Wishing everyone Copthall School families and friends a Happy International Happiness Day. Go out in the fresh air, breathe in hope, smiles and all things positive!#WorldHappinessDay

How lovely it is to receive a message from an ex-student updating you on the work they’re doing! I hope that some of our girls at Copthall School will be able to get involved with Cassie and her colleagues’ great work at #womenintechforum!

Looking forward to tuning in to Donmar Warehouse’s streamed production of Assembly tonight. Sounds like a great idea. donmarwarehouse.com/production/100…. Bit by bit theatre is coming back!

Whilst planning a lesson on monologues today I stumbled across a picture of my old acting teacher from ArtsEd. Anyone taught by Ursula will undoubtedly remember her mantra of “DISCO, darling!” 20 years on it stays with me! #lifelessons

Is busying yourself with school work when you’re meant to be doing housework a form of procrastination?I’ve abandoned painting the ceiling, gardening and ironing in favour of working on the Centre Policy for our Summer results. #schoolholidays

Digital learning is here to stay teaching.blog.gov.uk/2021/04/19/dig… Here’s a blog that I wrote for the Department for Education about our experience of remote learning and the return to face-to-face teaching. Copthall School

With more children back in classrooms, Copthall School Deputy Head Andrew Beavis describes how lockdown has developed his school's blended learning approach and how their remote education model continues to support students now they're in school. teaching.blog.gov.uk/2021/04/19/dig…

Here’s a training video that I’ve made for colleagues at my school about Making Objective Decisions when awarding grades in Summer 2021 youtu.be/ilVA-c3FBFo via YouTube I hope you find it useful. #teachertraining #TAGs2021

I like to refer to this when my email inbox is not my friend... my favourite sort of emails falls on the left hand side of this brilliant graphic organiser!

We are seeking a Teacher of Science Copthall School. Join us and be a part of our #success! #recruitment #vacancies #ScienceTeacher #STEM Barnet Council Barnet Governors #Barnet #MillHill #BarnetCouncil Niall Alcock Evelyn Forde MBE

A big shout out to all the teachers and Senior Leaders who continue (even through half term) to be working towards determining the Summer 2021 grades. Here’s a blog that gives a tiny insight into what schools are doing teaching.blog.gov.uk/2021/05/28/mak… Department for Education Copthall School

Looking forward to delivering our session this afternoon for ASCL on Stepping into Senior Leadership. I’m inspired by all the great things I’ve learned from our amazing Headteacher Evelyn Forde MBE

A (very) last minute opportunity to work Copthall School with great staff and led by me, HT of The Year 2020! Looking for an English teacher. Any unplaced NQTs out there?! Re-tweets gratefully received.

Looking forward to presenting tomorrow about leading digital education through covid at the governmentevents.co.uk/event/the-scho…. After an exhausting year in education it’s good to look back and see how far we’ve come! Government Events #GESchoolLeadership

We are conducting a COVID Impact Study into the effects of the pandemic on secondary drama teaching. We want to reach out to as many teachers as possible and then publish a report with recommendations in the Autumn. Please complete the study here: ow.ly/ULeL50FuQ8X

Echo this! We have been so lucky to be supported by the three of you. You will be missed!!

And that’s the end of the longest academic year in the history of the world! Thank you to every member of Copthall School for getting us through it. Under Evelyn Forde MBE’s fantastic leadership we have survived! Tonight I suggest that everyone treats themselves to a takeaway!!

Amazing news!! Congratulations!!

We’ve just appointed a stand out SENCO but all the other jobs are still available, all info on our website. Copthall School is a great great school, come join us.

What a fantastic away to mark Evelyn Forde MBE’s tenure and to celebrate all the amazing work that our senior team has done!!