-01-03 06:32
As we head towards the end-of-term many teachers will be grappling with an age-old dilemma: Do end-of-term lessons need to… Read More
2020-01-02 06:32
It’s a shocking question to pose but many people working within the education system would say that we do have a brok… Read More
2019-12-30 06:32
We have an Ofsted outstanding school near to us. Every inspection says the same. Its students get among the best results… Read More
2019-12-27 06:32
Regardless of what certain people in the public may think, it takes a certain person to become an educator. One of my best… Read More
2019-12-23 06:32
If you are still using the same lesson plans day after day that you first originally created 20 years ago, it might be time… Read More
2019-12-20 06:32
As all school budgets tighten a bit as funding shrinks, a common theme is to eliminate teachers and just make the class siz… Read More
2019-12-16 06:32
There are very few people that would take any issue whatsoever with staff wellbeing being seen as a key priority in schools… Read More
2019-12-13 06:32
The extent to which the current school curriculum is fit for purpose is a debate that rumbles on and on. On one side of the… Read More
2019-12-11 06:32
Back in 2009, Bedfordshire Borough Council’s website announced the closure of its middle schools. The method it empl… Read More
2019-12-09 06:32
There is no time in the school year for a teacher quite like the last couple of weeks of December. The students are excited… Read More
2019-12-06 06:32
Following the announcement that Ofsted is to begin asking staff at schools who are being inspected to evaluate their own le… Read More
2019-12-04 06:32
Exams regulator, Ofqual, has published the results of a research project that began in 2015 to look at the differences betw… Read More
2019-12-02 06:32
Other than the odd minor tweak, our education system has sat broadly unchanged since the Victorian era. Yes, there was tha… Read More
2019-11-29 06:32
Education always seems to take a hit when the government is looking to move tax dollars to a different area to balance its… Read More
2019-11-27 06:32
Mrs Moore was a stickler. As head of Infants – a title she insisted on retaining even as names changed (‘Infan… Read More
2019-11-25 06:32
Do you remember Jennings? Possibly some kids still read about the terribly posh, awfully naughty Prep school boy. More li… Read More
2019-11-22 21:08
There perhaps is no greater essay you will write than the one that gets you into your dream college. In high school classes… Read More
2019-11-20 06:32
Studies vary but regardless of the particular bit of research or report you look at, the general picture you get about the… Read More
2019-11-18 06:32
For fathers, the situation regarding paternity leave is far more positive now than it ever was in years gone by. Family and… Read More
2019-11-15 06:32
On one hand, this is the million-dollar question. Anybody working in the teaching profession knows that, regardless of how… Read More
2019-11-13 06:32
There are very few issues in society that are as worrying, or potentially as catastrophic in the long term, as child obesit… Read More
2019-11-11 06:32
Like everything else, technology is changing the education sector. It is changing the way it is delivered and taken across… Read More
2019-11-06 06:32
Everyone has heard of maternity leave for women as it is quite common for all occupations. The new mom, after she has given… Read More
2019-11-06 06:32
It would be perfect to hear from your administration, “Congratulations on having the new baby! Take off the next thre… Read More
2019-11-04 06:32
The temperature is falling; summer is but a fading memory lost under the invasion of the new school year. Choirs are worki… Read More
2019-11-01 06:31
Research recently published by the Sutton Trust has shown that more than a quarter of secondary pupils in England and Wales… Read More
2019-10-30 06:32
There is nothing quite like graduating with a degree in education after nearly five years of college and finally entering i… Read More
2019-10-28 06:32
You cannot underestimate just how important it is for a school to have a strong vision and ethos.
However, it’s all t… Read More
2019-10-25 05:32
The government is always at pains to remind people that the number of schools judged to be ‘Good’ or ‘Out… Read More
2019-10-23 05:32
Lesson observations… we all know why we have them in schools, of course, but maybe it’s about time we consider… Read More
2019-10-21 05:32
About one in fourteen young people are educated privately and, if the Labour Party is able to enforce its promise, those st… Read More
2019-10-18 05:32
Hackers are increasingly targeting student email accounts, shared computers, and internal networks in schools in order to c… Read More
2019-10-16 05:32
Learning how to play the guitar would require time and dedication. You need to put your time on it and you also have to con… Read More
2019-10-14 05:32
There is a fine line as a teacher between trying to prepare your students the best you can and simply overworking them to t… Read More
2019-10-11 05:32
Elementary classrooms just don’t decorate themselves. A high school or college classroom can get by with nary a decor… Read More
2019-10-09 05:32
Teaching techniques? It is not what you teach, but the way that you do it.
Identifying Sound Technique
Whether introducing… Read More
2019-10-07 05:32
We have all been in classrooms where it seemed like questions from the students were about as welcome as the plague. There… Read More
2019-10-04 05:32
It is a given that pupils achieve more when they are involved with their learning. Ensuring genuine engagement is, though… Read More
2019-10-02 05:32
Let’s be honest, expecting teachers to proclaim their love and affection for Ofsted is a bit like thinking turkeys wo… Read More
2019-09-27 05:32
If you are an educator, you know every year in your classroom you will have all types of learning levels present in your st… Read More
2019-09-25 05:32
Every school has them; the tickers, the flickers, the essay writers and the deadline fighters. Marking; the bane of teache… Read More
2019-09-23 05:32
Grouping classes by prior attainment and ability is standard practice in most secondary schools. Many teachers will have pl… Read More
2019-09-20 05:32
Nearly fifty independent schools closed in the last academic year. Many others are struggling. It is not a good time to b… Read More
2019-09-18 05:32
Although nothing has been confirmed as yet, it’s fair to say that we have now entered a period of unofficial General… Read More
2019-09-16 05:32
Never has the topic of bullying in schools been more focused on in history than right now at this moment. However, it appea… Read More
2019-09-13 05:32
Teaching can be a lonely job. Which is surprising, given that we spend most of our working day in contact with others. Bu… Read More
2019-09-11 05:32
In business, as the old adage says: ‘the customer is always right’. In education, this is most certainly not th… Read More
2019-09-09 05:32
It’s probably the case that the last thing you want to read right now is another Brexit-related article.
However, it… Read More
2019-09-06 05:32
Anybody heard of Steve Strand? He’s a very clever chap, an Oxford professor invited by the Government to produce the… Read More
2019-09-04 05:32
Coinciding with the week that this year’s GCSE results were published, the results of a new investigation commissione… Read More
2019-09-02 05:32
As the dust settles – at least from the point of view of the media – on another year’s set of exam result… Read More
2019-08-30 05:32
Have you ever experienced a teacher that obviously knew their subject matter, could have even been considered a genius on t… Read More
2019-08-28 05:32
Coding is all about trying to get a computer to execute some task. A programming language is used and a line of code will t… Read More
2019-08-26 05:32
The vast majority of secondary (and most primary) schools insist that their pupils wear school uniform. It’s been thi… Read More
2019-08-23 05:32
If there’s one thing that employers are in agreement about, it’s that the UK education system isn’t as go… Read More
2019-08-21 05:32
Workload. Lack of support. Unruly students. Difficult parents. The league leaders in the hotly fought championship of … Read More
2019-08-19 05:32
The internet probably doesn’t need another article about Boris Johnson right now. However, regardless of your opinion… Read More
2019-08-16 05:32
We are now in ‘exam results day season’. As hundreds of thousands of students receive their results across the… Read More
2019-08-14 05:32
There is much more to teaching than simply being in front of a group of students and lecturing at the podium. The teaching… Read More
2019-08-12 05:32
Nelson Mandela once quoted, “The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow.”
The world, as we know it, is rapi… Read More
2019-08-07 05:32
Without a shadow of a doubt, the best preparation that teachers can have for the start of the new school year in September… Read More
2019-08-05 05:32
There are very few teachers who don’t do at least some work during the summer holidays. Some would disagree, of cours… Read More
2019-08-02 05:32
Congratulations on landing your first teaching job. It has probably been a long four or five years in the making, but now t… Read More
2019-07-31 05:32
Reviewing and reflecting tends to come naturally to most teachers. It’s a core part of the formal performance managem… Read More
2019-07-29 05:32
The start of the academic year in September is the natural time for teachers to be thinking about setting goals and targets… Read More
2019-07-26 05:32
Being a classroom teacher is often like trying to manage a slippery slope. The teacher is constantly being monitored and re… Read More
2019-07-24 05:32
Perhaps the biggest indictment of the UK’s current school inspection system is the fact that the inspectorate feels t… Read More
2019-07-22 05:32
The summer holidays are finally here! It’s the start of a well-deserved break for teachers. Six weeks is a fair chunk… Read More
2019-07-19 05:32
It seems that you are never too far away from a media story reporting on the recruitment and retention crisis in teaching… Read More
2019-07-17 05:32
It is a mark of the depth of feeling about the impact of the funding crisis in schools that the issue now appears to have t… Read More
2019-07-15 05:32
There have been a few changes here and there in education over the last few decades. The biggest change was the introductio… Read More
2019-07-12 05:32
I had a colleague once. He was a Geography teacher, which might explain the following anecdote. Jim – that’s… Read More
2019-07-10 05:32
There are certain classes that need to be offered in high school for the betterment of all students and they have nothing t… Read More
2019-07-08 05:32
In recent weeks and months, the response from anybody in government to any criticism of its record with education has tende… Read More
2019-07-05 05:32
If there is one thing that teachers, parents and – of course – pupils have discovered now all phases of GCSE re… Read More
2019-07-03 05:32
In another education case of ‘what comes around goes around’, oracy is now being hailed as vitally important in… Read More
2019-07-01 05:32
I thought Jo Brand’s battery acid joke was quite funny. But not harmful. It’s unlikely to inspire a revival in… Read More
2019-06-28 05:32
We live in a digital world. There can be denying that technology has become all-encompassing. However, a massive irony exis… Read More
2019-06-26 05:32
Having a career as a teacher definitely has its merits. Being able to shape the minds of the youth that are slowly coming u… Read More
2019-06-24 05:32
Back in the days when Assessment for Learning was the ‘in thing’ and a real buzzword in education circles, self… Read More
2019-06-21 05:32
The notion of teachers being ‘down with the kids’ sometimes gets frowned upon. It’s true that it can be t… Read More
2019-06-19 05:32
The DfE (Department for Education) rarely introduces anything that doesn’t attract a good deal of criticism. Educatio… Read More
2019-06-17 05:32
The school curriculum will always divide opinion. With something as fundamentally important as what and how our children ar… Read More
2019-06-14 20:29
In the old days, educators dealt with many fewer behavior problems. If two students were not getting along, they might have… Read More
2019-06-12 05:32
The draft of the new Welsh curriculum has just been published and has now entered its consultation period. Naturally, opini… Read More
2019-06-10 05:32
The start of the exam season every year always sparks off the same debates and discussions: Are schools becoming ‘exa… Read More
2019-06-07 18:06
It’s hardly a ground-breaking statement to make to say that physical exercise has many benefits. People obviously und… Read More
2019-06-05 05:32
As we cruise into the final weeks of the school year, it can be easy to lose motivation for both the teachers and the stude… Read More
2019-06-03 05:32
There is so much pressure on schools these days and the focus on exam performance, league tables and Ofsted is unrelenting… Read More
2019-05-31 05:32
Few subjects have been as belittled over the last two decades as Media Studies. The supposed pointlessness of Media Studies… Read More
2019-05-29 05:32
Why do parents choose to spend up to twenty thousand pounds a year to educate their children privately? Prestige? Snobber… Read More
2019-05-27 05:32
Once again, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan has fallen at the same time as the exam season in the UK. This year, the last… Read More
2019-05-24 05:32
The writing framework criteria for Year 6 is hardly the most inspiring document in the world, and that’s a massive un… Read More
2019-05-22 05:32
Reading is one of those fundamental skills that all students, regardless or interests or aptitudes, must acquire. The moder… Read More
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