Happy Friday everyone Would anyone be willing to share deputy/head teacher interview questions?

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Anyone that could help? I'm working on my NPQH and my school doesn't have a udual governing board (International). Any chair of governors that could answer some questions?

Hi everyone Does anyone have any research on gifted and talented? What is the definition etc?

When looking at curriculum coverage for a year group, what % of those statements are you expecting children to understand in order to be 'secure' / 'expected'?

What schemes (preferably cheap) would you recommend for handwriting and spelling? Would love to know what is working in your schools!

Does Google offer anything similar to Microsoft Reflect for student wellbeing check ins?

In the past I seen someone post about an after school club that coveted life skills like banking, time keeping etc Anyone know what its called?

When looking at more able children, what links do you make to help support them?

Take it in. The first female chancellor. The first housing secretary who's actually lived in social housing. The first education secretary who was on free school meals. An energy secretary who actually believes in aggressively fighting climate change. Not a bad afternoon.

Behaviour in schools is the single biggest barrier to learning. A few years back Ian White produced an excellent thread on reframing positive behaviour with 20 ways to help manage behaviour in the classroom. I did 4 one pagers to highlight how good these methodologies are. They

Next year a key focus for us is stripping back the curriculum. Mary Myatt made a good point about topics like Roman Numerals not been needed in any follow on learning. My question is, what else have people stripped back on?

Hi all Head of Middle School here with responsibility for whole school data and assessment. Looking to improve my knowledge on curriculum with a task of stripping it back next year.

Does anyone use any good playground leadership programs?

I feel this applies to schools too

Anyone using Kapow IT? Exploring getting it but would like a deeper look or feedback

Has anyone successfully used any external agencies to review their curriculum quality?

I want to revamp our performance management/appraisal procedures. Ideally I'd like to make it a one page reference page that is more about developing themselves. Is anyone using anything that they recommend?